i don't want this soft to die...

[Guest]

i looked into my mail box and found this : There is a little update for the Silverjuke 2.7 series - see viewtopic.php?t=2786 for details. The update is free.
received on the 5th of october !!! almost 2 years for a little update...

Can't believe it. The soft is great but can't wait for the next release. Please tell us something coming soon, you have to.

regards

[Guest]

Well, at least there were two little further updates till today, 2.72 and 2.74, see eg. here: viewtopic.php?t=3237

Regards,
B.

[cyrilius4]

[Dubious]

[cyrilius4]

[Guest]

Why is "Spectrum monitor" such CPU hog?
Silverjuke is using only 4 - 5 % CPU power, but with "spectrum monitor" activated almost 95% is used.
Even when i deactivate all of 3 options (spectrum, osciloskop, starfield) there is almost 60% of CPU power used, just for showing name of the artist-song?!? I am runing Sj on Mac mini, but i think that in Windows is same situation.

[Dubious]

Guest wrote:
> Why is "Spectrum monitor" such CPU hog?
>
> Silverjuke is using only 4 - 5 % CPU power, but
> with "spectrum monitor" activated
> almost 95% is used.
> Even when i deactivate all of 3 options (spectrum,
> osciloskop, starfield) there is almost 60% of CPU
> power used, just for showing name of the
> artist-song?!? I am runing Sj on Mac mini, but i
> think that in Windows is same situation.

... I was just gonna post something about this. I upgraded my proc and was curious to see how much headroom I had left. A P4 2.6ghz uses about 5% during playback and about 35% during spectrum monitor visualization. Hah! I certainly dont care, I just found it amusing.

[Guest]

There are numerous improvements that need to be made to the software. This forum has many threads indicating what features need to be added and what features need to be improved.

If it was not for the work of SilverEagle, this software would be a total flop. It lacks proper network control and/or connectivity. It lacks any semblance of touch screen compatability or ergonomics. It lacks proper audio drivers for bit-perfect playback. It lacks many other things. When the software was released, it was a welcome contender in the distributed audio, home jukebox arena. It has grown rather long in the tooth.

Again, without the numerous contributions by SilverEagle, this software would be nowhere. I am not beating up the author, but at the same time, if this is a business then the software development process needs to be on much more timely schedule. It has become rather obvious that this is a part time hobby and the developer does not devote time to the product or the customers.

[SilverEagle]

Guest wrote:
> It has become rather obvious
> that this is a part time hobby and the developer
> does not devote time to the product or the customers.

While I do appreciate the implied praise in your post, I feel I must stand up for the developers here: current pricing is 29 euro's for "unlimited updates". That is 'unlimited', not to be confused with 'guaranteed' or 'often' or even 'regularly'.

If you want unlimited guaranteed often regular updates the best way probably is to bind yourself to a company which charges for them instead, you just can't have it both ways in the real world...

SilverEagle
PS: In fact when I think of it I got the short stick here: I won the software for free in the competition, but as result of a few hundred hours coding before and after the contest I think that might be a rather poor return on investment..

[infimum]

You know, the bass library included in v2.74 is v2.2.0.2/4. U4seen's page lists the current version v2.4.5. I have other applications that use the bass library. They all use the latest one. If nothing else, this fact alone makes me worry about SJ's seniority.