Hi Craig,

Material 0.9.5 is looking great! I am currently running 0.9.6 now,
pulled from GitHub.

In late January, Michael added what I thought is a very cool addition to
LMS 7.9.2, although he apparently thought it to be a minor new feature:
a Preset Editor plugin. See:
https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?110087-New-in-7-9-2-Presets-editor&highlight=preset+buttons

I like this. In the client, the buttons work like an old car radio with
pre-programmed push buttons. In LMS, each available button can be
assigned an internet stream URL, Playlist, Favorite, etc. All the client
has to do, is "push" one of the available buttons. LMS permits a set of
presets for each player that it knows about.  The editor is under Server
settings > Player tab > Presets Editor. I used to drive cars with
buttons like this ... actually ... I still do.

Now, this might not seem terribly useful if it were to be implemented in
material's desktop display, but in the mobile display, I think it would
be quite useful. I would love to see this added somehow to material, if
it could be done. The next question becomes - where would you put such
buttons, for any that have been assigned something for the current
device? I don't exactly know, possibly as a row in the Player Selection
Menu?

I learned about this feature after it was implemented in the Android app
Squeeze Ctrl. It makes selecting something I listen to often, like the
Radio Paradise main FLAC stream, easily selected while driving with my
phone in the car, or when out for a walk. I should offer an explanation
- I use a NeoRouter-based VPN to stream music from LMS running on my
home server to my phone.

Would it be possible to add a control for this "Preset" feature in a
future release of material?



*Living Room:* SB Touch + DIY PSU > CI Audio VDA.2 DAC + VAC.1 PSU >
VRX.1 cables > Emotiva XSP-1 Gen 2 preamp + XPA-DR2 amp > Blue Jeans
cables > B&W 804 speakers
*Laptop:* System76 Galago + Ubuntu 16.04 + Squeezelite + Material Skin >
ifi USB iSilencer > Audirect Beam DAC > Senn IE 80 earbuds
*Bedroom:* Android Phone + SB Player + Squeeze Ctrl > Bluetooth > Bose
SoundLink Revolve
*Server:* Puget Systems Serenity + Ubuntu 18.04 + LMS 7.9.2
*Music:* Personal FLAC, Radio Paradise FLAC, Qobuz, Spotify
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