NEILA Apps - NEILA Player

NEILA Apps - NEILA Player

Description

With the NEILA Player you can select media files in a folder and play them easily. You can modify playlists on-the-fly which includes adding media files, removing, inserting after the currently played and inserting prior a selected one.
On the WPS (While Playing Screen), you can see the decoded meta-tags from the media file like e.g. artist and title.

Demos

Here you can find a short demo video on YouTube showing the NEILA Player in action.
Video of the NEILA Player connected wirelessly to a SuperTooth Disco Bluetooth loudspeaker.

Purchase / Download

Fixed web browser: store.ovi.com/content/219146
Nokia mobile browser: store.ovi.mobi/content/219146

Most recent version

V1.07(0) / 1.7.0 Available in the Nokia Store

Supported files

Hint: Maybe not all formats are supported by your device.

File suffix	Description
.mp3	MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer III)
.wav	RIFF WAVE (Container which contains PCM raw data)
.amr	AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec File)
.mp4/.m4a	MP4 (Container format which may include AAC or MP3 audio beside video and other data)
.wma	WMA (Windows Media Audio)
.m3u	M3U (Open playlist format, text based)

Select a drive and directory

On the "Files" tab you can select a drive and see the containing folders, playable media files and playlists. Folders are marked with a folder icon.
First you have to select the drive where your media files are located. Usually this is drive E or if a memory card is installed, drive F.
Now you can browse through the folder structure by a single click onto the desired folders or ".." to go up one level in the directory structure.

Auto create a playlist and begin to play

If you double click a media file, a playlist containing all files from the current folder gets created and playback begins from the double clicked file.

WPS - While Playing Screen

On the "WPS" (While Playing Screen) tab you can see the decoded meta-tags from the currently played media file like artist, title, genre and many more.
By moving the slider, you can seek to the desired position in the media file.

Playlist

On the playlist tab "PL" you can see the playlist. The currently played media file is marked with a play icon.
To remove files from the playlist, select the desired file(s) in the playlist and open the "Options" menu to find the right action.
If you want to continue playback directly from another position in the playlist, simply double click the desired media file.

Search

Searches and finds all files in the choosed drive which contain the entered text in the file name.

Settings

In the "Settings" tab you can find a slider to set the desired volume.
You can also use the media keys on your device to set the volume at any time, even if the NEILA Player resides in the background, the screen saver is active or the display is turned off.

Menu entry	Description
Insert before selected	Inserts the selected media files from the "Files" tab just before the selected file from the "PL" tab into the playlist. Hint: The files keep the same order as you selected them.
Insert next	Inserts the selected media files from the "Files" tab just after the currently played file into the playlist.
Add	Adds the selected media files from the "Files" tab to the end of the playlist.

Playlist sub-menu

Menu entry	Description
Shuffle	Shuffle the current playlist.
Clear	Completely clears the playlist.
Save	Save the current playlist. The default folder is the same as showed in the "Files" tab.

Load a saved playlist

Find a previousely saved playlist (*.m3u) in the "Files" tab and double click it to load it.

Auto pause while phone calls

As soon as a phone call comes in or you make an outgoing call by yourself, playing pauses automatically and resumes as soon as the call ends.

Nice look

For the screenshots on this site, the free theme "SteelBlack Silver DFLT" from the Nokia store was used.

Known bugs

Bug	Description	Workaround	Status
1	Volume slider gets restored correctly after starting the app, but audio playback is switched to full volume regardless.	Unknown; move volume slider or press volume up / down keys on the device to fix the volume.	Open
2	Pause->Change Track->Play changes to full volume	Change track first, before pausing (Change Track->Pause->Play).	Seems to be fixed in Symbian Belle
3	If media files are added to the playlist before the currently played file, the play icon may be missing or on the wrong file and playback may continue on the wrong position also.	Double click the desired file in the playlist to restart playing from there.	Fixed, V1.01(0)
4	Files which are located in the root of a drive can't be played.	Move the files from the root into a subfolder.	Fixed, V1.01(0)
5	On Belle FP1, only the C: drive and the drive where the app is installed can be accessed	-	Fixed, V1.06(0)