What's new in Steampunk Media Player for Konfabulator 1.0.6 RC
Nov 25, 2016
- if the folder does not exist - play the last folder/playlist
- if the folder exists but there is nothing to play then deal with that condition
- when a new folder is selected the playlist does not display immediately, needs a restart
- test the saving and re-use of previously played folders
- dragging and dropping onto the playlist area does not yet display the new playlist - tested, it does
- fixed bug in showing the playlist on small groups of files dragged/dropped or in a folder,no longer generates an error
- ".mpeg",".mp4",".mpg added to the possible file types that can be played
- add a file limit capture to the recursive folder search that is done at the beginning, new function to count
- playfolder function tests for valid types in the same way as the other functions
- when opening an alternate folder the chunk list needs to be reset to 1
- change the displayed default folder when dragging/dropping a set of files to the folder location where the files came from
- when the widget restarts it is picking up the wrong folder name, now checks two locations
- opening a new folder fails from the speaker but works from the menu
- mousewheel scrolling on the playlist should roll a chunk - fixed
- fixed the final bugs with the recursive file count
- shuffle isn't shuffling - fixed
- pulling chain causes the playlist to be re-generated so a shuffle playlist is unshuffled
- added save and open buttons for the playlist
- additional button to clear the play list
- shuffle not working on start up
- fixed some bugs trying to set slider position when there is no currently playing media for the WMplayer
- add image to tell users that the reading of folders is underway...
- added save and open functionality saving as XML
- add roll over buttons for the bottom set
- fix the clicking on a track name sometimes does not pull up the google listing
- fixed bugs with opening and saving play list files
- removed duplicate code calling the playlist twice on startup
- fixed bug where only a partial playlist is being read, not reading the filecount from the XML and then not using it.
- fix to the currently highlighted track bug
- remove the wpl remote playlist types that seem to be unsupported in WMP
New in Steampunk Media Player for Konfabulator 1.0.5 Beta (Oct 19, 2016)
- added the volume control through the up and down keys
- added the next/previous track control through the N and K keys
- added the play/pause track control through the space bar
- added the track advance/retard control through the left/right keys
- scroll the current track in the playlist
- highlight the currently selected track in the playlist
- double clicking on a selected track in the playlist now plays the track.
- highlight the chosen track in grey.
- add the capability to determine which chunk is being displayed
- playlist can resize, box, text and buttons
- added next/previous buttons to select chunks, the code to select the next chunk works
- added chain to select the playlist
- selected track to rotate in the play list, same as mouseover
- fixed bug whereby the positiontimer would be kicked off during next/back tracks, timer is now turned off during keypress
- fixed bug to highlight the currently selected trackwhen on subsequent pages of the playlist
- added the code to select the last tracks in the very last chunk when you select the end of the play list
- now counts the valid tracks correctly, previously was over-estimating
- double clicking on the folder name will open that folder
- after shuffle button, re-read the playlist
- start and end buttons for the playlist
- add the functionality to change font as per the weather widget
- add the functionality to change fontsize as per the weather widget
- update function descriptions
- width of playlist text to be fixed
- fixed the scaling flattening the font size
- fixed playlist exit button moves when resized
- single click on a track highlights it
- determine exactly what is 100% with regard to overall size
- when a previous folder is selected via the menu, the playlist display should be updated
- when a track is single-clicked the scrolling is not removed from the currently playing track
- allow drag and drop onto the play list
- create a routine to clear the playlist
New in Steampunk Media Player for Konfabulator 1.0.4 (Jun 28, 2016)
- added 5 favourite folders to play to the menu
- added read the play list and display a chunk of the tracks
- added hover over effects as per the widget vault
- added setting of the play list tooltips
New in Steampunk Media Player for Konfabulator 1.0.3 (Jun 20, 2016)
- added drag and drop of files.
- added restriction to the drive root folders to prevent recursive searching of a whole drive.
- added restriction to 10,000 file playlists.
- added support for .flv','.avi','.mp4','.mpg','.m4a file types.
New in Steampunk Media Player for Konfabulator 1.0.1 (Jun 1, 2016)
- added the correct link to Facebook group when up and running
- there was a 'feature' in Windows media player. WMP does not like FLV files and although it plays them, it fails to find the end of the track. It then sits there and never finishes. I have a work around that sees if the current position is static.
- the next track feature was recognising the start position as the end position on some tracks and causing to jump to the next track