Please make the audio spectrum visualization for the Apple TV now playing app optional
- Thread starter Henri
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I use the Android TV version, and in that the 'visulisation' is merely 3 rhythmically moving bars.
Does the Apple version have something different / better, or the same simple bars?
And yes, I'm totally with you on this - get rid of it!
hgo58
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And that also goes for the WiiM Home App.
No need to have these animated icons jumping up and down.
Is it really that much of a eyesore?
It's a handy indicator for me, as I can see at a glance which device is active.
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Silly question maybe, but why several devices when you need an indicator to identify it? 
hgo58
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To me it is.Is it really that much of a eyesore?
You can still see it, as the text is highlighted.
The icon could also still be there, just not moving!
A minor issue of course but still annoying.
What does that mean? I believe the text is only highlighted on the currently selected device card.
It's precisely because it's moving that you immediately know it's active. I understand the TV app's indicator being displayed on the playback screen can be distracting. But that's not the case with WHA.
Are you staring at the device card the whole time while listening to music?
hgo58
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Never looking at the device card.
No need to show moving icon on the track. Track is highlighted and the Icon changes anyway. I would like a static icon.
But as said, minor annoyance. And if people like it, I can live with it.
Well, I was talking about the device card.
The analyser icon displayed in the Queue is used by many streaming apps.
Must admit a similar thought crossed my mind this morning on another post about the spectrum analyser display and the potential impact of processing higher resolution tracks - I wouldn’t notice as the ultra display is something I just glance at from time to time to see what’s playing…Are you staring at the device card the whole time while listening to music?
hgo58
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Of course I don't look at the WHA all the time. Actually only when changing something. The animated icons is still annoying me then
The major issue is with the TV Apps, as they are designed to be looked at all the time.
And, no, I don't look at the VU meter or Spectrum Analyser either, as they don't provide any useful information (unfortunately).
I'm the same
On the TV app, yes.
I know it's playing, I can hear the music and the lyrics are moving on, if enabled.
I don't need three useless bars dancing along on their fixed rhythm, it's simply distracting.
Personally, I put this in the same bucket as that waving cat on the Sound page - childish and not indicative of a professional product.
Yes, I said I could understand that.
That said, honestly I've never given it a second thought.
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