Suggestions for 3.9

Started by AstralSoup Design,

tongub

Hello. I have a suggestion. Would it be possible to have a shortcut key function that adds the currently playing track to the library. That way if XMPlay is playing random tracks in the background and something is played that you want to remember for next time, you can push a shortcut key that is global and the track will be added to the library.

Dotpitch

Quote from: tongubWould it be possible to have a shortcut key function that adds the currently playing track to the library.
That's already there: 'List nav - Jump to current' followed by 'List track - Add to/from library'.

tongub

yes, dotpitch, I was aware of those functions. what i was requesting was one function that could be used globally to add the currently playing track to the library. if i double bind a key to both functions it will not work if xmplay is minimized to the tray on my winxp computer. for whatever reason, double binding a key to those functions appears to work fine on my win7 computer.

Dotpitch

Quote from: tongubif i double bind a key to both functions it will not work if xmplay is minimized to the tray on my winxp computer.
Did you tick the 'Global' box for both shortcuts?

tongub

yes, i ticked global for both shortcuts. I have another shortcut function that is set to global and it works fine so i know that global works. I checked the list and there aren't any other functions bound to the key i had set for them and there aren't any duplicates of the 'Jump to current' or 'List track - Add to/from library' functions. seeing that it works on the win7 computer i was guessing that maybe winxp had an issue with double binding and thus requested a single function that would replace the need to have a key double bound.

Dotpitch

Does the shortcut work properly if XMPlay has focus?

It's good that you've ruled out duplicates and the global shortcut hook. It's odd though that other global shortcuts do work, but this one doesn't.

Wes

I posted this in the 3.8 bugs thread, but since I'm not sure that was the right place to post it and I have gotten zero response to the post (I may as well not have posted for all anyone seems to have noticed), I'm re-posting it here in the hopes of actually getting a response (even a "won't fix" type response is better than nothing):

Is there a way to smooth the reductions in the dynamic Auto-amp? I have a song with an intro that is initially quiet, but has a very long crescendo into the main part of the track. At about 30 seconds in, it would appear that the part where the crescendo picks up is sent through the DSP, as the perceived volume sharply drops at that point. Normally this wouldn't be a problem (this is the kind of thing dynamic Auto-amp is for - letting me hear my music nicely without blowing my ears out at the loud parts), but in this case the volume drops so fast that it sounds like someone muffled the speakers. Looking at the Amplification slider live while the song plays I can see that in the first part of the song it gets to around +12 dB (I actually saw +14.0 dB at one point when I was testing this), and it will drop a decibel or two at a time as the song gets louder. However, at the 30 second mark it drops about 5 dB instantly (always from +3.7 dB to -1.9 dB). This effect is noticeably odd.

Is there any way to fix this? Preferably a method of smoothing the reduction could be used to make sure that there are no huge instant drops in volume, but I'm not exactly sure where in the amplification code this should be handled. If it helps I can upload the file that this happens in and post a screen-cap of my DSP settings.

Dotpitch

Quote from: WesIs there a way to smooth the reductions in the dynamic Auto-amp?
The auto-amp cannot be adjusted by the user right now. What you could try is using a different auto-amp in a DSP-plugin (for example RockSteady) and tweak that a little bit. Or you could use a compressor (like Sound Solution, which would decrease the dynamic range of the audio.

tongub

Quote from: DotpitchDoes the shortcut work properly if XMPlay has focus?

Yes, if XMPlay has focus than it does work, but it doesn't work as a global shortcut.

piovrauz

Mmmmm, I might awell ask it, since it's bugging me...
Since Milkdrop sources were released, would it be possible to have someone build it as a native xmplay plugin?
Since barna never came back here (that I know) it would be really nice if one of the best vis plugins around would get a native version...
Right now there's the wrapper, but it has some issues with recent builds of milkdrop, and requires a bit of fiddling the casual user may find unappealing.
Now, I don't really know how much work that would involve, I am no programmer, but I suppose it's worth a try.

EWeiss

QuoteSince barna never came back here (that I know)
give me the source of this wrapper and i can do that it work..
without? Nothing...

sorry.

greets

piovrauz

Eh, without Barna I suppose the wrapper code is not available.

Muxson

Mute/Unmute is available via shortcuts and right-click on the volume slider but I don't see an option for a mute button on the skin.
I could well imagine a "button_mute.bmp" and corresponding mask entry...
Is that possible?

That would be my request.

EWeiss

#73
Quote from: piovrauzEh, without Barna I suppose the wrapper code is not available.


what is the Problem with visualization..
Ian should add my lib and all Trouble are gone..
i have many work on it and is very stable (with Mediaportal to)

all files for that are available..
also why create a new XMLPlugin for that? when i have written one ? LOL

greets

frozenat99

#74
this would be nice:
+allow memory playback (uses RAM instead of disk)
+allow editing replay gain values
+allow editing album art
+allow minimum buffer up to 0 ms or 5 ms (for testing)
+portaudio output (like audacity mme output)
+1 to playlist tabs

saga

Quote+allow editing replay gain values
Wouldn't "editing" be a bit pointless? I mean, ReplayGain is supposed to be a standardized setting that's supposed to be computed by a ReplayGain scanner, right? If you don't agree with your ReplayGain tags, you can still set a user-defined gain from the settings "DSP" tab, don't forget to check "Reset on new track" and then create a Saved Setting for this file.

Deb

Good evening.

As a follow-up to my post elsewhere, I was wondering if the Internet streaming timeout feature could be upgraded so that xmplay takes a longer time or makes more attempts to reconnect to a stream before marking it dead. Thank you for your attention.

frozenat99

Quote from: saga
Quote+allow editing replay gain values
Wouldn't "editing" be a bit pointless?

I guess you're right; i just prefer RG edit because it's simpler and faster

Muxson

Any opinion about adding a mute button on the skin?

Quote from: MuxsonMute/Unmute is available via shortcuts and right-click on the volume slider but I don't see an option for a mute button on the skin.
I could well imagine a "button_mute.bmp" and corresponding mask entry...
Is that possible?

That would be my request.


piovrauz

I might just ask...
It would be nice to revamp the tag editing: right now you edit the data in the tagi if there's aa plugin that can do so.
But this meaning a lot of plugins needs to be duplicated with another that support tag editing.
What about a centralized tag editing plugin? Obviously some format don't have tags, but unifying the rest vould be good in my books.