[vlc] Re: Questions & suggestions

[Sigmund Augdal]

Much have improved since 0.5.3, you should try 0.6.0-test3 from 
http://www.videolan.org/pub/testing/vlc-0.6.0-test3/win32/

Please tell us if the problems are still there.

Sigmund

On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 11:51:52AM -0400, Karim Nassar wrote:
> I recently stumbled upon this program, and like it very much. I am in 
> the process of building a skin for it to my liking (very low-profile 
> skin that can be always on top without obstructing the screen) and have 
> encountered some problems/issues with the program itself.
> 
> I don't know if this is the correct forum for feature requests/ 
> technical questions, so please let me know if it is out of place.
> 
> I understand that this program is originally intended as a player for 
> streaming media, and I hope that the developers can work towards a 
> robust app that can easily handle both streamed and local content.
> 
> I have encountered the following issues using the Skinned interface. 
> Both the "default" and my own skins seem to display these properties, 
> though the standard interface (win32) does not exhibit them.
> 
> I am running on a Win2K (v.5.00.2195)machine, P3 with 512 MB ram.
> 
> 1) It is not possible to add multiple files to the playlist. Is this a 
> bug, a known issue? is there a work-around?
> 
> 2) The Play button does not seem to behave correctly. If a file is 
> stopped, the play button is grayed out and only double clicking the file 
> in the playlist will start it playing again... In fact, it seems that 
> the Play button function is useless.
> 
> 3) If the skin is changed with the program running, sometimes files in 
> the playlist become unplayable. remove them & add them again, and they 
> are fine.
> 
> 
> Also, I have the following request:
> 
> The TextControl property "display" should have the option of "title." It 
> is useful to be able to display the title of a file on a main panel 
> without having to scroll through the entire path (as the scrolling is 
> distracting). So one should be able to read the name of a file or track 
> without having to deal with the full path.
> 
> Anyway, great work so far!
> 
> --Karim
> 
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