Topic: 3.8 reports, queries and bugs

[winner]

At Options and Stuff > Appearance in XMPlay 3.8.5.0, the open panels tick box seems to not work properly. While playing music, I'd expect that checking and unchecking this box would cause the skin panels to expand and contract. At least with a few skins, this does not happen. The "Big" tick box, however, works as expected, making the player skin big and small when checked and unchecked. Also, I'm seeing panels in my preferred skin, Rated Carbon, appear in front of the main area of the skin when I open XMPlay. Please test and correct this feature if possible. Thank you!

[Ian @ un4seen]

Ticking the "Open panels" box should open the skin's panels, but unticking the box won't then close the panels. If you aren't seeing the panels opening with some skins, please try them with the latest build, as this stuff was actually tweaked earlier this year:

   www.un4seen.com/stuff/xmplay.exe

Let me know if you still see any problem with that, and with which skins.

[winner]

Ticking the "Open panels" box should open the skin's panels, but unticking the box won't then close the panels. If you aren't seeing the panels opening with some skins, please try them with the latest build, as this stuff was actually tweaked earlier this year:

   www.un4seen.com/stuff/xmplay.exe

Let me know if you still see any problem with that, and with which skins.

OK, the open panels issue is solved, but I'm still seeing the flyout panels in my Rated Carbon skin appear in front of the main portion of the skin. I do not have duplicates of this skin in my XMPlay directory. Any ideas how to fix this?

[Ian @ un4seen]

Do you mean the side panels (containing EQ and playlist) appear in front (rather than behind) when they're closed? If so, I don't seem to be able to reproduce that here. Are there any special steps to make it happen? Is it happening with other skins too, eg. the default skin? Do you have any DSP/general plugins enabled (particularly any with popup windows) in the "Plugins" options page, and if so, does disabling them prevent the problem?

[Alex Mortar]

Can Xm Play do crossfade when start/stop playback?

[Ian @ un4seen]

Do you mean fade-in/out rather than crossfade? XMPlay doesn't currently have the option to fade-in/out when starting/stopping playback, but it does have a crossfade option for track changes (in the "Miscellaneous" options page).

[Alex Mortar]

Is it possible to assign the middle mouse key to certain actions, such as switching to the next random track, etc ?

[Ian @ un4seen]

It is possible to assign the middle mouse button to certain actions in the "Playlist" options page, but only actions specific to the clicked-on track, so random track changing isn't included.

[Alex Mortar]

Maybe it possible to switch song in one action (to assign middle button by clicking on tray icon) ?

[Ian @ un4seen]

There is a "Random track" option in the tray icon's right-click menu. Right-clicking on the play button will also switch to a random track.