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NEW: WebGizmo -- looks and works like Gizmo -- runs in a browser
gvanbrunt:
One comment I have is that the page is not HTML 5. Since JRiver has limited resources trying to be backwards compatible is a bad idea. I've developed for the web in the past and I'd rather have my fingernails ripped out then support multiple browsers in that environment.
I would strongly suggest developing for HTML 5 as it will shortly have the largest audience and will work across browsers. If there is an issue it will be with the browser not your page... Of course there will be some features that are available in one browser of the other, but that is a small hurdle compared to feature and markup differences. You've already hit those kind of problems with Firefox it would seem...
Also by forcing users to upgrade their browsers you will be doing them a favor security wise and will make web developers everywhere cry with joy...
glynor:
It also seems to render correctly on Mobile Safari:
iPad
iPhone
Functionally, though, it is something of a mixed bag.
Here Mode (the equivalent of WebPlay):
* Video doesn't work at all. Playing files results in a long loading delay, followed by a GetFile screen (where presumably you can open the file using an installed app, but which typically doesn't actually work).
* Audio seems to work pretty well for playing single tracks. However, wouldn't it be better to start playback with the chosen file, but then continue to play subsequent tracks (like the default behavior of Double Click in MC itself)?
* Play All for Audio doesn't work right (it only plays the first track and stops), and it renders with a screen like this:
Note: This applies to the standard WebRemote/WebPlay function too. There is no way to play a full album or playlist with WebPlay on Mobile Safari (Gizmo or otherwise). You can only play individual tracks, one at a time.
* Images work correctly if you play a single image.
* Play all for images doesn't work at all and renders with a similar screen to the above, except there is no actual Play button visible:
There Mode (equivalent to WebRemote):
* Audio playback seems to work correctly. Skipping to the next track works, and you can start playing a particular track in an album and then skip to the next track (as you'd expect based on double-click in MC itself).
* The slider controls are broken. The Volume Control is a slider but it doesn't slide. You can select the "slider" but you can't move it. You can adjust volume, but you have to tap the bar itself, which is non-intuitive and doesn't really work well (I can jump from 45% to 16%, but nothing in-between). The position slider doesn't work either. You can select the slider, and then a swipe does jump the music back, but only by a single second, and there is no way to go back or forward any more other than tapping on the bar itself (which has the same problem).
* If Volume Control is disabled in MC the Volume Slider still shows but is set to 0%. It would be better not to show it at all, but wouldn't 100% be more accurate?
* If MC is open on the server and in Theater View mode, it would be nice if playing something would "jump" you to the Playing Now screen. If I'm already in Theater View, it would be slick to have it automatically "react" and show what you'd expect. In Standard View or when just running the Library Server, I'd leave it alone. Theater View is something else though, because it is designed to be full-screen and for "big-screen display". If it is a remote, it should be a remote.
* Images don't work at all. They play the same way as described above for "Here Zone" mode, instead of on the server itself.
* Videos don't work at all. Same as with Images, they behave exactly like they do when you are in the "Here Zone" mode.
Remote Client Zone Connected to a Library Server:
This is an interesting use-case. I have my Library Server running in the basement. When I open MC on the HTPC, it connects to that Library Server. I opened MC on the HTPC, and then opened WebGizmo on the iPad, and selected the appropriate "HTPC Zone" from the Mode list. I could browse around and play Audio files on the HTPC, without having to use a different address to connect to the HTPC itself. Very nice. This worked just like using it in There Mode (see above) with a few additional odd things:
* Once I started Audio playing with the iPad, I wasn't able to stop it with my regular remote. If I hit the Stop command, it would stop playing that song, but then continue in the list to the next track immediately. I didn't try it with my mouse or the keyboard shortcut, but it does not behave this way when I'm playing directly on my Server (which has an identical remote with an identical Girder setup).
* Hitting the View full Playing Now list link takes you to the "old" Playing Now list on the system (not showing the currently playing tracks) until you manually navigate to and display Playing Now in MC on the PC itself. This is related to the similar issue with Tremote discussed in another thread.
BrianD:
When I select "Play All" to here (iPhone) for any Audio Album it only plays the first song and then stops.
I have to manually go back to the album track list and then select the next song to play.
I am assuming it should Play All the tracks on the album.
Cocophone:
I don't have the option to play on the computer running jriver. I only have 2 play here to choose from
JimH:
The first page should have two options.
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