5.0.0.2062 Review by MPG

by **MPG** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 3:38 pm

Found a couple more items for the developers

- On the player, while selecting repeat or random, the icons don't change color until you move the mouse away. Hard to know when they're on or off.
- The repeat option doesn't offer the ability to repeat one (song currently played), or all (which should be the songs selected).
- There is no status area in the bottom to tell you how many songs are in the current list or how many are selected. This is important if you plan on syncing or copying to an external device.

MPG

by **Peke** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 9:14 am

I updated bug with your confirmations.

by **MPG** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:55 am

Hi Pavle,
I like your last suggestion. That would definitely work for me.

MPG

by **dtsig** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 9:57 am

I think that would be a good approch

by **Peke** » Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:28 pm

OK. Personally I'm not sure about best approach, but was thinking about:
- If single file selected then defaults to file folder
- If Multiple files from Same Folder then defaults to File Folder
- If Multiple files from different Folders then defaults to last folder or default Pictures folder or even make it configurable

Suggestions?

by **dtsig** » Sun Mar 26, 2017 6:56 pm

I agree with MPG .. adding artwork should default to the media folder.

by **Peke** » Sun Mar 26, 2017 5:49 pm

Re Manual Album art add: I see the point, Added as http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=14144

by **MPG** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 11:55 pm

Hi Peke,
regarding:

- clicking add doesn't automatically navigate to the current albums folder. Remembers folder last used.
That is by design eg. like when you have Picture Download folder where all manual album arts are downloaded. Also MMW detects pictures in folder automatically on scan

I store all of my album art within the file, and remove all pics files. Far less clutter and opportunities for things to go wrong.

In MM4, when you click add, it defaults to the current folder that the music files reside in. This is extremely beneficial when you are processing (ID3 tagging, adding album art, spellchecks, case checks, and organize) many folders, one after another. It saves having to figure out which folder you are currently in.

I get that there are users that use album art as external files. Maybe offer a setting where you can either specify an album art folder or use the current? I'll be honest, this could be a reason not to upgrade for me, as it would take me twice as long to just add album art. It would be very frustrating.

I've gotta get someone to explain to me why they want all of the album art external to the music file. To me, it would be a big hassle when you're wanting to move/copy music outside of MMW.

Thanks for your continued improvements!
MPG

by **Peke** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:37 pm

Hi,

MPG wrote:- Unable to remove artwork by pressing the delete key.

Added http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=14133

MPG wrote:- clicking add doesn't automatically navigate to the current albums folder. Remembers folder last used.

That is by design eg. like when you have Picture Download folder where all manual album arts are downloaded. Also MMW detects pictures in folder automatically on scan

MPG wrote:- When Auto-Tagging (Ctrl-Q), need ability to display Track# as a column.

added as http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=14135

MPG wrote:- When updating multiple files, I am prompted to confirm that I'm sure. Need ability to turn that off.

added as http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=14136

MPG wrote:- Needed to make a change to the sort order of my new auto playlist. Don't see a way to save it. I can cancel, play, or pin it.

Auto-Playlists Edit changes are realtime and permanent unless you click on "X". Anyway I added for revision in http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=14137

MPG wrote:- Unable to hide the criteria after making a change.

Can you elaborate what you assume by hide, as moving to other node and return back collapses edit? But it should also be most likely covered with http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=14137

MPG wrote:- There's a lot of wasted real estate at the top of an auto playlist. any options to have the header removed or shrunk down?

Main Problem is playlist Album Art that take height added to http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=14137 for revision

MPG wrote:- is there any way to set the default view on playlists. I prefer the list view over the simplified list.

Added to http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=14137

Thank you for extensive report.

by **MPG** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 5:54 pm

Editing properties for multiple files
- Unable to remove artwork by pressing the delete key.
- clicking add doesn't automatically navigate to the current albums folder. Remembers folder last used.
- When Auto-Tagging (Ctrl-Q), need ability to display Track# as a column.
- When updating multiple files, I am prompted to confirm that I'm sure. Need ability to turn that off.

- Needed to make a change to the sort order of my new auto playlist. Don't see a way to save it. I can cancel, play, or pin it.
- Unable to hide the criteria after making a change.
- There's a lot of wasted real estate at the top of an auto playlist. any options to have the header removed or shrunk down?
- is there any way to set the default view on playlists. I prefer the list view over the simplified list.

That's enough for today. Will try to play again tomorrow.

MPG

by **MPG** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 5:14 pm

I just realized that the removal of tracks doesn't automatically select them all. When I did it the first time, I just clicked remove and didn't select all. Another lesson learned. Fun times.

by **MPG** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 5:10 pm

Thanks Dieter. While not the most intuitive, i guess it's functional.

by **djdd** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:52 pm

When doing a scan, I couldn't see a bar to show progress so I didn't know if it was operating or not. The only clue was the app icon on the taskbar had a scrolling green line.

While MM is scanning, you see the rotating Icon in the upper left Corner, clicking on that Icon, shows the progress bar.

Dieter

by **MPG** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:01 pm

- I had a number of songs in a folder that I removed outside of MM. I then moved some new songs into the same folder outside of MM. I then did a scan, which identified the missing songs (this is good). I then told MM to remove those songs from it's library. I then created an auto playlist to only include songs from the folder (Path/FileName contains "LocalData\Music"). The query returned the new songs and the songs that had been removed.

- I gotta tell you that the location to name the playlist isn't well defined. I wasn't sure if that was an uneditable label or a text field.

- When doing a scan, I couldn't see a bar to show progress so I didn't know if it was operating or not. The only clue was the app icon on the taskbar had a scrolling green line.

- I am happy to report that moving the application from the #1 monitor to #2, minimizing it and restoring the app, kept the app on Monitor #2. Yea.

Onto tagging the newly added songs.

MPG

by **jiri** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 2:55 am

Navigated to a folder on my C drive that has music in subfolders. Pressed INS key and the scan window did not open. Context menu doesn't provide option (This should be re-instated). After opening menu in top left, the INS key worked. Closed and reopened the application and was unable to reproduce.

Works fine here. Please let us know in case you find out more...

Need ability to stop music on player. Not just pause. Pause keeps filed locked. Stop releases file so it can be managed by outside software.

The next build will have some Player buttons configuration, so you'll be able to enable Stop. Currently it's accessible by Player pop-up menu only.

need ability to move artwork to another location. Takes up valuable real estate.

The next build will have panels customization implemented, so you'll be able to move it to the left panel.

when looking at albums view, need ability to display details, not just icon view
please provide an option to get rid of these icon views. I need details, not pictures.

Some modifications are planned.

How does one use Pinned? I tried dragging a song to it, but nothing happened. Context menu show nothing.

There are various places where you can pin items, e.g. menu in the Artist or Album views (individual artist '...' menu). But you are right that d&d to the Pinned node is missing, will be added.

We'll also look into the other issues you raised.

Thanks for the feedback!
Jiri

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