Screen Options

[SansuiSushi]

Came up with some ideas I would like to see as options for that screen

 

[lukcinrk]

For me Minimalism skin is best...but It will be cool to add a small bar on the bottom to see progress of the song.

 

[Aquaman]

I‘d like to have a clock screen during playback on my Ultra.
Currently I can only select clocks for the standby screen.

I frequently miss my bed time while listening to music …

 

[hgo58]

I‘d like to have a clock screen during playback on my Ultra.
Currently I can only select clocks for the standby screen.

I frequently miss my bed time while listening to music …

This was suggested more than a year ago in this thread. It looks like @WiiM Team either cannot do it or they don't want to.

Post in thread 'Screen Options' https://forum.wiimhome.com/threads/screen-options.4446/post-82523

As a workaround, If you select a clock face while playing it will show until you change your playing.

 

[Aquaman]

This was suggested more than a year ago in this thread. It looks like @WiiM Team either cannot do it or they don't want to.

Post in thread 'Screen Options' https://forum.wiimhome.com/threads/screen-options.4446/post-82523

As a workaround, If you select a clock face while playing it will show until you change your playing.

All the more important to bring topic back to WiiM‘s attention. I‘m sure there are more folks who would like to see this feature.

 

[hgo58]

All the more important to bring topic back to WiiM‘s attention. I‘m sure there are more folks who would like to see this feature.

Yes. My self included but as long as we still don't get major issues fixed (hint HDMI CEC, DLNA, etc) I won't push for minor stuff.

 

[Aquaman]

Yes. My self included but as long as we still don't get major issues fixed (hint HDMI CEC, DLNA, etc) I won't push for minor stuff.

I can‘t see anything wrong with either eARC or DLNA. Would you please point me in the right direction?

 

[hgo58]

I can‘t see anything wrong with either eARC or DLNA. Would you please point me in the right direction?

Not really ARC (and never eARC) but CEC discovery. See the thread 'HDMI ARC hijacking inputs' https://forum.wiimhome.com/threads/hdmi-arc-hijacking-inputs.7715/

For the DLNA casting from the WiiM see eg. Post in thread 'Beta Test: DLNA Cast' https://forum.wiimhome.com/threads/beta-test-dlna-cast.3793/post-128636

This is just examples of outstanding issues that needs to to get fixed before adding new minor features.

 

[Aquaman]

Not really ARC (and never eARC) but CEC discovery. See the thread 'HDMI ARC hijacking inputs' https://forum.wiimhome.com/threads/hdmi-arc-hijacking-inputs.7715/

For the DLNA casting from the WiiM see eg. Post in thread 'Beta Test: DLNA Cast' https://forum.wiimhome.com/threads/beta-test-dlna-cast.3793/post-128636

This is just examples of outstanding issues that needs to to get fixed before adding new minor features.

Thank you. But those are really special use case issues for me. TBH I couldn‘t care less.
With DLNA cast FROM a WiiM device being a total folly.

 

[hgo58]

Thank you. But those are really special use case issues for me. TBH I couldn‘t care less.
With DLNA cast FROM a WiiM device being a total folly.

I guess that most users couldn't care less about a clock on the screen.

We do all have different priorities. Some of this is bugs in the current functionality, while others are nice to have functions.

I just hope @WiiM Team prioritize solving bugs over new features.

 

[Aquaman]

I guess that most users couldn't care less about a clock on the screen.

We do all have different priorities. Some of this is bugs in the current functionality, while others are nice to have functions.

I just hope @WiiM Team prioritize solving bugs over new features.

I know what you mean. And I wouldn‘t want to be in the shoes of a developer with WiiM or any other contender in this business.
Everybody wants something else, most of it being pretty much ‚very special‘ to completely out of this world.
The results are totally overloaded menues in the apps and the majority of users getting frustrated because they cannot find what is really essential. I hope WiiM doesn‘t step into this trap too deeply. Even if this means that I won‘t get my playback clock.

 

[AlxTMX]

To be honest, the WiiM Ultra's screen is way too small so I hardly could see something on it sitting at my sweet-spot in a pair of meters of it. The best visible VU meter for me is very first "white on black". I can't see moving hand with all the rest styles. I would prefer a VU meter with a more bold, more distinct indicator hand than a thin pixel line today. Audio Spectrum is a good idea too - at least I can see that something is moving on the screen

 

[wtnh]

New WiiM Ultra user here but long time DIY streaming builder.

This is a screen shot of a piCorePlayer I built a few years ago with a 3.5" touch screen. This is one of many visualizations piCorePlayer supports by adding them in the JiveLite interface. You can cycle through the visualizations by touching the screen while in "now playing" mode. This mimics what was available on the original Logitech Touch many years ago.

Perhaps the WiiM team has looked at what is available in the open source domain (or not)?



Whit

Example of one of my DIY streamer projects here: https://www.jwtaudio.com/projects/another-pi-based-audio-streamer

 

[azoriusmage]

Came up with some ideas I would like to see as options for that screen

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Would love the last one

 

[hipoagumol]

@WiiM Support @WiiM Team Not sure if this has been posted here or somehwere else...
But wouldn't be nice that the Playback screen may be switchable in an easy way? So it would be possible to alternate between playback screen layouts (small album art, large album art, track info., minimalistic, VU Meters, spectrum... all current options)

1) From WHA Playback screen (which currently doesn't support other than album art) and that would be reflected simulateneously on WIIM Ultra
2) From Ultra's touch screen
3) From Remote?? I know not many buttons available, maybe a combination of them or just option 1) and 2)

Often i feel in the mood to see album arts without track info..sometimes i am listening to some radio and a song that i didn't know but I like starts playing and want to swtich from Album Art/VU meter to the track info to know the artist and song name...
I guess you know what I mean.

Doing it through navigating to the very deep WHA settings on Playback Screen options, which are more oriented to a "default" per input source, is not very handy way of doing what i describe.

Regards

 

[Mr Ee]

From Ultra's touch screen

I've long wondered why swiping up / down in this screen doesn't cycle through the playback screen options!