Dopamine

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

I have just installed the new version, and the borders are doubled on the left side and top of Dopamine window. Otherwise, it looks solid and works well 

Could you tell me more about your screen resolution and scaling value (100,125, o 150%) in windows?

[ZugZ]

Yes, please install build 405 which I released yesterday. It contains a fix for this specific problem. If that doesn't fix it, let me know.

It's fixed thank you

[Darrian]

I'm missing having fullscreen when maximized.  With my screen resolution on my tablet I cannot see the entire screen even when maximized because the bottom is obscured/cut off by the task bar. It doesn't affect the library views much, as it just cuts off some of the album art I think,   but it does make some of the preferences unreachable.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

I'm missing having fullscreen when maximized.  With my screen resolution on my tablet I cannot see the entire screen even when maximized because the bottom is obscured/cut off by the task bar. It doesn't affect the library views much, as it just cuts off some of the album art I think,   but it does make some of the preferences unreachable.

I was wondering when the first complaint would come in. That's a result of removing custom shadow and glow. It might come back at some point, but right now there is no easy way to do it.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

 

Regression: due to issues with how the Micro and Nano player playlist was rendered, I had to go back to using
  a single window. That has as consequence that the playlist can only be shown downwards. Sorry about that people.

I still think it was awesome the way it was... I had no complaints about it.

 

I understand your dissapointment, I am too. And with this post I'm not trying to make you agree
with my choices. My choices are not always what I want myself, but more what the tools allow me to do.
You say you liked how the playlist was. Remember that I see more than just that. I see its stinking, ugly,
unreliable inner workings and potential for breakage. I'll explain shortly. Please consider the attached
picture.

Situation 1:

Users want a playlist that opens in 2 directions (top and bottom). To do so, the playlist needs to
become a separate window. The separate window needs to be synchronized with the main window. Otherwise
this happens: it appears in the alt-tab menu, it doesn't minimize when the main window minimizes,
it doesn't move together with the main window.

Solution: make the main window the "owner" of the playlist window.
Side effect: the owner is positioned UNDER the owned window automatically. No way around that.

So far so good. I did that and added no shadow to the playlist window (if you can remember that).

Situation 2:

Users wanted a shadow under the playlist window. Ok, with the custom glow/shadow I had going a while back
that was achievable. I made sure the common edge didn't have a shadow. No overlap happens.

Situation 3:

Users wanted the default windows shadow. Ok, I removed the custom shadow and restored the window shadow.
Damn, a problem occurs: one cannot just remove one edge of the windows shadow and overlap occurs.
Even worse: the amount of overlap is different on Windows 7,8 and 10 because the shadow size is different.
Even more worse: the size of the overlap changes depending on whether the main window or the playlist window
is clicked. I had to think out of the box.

Situation 4:

This is the situation that I built, to achieve what you like so much: 3 layers.

Bottom layer: playlist shadow (this is basically a transparent window with just the shadow)
Middle layer: the main window
Top layer: the playlist window

The trick is to keep the shadow at the bottom of everything, and to keep the playlist on top of the rest.
Because if the shadow ever gets over the playlist window, it wouldn't be clickable (there would be an
invisible film over it). Sounds easy! I isn't...
There is no z-index thingy for window... So to get the right order I had to do something like this
every time any window is clicked, moved,...:

Shadow.Topmost = true
Shadow.Topmost = false
MainWindow.Topmost = true
MainWindow.Topmost = false
Playlist.Topmost = true
Playlist.Topmost = false

Because of all this messing with the Topmost property of windows, there was no way to even force the
main window to be topmost anymore. It was a nice try, but it was unreliable.

 

[accuratecopy]

Could you tell me more about your screen resolution and scaling value (100,125, o 150%) in windows?

Sure

Surface Pro 3 screen: 2160*1440 150%
Samsung SyncMaster S27A850T: 2560*1440 125%

Doubled borders happens on the 2 screens.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Sure

Surface Pro 3 screen: 2160*1440 150%
Samsung SyncMaster S27A850T: 2560*1440 125%

Doubled borders happens on the 2 screens.

Thanks! So it's indeed a scaling issue. I'll see what I can do.

[Skiver Veteran]

New Build fixes my sorting issue, many thanks

[Tejoenardo]

A new build has been published. It is just a bugfix release. This is the changelog:

29-09-2015: Dopamine 1.0.0.405 (Preview)

- Fixed several coloring issues with the Nano Player window controls
- Fixed the color of the tray controls when using the light theme on Windows 7 and 8
- Fixed a bug where it was not possible to start a song by double clicking in the active list if the previous song was started from explorer
- Fixed a bug where always on top of the Micro and Nano player got lost when the playlist is open
- Fixed a possible database creation error on clean installs
- Fixed a problem when ordering artists starting with "The"
- Fixed sorting issues in the songs list
- Regression: due to issues with how the Micro and Nano player playlist was rendered, I had to go back to using
  a single window. That has as consequence that the playlist can only be shown downwards. Sorry about that people.

Download here

Just installing Dopamine build 405 on my friend's notebook. After adding folders into its library, it appears that the list of artist is blank in artist screen

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

 

Just installing Dopamine build 405 on my friend's notebook. After adding folders into its library, it appears that the list of artist is blank in artist screen

The other lists are not blank? Can you send me the log?

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

 

Just installing Dopamine build 405 on my friend's notebook. After adding folders into its library, it appears that the list of artist is blank in artist screen

Actually, I'd like these:

- logfile
- his dopamine.db
- the value of the counter at the top of the artists list.

Thanks

[uninet]

I just installed build 405 with your recent corrections. The artists list problem reported against build 391 still exists in this build. My Dopamine database and logfile can be retrieved from Dropbox, as follows:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uki6n8sawgshbp5/Dopamine.db?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/u4uy0eww6aj33c5/Dopamine.log?dl=0

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

I just installed build 405 with your recent corrections. The artists list problem reported against build 391 still exists in this build. My Dopamine database and logfile can be retrieved from Dropbox, as follows:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uki6n8sawgshbp5/Dopamine.db?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/u4uy0eww6aj33c5/Dopamine.log?dl=0

Excellent! Thanks! I'll check this out.

[jasondefaoite]

Latest build, when maximised, I see a 1 pixel border where the wallpaper behind shows through. The show a border of 1px is turned off.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Latest build, when maximised, I see a 1 pixel border where the wallpaper behind shows through. The show a border of 1px is turned off.

Known issue and fixed for next build

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Hi all,

A new build is available. It is again a bugfix build. This is the changelog:

1-10-2015: Dopamine 1.0.0.410 (Preview)

- Fixes some GUI issues at a desktop scaling of more than 100%
- Fixed a problem displaying the list of artists in some cases
- Fixed a problem with searching albums
- Improved the tray icon

Download here

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Regression: due to issues with how the Micro and Nano player playlist was rendered, I had to go back to using  a single window. That has as consequence that the playlist can only be shown downwards. Sorry about that people....

This makes it a no go for me... so sad I can not use it without this... I mean I can but I don't want to.  This makes it so you are forced to keep Dopamine at the top of the screen.  I beg you to find another solution please!!!

 

OK now that I've recovered from my 5 night misery I realize I might have been too quick in reverting the playlist. I'm working on something you might like . But this time I'll make sure it is a workable solution. Stay tuned (if you still like me after this )

[Ravensky]

OK now that I've recovered from my 5 night misery I realize I might have been too quick in reverting the playlist. I'm working on something you might like . But this time I'll make sure it is a workable solution. Stay tuned (if you still like me after this )

LOL Of course I do ... thank you!

[Ravensky]

I noticed what I consider to be a bug that didn't show up until the last few builds.  When Dopamine changes songs on its own the notification window pops up like it should, but when I change it manually with keyboard shortcuts or with the controls it does not.  Is this something that can be fixed?  It would be nice if it would pop up with the keyboard prev/next keys at least like it used to.

Thank you!

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

I noticed what I consider to be a bug that didn't show up until the last few builds.  When Dopamine changes songs on its own the notification window pops up like it should, but when I change it manually with keyboard shortcuts or with the controls it does not.  Is this something that can be fixed?  It would be nice if it would pop up with the keyboard prev/next keys at least like it used to.

Thank you!

With keyboard shortcuts it should appear. I made it so that the notification only appears when the main window is not visible. But in the near future there will be an option where can actually choose to always show the notification, even when the main window is visible.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Hi all, I've been playing with the playlists of the Mini players. This is what I have up till now. This is not a mockup, but still a draft. I'm thinking how to further organize things. For the Cover player, the playlsit appears left or right of the player, depending on where there is space. For the Micro and Nano player it appears at the bottom or top, again depending on space and position. The space between main window and playlist is necessary to avoid shadow overlap. This setup works. It is now a matter of deciding the look of the contents of the playlist.

 

Edit: suggestions and ideas are welcome.

[Ravensky]

Ok this is AWESOME!!! LOVE IT!  I think you just nailed it ... Thank you!!!  The search bar there is GENIOUS!

I knew you could do it!!!  I still have faith in you Raphael   You are talented !!! Release please? I'll test it for ya

 

 

 

[Ravensky]

I would like to make a small request, inside the icons folder can you please include a blue Dopamine icon, so I have a nice icon to use on my launch bar app?  Thank you Sir =)

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Ok this is AWESOME!!! LOVE IT!  I think you just nailed it ... Thank you!!!  The search bar there is GENIOUS!

I knew you could do it!!!  I still have faith in you Raphael   You are talented !!! Release please? I'll test it for ya

 

 

 

Thanks!

I would like to make a small request, inside the icons folder can you please include a blue Dopamine icon, so I have a nice icon to use on my launch bar app?  Thank you Sir =)

You mean a blue icon like the default one, but in ".ico" format?

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Ok this is AWESOME!!! LOVE IT!  I think you just nailed it ... Thank you!!!  The search bar there is GENIOUS!

I knew you could do it!!!  I still have faith in you Raphael   You are talented !!! Release please? I'll test it for ya

 

 

 

The version from the screenshots is silently available here (not released yet). So be aware, it might need more testing

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xtihhv85o26qwnw/AABtfqFOkbFYIyBV6mmnbOEYa?dl=0