SikSlayer 197 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 1 hour ago, softworkz said: In the WMC theme, you press "down" and them 2 or 3 times "right" to get to the chapter list. Though, this is covering the timeline rather than showing alongside. I don't see this to be replicable in the exact same way... ...but: there exists an idea that I'd call "Seekbar Annotations". This would be about displaying various types of markers on the seek bar: chapters, intro end, end credits start, etc. This could be used in combination with another brand new feature (from today)... This was something I'd been considering putting a request for... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2500 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 1 hour ago, softworkz said: In the WMC theme, you press "down" and them 2 or 3 times "right" to get to the chapter list. Though, this is covering the timeline rather than showing alongside. I don't see this to be replicable in the exact same way... ...but: there exists an idea that I'd call "Seekbar Annotations". This would be about displaying various types of markers on the seek bar: chapters, intro end, end credits start, etc. This could be used in combination with another brand new feature (from today)... dvrmstoolbox used to visually mark the adverts from the edl file 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softworkz 3341 Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, Spaceboy said: dvrmstoolbox used to visually mark the adverts from the edl file In the WMC UI? Do you have a screenshot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydlexius 244 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, softworkz said: In the WMC UI? Do you have a screenshot? I can't speak for @Spaceboy, and I no longer have WMC however I distinctly recall DVRMSToolbox highlighting commercials/ads on the seek bar. Edit: Found a post demonstrating the UI when you install the DTBAddin that works in conjunction with DVRMSToolbox Edited May 9, 2023 by sydlexius 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softworkz 3341 Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 2 hours ago, SikSlayer said: This was something I'd been considering putting a request for... I opened a new discussion topic (you know where) with more details. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softworkz 3341 Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 1 hour ago, sydlexius said: I can't speak for @Spaceboy, and I no longer have WMC however I distinctly recall DVRMSToolbox highlighting commercials/ads on the seek bar. Edit: Found a post demonstrating the UI when you install the DTBAddin that works in conjunction with DVRMSToolbox Looks more like it would come from some plugin. The color does not look like as if it would come from WMC itself. That's why I've been asking: I've never seen such seekbar decoration in their UI definitions. Anyway - we'll find a way. Slightly less intrusive though, I'd say... Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softworkz 3341 Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 WMC Playback Controls Now that we're at it anyway, lets' go and look at the new playback control features as well: Button Swap The FFWD/REWND buttons have been swapped with the skipprev/skipnext buttons. Use the Skip buttons to skip forward/back by the amount you have configured in playback settings. Instant Skip There's no delay when using skip-forward/back buttons. The jump happens instantly PlaybackControls_Skipping.mp4 Frame Stepping Mode When playback is paused, you can use the skip-forward/back buttons to step forward/backward frame-by-frame Slow Motion and Fast-Forward Playback When playback is paused, use the FFWD/REW buttons to playback in slow-motion or up to 10x speed PlaybackControls_!.mp4 Trick-Play Mode While playback is running use the FFWD/REW buttons to initiate trick-play mode (4 speed levels): Then new playhead moves forward or backward across the screen (while showing thumbnails, if available) to quickly reach any position. Hit PLAY to continue playing at the current position. PlaybackControls_2.mp4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4301 Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 7 hours ago, softworkz said: WMC Playback Controls Now that we're at it anyway, lets' go and look at the new playback control features as well: Button Swap The FFWD/REWND buttons have been swapped with the skipprev/skipnext buttons. Use the Skip buttons to skip forward/back by the amount you have configured in playback settings. Instant Skip There's no delay when using skip-forward/back buttons. The jump happens instantly PlaybackControls_Skipping.mp4 11.72 MB · 0 downloads Frame Stepping Mode When playback is paused, you can use the skip-forward/back buttons to step forward/backward frame-by-frame Slow Motion and Fast-Forward Playback When playback is paused, use the FFWD/REW buttons to playback in slow-motion or up to 10x speed PlaybackControls_!.mp4 18.36 MB · 0 downloads Trick-Play Mode While playback is running use the FFWD/REW buttons to initiate trick-play mode (4 speed levels): Then new playhead moves forward or backward across the screen (while showing thumbnails, if available) to quickly reach any position. Hit PLAY to continue playing at the current position. PlaybackControls_2.mp4 17.31 MB · 0 downloads Funnily enough, I re-watched Star Wars a New Hope the other day, and wanted to 'slow-mo' the Cantana scene with Han and Greedo shooting, but couldn't do it frame by frame (in the Android TV App) as you show above. So it's great to see so much control being given back to the client. This is also possibly a good case for extra user defined 'Markers' to be stored alongside the main chapters, intro markers etc. We had thought about this when doing Introskip Plugin and discussing the 'hidden markers' with the Core team, but without the accuracy to seek to the 'marker' there was little point - now we can, it's possibly something to consider. I'll add it into the Git conversation maybe. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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softworkz 3341 Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 I noticed that this has only been posted privately before, so here's it for completeness: New Video Playback Features Instant Skip There's no delay when using skip-forward/back buttons. The jump happens instantly Frame Stepping Mode When playback is paused, you can use the skip-forward/back buttons to step forward/backward frame-by-frame Slow Motion and Fast-Forward Playback When playback is paused, use the FFWD/REW buttons to playback in slow-motion or up to 10x speed Trick-Play Mode While playback is running use the FFWD/REW buttons to initiate tick-play mode (4 speed levels): Then new playhead moves forward or backward across the screen (while showing thumbnails, if available) to quickly reach any position. Hit PLAY to continue playing at the current position. Seekbar Annotations & Marker-Stepping in Trickplay mode 238129571-371c6c83-cf7d-42ab-85f2-b8fc2efb8963.mp4 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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