Announce: Material Skin

[kidstypike]

First, thank you slartibartfast for posting your description.

[Ron F.]

Woops.Yes, I am sorry. I think I meant kidstypike.

-Ron

[slartibartfast]

Annoying, I know! You should use the other plugins folder - Slim/Plugins (I think) However, you would then need to manually update, etc. However, I will be releasing 0.9.6 in a day or so.

I'll just wait for the update. I don't let plugins update automatically though so I didn't think it would update. I think I might have seen this behaviour before with other plugins.

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[cpd73]

I have found however, that Favorites requires me to get to my Favorites list via browsing, scroll through my list of favorites - and yes, I should make my list shorter than it is. There are specific "stations" I listen to literally every day, and those can be assigned to these buttons. They are easy to get to, like when I am on the stair master at the gym, etc.

You can pin Radio Stations - which would achieve the same thing, you just need to search for the station again.

However, for the next feature release (i.e not 0.9.x) I'll add an optional "Presets" category between "Pinned Items" and "My Music"

[cpd73]

However, for the next feature release (i.e not 0.9.x) I'll add an optional "Presets" category between "Pinned Items" and "My Music"

Changed my mind. I've added (optional) listing of presets as a new category in the 'Other Music' section. You can add new presets, remove presets, change position of presets, etc. IF you are intested, this is in the devel branch - which will be the next feature release.

[Ron F.]

Changed my mind. I've added (optional) listing of presets as a new category in the 'Other Music' section. You can add new presets, remove presets, change position of presets, etc. IF you are intested, this is in the devel branch - which will be the next feature release.

Thank you Craig; I have switched to the devel branch, and have started using it.

I must admit that if I create a favourites folder, and keep a few choice entries there, then that ought to accomplish the same thing. I had not tried doing that - I had simply been using Michael's Preset feature instead. Since the devel branch now has both features available for testing; I will try both.

Thanks again for all you work Craig. You note in material, that this project is being done purely for fun, but nevertheless it is conducted in a very diligent and professional manner.

[Ron F.]

Presets Vs Favorites

Thank you Craig; I have switched to the devel branch, and have started using it.

I must admit that if I create a favourites folder, and keep a few choice entries there, then that ought to accomplish the same thing. I had not tried doing that - I had simply been using Michael's Preset feature instead. Since the devel branch now has both features available for testing; I will try both.

Thanks again for all you work Craig. You note in material, that this project is being done purely for fun, but nevertheless it is conducted in a very diligent and professional manner.

I think there are two advantages that Presets have:

1. Presets can be moved into any desired order, favorites cannot be manipulated this way - to my knowledge.
2. When lounging on my couch in the living room and streaming via my SB Touch, presets work with my IR remote! This is not relevant to Material, but it is a nice aspect of presets - maybe THE aspect that makes them truly useful.

While using material devel branch, I created a folder in Favorites, navigated into that folder, and then added a favorite. I found however that the new favorite was added to the top level, and not automatically added to the folder I was browsing. Is this correct or should the new favorite have been placed in the folder I was browsing at the time?

[cpd73]

1. Presets can be moved into any desired order, favorites cannot be manipulated this way - to my knowledge.

By default Material sorts favourites - this can be disabled in Material's settings. You should then be able to set the order.

While using material devel branch, I created a folder in Favorites, navigated into that folder, and then added a favorite. I found however that the new favorite was added to the top level, and not automatically added to the folder I was browsing. Is this correct or should the new favorite have been placed in the folder I was browsing at the time?

Sounds like a bug - I'll investigate later.

The reason for holding off releasing this branch was to try and iron out as many bugs before releasing new features. I have not extensively tested the devel branch...

[cpd73]

0.9.6 Release

Changes:

1. For MAI biography, use in order of preference; first of trackartist_ids, first of artist_ids, trackartist_id, and finally artist_id.
2. For MAI lyrics, pass track_id, or artist and title if no track_id (or this is negative).
3. Only show info page when pressing now-playing nav button if have track details.
4. Fix list moving when select item near bottom.
5. Fix select/un-select menu item in queue having incorrect value.

[cpd73]

While using material devel branch, I created a folder in Favorites, navigated into that folder, and then added a favorite. I found however that the new favorite was added to the top level, and not automatically added to the folder I was browsing.

Same bug also affects creating a favourite folder within a folder.

[Ron F.]

By default Material sorts favourites - this can be disabled in Material's settings. You should then be able to set the order.

Of course! Pilot error on my part again. It is a good thing I am not a real pilot.

[Ron F.]

Editing Favorites

Master Branch: After editing/updating a favorite, I have to refresh material manually, or navigate out and back into Favorites for the change to be shown correctly in the Favorite display.

Devel Branch: I don't understand the last commit, no surprise there but I can now create a new favorite in an existing folder. However, when I try to create a folder, it tries to place it above the current folder. So to create a new folder in Favorites now, I first navigate down into an existing folder to do it, refresh the browser, and then I see it at the top level in Favorites. If I try to do this at the top, it doesn't work. Hopefully - that makes sense.

I edited this after posting - as it didn't make sense.

[cpd73]

Master Branch: After editing/updating a favorite, I have to refresh material manually, or navigate out and back into Favorites for the change to be shown correctly in the Favorite display.

Well if it works in devel, I'll just leave as is. Will merge devel into master in a day or so.

Devel Branch: I don't understand the last commit, no surprise there but I can now create a new favorite in an existing folder. However, when I try to create a folder, it tries to place it above the current folder. So to create a new folder in Favorites now, I first navigate down into an existing folder to do it, refresh the browser, and then I see it at the top level in Favorites. If I try to do this at the top, it doesn't work. Hopefully - that makes sense.

Update, and try again.

[Ron F.]

Well if it works in devel, I'll just leave as is. Will merge devel into master in a day or so.

The automatic refresh of an updated favorite does not work in devel either - same behavior as master. I should have said that to begin with - sorry.

Update, and try again.

Updated my checkout of the devel version, and the creation of folders and subfolders in Favorites now appears to be working - I will do more testing.

[cpd73]

The automatic refresh of an updated favorite does not work in devel either - same behavior as master.

Works OK for me - I assume you mean editing the name? And the name is not refreshed correctly? How many favourites do you have in a list? It could be the view-recycler not correctly noticing the update. If so, then I have an idea for a work-around, that was used before.