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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0001996 | MMW v4 | Other | public | 2005-09-06 18:28 | 2012-01-12 21:49 |
| Reporter | rusty | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | high | Severity | major | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Target Version | 4.1 | ||||
| Summary | 0001996: Radio Stations should be displayed in the tree instead of in the Now Playing list | ||||
| Description | There are a couple of usability issues related to the manner in which MM displays streams in the Now Playing list. 1) Bug: When the user tunes into a radio station, the Now Playing list is cleared! This is annoying, especially to a user who has configured MM to not delete the current Now Playing list on 'Play Now'. By the same token, though, users would expect to see what is currently playing in tho 'Now Playing' list. Therefore what should happen is: . i) The Now Playing list changes to a 'Now Playing - Radio' list . ii) The 'Now Playing - Radio' list shouldn't contain any buttons on it since none of the currently available buttons actually make any sense within the context of a Radio Station or tracks downloaded from a radio station. . iii) The 'Now Playing - Radio' list is dynamically updated with each new track as it plays from the station (Note: this will be a key means of triggering purchases of tracks in the future--the user can click the track --> store window opens --> track can be purchased) . iv) When the user initiates playback of tracks from within the library, it switches back to the regular Now Playing list. . . v) At any time while the Internet Radio is playing, the user could switch Now Playing views by disabling View|Now Playing - Radio and enabling View|Previously Playing - Library (note: there are other ways of doing this as well--e.g. a mode butten in the Now Playing dialog). . . vi) Whenever the Radio is Playing the player should display station characteristics for the currently playing station. e.g. 'Radio Paradise: Eclectic Rock - U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name' Note: for the sake of discussion, a possible easier solution would be to always have a 'back' button on the Now Playing dialog that allowed the user to view the last used playlist. 2) Bug (related to 1b): When the user tunes into a radio station, the Now Playing list is filled with a list of links instead of a list of tracks. As described above 1iii), Tracks should appear in the Now Playing - Radio list. What should happen with the links is that: i) When the user plays a new station, the station should appear as a node in the tree (see below for how the tree should be organized) ii) The various URLs associated with the station should appear as subnodes. e.g. if the user clicks CLUB977 from shoutcast.com, then a node for Club977 should be added and subnodes for any URLs should be added sub to the Club977 entry. For example: -Now Playing (Radio Paradise) . .-Previously Playing -Net Radio (Radio Paradise) . .-Radio Paradise - Exclectic Music . . .-URL1 . . .-URL2 . .-Club977 . . .-URL1 . .-Radio Stations Directory . . |-Shoutcast . . |-Other | ||||
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| Fixed in build | |||||
