Animated frequency display

[henninggodske]

The animated frequency display in Optical In and Line In modes is just annoying and has no benefits.

What do you think? Should we request for a proper real frequency display or is it of no usage?

 

[Burnside]

“We”? If you don’t like it, submit a feature request thru the app. It doesn’t bother me.

 

[henninggodske]

“We”? If you don’t like it, submit a feature request thru the app. It doesn’t bother me.

Done long time ago.
If you don't mind then good.

This thread is to discuss what the WiiM Ultra users would like to see, to let the WiiM team know if they shall spend time and resources on it.

 

[eByGum]

The screen is too small for any frequency display. Would be better to see if HDMI out could be added so that screen display can be a on TV for album art etc. Maybe then frequency display would be an interesting novelty.

 

[Mr Ee]

The screen is too small for any frequency display.

You think?
My rme dac has a smaller screen than the ultra, and frequency display works nicely on that, imo.

 

[cc_rider]

You think?
My rme dac has a smaller screen than the ultra, and frequency display works nicely on that, imo.

Indeed. And it’s hardly a “novelty”, it’s a highly accurate and informative spectrum analyzer.

 

[henninggodske]

Something like this

 

[Maurizio]

The screen is too small for any frequency display. Would be better to see if HDMI out could be added so that screen display can be a on TV for album art etc. Maybe then frequency display would be an interesting novelty.

Hi @eByGum
I don't understand why you say that. I completely agree with @Mr Ee . My Topping D70Pro Sabre has a smaller screen than the Ultra and its spectrum analyzer works like a beauty.
Not only that, I can see it perfectly from my listening position. 4.5 meters from the system. With the larger screen of the Ultra it would be even better.

 

[mz54]

The animated frequency display in Optical In and Line In modes is just annoying and has no benefits.

What do you think? Should we request for a proper real frequency display or is it of no usage?

100% agree on both points, real frequency display for each channel should be great

 

[Trekkis]

True, some random animation is very disappointing.

 

[harkpabst]

It takes a lot more than a random animation to disappoint me.

 

[henninggodske]

It takes a lot more than a random animation to disappoint me.

So what are your input to this thread?

 

[harkpabst]

So what are your input to this thread?

I gave my input to this thread by voting in the right direction. The rest is just discussion going on.

 

[Burnside]

So what are your input to this thread?

Looks like an answer to the question you put in your opening thread - @harkpabst isn’t bothered one way or the other…

 

[henninggodske]

This is related to https://forum.wiimhome.com/threads/no-wallpaper-for-basic-clock-date-display.4306/post-70524, but also to see what kind of display could be useful.

 

[cc_rider]

WiiM Viewer Chrome Extension

OK, I've added wiim-deezer.zip to the first post of this thread. It's a Chrome extension, requires the same setup as the others, but instead of a pop down, it will pop out to its own resizable window. Fairly crude CSS at this point, if you have the chops, please feel free to prettify - my CSS...

forum.wiimhome.com

 

[henninggodske]

WiiM Viewer Chrome Extension

OK, I've added wiim-deezer.zip to the first post of this thread. It's a Chrome extension, requires the same setup as the others, but instead of a pop down, it will pop out to its own resizable window. Fairly crude CSS at this point, if you have the chops, please feel free to prettify - my CSS...

forum.wiimhome.com

That could be a way to show it. I do however think the Ultra display is too small to show all.
I don't know what software is running the Ultra display but my guess is that it is based on the X-Windows framework (Unix GUI). It is not based on a browser I'm sure.

 

[cc_rider]

That could be a way to show it. I do however think the Ultra display is too small to show all.
I don't know what software is running the Ultra display but my guess is that it is based on the X-Windows framework (Unix GUI). It is not based on a browser I'm sure.

Unlikely to be using X11, it’s more likely that it writes directly to the framebuffer, as most embedded systems do.

GitHub - retired-guy/Spectrum

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github.com

 

[slartibartfast]

It takes a lot more than a random animation to disappoint me.

The random frequency display in the WiiM Home app annoys me. It makes me think something is playing when it isn't.

 

[henninggodske]

Unlikely to be using X11, it’s more likely that it writes directly to the framebuffer, as most embedded systems do.

GitHub - retired-guy/Spectrum

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github.com

Nice. Could be a good starting point for the WiiM developers.