SubWiji - Windows Subsonic Client (WPF)

[paulodell]

Hi Paul,
I see:

high idle 5-8 % / streaming 14-18 %
Mid idle 4-6 % / streaming 15-18 %
low idle less than 0.5 % / streaming 1-2 %

So, not a big difference between High and Mid, but low is good.
Regards
A.

Thanks for those results, they are as expected, Low is probably your best bet if you are concerned about CPU use.
The problem is that WPF is graphics intensive which makes things look nice but can lead to high CPU use, especially when the GPU does not want to handle the UI (which is what I suspect is happening for you and why you get a higher %)
Performance improvements are ongoing along with development.

Thanks,

Paul

[paulodell]

Well, I'm aware of the Album Mixer but that's not exactly what I was trying to explain. The Artist cloud looks like what I was looking for but I think that it didn't work as expected because i ordered my music like 'GENRE' \`'ARTIST' \ 'ALBUM'. So when I select 'ROCK' from the Artist Cloud it shows me the first artist of the list. I understand this is not a bug as it comes from the way I decided to organize my collection.
Instead of an Artist Cloud that suppose that the first level of Folder is the artist name, it may be good to have a menu where you can browse your collection just like you do on Windows, or on the subsonic web UI.

Ah so your music is ordered different, that may be tricky, I will certainly try and sort this; for example as you suggest some kind of browser, this will then be able to go through the "items" if they are albums, artists or genres. This way it would just view items as folders and go down the list that way.

Can you screenshot your artist cloud view for me so I can get an idea of how your subsonic is setup?

A view of the left pane and right pane, the idea of the Artist Cloud is to click the Index item on the left then double click the item on the right grid, this then shows the albums for that artist (with my setup). A screenshot of this would help

Yes I set the player to auto hide because if i open a browser (chrome...) it stay on top and i can't see my chrome tabs. So, if i search something, then go to the search windows that appear, my player close and if I want to search something else i had to click elsewhere, reopen the player interface (mousse over few seconds), and retype my search. That's why I was thinking of a search box included in the windows (that prompt when searching ...).
It may be seen in another way, set an icon only (no free text) in the player, clicking on it open the main search windows (with a free text box), that windows do not auto-hide. So no need to return the player while browsing/searching for music to add to the playlist. <<<<<< that's just a random idea
Sorry for the poor English --- I'm french, so .... lol
Thanks

Its OK I think I understand now, I will look at making the Search window always show (if set in properties), this will allow you to search etc when in auto hide mode. You can click the search icon to bring the search window last used up as well

Thanks for using SubWiji!

Paul

[Waro555]

Here is the print screen of the Artist Cloud interface:



Thank you for your quick answer ...

I remain there if you need more explanations ...

[paulodell]

Hi Waro555,
I have been looking at both my code and the way that subsonic returns the Index data.
Subsonic forms the indexes from the location set in Settings>Media Folders>Location, am I right in thinking that you have 1 Media Folder setup?

One solution for you could be....

Instead of this:

DefaultMusicRootFolder.png

* 1 Media Folder assigned in the subsonic settings, therefore everything underneath then goes 'GENRE' \'ARTIST' \'ALBUM'.

You could do this:

GenreFoldersSplitt.png

* 1 Media Folder for EACH Genre folder, this means that the subsonic index would read 'ARTIST' \ 'ALBUM', for each Media Folder.
* In this case you could still Filter on Genre by using the drop down on the left of the Website UI (this is shown when you have multiple Media Folders), this way your folder setup is the same, all you have to do is when you add a new Genre then add that to the Media Folder list.

GenrePickerLeftOfWebUI.png

* This also solves the issue inside SubWiji and you should be able to see the Artist View (the Genre view would not be shown however).
* If you did this I could add a Media Folder selector into SubWiji this would then give you the same "Filtering" on Genre that you desire.

I hope this makes sense, I realise that you may not want to change your folders or folder setup but this example is a way for you to keep your Folder structure on your computer but also get the Artist/Album structure for Subsonic and SubWiji.

Kind Regards,

Paul

[Waro555]

Thanks for that nice workaround ... I'll test it asap. I even think that this may be a better organisation even within Web UI. So if you want to develop something to let us select the Folder to browse as you propose i would love it.

I was thinking about another enhancement : Do you think that the bar could be docked to the bottom of the screen (just on top of the windows bar) ? This may solve the case that I don't auto hide and use chrome (that display the tabs on top of the windows) but didn't see the tabs . I put a screenshot to show you .....



And another screenshot of how it looks like when docked to the bottom ...



Feel free to discuss by MP if you think that this should not be on the main topic ...

Cheers

[paulodell]

Thanks for that nice workaround ... I'll test it asap. I even think that this may be a better organisation even within Web UI. So if you want to develop something to let us select the Folder to browse as you propose i would love it.

Thats great , let me know how you get on, I have added the selection of Folder to the list of future changes

I was thinking about another enhancement : Do you think that the bar could be docked to the bottom of the screen (just on top of the windows bar)

I like this idea, it could be an option in the settings, I will add to the list of possible features and have a look at what would have to be done

Feel free to discuss by MP if you think that this should not be on the main topic ...

These questions and ideas are fine in this thread for now its nice to see that people are using SubWiji.

Thanks

Paul

[Waro555]

Hey,

I tested the new folder organisation and here is what I see in Subwiji ....



I see the whole alphabet on the left ... and the whole names of artists on the right. Clicking the alphabet make me go to the artists starting with that letter ( ... the list is not filtered it's just a got to ..). Is it supposed to work like that ?

[paulodell]

I see the whole alphabet on the left ... and the whole names of artists on the right. Clicking the alphabet make me go to the artists starting with that letter ( ... the list is not filtered it's just a got to ..). Is it supposed to work like that ?

Yes thats it, now if you double click the Artist on the right it should take you to that artists Album Viewer.
The Artist Cloud viewer is still in development, it needs to work easier

Paul

[Waro555]

Great !! It is working like that here, yes. Because of that space in the middle if was thinking that maybe something shoul appear there.

Another enhancement : Display a popup (like when the song change) when you add something to the playlist. Like 'You have added X songs to the playlist'. Because if I'm not wrong actually, adding songs to the playlist works well but it's look like nothing happen whereas the songs are well added. I would say this is a minor enhancement ...

edit : Another idea : Why don't you replace the TOOLS icon with your logo? I'm pretty sure this will be understandable too and it will give an identity to the software. Just asking ...

Looks like I have some ideas now ... lol ... sorry

[paulodell]

Great !! It is working like that here, yes. Because of that space in the middle if was thinking that maybe something shoul appear there.

Another enhancement : Display a popup (like when the song change) when you add something to the playlist. Like 'You have added X songs to the playlist'. Because if I'm not wrong actually, adding songs to the playlist works well but it's look like nothing happen whereas the songs are well added. I would say this is a minor enhancement ...

edit : Another idea : Why don't you replace the TOOLS icon with your logo? I'm pretty sure this will be understandable too and it will give an identity to the software. Just asking ...

Looks like I have some ideas now ... lol ... sorry

Im glad your up and running, thanks for the ideas, I have noted them all, keep an eye on the Release Notes when you get updates

Kind Regards

Paul

[Waro555]

Hello Paul,

Don't know if this is linked with the new release but here is what i get when going to the Artist Cloud : The Artist page seems to stop loading and show only the half of the information.



edit 1 : When PREVIEW a song, if I try to low the sound (click the sound icon, then swith down the bar), then an error appear. I sent the report, that will maybe help you.

edit 2 : When searching for an artist (ex: Hans Zimmer ...) i can see only 20 albums meanwhile i have almost 100 albums of him ...

edit 3 : Enhancement - I miss a button within the playlist interface that will let me clear the actual playlist (like an eraser) instead of clicking X for each songs.

Cheers

[paulodell]

Don't know if this is linked with the new release but here is what i get when going to the Artist Cloud : The Artist page seems to stop loading and show only the half of the information.

Yes this is a Bug which I introduced by accident, I have fixed and pushed the new version, well spotted!

edit 1 : When PREVIEW a song, if I try to low the sound (click the sound icon, then swith down the bar), then an error appear. I sent the report, that will maybe help you.

Thanks, yes this is a Bug and I have just fixed that too

edit 2 : When searching for an artist (ex: Hans Zimmer ...) i can see only 20 albums meanwhile i have almost 100 albums of him ...

The artist result list was limited to 15, this was old code from before, give it a try with the new build.

edit 3 : Enhancement - I miss a button within the playlist interface that will let me clear the actual playlist (like an eraser) instead of clicking X for each songs.

This has been added to the list

Cheers

Paul

[Waro555]

Yes this is a Bug which I introduced by accident, I have fixed and pushed the new version, well spotted!

Thanks, it's working now.

The artist result list was limited to 15, this was old code from before, give it a try with the new build.

The search results for Albums is still limited to 20 results.

This has been added to the list

Thanks a lot

Cheers

[paulodell]

The search results for Albums is still limited to 20 results.

Yes I just noticed, the Album Mixer is limited to 20, the Artist Album view gets EVERY album for that artist.
The search is now limited to 100 albums (just pushed the update), this is quite high and if you need to get any more then the Artist View is the best bet.

Cheers

Paul

[Waro555]

Yes I just noticed, the Album Mixer is limited to 20, the Artist Album view gets EVERY album for that artist.
The search is now limited to 100 albums (just pushed the update), this is quite high and if you need to get any more then the Artist View is the best bet.

You're the best, it's working fine now ... Thanks