Version 0.9y-2 feedback

[PeterSt]

Well Russ, good morning then. I sure didn't want to spoil anyone's birthday, not even yours !

But this is mean ... I am looking on a certain site for a year because I know you will (no, might) popup there as having your birth day, was prepared for all that time to congratulate you with that, and now I missed it because I forgot your nick is different there.
No, I haven't been doing this for everybody, only for Russ. Hahaha.

Allright, so somehow boleary must have something different there than at least Russ and me. Must think ...

Once again thanks, and might you still be awake, have one on me.
Peter

[Calibrator]

... and might you still be awake, have one on me.

thanks for the thought Peter ... and thanks for the bourbon 

If you were referring to the TT site, I rarely visit there these days. The program has been stagnant for almost 2 years or so and I've moved on to the BD discs. I have a bit of a lookin on AVS now and then in the CRT forum, but unless I want to post I usually jump in as a guest, much the same as I do on any forum I am a member of actually, including here.

Make a note for next year .. haha

Cheers,

Russ

[PeterSt]

Such a pitty ... (TT)

But I don't think I will forget, because this is the day (August 27 here) I got the Firewire running in the mode and all I want.

AUGUST 27 2009

[PeterSt]

Sometimes at the start of first track (in unattended mode) the OSD Text is not shown. At the start of the second track the text is shown normally till the end of the playlist.

Allright. Let's blame that on your PC.
... which won't say this shouldn't be solved ...

But there's some explicit treatment in there that knows when XXHighEnd has been shut down, and then re-shows the OSD Text. Now, at knowing this, can you help at determining when this doesn't work ?
Or if others notice this too ... it may already help just mentioning that.

Thanks !
Peter

[Eric]

Hello Peter,
I am quite happy with the drag-and-drop function that is now available. To my surprise, the tracks from all underlying folders are loaded into the playlist!! Veeery nice!!
Question: playing attended (no wallpaper) and moving the cursor over the playlist, I forgot the name of the track that is currently playing. Is there a place where I can see the name (or path) of the track that is currently playing?
Cheers,
Eric

[PeterSt]

Hi Eric, thank you !

About your question ... maybe I don't understand ? ... it should be the first highlighted track (or the only one when not playing a selection from the Playlist). So, use the scroll "box" at the right, and scroll until you run into that highlighted track. Do not click any other track first, because then you'll undo the highlighting of the playing track.

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[Eric]

Peter,
when I load loooong playlist, I sometimes like to 'preview' what is coming. So I click on another track down the list to see the coverart of this track to come. While I do this, the music keeps on playing (I feel like a real DJ!). That is very nice, but now this new track is highlighted (of course) and I lose the position of highlighted track that is still playing. I tried to find what is currently playing under the Info-tab in XXHE, but there is only technical date and no name in there. Do you get a feel of what I am asking for?
E

[Calibrator]

Peter,
when I load loooong playlist, I sometimes like to 'preview' what is coming. So I click on another track down the list to see the coverart of this track to come. While I do this, the music keeps on playing (I feel like a real DJ!). That is very nice, but now this new track is highlighted (of course) and I lose the position of highlighted track that is still playing. I tried to find what is currently playing under the Info-tab in XXHE, but there is only technical date and no name in there. Do you get a feel of what I am asking for?
E

Hi Eric,

I see your dilemma .. just tried it myself.

What we basically need is a "now playing" box , or perhaps the path to the bottom right ( just above the progress slider ) expanding to include the track name.

I found a round-about way to see what is currently playing, and that involves opening up  the 'played.dat' ( hidden file ) in notepad and looking at the last entry. Playing with hidden files can be fraught with danger, so i suggest we wait till Peter can incorporate a change to accommodate your needs.

Cheers,

Russ

[Eric]

Hi Russ,
thanks for acknowledging.
Expanding the path to the bottom right to include the track name looks like a fine solution to me. Alternatively, using the Info-tab to contain both the path and the trackname would also work. There is already so much information on the Playlist screen! But honestly, any solution would be okay.
Cheers,
Eric

[Calibrator]

Just realised the 'Played.dat' isn't a hidden file ( no need to panic now Peter ... haha ). I was looking at the XXDat0000.dao also and mixed up the attributes in my 'ol brain.

RGB

[PeterSt]

But Eric ... If I listen closely, you not only want to see what is currently playing, but also want to click on another track and see its info ?

I can also say (and summarize) : I don't even understand that if you'd click on another track, playback will continue as planned, and that would never work (meaning : I think playback will continue at the last track clicked, after the currently playing one is finished).

There are more problems with that (clicking on another track during playback IF needed indeed) and this is the scaling of the time bar. Yeah, stupid little problem, but very hard to solve if it would be needed, and I rather do not touch that.

But hey, I'll make something of it.


Btw, do you guys ever think of starting XX a second time ? I do this very frequently, but, I must say that I know what to expect, and know in advance more or less (depending on the time of day hehe) what can't be done in the current instance. For example, one Alt-X just shows where playback is (Attended or Unattended). Or other tricks : start a second instance, mess with it what you want (thinking of settings which will be saved), quit that instance, and *understand* that the already running instance will also save its settings when it's quit. IOW, that second instance it totally harmless to that. A bit similar is starting XXHighEnd while Unattended Playback is going on. You can do all and everything, and when you're finished just click Off. Settings are saved allright in this case, but playback isn't touched with this. Unless you click Stop and the like.

[JohanZ]

Sometimes at the start of first track (in unattended mode) the OSD Text is not shown. At the start of the second track the text is shown normally till the end of the playlist.

This morning i have noticed the following after a play command (unattended mode) :
1 XX disappears to the background;
2 on windows wallpaper OSD text where presented;
3 XX Wallpaper came up (overwrites OSD text);
4 when second track starts, all works ok.

[PeterSt]

So yes, that actually is your PC ...

What I noticed myself is that the showing of a(nother) Wallpaper is a process that runs on its own, read : when the command is given to do it, you can't wait for it to finish and thus can proceed with anything you want, but the (changed) Wallpaper is still not there. The OS treats this with very low priority (or many things have to be done for it, I don't know). En the end, you too influence it by your own set priorities.
Anyway, at your PC this apparently is too slow ...

Since I already see this happening as a potential problem, I have been thinking whether it is possible to examine the Registry for it, to wee whether it has been done. But sadly it works the other way around because it is just me setting the Registry Keys concerned, so that is of no use.

Can you tell me how much "too late" it is ? When you test this, please mention the size of the picture concerned also (in resolution like 500x500 and in KB).

Thanks,
Peter

[PeterSt]

About the B.B. King issue ... can anyone provide me with a literal example, including the folder structure in use (a screen copy of Embedded Explorer where the album completely shows including the music files will suffice).
Also, what exactly is the problem ? messages ?

I just tried it, but all works. However, possibly I solved it indirectly via something else which by now has changed. Please use 0.9y-2a for it (a zip for that is somethere in this topic and at the bottom of the original 0.9y-2 download).

Thanks,
Peter

[Eric]

I can also say (and summarize) : I don't even understand that if you'd click on another track, playback will continue as planned, and that would never work (meaning : I think playback will continue at the last track clicked, after the currently playing one is finished).

Peter,
what I mean is that clicking only once (not double-click!) shows the coverart of the album that contains that track. The currently playing track is not affected by that action.
Eric