Hi Jezbo,
Allow me to congratulate you on version 2.6.36 which I downloaded today.
Muso has come a long way and is - in my opinion - a perfect companion to my Logitech Media Server which I run in a Docker Container on a QNAP NAS.
I particularly enjoy your full screen view and the edge pop-outs, as well as the screen saver and the Pivot screens (I guess I'm a bit of a GUI animation freak)
I have one question though: How can I get Muso to display a gallery of random albums from my database?
I use Madsonic as a remote player for my library when I travel, and it has a nice default gallery populated with random albums that I like a lot. (I haven't been able to figure out a way to use Muso as a remote player yet).
Another comment (feedback) from me; The Playlist (left side on the main screen) now shows Artist Name followed by a dot and then the track name. Some Bands have long weird names, which makes the track name disappear unless I widen the frame. Doing so "eats" gallery space which is more important to have.
I can see the need for Artist name on compilation CD's or custom playlists, but on whole albums this just becomes a long repetition of information which is already in the Now playing section. I'd also like to see the track number in the playlist.
I'm not quite sure how to suggest a feasible solution that suits all needs, but what about a setting preference where I as the user could choose which fields to include in the playlist (Album, Artist, Track#, Track Name). And perhaps an option to wrap as an alternative to the three dots when it overflows the current width?
Keep up the good work
Random Albums
Re: Muso better than ever!
Thanks, some good ideas there, not sure I can wrap entries without a lot of work, but I could look to at least make the display configurable. Moving to feature requests.
Re: Muso better than ever!
Thanks, (you overlooked my question about random albums?)
While on the subject of creative feedback; I love the "New Albums" strip on top, but I must say I'm amazed that you choose to "waste" the first space block on the "New Albums ->" including the + and the - buttons for zooming...?
The de facto standard way of accomplishing such a zoom feature is simply to grab the horizontal separator line below and pull it downwards. As the row expands, the thumbnails expand accordingly (I'm sure you know what I mean).
Perhaps there's a perfectly good reason why you choose not to do things the way it is supposed to be done?
Have a perfect Day
While on the subject of creative feedback; I love the "New Albums" strip on top, but I must say I'm amazed that you choose to "waste" the first space block on the "New Albums ->" including the + and the - buttons for zooming...?
The de facto standard way of accomplishing such a zoom feature is simply to grab the horizontal separator line below and pull it downwards. As the row expands, the thumbnails expand accordingly (I'm sure you know what I mean).
Perhaps there's a perfectly good reason why you choose not to do things the way it is supposed to be done?
Have a perfect Day
Re: Muso better than ever!
Random albums is a reasonable request - I suppose the idea is that you might see some on the first page that you'd forgotten about and it prompts you to giving them a try or playing them again. But how often would you expect it to randomise them? On every refresh, once per startup, or even once per day?
The main reason I show the New Albums label is for consistency, other sections of the toolbar have a heading. My screen can still show 36 new albums, so one or two more isn't going to be that beneficial.
The main reason I show the New Albums label is for consistency, other sections of the toolbar have a heading. My screen can still show 36 new albums, so one or two more isn't going to be that beneficial.
Re: Muso better than ever!
Madsonic randomizes the screen every time you launch the program, and every time you refresh the screen. That's all I know, and it works for me
The significance of my other comment was not primarily to save space, but to avoid implementing proprietary ways of performing ordinary tasks.
The significance of my other comment was not primarily to save space, but to avoid implementing proprietary ways of performing ordinary tasks.