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Re: Show HN: An OS X music library I've been working on for the past year.

#71

Post by overcyn »

shinratdr wrote: post #63
overcyn wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The sidebar is a "now playing" playlist and I think the most interesting part of the app. When you double click a song it copies the current library into the sidebar. It lets you edit the order things get played, or what gets shuffled. You can drag and drop songs in and out of it. You can hide the browser by right clicking the header and selecting 'hidden'.

> The sidebar is a "now playing" playlist and I think the most interesting part of the app. Why is mine filled with things that aren't playing and I haven't played? If that is its intended purpose, then it needs to convey that a little better by not filling it with other unrelated content for no reason. As someone who rarely uses sub-lists and typically just flips around the main library, copying the entire existing…

I'm having trouble putting it in words. Maybe thats a bad sign. Its kind of like the iTunes DJ but not really. I can tell you that nothing in there is unrelated. Imagine the main library is a completely separate entity from the 'player'. The music player plays from the sidebar. You fill the sidebar with songs from the library.

And yeah I probably should add a menu item for hiding the browser.

Re: Show HN: An OS X music library I've been working on for the past year.

#72

Post by shinratdr »

overcyn wrote: post #71
shinratdr wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The sidebar is a "now playing" playlist and I think the most interesting part of the app. Why is mine filled with things that aren't playing and I haven't played? If that is its intended purpose, then it needs to convey that a little better by not filling it with other unrelated content for no reason. As someone who rarely uses sub-lists and typically just flips around the main library, copying the entire existing…

I'm having trouble putting it in words. Maybe thats a bad sign. Its kind of like the iTunes DJ but not really. I can tell you that nothing in there is unrelated. Imagine the main library is a completely separate entity from the 'player'. The music player plays from the sidebar. You fill the sidebar with songs from the library. And yeah I probably should add a menu item for hiding the browser.

I got that in a second reading, and I edited my comment accordingly, here is the relevant bit:

> As someone who rarely uses sub-lists and typically just flips around the main library, copying the entire existing library to the sidebar isn't a great idea. I get it for playlists and other subsections, not so much for the entire unfiltered library.

I guess it's not so simple if the app is built around that concept. I always use my main library and rarely have an urge to structure a queue, so maybe it's just not the app for me.

Re: Show HN: An OS X music library I've been working on for the past year.

#73

Post by artursapek »

A lot of my covers don't show up. I think it's the ones I downloaded through iTunes automatically.

You could consider adding a feature I think iTunes has been missing for years, a "cue up" button that will set a song to play after the current one is over.

When there's nothing playing, I feel like the blank album cover is pointless.

EDIT*

When the albums for an artist show up in the sidebar, clicking on once should expand it, not just highlight it. I'd rather not click on the arrow if it's already taking up all that screen space, because highlighting it doesn't really do anything.

Re: Show HN: An OS X music library I've been working on for the past year.

#76

Post by mikemoka »

He managed to do what apps like Songbird haven't been able to accomplish in years, finally I see a quick non bloated but feature rich music player on OSX.

The only missing thing if you ask, a quick way to set the song I am currently listening on auto-repeat, usually you just click the repeat button once more and it shows a "1" on it, it's better to avoid to have the user create a one song playlist for that.

Great work,

Mike

Re: Show HN: An OS X music library I've been working on for the past year.

#77

Post by overcyn »

artursapek wrote: post #73

A lot of my covers don't show up. I think it's the ones I downloaded through iTunes automatically. You could consider adding a feature I think iTunes has been missing for years, a "cue up" button that will set a song to play after the current one is over. When there's nothing playing, I feel like the blank album cover is pointless. EDIT* When the albums for an artist show up in the sidebar, clicking on once should ex…

Right click a song (or selection of songs) in the sidebar. Click 'Add to queue'

edit: I couldn't find a way to import the album covers downloaded through iTunes.

Re: Show HN: An OS X music library I've been working on for the past year.

#78

Post by artursapek »

overcyn wrote: post #77
artursapek wrote: post #73

A lot of my covers don't show up. I think it's the ones I downloaded through iTunes automatically. You could consider adding a feature I think iTunes has been missing for years, a "cue up" button that will set a song to play after the current one is over. When there's nothing playing, I feel like the blank album cover is pointless. EDIT* When the albums for an artist show up in the sidebar, clicking on once should ex…

Right click a song (or selection of songs) in the sidebar. Click 'Add to queue' edit: I couldn't find a way to import the album covers downloaded through iTunes.

Oh my god, that's exactly what I meant. Thanks.

Re: Show HN: An OS X music library I've been working on for the past year.

#79

Post by otisfunkmeyer »

this is so awesome! my god i've wanted this for so long.

i just want to make sure you know that you at least have SOME users (me) who really LIKE how you have handled preferences. I much prefer your implementation to other OS X apps.

If you can improve on a formula, no need to stick with that formula. It's a philosophy that worked for Steve Jobs...

Good f'ing work man!

Re: Show HN: An OS X music library I've been working on for the past year.

#80

Post by callahad »

At first blush, this seems absolutely delightful. I'd second most of ComputerGuru's critiques and add that:

1. I find it odd that Preferences is a tab versus its own dialog. I shouldn't need to access it that often, so I don't think it merits the same visual prominence as my library or playlists.

2. If you stick with the all-in-one window approach, it seems like you should fold the "About" and "Check for Updates" dialogs into the main window, possibly as siblings to the Preferences items.

3. I wish the currently playing song was visually highlighted in the main library view.

4. I can't seem to enqueue an entire playlist from the top level Playlists screen.

5. There's no intuitive way to go "back" after drilling into a Playlist's detailed view.

6. There's no easy way to look at the contents of several playlists one after another.

I feel like 5 and 6 could be solved by redesigning the top level playlists view to include both the lists of playlists and their contents, a la the Library view. I get the impression that ComputerGuru wants something similar in his note #7.

Bravo! This is great!

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