[vdr] Re: MP3/MPlayer extention 0.30 available

["Uwe" <linux_dvb@uni.de>]

Hello Stefan 


The new Version is very good.  
Particularly "-Redesign of the progress display (more info shown)."

Thanks Stefan :-)


MFG ... Uwe

> Hi all,
> here comes another release of my MP3/MPlayer extention. This
> release mainly enhances the playback user interface. Please note
> that most of the playback keys have changed and there are some
> new options in the setup menu (see manual on my homepage for
> details).
> 
> NEWS:
> 09.12.2001 - Version 0.30 (vdr 0.99pre1)
> -Redesign of the progress display (more info shown).
> -Completely changed the keys for the playback control. Use
>  up/down to skip songs and yellow key to pause/unpause. Use the
>  green key to toggle loop/shuffle mode. Press once to enable
>  loop, twice for loop&shuffle and three times for shuffle only.
>  To disable shuffle, wait >4 seconds and press again. (Sorry, too
>  few keys available).
> -Direct song selection with the number keys 0-9.
> -Added some items to the setup menu to configure the MP3 player.
>  See the manual on my homepage for details.
> -Added a playlist display during playback. To open playlist
>  window, press OK again after opening progress display (within 4
>  seconds). If available, ID3 names are displayed. ID3 names are
>  only available for songs already played or which have been
>  scanned by the background scanner. The background scanner only
>  works, if enabled from the setup menu and if you CPU ist fast
>  enough to do scanning beside decoding. If the playlist window is
>  open, you can page through the playlist with left/right.
> -Added a "timesearch" function to jump to a position inside a
>  song (use red key). The jump value is in h:mm. Use left to jump
>  backwards and right to jump forward. Note: jumping forward
>  requires to scan all frameheaders till the new position. On
>  slow media or with long jumps this may be visible in the
>  progress display.
> -Added some code to support the LCD patch. You must apply the
>  LCD patch after the MP3 patch. You will get many warnings
>  (which can be ignored) and unfortunaly one failed hunk in vdr.c
>  (which has to be applied manually).
> 
> Please refer to my homepage for download and instructions.
> 
> CU
> 
> -- 
> Stefan Huelswitt
> huels@iname.com  | http://home.pages.de/~nathan
> 
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