>The FF/REW definitely needs improvement. > Appart from a bug that seems to affect SoftSqueeze a lot more than squeezeboxes, I'm finding FF/REW to be working rather well in 6.5 beta. Maybe it's been improved since 6.3?
The only minor functional issue I have is that if I gradually increase the FF speed through x2, x4, x8, x16, etc, then start to REW, I would expect the FF speed to decrease. But currently slimserver will jump straight down to x-2. The built-in FF/REW functionality is useful if you want to hear the music as you skip forwards so you know roughly when to stop. To complement the built-in functionality, I can recommend KDF's scanner plugin. I have bound this to Play.hold, such that pressing and holding play will display a progress bar. Using up/down buttons allows the current song position to be changed. The music will continue to play at normal speed whilst the user selects the new position. When a selection is made and play is pressed, the song instantly jumps to the new play position. This is more useful if you know where you want to position a song, as it is quicker to get there. Exact positioning is not possible if you have a long song, but it can get you close to where you want to be in a faster way than FF/REW. >Additionally, and at the very minimum, SlimServer's web interface >should have the ability to click any place on a progress bar of the >length of the song and have the song immediately start playing from >there. Just like in iTunes, WMP, etc. I believe the Fishbone skin supports this in 6.5 - not sure how accurate it is, as I don't often need to position a song playing on my squeezebox from the web UI - I use a remote in the room I am playing the music in. Phil _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
