Genial
Das neue Update ist genial. Bin schwer beeindruckt, macht jetzt noch mehr Spaß. Dankeschön und viele Grüße
Error
After the latest update I got an error and the app won't launch anymore. Library update failed. Please re-install Pentaton.
Dsd ok good
Work until DSD256
Response from developer
Hey, Pentaton does play DSD when you plug in a compatible USB DAC. If you don't mind dropping me a line to hello@pentaton.app with what format you tried with what output you used, I can check what was the issue. Thanks!
Buggy mess with some great features (Playlists! comprehensive EQ!)
I liked the promise of this app - it might be (one of?) the only “offline” or “local” music player that actually supports playlist files (eg. .m3u files). But it’s a bit of a buggy mess and the UI is still a bit janky in places.
Bugs/glitches
* Sometimes albums aren’t recognized as albums despite metadata (seems to affect mp3 files exclusively; app still displays album titles but does not show in list of albums)
* Pressing “edit sections” a few times sometimes causes the app to freeze
* Sometimes the lock screen / control center buttons (prev/next track) will freeze and become nonresponsive
* If library is saved into iCloud, sometimes the app gets into an inconsistent state where it fails to load any track (greyed out as if file not found), and requires closing and reopening library folder.
Unintuitive design - swiping the playback bar to go to prev/next track works the opposite from most other apps (with no option to invert controls)
I would have loved this, as someone who
* doesn’t want to be locked into a streaming service
* is tired of iTunes randomly obliterating playlists during sync
* wants to build a platform-agnostic, interoperable music library, that can be copied between desktop and mobile devices (without going through a laborious import/export process), is usable from most standard music players, & is entirely under their control
I still think this app has great potential; I’d like to see if that bears out in the coming months.
Bugs/glitches
* Sometimes albums aren’t recognized as albums despite metadata (seems to affect mp3 files exclusively; app still displays album titles but does not show in list of albums)
* Pressing “edit sections” a few times sometimes causes the app to freeze
* Sometimes the lock screen / control center buttons (prev/next track) will freeze and become nonresponsive
* If library is saved into iCloud, sometimes the app gets into an inconsistent state where it fails to load any track (greyed out as if file not found), and requires closing and reopening library folder.
Unintuitive design - swiping the playback bar to go to prev/next track works the opposite from most other apps (with no option to invert controls)
I would have loved this, as someone who
* doesn’t want to be locked into a streaming service
* is tired of iTunes randomly obliterating playlists during sync
* wants to build a platform-agnostic, interoperable music library, that can be copied between desktop and mobile devices (without going through a laborious import/export process), is usable from most standard music players, & is entirely under their control
I still think this app has great potential; I’d like to see if that bears out in the coming months.
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Response from developer
"swiping the playback bar to go to prev/next track works the opposite from most other apps", I was so ready to tell you you're wrong, but you're of course right. Every Mac I set up I start by turning off "Natural scroll" because it feels so unnatural to me. This is the same story here. I'll reverse it AND make it configurable soon.
Almost perfect
The app looks great, and has a fully working peq! Can't use it though, as there's no option to sort the music in the library (folders) by all metadata. Most of the time I'm listening through my organized folders starting from recently added tracks. Sort settings only allow for 3 options without file creation or modification date
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