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The DJ's Feature Request Thread
enigman:
Defined in and out points would be a great feature!
1. I think it would have interest beyond just the DJ scene, as it's something normal listeners would want too (especially for those club tracks which do have really annoying intros, or mix CDs which start to mix into a new song that you don't necessarily want to hear, etc.
2. It could have value beyond just music - I can imagine using it for video too, to cut out intros, commercials, or any other crap at the beginning of a video file.
3. I wouldn't imagine this would be that much work to integrate into MC, and it might even just require a tweaking of the existing bookmarking engine.
Matt:
--- Quote from: keither on April 17, 2009, 09:49:21 pm ---1) Stop after every file.
I was really excited when the "Stop After Current File" option got added. It gave me a little more control over how I moved from song to song in my playlist, or if I had to stop after a song to make an announcement, this gave me the way. However, on occasion, I'd like the player to stop after each track. This is the equivalent of "single" mode on a DJ CD player.
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How about if "Stop After Current File" didn't uncheck itself until you manually unchecked it?
After talking about this some more with the team, we think adding another repeat mode "Stop After Every Item" would make more sense.
--- Quote ---2) Multiple live instances of the MC window.
Per the DJ thread here you can use multiple instances of MC to be able to interact with multiple zones separately. The unfortunate side effect of multiple instances of MC open is that any beyond the first don't have write access to the database, nor are the Playing Nows linked between instances. I'd much rather have a second MC window that was part of the singular instance of the program where everything was linked together.
This sort of implies that a zone's playing now and status would be modular, and I think that's of great advantage to anyone who wants to make a single screen controller for a multi-zone system.
Along with this, of course, is the ability to save that layout for the future.
2b) As an alternative to #2, having an ability to show multiple zone statuses from the main screen would be great. If the zone I was working in was set to headphones, I'd still like to at least know how much time was left on the track in the main zone without having to switch zones in the player.
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What if there were a Playing Now for each zone in the tree? You could then open each one in its own tab.
keither:
--- Quote from: Matt on April 28, 2009, 04:07:30 pm ---How about if "Stop After Current File" didn't uncheck itself until you manually unchecked it?
After talking about this some more with the team, we think adding another repeat mode "Stop After Every Item" would make more sense.
What if there were a Playing Now for each zone in the tree? You could then open each one in its own tab.
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If the "stop after every item" could have a configurable behavior - to either stay on the current track, or advance to the next track in playing now - that would be awesome!
As for the second item, it's not the Playing Now list itself that I necessarily need to see, so much as its current status (how far along it is in its current track). I'm pretty efficient with Ctrl-T and using the Send To->Playing Now (Zone#) options, and don't find that to be a burden.
Matt:
--- Quote from: keither on April 28, 2009, 04:45:28 pm ---If the "stop after every item" could have a configurable behavior - to either stay on the current track, or advance to the next track in playing now - that would be awesome!
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In build 160 and later:
NEW: Added new repeat mode "Stop After Every Item", which can be useful in DJ settings.
We don't think it's worth yet another option to configure whether it advances or not, since you manually have to start playback again anyways.
--- Quote ---As for the second item, it's not the Playing Now list itself that I necessarily need to see, so much as its current status (how far along it is in its current track). I'm pretty efficient with Ctrl-T and using the Send To->Playing Now (Zone#) options, and don't find that to be a burden.
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I don't see how the user interface could nicely support two player bars or two main interface windows. Making it easier to switch between zones (like having each Playing Now in a tab for quick flipping) is the only compromise we can think of.
keither:
--- Quote from: Matt on April 28, 2009, 05:19:35 pm ---In build 160 and later:
NEW: Added new repeat mode "Stop After Every Item", which can be useful in DJ settings.
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AWESOME! Thanks, Matt! And totally fair regarding restart advancing or not.
--- Quote ---I don't see how the user interface could nicely support two player bars or two main interface windows. Making it easier to switch between zones (like having each Playing Now in a tab for quick flipping) is the only compromise we can think of.
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I have an idea which doesn't require a UI change at all - what about a couple of additional tags in the Display Text? What if you had a tag like [Zone0 Time Remaining]/[Zone0 Total Time] [Zone0 Artist], [Zone1 Time Remaining] etc. Would that be possible?
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