Dopamine

[accuratecopy]

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.

Tested it, i love that, especially the changes on the cover player . I have a suggestion, could you add an option to show the playlist under the player on the cover player?

[Ravensky]

Thanks!

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

Yeah but .png is fine.

[Ravensky]

I knew you could do it! Testing the new changes now, so far so good =) It's awesome!

 

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

I knew you could do it! Testing the new changes now, so far so good =) It's awesome!

 

I glad you like it

Yeah but .png is fine.

I'll add png and ico for the blue and white icon. That way people can choose.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Tested it, i love that, especially the changes on the cover player . I have a suggestion, could you add an option to show the playlist under the player on the cover player?

Yep, can be done.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Tested it, i love that, especially the changes on the cover player . I have a suggestion, could you add an option to show the playlist under the player on the cover player?

[accuratecopy]

 

Really nice, I appreciate this!
Thank you

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

New nightly available here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xtihhv85o26qwnw/AABtfqFOkbFYIyBV6mmnbOEYa?dl=0

[Jackaluichi]

New nightly available here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xtihhv85o26qwnw/AABtfqFOkbFYIyBV6mmnbOEYa?dl=0

Thanks for a new nightly build!!
Testing it now on Windows 10 build 10558

[accuratecopy]

Thanks for a new nightly build!!
Testing it now on Windows 10 build 10558

I wait for the next PC and mobile builds, i hope it will be released tonight

I'm using the new nightly build of Dopamine (build 414), and i still have problems with borders and windows.
- Borders: The left and the top borders are still doubled, right and bottom are fine
- Windows: On the cover player, the playlist window is horizontally smaller than the cover window when the 1px border option is on, i use playlist vertically align on the bottom of cover player.
 

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

I wait for the next PC and mobile builds, i hope it will be released tonight

I'm using the new nightly build of Dopamine (build 414), and i still have problems with borders and windows.
- Borders: The left and the top borders are still doubled, right and bottom are fine
- Windows: On the cover player, the playlist window is horizontally smaller than the cover window when the 1px border option is on, i use playlist vertically align on the bottom of cover player.
 

yeah the doubling of borders is caused because I enable a UI parameter to avoid blur at any desktop scaling level (100 %, 125 % and 150 %). If I disable that parameter, the borders are fine, but other parts of the UI become blurred. Conclusion: it will cost lots of time to fix, so for now it's delayed for later.

Edit: ok I see what you mean for the window size with border enabled.

Edited October 6, 2015 by Raphaël G.

[accuratecopy]

yeah the doubling of borders is caused because I enable a UI parameter to avoid blur at any desktop scaling level (100 %, 125 % and 150 %). If I disable that parameter, the borders are fine, but other parts of the UI become blurred. Conclusion: it will cost lots of time to fix, so for now it's delayed for later.

Edit: ok I see what you mean for the window size with border enabled.

Ok, not a problem, i have disabled borders for the moment, until you have a fix to provide

In the cover player configuration with playlist on the bottom, i have a black rectangle at the top of the playlist window behind the search bar, the number of tracks and a part of the track which is at the top of the playlist. It seems to appear and disappear creating a kind of flickering of the playlist window.

I have another question about tags:

- I use the ";" separator in my tags (Ex: when i have more than 1 artist on a track, i put "artist1; artist2" in the "artist" tag), seems like Dopamine can't read "artist2".
- I often rip vinyls and use "A1; A2; B1; ..." tags in "track number" tag, and sometimes the "0" track number when a track is hiding before 1st track on some CDs, seems like Dopamine can't handle it.
 

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Ok, not a problem, i have disabled borders for the moment, until you have a fix to provide

In the cover player configuration with playlist on the bottom, i have a black rectangle at the top of the playlist window behind the search bar, the number of tracks and a part of the track which is at the top of the playlist. It seems to appear and disappear creating a kind of flickering of the playlist window.

I have another question about tags:

- I use the ";" separator in my tags (Ex: when i have more than 1 artist on a track, i put "artist1; artist2" in the "artist" tag), seems like Dopamine can't read "artist2".
- I often rip vinyls and use "A1; A2; B1; ..." tags in "track number" tag, and sometimes the "0" track number when a track is hiding before 1st track on some CDs, seems like Dopamine can't handle it.
 

Can you explain the black bar a little more? The first nightly had a non-transparent background behind the counter and searchbox, the latest nightly doesn't have this anymore?

How do other players handle multiple artists and track numbers? I only handle the first. I thought the tracknumer tag should just contain a number.

[accuratecopy]

Can you explain the black bar a little more? The first nightly had a non-transparent background behind the counter and searchbox, the latest nightly doesn't have this anymore?

How do other players handle multiple artists and track numbers? I only handle the first. I thought the tracknumer tag should just contain a number.

I can reproduce it with white theme sometimes a plain background or some rectangles appear, there are problems with transparent background, when scrolling the songs in the playlist.

In Foobar2000, ";" are remplaced by ",", it is showed on the same column.
For the track numbers, i don't know if it should just contain a number.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

I can reproduce it with white theme sometimes a plain background or some rectangles appear, there are problems with transparent background, when scrolling the songs in the playlist.

In Foobar2000, ";" are remplaced by ",", it is showed on the same column.
For the track numbers, i don't know if it should just contain a number.

What does A1; A2; B1; mean in you tracknumber tag?

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

I wait for the next PC and mobile builds, i hope it will be released tonight

I'm using the new nightly build of Dopamine (build 414), and i still have problems with borders and windows.
- Borders: The left and the top borders are still doubled, right and bottom are fine
- Windows: On the cover player, the playlist window is horizontally smaller than the cover window when the 1px border option is on, i use playlist vertically align on the bottom of cover player.
 

Could you test the latest nightly (build 416)? I fixed both these issues (at least it looks right on my computer). I'd like to know if it's fixed for you too.

[ViperAFK]

What does A1; A2; B1; mean in you tracknumber tag?

for vinyl rips this would refer to side a and side b. I don't think it's any kind of real tagging standard, but I've often seen vinyl rips tagged that way (A or B preceding track number in track number tag)

[accuratecopy]

for vinyl rips this would refer to side a and side b. I don't think it's any kind of real tagging standard, but I've often seen vinyl rips tagged that way (A or B preceding track number in track number tag)

Exactly!

Could you test the latest nightly (build 416)? I fixed both these issues (at least it looks right on my computer). I'd like to know if it's fixed for you too.

Everything seems to be fixed, i'll report you if i find anything else! Great work!

[Jackaluichi]

Could you test the latest nightly (build 416)? I fixed both these issues (at least it looks right on my computer). I'd like to know if it's fixed for you too.

Link for nightly build 416? I'd also like to give it a go!

[accuratecopy]

Link for nightly build 416? I'd also like to give it a go!

Look in the forums some posts earlier, same link as the other nightlies

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Link for nightly build 416? I'd also like to give it a go!

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

[accuratecopy]

I just had a crash of Dopamine, freshly opened on cover player, clicking on the "next" button to switch track. Dopamine window disappeared.
Here is the log on this period:

2015-10-07 12:42:01.3444|Info|Dopamine.Application.ExecuteStartup|### STARTING dopamine, version 1.0.0 (Build 416). IsPortable = False ###
2015-10-07 12:42:02.9917|Info|Dopamine.Common.Services.Playback.PlaybackService+VB$StateMachine_100_DeleteRuntimeFilesAsync.MoveNext|Deleting runtime files.
2015-10-07 12:42:03.7603|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|<<< Synapse indexer started >>>
2015-10-07 12:42:03.7708|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Validating process
2015-10-07 12:42:03.7808|Info|Synapse.Synapse.ValidateProcess|Commandline argument 1: IgnoreRemovedFiles = True
2015-10-07 12:42:03.7808|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Initializing WCF proxies
2015-10-07 12:42:03.8388|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Notifying the main application that the indexer is started
2015-10-07 12:42:03.9812|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Waiting for the database
2015-10-07 12:42:03.9892|Info|Synapse.Synapse.WaitForDatabase|C:\Users\antho\AppData\Roaming\Dopamine\Dopamine.db was found. Proceeding.
2015-10-07 12:42:03.9892|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Initializing the Indexing Worker
2015-10-07 12:42:06.3786|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Initializing the LifeBeat Timer
2015-10-07 12:42:06.3786|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Starting the LifeBeat Timer
2015-10-07 12:42:06.3786|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Updating collection
2015-10-07 12:42:06.3940|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_27_IndexCollectionAsync.MoveNext|+++ STARTED INDEXING COLLECTION +++
2015-10-07 12:42:30.9325|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_27_IndexCollectionAsync.MoveNext|Tracks removed: 0. Time required: 24532 ms +++
2015-10-07 12:43:13.0846|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_27_IndexCollectionAsync.MoveNext|Tracks updated: 0. Time required: 32815 ms +++
2015-10-07 12:43:14.1395|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_27_IndexCollectionAsync.MoveNext|Tracks added: 11. Time required: 1051 ms +++
2015-10-07 12:43:15.1180|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_27_IndexCollectionAsync.MoveNext|+++ FINISHED INDEXING COLLECTION: Tracks removed: 0. Tracks updated: 0. Tracks added: 11. Time required: 68718 ms +++
2015-10-07 12:43:15.1250|Info|Dopamine.Common.Services.Indexing.IndexingService.OnRefreshLists|Sending event to refresh the lists
2015-10-07 12:43:15.1355|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Updating artwork
2015-10-07 12:43:15.1421|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_29_IndexArtworkAsync.MoveNext|+++ STARTED INDEXING ARTWORK +++
2015-10-07 12:43:15.4937|Info|Dopamine.Core.Indexing.Indexer+VB$StateMachine_29_IndexArtworkAsync.MoveNext|+++ FINISHED INDEXING ARTWORK: Covers deleted from database: 0. Covers deleted from disk: 0. Covers updated: 1. Time required: 348 ms +++
2015-10-07 12:43:15.4982|Info|Dopamine.Common.Services.Indexing.IndexingService.OnRefreshArtwork|Sending event to refresh the artwork
2015-10-07 12:43:15.5017|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Notifying the main application that the indexer is stopped
2015-10-07 12:43:15.5017|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Stopping the LifeBeat Timer
2015-10-07 12:43:15.5017|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|Closing WCF proxies
2015-10-07 12:43:15.5152|Info|Synapse.Synapse.Main|<<< Synapse indexer NORMAL stop >>>

[SoulMachina]

One thing I've noticed from the 416 nightly build is that it doesn't save the position, nor the size of the window once you restart or close Dopamine. I'm hoping this is a bug and won't become a default thing.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

One thing I've noticed from the 416 nightly build is that it doesn't save the position, nor the size of the window once you restart or close Dopamine. I'm hoping this is a bug and won't become a default thing.

If that ever happens, it's a bug. I couldn't live with it not remembering its position myself . I did some changes after build 416 concerning positioning. It seems to behave here. But I'll keep an eye on it.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Hi all,

A new Dopamine build is available. This is the changelog:

7-10-2015: Dopamine 1.0.0.424 (Preview)

- Improved handling of tags
- Put the Mini Player playlists in separate window again
- Added extra white and blue icons in .ico and .png format for shortcuts and docks
- When hovering the scrollbars, the mouse cursor changes to a hand.
- Fixed issues when using desktop scaling higher than 100%

Download here

For the next build I'll be focusing on this:

- Display album artists in the list of artists
- Add an option to show notifications only when the main window is visible, or any time
- Bugs, of course
 

Let's keep it simple for the next build. After these changes the code is ready to add rating and tagging.