Von: Linus Nielsen
But this will *eat* your battery as the HD would have to be
spinning all the time to keep up with the cursor when you're
browsing files.
That could be decreased to a minimum if you take typical user behaviour in
account. Usually the user recognizes a song within the first
gl wrote:
One thing that's frustrating on HD based players are the pauses when
skipping to other tracks. That could be improved by pre-emptively
caching track beginnings.
For example, the previous and next track's first few chunks could be
cached, so that skipping tracks is instant. Or, in
Any thoughts? Is there enough memory for this? -- gl
Memory, yes. But this will *eat* your battery as the HD would have to be
spinning all the time to keep up with the cursor when you're browsing
files.
True, but it if's configurable some may be happy with the compromise - I
would use it.
True, but it if's configurable some may be happy with the compromise - I
would use it. And generally you spend more time listening than browsing
right? You could also use small delays (time a cursor has to hover before
caching occurs) to optimize it a bit.
And playback caching (caching
gl wrote:
In the meantime I'd like to (optionally) play a sound that indicates
the HD is causing a UI delay. This would help remote listening when
you can't see the HD icon and wondering why nothing is happening. The
HD icon also should flash to grab your attention.
Hm... the delay is
Hm... the delay is short, why even try to play a sound? It's imho not
worth the effort... but ofcourse you can do it if you like.
If I'm using the remote without looking at the screen (skipping tracks,
volume etc) it's annoying when suddenly the buttons don't respond without
knowing why.
If I'm using the remote without looking at the screen (skipping
tracks, volume etc) it's annoying when suddenly the buttons don't
respond without knowing why. Is it the HD? Is something taking too
much CPU? Has the firmware crashed (heaven forbid)? A sound would be
reassuring.
Hm... I
