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Polonio

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Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements
« on: August 05, 2004, 05:48:02 pm »
I just installed MC11 for first time... And I wanted to take a look to new improvements...

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Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements:
Animated Direct3D file browsing


What is this? How can I test/see it?

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Pane auto-sizing

How? I dont find the option...

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Basic image editing

Do you plan to work more on that? How fast?


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Enhanced album grouping for pictures so pictures taken together get grouped without any user intervention

What is it? How can I access this grouped view?

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LonWar

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Re:Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2004, 05:55:13 pm »
For the 3D thing, Press Alt and 3 then click on a view cheme or playlist.
Must have dx9

The Pane sizing works very well.... I think it is on by default.,.. Not sure there is a option?
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Re:Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2004, 06:16:54 pm »
Quote from: imjustagamer on August 05, 2004, 05:55:13 pm
For the 3D thing, Press Alt and 3 then click on a view cheme or playlist.
Must have dx9


How do I know I have dx9 installed?

Following your procedure, images do not appear on the board... I can browse the library, but I don't see thumbsnail or anything new...
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Re:Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2004, 07:15:51 pm »
Quote from: Polonio on August 05, 2004, 06:16:54 pm
How do I know I have dx9 installed?

Go to your start menu (Window's start menu) and select Run...

Type in dxdiag and then hit <enter> (or click on "OK").

If DirectX is installed, a program will pop up and proceed to scan all the DirectX components.  If it's not installed, you'll get a Windows error complaining that it can't find the program.

On the first tab (the one visible at startup), it will also tell you exactly what version is currently installed.
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Re:Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2004, 07:24:14 pm »
Quote from: imjustagamer on August 05, 2004, 05:55:13 pm
For the 3D thing, Press Alt and 3 then click on a view cheme or playlist.
Must have dx9

Yeah, but what is it supposed to do exactly?

I pressed Alt-3 and heard the beep, and then selected the default Genre/Artist/Album viewscheme.  It doesn't look any different to me.  :-\  I have everything set to their defaults (i.e., the views are set to List), so I tried changing to Thumbnail, Album Thumbnail, etc.  Still, zippo.  Nothing is different than before. :(
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Re:Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2004, 07:42:51 pm »
By holding down Alt and 3 (not f3) and clicking a different scheme I get this:

http://www3.sympatico.ca/imjustagamer/Image2.jpg
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Omni

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Re:Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2004, 09:05:31 pm »
Interesting.  I'm not getting that.  (I'm still on 11.0.50, but that shouldn't matter.)

I tried both "thumbnail" and "album thumbnail" views.  Also, how are you getting it not to display all the duplicates (album covers)?
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Re:Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2004, 09:31:53 pm »
Quote from: Omni on August 05, 2004, 09:05:31 pm
Interesting.  I'm not getting that.  (I'm still on 11.0.50, but that shouldn't matter.)

I tried both "thumbnail" and "album thumbnail" views.  Also, how are you getting it not to display all the duplicates (album covers)?

It just doesn't show duplicates.... I didn't do nothin... It's a album view I guess...

And that view has been around since 45 I think...
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Re:Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2004, 10:05:11 pm »
Okay, yeah, you're right.  Album thumbnail mode removes the duplicates.  ::)  *slaps forehead*

Since I'm only seeing your static screenshot, that still doesn't answer my original question:  What does this Alt-3 mode suppose to do?????????

Guessing:  When you move the mouse over one of the album covers, that album cover zooms out and enlarges?
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Re:Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2004, 03:20:44 pm »
Quote from: imjustagamer on August 05, 2004, 05:55:13 pm
For the 3D thing, Press Alt and 3 then click on a view cheme or playlist.
Must have dx9

The Pane sizing works very well.... I think it is on by default.,.. Not sure there is a option?

How can I ge back to the more normal view?

And the 3D thing can't handle letters with dots like åäö
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Re:Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2004, 04:47:47 pm »
Quote from: matshif on August 06, 2004, 03:20:44 pm
Quote from: imjustagamer on August 05, 2004, 05:55:13 pm
For the 3D thing, Press Alt and 3 then click on a view cheme or playlist.
Must have dx9

The Pane sizing works very well.... I think it is on by default.,.. Not sure there is a option?

How can I ge back to the more normal view?

And the 3D thing can't handle letters with dots like åäö

Press ALT and 3 and another view scheme. That will bring you back to normal.


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Okay, yeah, you're right.  Album thumbnail mode removes the duplicates.    *slaps forehead*

Since I'm only seeing your static screenshot, that still doesn't answer my original question:  What does this Alt-3 mode suppose to do?????????

Guessing:  When you move the mouse over one of the album covers, that album cover zooms out and enlarges?


Yep that's about it... You can put albums in a bucket to play as we..  :-\
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Omni

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Re:Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2004, 05:30:06 pm »
I dunno.... I give up.

I've tried <alt><3> *release* <click on viewscheme> and also doing all three at the same time.  Nothing works. :( :(

Also, pressing <alt><3> in MC10 generates the same Windows default beep (i.e., "Windows XP Ding.wav").  Maybe that's an indication that MC11, on my system at least, is not properly handling the keyboard input. *shrug*

Oh, well, thanks for all your patience in trying to explain this to me!

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Re:Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2004, 06:45:57 pm »
Quote from: imjustagamer on August 06, 2004, 04:47:47 pm
Quote from: matshif on August 06, 2004, 03:20:44 pm
Quote from: imjustagamer on August 05, 2004, 05:55:13 pm
For the 3D thing, Press Alt and 3 then click on a view cheme or playlist.
Must have dx9

The Pane sizing works very well.... I think it is on by default.,.. Not sure there is a option?

How can I ge back to the more normal view?

And the 3D thing can't handle letters with dots like åäö

Press ALT and 3 and another view scheme. That will bring you back to normal.

Thanks  imjustagamer.

Amazing! It works.

But the "å" "ä" "ö" letters in words gives a blank which means that the famous swedish singer "Jussi Björling" comes up like "Jussi Bjrling"

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Re:Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements
« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2004, 07:06:21 pm »
Quote from: Omni on August 06, 2004, 05:30:06 pm
I dunno.... I give up.

I've tried <alt><3> *release* <click on viewscheme> and also doing all three at the same time.  Nothing works. :( :(

Also, pressing <alt><3> in MC10 generates the same Windows default beep (i.e., "Windows XP Ding.wav").  Maybe that's an indication that MC11, on my system at least, is not properly handling the keyboard input. *shrug*

Oh, well, thanks for all your patience in trying to explain this to me!



I hold down alt and 3 until the beep and still holding those keys I switch to another view...

Listening to: 'Grind' from 'Alice In Chains' by 'Alice In Chains' on Media Center 11
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Re:Overview of some of the key MC 11 improvements
« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2004, 04:38:42 am »

Animated Direct3D file browsing does not work to me. I see white boxes and some animmations, but album covers are not recognaizable...

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Enhanced album grouping for pictures so pictures taken together get grouped without any user intervention

What about this? No body have tell me any thing, and I am not able to find that new functionality. How can I access this grouped view?



 
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