ceejay;267598 Wrote: > I'm sure we've been here before, or is it deju vue all over again? I > think there is a clear need for a party-mode plugin which would disable > all setting changes and only allow you to add tracks to the end of the > playlist. > > Have access through the web UI (password protected) for "fixing" the > playlist when someone has lined up 16 consecutive plays of The Birdy > Song. > > For extra credit, have configuration options in the plugin to allow the > use of the "play" (ie wipe playlist) button when you have a well-trained > (sober!) group visiting. > > For extra extra credit, hide all of the unnecessary menu options. > > Maybe even allow configuration settings to hide certain genres > completely (I know, I've probably gone too far here). > > Would the NoSetup plugin be a good place to start?
I think having the option to present an "Are you sure?" confirmation screen when replacing a playlist would be a good idea -- Rockbox has something similar. There could be three options: 1) default: do what the user asks without nagging 2) confirmation: present the "are you sure" confirmation screen when the requested action would change the playlist. It would be good for this screen to remind the user if any other players are synced with this one. 3) lockdown: require the user to enter a code with the remote's keypad in order to replace the playlist It should only apply to IR commands, and probably should have an option to either control just the Play button, or Play and add. I'd probably have it in "confirmation" mode all the time, but only applied to the Play button. Menu config -- someone should write SettingsManager (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40924) which, at Phase Three, would allow users to make & save a "party config" including modified/simplified menus. There is a much simpler solution to the party play problem: make a copy of the Slim_Devices_Remote.ir file (Slim_Devices_Remote_Party.ir ?), remove the entries for any button you don't want users to have access to (play, add, all 10 digits, sleep, etc. -- perhaps you'd only enable a few like volume, fwd, rew, and pause) and use the Web UI to only enable the Party .ir file for that player. The host would use a web browser to make any changes. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver BottleRocket FuzzyTime SaverSwitcher SleepFade StatusFirst SyncOptions VolumeLock ------------------------------------------------------------------------ peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43291 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
