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Interface Issues and Apple Guidelines
JohnAV:
--- Quote from: Afrosheen on August 01, 2014, 12:03:51 am ---That's a very good point. But then again we are in the third iteration of MC Mac, and it's continuing to get closer to the full feature of MC Win. But if that's what the development of MC Mac will be, to have a limited UI gradually gain the full features of MC Win, then I would like to know that so that I am not contributing with the hopes that I have of MC Mac. It's not that I don't want to support that choice in development, but I rather know so that I'm not carrying false hopes.
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I guess I have one question which is against legacy Mac OS X users, since 10.10 seems to be advancing core audio a bit, is there going to be a time when you stop supporting older OS's with the third iteration of MC Mac (MC20) to meld with more recent OS X abilities?
Thanks for all your efforts! 8)
Yosemite Core Audio changes beside MIDI over Bluetooth.
AV Foundation Framework Changes
AV Foundation framework adds support for a broad cross-section of audio functionality at a higher level of abstraction than Core Audio. The new AV Foundation audio capabilities are available in both OS X and iOS and include a new API that allows manual control of the camera focus, white balance, and exposure settings. In addition, bracketed exposure captures allow automatic capturing of images with different exposure settings.
You can now capture metadata over time while shooting video. This capability allows arbitrary types of metadata to be embedded with a video recording at various points in time. For example, you might record the current physical location in a video created by a moving camera device.
Other new capabilities in AV Foundation include:
Audio recording and playback
Audio file parsing and conversion
Audio units that allow for the creation of sound effects, filters, audio distortion, and reverberation effects
Pitch and playback speed management
A built-in equalizer and mixer that you can use in your applications
Stereo and 3D audio environments
MIDI compatibility
Automatic access to audio input and output hardware
For information about the classes of this framework, see https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/mac/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVFoundationFramework/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008072
MartinG:
I also would like to have the program being more MAC stylish. Version 18 looked like a windows program running on MAC. Version 19 made a great step forward, but still looks like a ported program. I am really desiring a MediaCenter, that looks and feels like a real MAC program. I know that it is a lot of work, but believe me: JRiver is a program that I do much more prefer to Amarra or Audirvana. The remote app is perfect for me and is so much more comfortable compared to Apple Remote or other solutions. So, my wish list:
1. stability, stability, stability!!!!
2. Look and feel like a native MAC program
3. nothing that burns under my nails. :)
Awesome Donkey:
How about a 'flat' version of the Noire skin that goes well with Yosemite?
Afrosheen:
Could we keep any requests for skinning separate from this thread? That is more of design request, which is quite different from the OP. If we keep this stuff piecemeal, there's a greater likelihood of them happening, otherwise making it into a group an then seeing one part of it being address may disappoint some users who aren't aware of the difference in the type of requests being made here.
sandalaudio:
--- Quote from: Afrosheen on August 01, 2014, 09:11:38 pm ---Could we keep any requests for skinning separate from this thread? That is more of design request, which is quite different from the OP.
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Having skinnable custom interface is not as cool as it used to be a decade ago (remember Winamp?), especially since they stick out like a sore thumb these days with high DPI large monitors. The only popular app I have that still do skins is Adobe CS, with their push for cross-platform environment like Adobe Air.
Personally, it would be great if the MC was built with the standard Apple methodology, i.e. Xcode with Cocoa and Interface Builder. It would make the behaviour of search bar, table pull downs and menu bars a lot more predictable.
MC19 reminds me of what VLC or Firefox used to be like many years ago, just after porting to OS X. They became much better over the years. For example, look at the Preferences window in Firefox.
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