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This is an Internet Radio and Music player.The app is designed to be simple, it has to be switched on andoff whenever you want music (in your kitchen or elsewhere). Press abutton to start radio, press button to switch it off.Features:* Internet ratio streaming* Playback of music from device's local storage* Playback of music from LAN or NAS (Samba protocol) overWiFi* Showing album art image of current song (provided bylast.fm)* Playback possible to DLNA -enabled audio device on LAN-= Configuration =-The app may need some configuration first. Mainly to setup musicfolders and adding your favorite radio stations.To enter app Settings, tap bottom of three main buttons on left. Inthe settings you can do things:* Export/import settings - exporting packs app settings todevice's mass memory, importing brings them back to app. That'ssuitable for moving stations and other settings to anotherdevice.* Add station - allows you to add new station, which is processsimilar to editing station - read below how.* Preferences - setup folder for LAN and for local music folder ondevice.* Add new radio station.Long-pressing on a radio station is used to edit it or deleteit.-= Browsing music folders =-There is middle button on left, which opens music folders,located either on device, or on a LAN (Samba share). You setup thefolders in Preferences (see above). If LAN access needs usernameand password, you setup the location in formuser:[email protected]/MyMusic. If there's no username/passwordneeded, just omit the part before '@' and enter LAN's IP address,optionally followed by path to music folder. For on-device musicfolder, just enter it's path, by default it's set to Music folderon device's mass memory.Select files to play. This app uses simple way to play all musicfiles in a folder, including all sub-folders. Whenever you pressblue arrow icon to start folder playback, that folder gets played.You can browse inside to select specific folder, or play yourentire Music collection. Randomly or track by track.You can add some music folder as favorite, such folders arelisted at top. Otherwise they're sorted by name.-= Browsing radio stations =-Press topmost button on left to see list of configured radiostations. By default there is only one radio station there, but youcan configure your own. To add station, go to Settings tab andclick Add station.After selecting radio station, it starts to play.Stations are automatically rated, stations to which you listen mostare shown at top of list.-= Playback screen =-Both ways of audio source (music folder or radio station) showPlayer screen. That is the most important screen of the app. Itshows basic information about music file (if available), andattempts to download song's related album image, which is displayedat background.Playback screen also offers three buttons - Previous (track orstation), Pause/Resume and Next (track or station).Top part of screen shows artist name, song name and station titleor album name. Pressing this area shows menu for searching aboutplayed song or author, or ever find YouTube video of the song.Long-press on album art image hides all controls, so that youcan enjoy uncovered image.Playing songs from a music folder reveals another controls -navigation bar to set position withing track, and two buttons forrandom playback and repeat mode.-= Selecting DLNA renderer =-This is done in Settings tab. Select audio device on LAN whereaudio will be sent, or select local device. This way you can playaudio in other audio equipment at your home.