Feb 3, 2017

Privacy Policy for Meridian Player and Queek Music Player

Data Controller and Owner

Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookies and Usage Data.
Other Personal Data collected may be described in other sections of this privacy policy or by dedicated explanation text contextually with the Data collection.
The Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or collected automatically when using this Application.
Any use of Cookies - or of other tracking tools - by this Application or by the owners of third party services used by this Application, unless stated otherwise, serves to identify Users and remember their preferences, for the sole purpose of providing the service required by the User.
Failure to provide certain Personal Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services.
Users are responsible for any Personal Data of third parties obtained, published or shared through this Application and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to the Owner.

Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

The Data Controller processes the Data of Users in a proper manner and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of the site (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Data Controller at any time.

Place

The Data is processed at the Data Controller's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved with the processing are located. For further information, please contact the Data Controller.

Retention time

The Data is kept for the time necessary to provide the service requested by the User, or stated by the purposes outlined in this document, and the User can always request that the Data Controller suspend or remove the data.

The use of the collected Data

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: Analytics.
The Personal Data used for each purpose is outlined in the specific sections of this document.

Legal action

The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Data Controller, in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related services.
The User declares to be aware that the Data Controller may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

Additional information about User's Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) or use for this purpose other Personal Data (such as IP Address).

Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Data Controller at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

The rights of Users

Users have the right, at any time, to know whether their Personal Data has been stored and can consult the Data Controller to learn about their contents and origin, to verify their accuracy or to ask for them to be supplemented, cancelled, updated or corrected, or for their transformation into anonymous format or to block any data held in violation of the law, as well as to oppose their treatment for any and all legitimate reasons. Requests should be sent to the Data Controller at the contact information set out above.
This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom. If a User objects to any of the changes to the Policy, the User must cease using this Application and can request that the Data Controller remove the Personal Data. Unless stated otherwise, the then-current privacy policy applies to all Personal Data the Data Controller has about Users.

Information about this privacy policy

The Data Controller is responsible for this privacy policy, prepared starting from the modules provided by Iubenda and hosted on Iubenda's servers.

Aug 19, 2011

New app: Multipost


Available in Android Market

Do you use multiple social network sites and is tired to post the same message on each site time and time?

This app can launch apps for each social network in a batch, so you can just input message one time, then just tap "Send" or "Post" on your favorite social apps.

Note: You need app supporting "share" function for the social network site you use.

search keyword: Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, Google Plus, Google +, Linkedin

Jul 6, 2011

Releasing develop version of Meridian Revolution:

http://sites.google.com/site/eternalsandbox/Home/meridian-player/MeridianPlayer.apk

Changes:

  • Change art behavior in album list, video list, and playQ list
  • Change track number format to #.
  • Support pad's external SD card and USB storage
  • Move "show unrated songs" option to star threshold dialog
  • Fix album forced low resolution album art in play view bug
  • Fix video tab or file f/c or ANR bug
  • Fix bitmap memory leak f/c bug
  • Remove "video playlist", integrated into playQ.
  • Remove "audiobook tab", integrated into playQ.
  • Remove "Rapid Browser", which is a workaround for really old Android and devices.

Dec 17, 2010

The most encouraging update for Android Market ever

These days Android Market has a major update, both in use client and developer console.
I have to say the updates are marvelous and hitting the points.
The promotion space is much better now. I can now put 8 screenshots, linking a video, and have now 4000 characters to describle my app. Well I know no user will read more than 1000 characters, but it's very good for searching and noticing.
Also, the "Recent Changes" is important. When I update an app I always want to know what's new. Forcing users to read Change Note web page is non-sense.
I also like the new Market user client, but you all can see how it's changing, so I won't talk here.
Good job, Google. (and the team from WebOS I guess)

Dec 6, 2010

Meridian new widget questionnaires

We're taking care of new widgets of Meridian. 
Please let us know your thought at: 

Nov 24, 2010

About lock screen widget of Meridian

After trying Lock Screen widgets of like Mixzing and PowerAMP, and lock screen apps like WidgetLocker or so, I choose to make a special lock screen widget of Meridian.
I strongly recommend users to install a lock screen app (WidgetLocker Lockscreen is very nice), then put Meridian's normal widget on it. This way works more flawlessly and beautiful.

Nov 1, 2010

Difference between Meridian Pro from Market and PayPal

First of all, buying Meridian Pro from Market or PayPal does not differ in the application features. They are totally identical except the authorizing method. Also, you don't need both of them. One of them is fine.

The differences are:
  • With a Market auth app you need to keep it installed in the phone, and with a PayPal auth key you need to input it into Meridian main app.
  • Market auth app is Google account dependent, where PayPal auth key is device dependent.
  • Thus, if you changed your phone with a PayPal auth key, you need to mail me for a new key.
  • In the other hand, if you changed your Google account for some reason, you need to rebuy Pro if you're using a Market auth app.
  • With price $2.99, PayPal's fee is $0.42 and Market's fee is $0.90. More than twice, but since on PayPal I need to pay effort for device changing request, both are fine for me.
As a user I'll suggest you to buy from Market if you can. It's much convenient.
I have also heard PayPal will join Market's payment, maybe it will be the time I totally shift to Market buying.

Stupid F/C bug in 1.2.2

In Meridian Hermit 1.2.2 there's a major bug, which will make everyone turning data collection off force closes every time.
First of all I want to say I'm not forcing you to enable data collection. If I want to do so I'll just remove the option or doing that secretly.
Okay, so what's the problem? This is the buggy code:

  if (tracker != null) {
    // do tracks...
  }
  tracker.stop();


If user disable data collection, the tracker will be a null pointer. and thus F/C on a NullPointerException.
Yeah, very stupid bug. It of course need to be this:

  if (tracker != null) {
    // do tracks...
    tracker.stop();
  }


I apologize for the bug but all test phones I use was turning collection on :p
You know it's hard to develope and test everything by one man blah blah.
Sorry for the inconvenience again, in addition to tens of mails I got and replied X_X

Oct 14, 2010

New twitter account for Meridian

Since the old twitter account is shifted to my private social and using Japanese, here's the new account for Meridian in English:
http://twitter.com/#!/Meridian_Andro

But Google's support really sucks

The country problem took me ONLY five days to know how to handle, but now there's another problem:
  • Android Market console says it has payed out some money
  • Can see nothing in my AdSense account
  • Contact support again and this time get NOTHING helpful
  • Nine days ago, by the way
  • It seems like the support team can't understand my problem at all
  • I have reported a broken link but get no touch on it
  • My AdSense account's "payout history" becomes a broken link, for a week
  • NOW HOW MANY DAYS DO I NEED TO FIND WHERE IS THE ADSENSE CONTACTING FORM?

Aug 24, 2010

That's why I didn't want to make Meridian can be installed to SD card

Well OK, you guys want to install Meridian to SD card without knowleges, so Meridian is now installable to SD.
And for those can't find where the widget is, put Meridian back to your phone and reboot.

Jul 5, 2010

Google continues messing up Android Market

http://www.medieval.it/google-is-censoring-bluetooth-on-android-the-proof/menu-id-66.html

I think this is the point - Meridian requires bluetooth permissions (to play music through them), so it disappears.
My complains are same as theirs. Android Market team really sucks.

Jun 21, 2010

New App: Queek Music Shuffler

Just want to easy and shuffle play your massive lovely songs? Try Queek!
Queek is a great tool for people have lots of songs in their phone, and is tired to index them all the time.
Just play. Auto shuffle, auto skipping songs you don't like that much.
For indexing and play lists, please try Meridian Media Player.

http://market.android.com/details?id=org.sais.queek
qrcode

Jun 17, 2010

Bad news and bad news for Android

http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/16/android-team-laser-focused-on-the-user-experience-for-next-release/

I wish this article is just an unreal rumor.
There are so many things and issues to fix and so many functions to make, and they decide to fight against their so-called "partners" huh?
Absolutely Google works so bad with cooperations, the Market payment region extending process is fucking slow, my app disappears from Market and I have no some more detailed information of what's happening, Google does not have a support mechanism, I just keep apologizing to my users.
And I'm still stuck with Android's weak multimedia framework, the AdMob component does not show up, the Google Adsense is another US only feature, blah blah.
It was a bright future to me a year ago, but now it's filled with darkness. Android is running toward a wrong direction.
Wish it's not too late to join Apple's side.

Jun 11, 2010

Meridian Pioneer is currently invisible on Market for 1.5 and 1.6 devices

In fact I don't know what's going on, and I don't think it's me messed up something.
I keep the min SDK as 3 and target SDK as 4, they should not act like that.
Google says it's fixed three days ago, but no, it's not.
I'm asking Google and finding some resolution to avoid this, but with no luck yet.
Hope we can overcome this soon.

May 25, 2010

Android Developers Blog: Android Application Error Reports

Android Developers Blog: Android Application Error Reports

Yeah I have received the bug reports from users. This is very, very helpful and cool feature. Thank you Google!
But I wonder what devices get this? I thought this is a Froyo feature, but I have seen some reports from Droid. They're not getting Froyo right?
And I also don't have it on my Nexus One running Froyo. There's just one Force Close button there. It's not from the OTA but a 44 MB update.zip, maybe it's the difference?

Apr 27, 2010

If there's anyone want to know Meridian Conservative's update frequency

It's planed to be one update for two month to a quarter.

Apr 19, 2010

Flurry seems to be not usable for me

The region is a mess (Australia 80%? What are you talking about?), the version tag is not working, the device and carrier information is totally wrong, and the help center does not reply any of my mails.
Maybe it's time to throw it out and use Google analytic only.

Apr 1, 2010

So people who complain about updating...

does not read the app's description too.
They just don't know Conservative version is there, huh.
Maybe I'll put a dialog in Pioneer...Oh no, they won't read that either.

Mar 29, 2010

Lossless audio support of Meridian


Thank to avs234 and his work Andless, from 0.15.0 Meridian supports lossless playback including flac, ape, alac, wav, wave pack, and mpc.

Some words to say:

- You can play these files as normal ones, but tags (and thus album arts) won't work because Android does not scan them. Meridian does not have its own tag parsing system.

- flac cues are not supported, because there is an integration problem with current cue system.

Enjoy!