RE: New version of Music Jukebox -exitsduringinitialscanning

Roy,

Thanks. No better way to test it than to have a bunch of users banging
it.

On a related topic, I've used 1.03 for a few weeks. It's a fun program.
I'm impressed with what you've created. Based on my use, here are a few
usability issues I would like to point out/add to a wish list. My wife
and 10-year-old have used it and raised some of these. My son's pretty
good with technology, but my wife needs serious help. She's a great
tester - if it can be broken, she'll find a way:

Wish List Items:
- It would be great to see the song name & artist "L.A. Women - The
Doors" listed on the Now Playing upcoming screen. This would also apply
to the Song listing screen. There are times when I think I know what I'm
picking, but it's another artist.
- It would be nice if the screen had an indication of what button to
push & maybe some feedback. As an example, I know to push the left
button to get back to the previous menu, but my wife gets lost. It could
just be a "Left Arrow" with the work "Previous Menu" or something like
that. Tivo's interface would be a good guide. 
- When adding artists to the playlist, it defaults to add all the songs
from the artist. I always scroll down the view the individual songs. It
might just be me, but I would love it if it defaulted to the songs.
Another possibility would be displaying all songs from an artist sorted
by album.
- When viewing lists, it would be great to search by letters be
selecting preset ranges (i.e. A-E, F-J, K-O, etc.). MusicMatch using
this as a quick way to find artists in the large collection. You could
also possibly use the number keys of the remote to quickly get a range
like a cell phone (i.e. 1 = All, 2 = ABC, 3 = DEF, 4 = GHI, etc.) (I've
programmed my learning remote to replace the Roku remote).
- In Now Playing, it would be great to be able to restart the current
song by hitting the back/left/rewind button.
- If I modify the Music folders with MusicMatch (i.e., updating ID tags)
the program can get pretty squirrelly. I've tried the Rescan, but it
doesn't force an entire rescan, just a partial. I've found that if I
delete the data files it will force a rescan and then it's OK.

That's enough rambling. Those were just a few things that pop to mind
when I think of your program. Keep up the great work. It's a great
program and fun to use. I have spent more time listening to music lately
just due to your program.

Sincerely,

Stephen J. Cashman, AIA
Principal Architect
Cashman Stahler Group
T: 630-889-8800 x 24
F: 630-889-8877
E: [email protected]


-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Pereira [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 7:57 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Roku-tech] New version of Music Jukebox
-exitsduringinitialscanning

I'll do one better.  I've updated the zip file with v1.0.4a which
includes a 
fix for the scanning crash.  One very small careless bug that caused a
lot 
of pain.

You can download it again at http://portlover.com/jukebox.roku/


>From: "Stephen Cashman" <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: Roku Tech Mail List and Discussion 
>Group<[email protected]>
>To: "Roku Tech Mail List and Discussion Group" 
><[email protected]>
>Subject: RE: [Roku-tech] New version of Music Jukebox - 
>exitsduringinitialscanning
>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 07:11:14 -0500
>
>Roy,
>
>Silly me, I overwrote the version 1.0.3 zip file when I downloaded the
>new version. Could you send me the previous version or is it on the web
>site?
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Stephen J. Cashman, AIA
>Principal Architect
>Cashman Stahler Group
>T: 630-889-8800 x 24
>F: 630-889-8877
>E: [email protected]
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Roy Pereira [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 7:06 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: RE: [Roku-tech] New version of Music Jukebox - exits
>duringinitialscanning
>
>Its probably the Alman Brothers...  ;-)
>
>No seriously, I've already have heard of this crashing during the scan
>from
>others, so I would suggest returning to 1.0.3 until I fix it.
>
>This scanning routine is complex but highly effective when it works
>well.
>v1.0.4 was suppose to have fixed the scanning issues, but I guess it
>didn't
>get all of them.
>
> >From: "Stephen Cashman" <[email protected]>
> >Reply-To: Roku Tech Mail List and Discussion
> >Group<[email protected]>
> >To: <[email protected]>
> >Subject: [Roku-tech] New version of Music Jukebox - exits during
> >initialscanning
> >Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 06:34:30 -0500
> >
> >To Whom It May Concern:
> >
> >I have been using Music Jukebox and like it. I installed the new
> >version, 1.0.4, this morning and it completely exits the program
after
> >scanning about the third folder of music. Either it's no a fan of the
> >Alman Brothers or I need to do something differently. The previous
> >version, 1.0.3, had no problem scanning all the music folders on the
> >shared network folder.
> >
> >What should I do now?
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Stephen J. Cashman, AIA
> >Principal Architect
> >Cashman Stahler Group
> >T: 630-889-8800 x 24
> >F: 630-889-8877
> >E: [email protected]
> >
> >
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