VisualMR
Version History
The following only states the most significant changes.
New in V2.0.0 (Beta)
- Internet-Radio (RadioRoku) support:
- browse by genre, language, location, favorites or top-stations
- Now playing with optimized radio-layout
- Jukebox window now supporting internet radio: browse by genre, language and/or location
- CoverArt from iTunes(R): Get coverart from iTunes(R) to be used in VisualMR
- Lyrics: Show current song's lyrics using lyricswiki.org
- Browse lists now support filtering by contained text (on WindowsMobile with custom designed onscreen-keyboard)
- Jukebox now with new design including text filtering
- Full support for SoundBridge firmware V3.0 (V2.x not supported anymore)
- Designed for .Net V2 with V3.x cmpatibility ensuring that on Vista and WindowsMobile 6.x you don't need to worry about installing .Net since it is already preinstalled.
- Very quick browsing by Genre/Album/Artist using VisualMR's new persistent cache which also enables advanced browsing
- Browse albums showing album cover (offline cover only)
- Browse artists includes covers of all artist's albums: scroll though covers and dierectly select one for playback (requieres persistent cache and offline cover)
- Play by rating: Play only songs from an artist/album/... with a given minimum rating.
- Windows-Mobile Sync: Manage coverart (for example from iTunes) and persistent cache on your PC and then copy them over to your WindowsMobile device yousing VisualMR (on PC) and ActiveSync/Device Center.
- Windows-Mobile: support for new wide-screen resolutions (800x480, 400x240) - not yet complete but already usable
- Create desktop or Start menu shortcuts to your SoundBrigde to launch VisualMR connecting to the predefined SoundBridge (see menu in "Browse SoundBridge" screen)
- Other optimizations
- Vista compatibility: All settings are now stored in ProgramData/VisualMR, so that users with restricted rights can run VisualMR, too
- Type of server detection with automatic user interface adaption to its capabilities
- Faster Ui feedback to state changes
- Better square screen support for (WindowsMobile)
- Easier access to action menu in browse lists
- Extened informations in track lists (duration and rating)
- WindowsMobile: SoundBridge is polled even when VisualMR is running in background (but polling is slower)
- Improved dynamic cache: not cleared after disconnect from SoundBridge (only after a new server has been selected or VisualMR is shut down
- Offline Cover: precalculated, optimized coverart previews: faster and esp. on WindowsMobile better display quality)
New in V1.6.0
- Firmware V3.0 (currently in beta) supported
- Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger) integration: VisualMR updates 'What I'm listening'
- SoundBridge name in VisualMR's window title
- Mouse wheel support (PC only)
- Workaround: Some servers return an error the first time artists/... are browsed.
- BlueGlass' visual appearance optimized
- Skinning enhancements
- Together with firmware V3.0
- No need for manual and slow sorting of songs when browsing by genre, artist or album
- Initial RadioRoku intergration (currently by Genre only)
New in V1.5.0
- Optional Cache for faster browing (activate using File/Cache menu)
- Support for Firmware V2.7 (testet with 2.5RC2)
- Internal change from telnet (Port 4444) to RCP (port 5555)
New in V1.4.1
- Beta support for firmware V2.7 beta 3
New in V1.4.0
- Context menu on title, artist, album, composer and genre for quick links to related items
- Volume control
- added current value +/-2 to the volume popup
- clicking the volume display opens the volume popup
- context menu on volume display/up/down for feintuning volume
- Song listings (not song queue)
- Add: 'Play songs, starting here' and 'Add songs, starting here'
- 'Play' button now adds all songst starting from the selected (similar to SoundBridge UI)
- Browse Genre: Added 'List Albums' for the selected genre
- Beta support for firmware V2.7 beta 2
- Enhanced skinning format
New in V1.3.1:
- Significantly improved PC support
- Jukebox window for at-a-glance browsing your library by genre, artist and album.
- Browsing your library optionally in a second window to be shown next to 'Now Playing'
- Enlarged PC skin with optionally included 'Song Queue' in the 'Now Playing' screen
- Window positions are saved
- Keyboard shortcuts
- All lists: besides 'up'/'down' and 'Enter' keys 'Pos1' und 'End' are supported
- All lists (apart the 'Song Queue'): letter keys jump to the next matching item
- Modifying 'Song Queue': Ctrl+C/X/V and 'Delete'/'Backspace' supported
- Multi-language support: Switch between German and English
- Song Ratings are displayed (if supported by the server)
- Song Comment displayed
- PocketPC: additional Layout 'Info XL'
- Optimized communication to work around problems with iPAQ 5450 (and similar PocketPCs)
New in V1.2.1:
- Adapted for 2.5b13/RC3 firmware (ServerDisconnect timeout)
- Optimisation of graphics routines
- Album: Play button now includes sorting
New in V1.2.0:
- 'Cover Art': loaded from local folder or downloaded from Amazon (see F.A.Q.)
- Clicking a cover art opens the page for this album at Amazon
- Playing Presets supported
- Added browsing Artist by Genre (select 'Artist' while browsing 'Genre')
- Albums with same name can now be handled if browsing album by artist
- Restructured 'View' menu and buttons in 'Browse' forms for more consistent user interface
- Optional feedback message after adding songs to the song queue
- Enhanced Skinning for more flexible user interface customisation
- Search: 'Enter' will start searching songs
- Updated for SoundBridge firmware V2.5.170 (B12/RC2) - at least V2.5.155 RC1/b11 is requiered
- The default skin 'BlueGlass' has been redesigned (selectable icons for Shuffle/Repeat/Volume, Cover Art,...)
- 'BlueGlass' now features 3 layouts (selectabled using 'File'/'Layout' or the small double-arrows at the right hand side):
- 'Buttons' with large, easy to use buttons
- 'Info' for displaying details about the current song (along a small cover)
- 'Cover Art' focused on displaying a large cover art
- Since every layout is defined for each of the 4 window sizes this makes a total of 12 diffent display options on a PC
New in V1.1.0:
- Added searching Songs, Artists, Albums, Composers by (parts of) their name
- Fixes for timeouts due to slow music server responses:
- Slightly increased default timeouts
- New 'SlowServer' option in 'File' menu: Checking this will make VisualMR wait significantly longer for server responses
- "Connect" form ("Browse SoundBridges") reprogrammed / now with context menu
- Rearranging songs in the song queue
- Repositioning songs using Cut/Copy and Paste (context menu only)
- Moving a song to the end of the queue ("Selected As Last Song" in context menu)
- Added "Insert after next song" when browsing songs (especially usefull to have more time to move the song arround using Cut+Paste before song is played)
New in V1.0.0:
- Browse Artists: Added listing artist's albums
- Sorting by (album name and) track number
- Play/Add/Insert with optional sorting (esp. for album songs but works with artists/playlists/.... as well)
- Song listing can be sorted as well
- Browse forms:
- Context menus (in lists of Browse forms) for access to most functions
- Buttons only for most commonly used actions (depending on the state of the SoundBridge)
- Cursor control (up/down) within the list
- Double click/Enter support (listing songs/albums)
- Songs within a list now display track number and duration when selected
- UI feedback: after performing an action (like add) on a list item it will not be highlighted to reflect processing of the item.
- Browse Song Queue
- Current: highlight the currently playing song
- Move Next: Move the selected song after the currently playing song so that it is played afterwards.
- Auto Connect (file menu): if activated VisualMR will automatically connect at start-up to the most recently used SoundBridge
- Back Button for moving backwards through the history of forms selected from the 'View' menu
Neu in V0.9.9:
- Korrigierte Versionsabfrage (wg. V2.5.116)
- Alle V2.5.* ab beta 4 werden jetzt ohne Warnung unterst�tzt, getestet wurde die Version mit beta6 und beta7
- Verbessertes Fehlerhandling (wenn UPnP fehlschl�gt oder vom Server nicht unterst�tzte Funktion aufgerufen wurde)
- Anpassung f�r Maxtor MMS
New in V0.9.9:
- fixed checking of SoundBridge firmware version (because of V2.5.116)
- All V2.5.* since beta 4 are now supported without further warning (although only beta 6 and beta7 have been tested)
- Improved error handling (UPnP search failures and invoking functions not supported by the server)
- Fix for Maxtor MMS
New in V0.9.8SE: support for SoundBridge firmware V2.5 beta5 (V2.5.88)
New in V0.9.8:
- Updated for SoundBridge firmware V2.5 beta4 (V2.5.81 or V2.5.79)
- Increased RCP stability (esp. connect to SoundBridge failures)
- Internal optimization of drawing routines
- File menu available in any form
- 'Clear All' in Browse Song Queue
New in V0.9.7:
- Updated for SoundBridge firmware V2.5.57 ('2.5 beta 2.1')
- Editable Song Queue
- 'Insert': Insert a song after the one currently playing
- 'Add': Append a song at the end of the queue
- 'Remove': Remove a song from the queue
- 'Browse Song Queue' highlights the song currently playing (incl. scrolling)
- Automatic setup using 'UPnP' discovery of SoundBridges
- Added 'Browse Folders': Now you can browse the UPnP folders (containers) provided by UPnP music libraries.
- 'Rhapsody' support (note that only Browse Folders is supported by Rhapsody!)
New in V0.9.5:
- Redesigned 'Now Playing' main form
- 'Skinnable' user interface (create your own user interface)
- Full support for VGA (hires) PocketPCs
- PC version supports 4 different layouts (both smaller and bigger than before)
- The 'Browse' forms now support listing the songs (for example all songs of an album) to select a single one for playback
- M1001 (firmware V2.4.4) is now supported
New in V0.9.2
- Only change compared to V0.9.0: Extended timeouts to support slow servers (this is a fix for Hifidelio UPnP)
New in V0.9.0:
- Renamed from "BridgeControl" to "Visual Media Remote" or in short "VisualMR"
- Select songs for playback by album, artist, composer or genre (similar to already existing 'Browse Playlist')
- Volume control
- New, optimized listbox control
- Easier to read by using colors and lines
- Length of lists only limited by SoundBridge
- Dynamic loading of items to open even large lists in only a short time
- Current item expands to display long names (and for songs album and artist are displayed too within the list)
New in V0.5.0:
- Easy switching between music libraries (servers) including 'Favorite Radio Stations'
- Selecting all songs from a playlist for playback
- 'Control SoundBridge' will turn the SoundBridge on, if it not already is
- Power off (standby) a SoundBridge ('Now Playing': 'Controls' menu)
- Selecting a song from 'Song Queue' while 'shuffle' is activated will work in spite of a RCP bug
- Internet radio: title, ... is now correctly displayed (if available)
New in V0.4.0:
- Displaying the current 'Play Queue' including selecting the next song to play
- New 'View' menu for switching between various screens.
- PocketPC version doesn't disconnect when deactivated resulting in faster reactivation (energy saving now by stopping sending commands to the SoundBridge)
- More robust connecting if the network isn't responding fast enough.
New in V0.3.1:
- Easy switching between multiple SoundBridges
- Repeat and Shuffle
- Extended status display
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