View Issue Details
| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0006791 | MMW v4 | Burning / Disc Handling | public | 2010-12-02 21:03 | 2011-03-03 00:25 |
| Reporter | rusty | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | high | Severity | feature | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | assigned | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | 4.0 | ||||
| Target Version | 4.1 | ||||
| Summary | 0006791: Drag and Drop to a CD node/tab isn't that usable | ||||
| Description | If the user drags tracks to a CD, an error occurs. There are 2 possible usecases, and both should be handled differently. a) An empty CD: they would expect a 'burn playlist' to be created. Possible approach: -MM creates a playlist 'To Burn MMDDYYHHMM' and opens a new tab for the playlist -MM gives a notice: A new playlist has been created for tracks to be burnt to the CD. Drag any other tracks that you wish to burn to that tab, and then Burn the Playlist. Note: the ideal workflow would be to create a new tab in the Now Playing Window, but that's not yet possible. b) A full CD: the cursor should indicate that the track cannot be dropped. | ||||
| Additional Information | Originally reported at 0006505. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
| Fixed in build | |||||
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From my point of view the ideal solution to this issue is based on something we discussed over e-mail 'An idea for a MM UI improvement' some time ago. Roughly the idea was that we could use our new tabbing system for showing some of our dialogs/wizards. For example: 1. User initiates CD/DVD burning. Instead of showing the current dialog, its content would be shown as a new tab named like 'Burn 43 files'. 2. While working with the new tab, user could anytime return to another tab and d&d some more tracks to the Burning tab - thus we wouldn't need any complicated interface for adding more artist/albums directly in the Burning wizard. So, in this particular case, I'd expect that dropping file to a CD node would create the new Burning tab. Not, that I think that this action should happen always, regardless of the inserted media. The reason is that it takes some time to decide whether the CD is further writable and so we can't show the correct mouse cursor in real time. Thus I'd rather always show the Burning tab and let the user later change media, if necessary. |
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So is this what you mean? 1) The tab would show something like a playlist, with a 'burn' button somewhere within. 2) Clicking the 'Burn' button would trigger the first screen of the current burn wizard (select the type of burn) 3) For Audio CDs, the second and third screen of the wizard (which currently involves track selection and re-ordering & volume leveling) would be skipped, and volume leveling config would be moved to the final screen. 4) For Data CDs, second screen of the wizard (which currently involves track selection and auto-conversion) would be skipped, and the Auto-conversion settings would be moved to the 'Disc Format' screen. 5) Upon completion of an erase/burn action, the tab would remain open in case the user wanted to do something else with the contents (??) |
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Yes, an implementation like this makes sense to me. Assigning to Ludek to implement for MM 4.1. |
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Based on 0007370 Notes: http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=7370#c23267 http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=7370#c23269 ----------- b) I have also noticed one more issue with preselected tracks option. When you click on pre-selected tracks you should be able to see selected tracks in listing and not an empty list. Additionally Hide unselected Track should be available and Checked By default if pre-selected tracks is focused. That way when you unselected some tracks they should be automatically hidden and allow user to easy continue selecting/unselecting tracks for burning. This is especially handy in burning large number of files (~1K for DVD and 6K-13K when burning BD). c) Even Tracks are not shown when pre-selected node is clicked Uncheck all removes selected Tracks from list. d) Maybe this is not for this bug, Ludek let me know if you think I should open new bug, but in case of preselected tracks it could be useful that tracks could be shown in Album Art View like in MMs track view or even add ability to change view format. ----------- |
