Any News on Any Updates?

[Guest]

Been a while since youve updated, does that mean were in for a major release with new features (what are they??) or just bug fixes???

[Service-Team]

Guest wrote:
> Been a while since youve updated, does that mean
> were in for a major release with new features
> (what are they??) or just bug fixes???

Both - there will be a minor release with bugfixes and little improvements the "next weeks". However, there are also some bigger features "in queue" - but we cannot give you more detailes this moment.

Best regards,
Your Silverjuke Team

[Virgus]

[Virgus]

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[Iznogood]

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[Service-Team]

Hello Virgus,

thank you for your suggestions. Some comments are following ...

Virgus wrote:
> 1) Album View
> While using arrows in album view you can select
> every single track but not the entire album
> I think it should be possible to press the up key
> beyond the first track and select the album title
> with the arrows (useful for remote controls) as
> you can do with the mouse

Well, this may result into some complicated states. However, here are two suggestions that may work for you:

- You can select several tracks with the keyboard by holding down the SHIFT key (okay, this may be impossible for a remote control)

- You can switch to the cover view. In the coverview, a selected cover implicitly selects all tracks of the album.

- For the Numpad: A full album can be enqueued using the track number "00"

> BTW little "bug" in album view: if you
> select a random album you don't have any track
> selected as you have in list view instead.

We do not think this is a bug - CTRL+R simply goes to "any" position. For the album view, selecting a track may scroll the covers out of view, which may not be desired, too.

> 2) Numpad Cancel
> [...] I think it should also exit from numpad
> selection as if I press 00 instead of 0000 I have
> to wait for the timeout regardless if I press
> numpad cancel

We have checked this - the "Cancel" key works, there is no need to wait for an timeout. Unfortunately, the display is not updated so that the normal user does not get any feedback about the new state ...
Virgus, thank you for the hint - this will be corrected in the next version.

> 3) Alt F4 Option in Kiosk mode [...]
> Also I'd like to use the repeat button in kiosk
> mode which seems to be disabled by default (at
> least in Auratouch skin).

Both options are not available in kiosk mode because for the kiosk mode in our definition we assume a "Terminal" where any person coming along can play around with the software ... maybe the "normal" mode will already fit your needs? However, some hints:

- You can exit Silverjuke instead of only terminating the kiosk mode, see "Settings / Kiosk / Start / Exit action". The default key for the exit action is F11

- Instead of "repeat" maybe an customized "AutoPlay" will be sufficient - see "Settings / Playback / Automatic control"

[Service-Team]

Virgus wrote:
> By the way, I'd like to change the font size used
> for the numpad menu. Can you point me to the
> right direction on how to achieve that?

The numpad menu uses the space available in a display line - the font size is defined by the height of a line wich can be changed by a - eg. the Skins and have different heights for the numpad's menu.

> I also need to be sure I always start SJ in
> shuffle mode and repeat all mode.

For the shuffle mode, just enable the option "Settings / Kiosk mode / Functionality / Shuffle"; this will always enable shuffe in kiosk mode.

For the "repeat" option, please see our comment .

> And will there be a way to open the cover editor
> with a keyboard command? [...]

Currently the cover editor can only be openeded using the mouse or by a touchscreen.

> Last but not least (as it would be very useful):
> I'd like to enqueue the tracks after a selection
> with a single button.

We're not really sure what you want to do ... maybe we should add sth. like program.setSelection() to our ...

[Virgus]

Thanks for you detailed answers!
What made me decide to register and use SJ is the great support and the "will to improve" that makes SJ the BEST audio player on the market!

I answered to the main issues but before them I found a new issue that's worth to be mentioned:
When I want to avoid big queues I use "unqueue all but marked" key. This works unpredictaby as the currently playing track is not considered "marked".
A practical example: I have a full queue, I am in shuffle mode and am listening to an interesting track and I'd like to listen to "more from the same" album or author. I would like to unqueue the other tracks, clear the queue without stopping music and then select "same something" trigger key.
I cannot do this unless I do it right after a newly enqueued track This would really be a "tiny great improvement"!!

Here the replies to your last post,
Thanks again and my kindest regards,

Virginio Spicacci Minervini

P.S. FYI I am working on a prototype of residential kiosk for my personal use and maybe for a marketable product. SJ is the main audio component while for the video I am using ZoomPlayer and LOTs of custom scripts (vbs, js, hta and autohotkey exes) The main problems are related to remote issues, key maps and explorer.exe that cannot be kept always shut off!

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>>1) Album View
>- You can switch to the cover view. In the coverview, a selected cover implicitly selects all tracks of the album.
>We do not think this is a bug - CTRL+R simply goes to "any" position. For the album view, selecting a track may scroll the covers out of view, which may not be desired, too.

Well, I sort of "solved" part of the issue by setting a key of the remote to select and play the same album track (though every key is precious on a tiny remote control).
What would improve usability a little bit, without too much effort I hope, would be to enable a timer after which the view changes to the favourite one of the threes. E.G. I'd like to have cover view set automatically after 30 seconds of inactivity 8i think it can be done even if the vis plugin is running)

>> 2) Numpad Cancel
>Virgus, thank you for the hint - this will be corrected in the next version.

Thanks! That's good to know as it was a pity to have a limitation in the usability of this nice tool

>> 3) Alt F4 Option in Kiosk mode [...]
>Both options are not available in kiosk mode because for the kiosk mode in our definition we assume a "Terminal" where any person coming along can play around with the software ... maybe the "normal" mode will already fit your needs? However, some hints:
>- You can exit Silverjuke instead of only terminating the kiosk mode, see "Settings / Kiosk / Start / Exit action". The default key for the exit action is F11

This is a little "big" problem for me: the kiosk mode has so many advantages but I cannot use it if I am not able to close it to open skype or watch a DVD or do other CPU consuming tasks. The problem is that many remotes have a single configuration for global keys (like the close window key AltF4)
Not using the kiosk mode leads to many other little hassles though... (as the shuffle issue later on).
I am wondering if it would be possible to have an hidden configurable option to enable the same global key to close the kiosk too.

>- Instead of "repeat" maybe an customized "AutoPlay" will be sufficient - see "Settings / Playback / Automatic control"

Thanks, this would solve the issue I think. But I would need an option to set the Autoplay on/off as the timing would be set necessarily at 0 minutes to simulate an endless playlist. A configurable key in the Advanced options would be great!

>For the shuffle mode, just enable the option "Settings / Kiosk mode / Functionality / Shuffle"; this will always enable shuffe in kiosk mode.

This option is very useful but it's available only in kiosk mode and there is no trigger key or command line code to enable shuffle mode.
If SJ starts in normal mode it keeps last state and I cannot know if triggering shuffle automatically will start or stop it.
I need a little improvement on this issue too

>> And will there be a way to open the cover editor
>> with a keyboard command? [...]
>Currently the cover editor can only be openeded using the mouse or by a touchscreen.

This is a minor issue but it would be nice if you are far from the screen to make the cover become "big" and see it better.
I just need the trigger key to do it

>> Last but not least (as it would be very useful):
>> I'd like to enqueue the tracks after a selection
>> with a single button.
>We're not really sure what you want to do ... maybe we should add sth. like program.setSelection() to our scripting engine ...

Let me clarify this:
I'd like to set up a few predefined selections (eg favourites, genders, playlists, radio streams) and be able to access them via remote. It does not seem possible now. A solution could be to have a key to trigger the search dropdown menu. It is navigable with arrows and enter but it can be opened only via mouse click or touchscreen.