WiiM Home App v3.0.1 Update - Nov 16, 2024

[Burnside]

Perfectly correct American English, btw.

Is that not an oxymoron?

 

[harkpabst]

We've had the discussion if WiiM should include a differentiation between BE and AE in the past. My point is that adding more strictly different languages (or improving the existing translations) should have higher priority than that. Since Linkplay happens to be an American company I see little hope for British spelling (even less for a fully fledged Scottish variant ).

 

[QuarryHunslet]

Hi QuarryHunslet,

Thank you for your feedback! Could you please provide more details about your request? This will help me communicate it more effectively with our team.
"1. many of the current items shown have no interest to me, and don’t reflect my actual usage of the streaming services concerned.
2. Many of them don’t even feature in the tab, yet they are used from within the WiiM Home app."

One example is Amazon Music.

There is a section called "Songs", and when you select "See All", you get another page called "Tracks" ( why not Songs?)
This contains a long list of Songs/Tracks from albums that I have played many years ago, and looking through the list, I think they are all from albums that I have on CD, or that I may have downloaded years ago.

I would like to remove this section, as it isn't current, or of any interest to me now, as I only play albums.

There is a section called "Artists", and this contains just those artists related to the songs above. Many of these artists are no longer of any interest to me, as tastes change over the years.

I would like to remove this section, as it isn't current, or of any interest to me now.

There is a section called "Albums", and this contains just the albums featuring the songs mentioned above.

I would like to remove this section, as it isn't current, or of any interest to me now.

There is a section called "Playlists", which I have no interest in, and would also like to remove.


Another example is Tidal.

There is a section called "Artists", however the Artists featured, are only those that I have "followed" in the Tidal app, and don't include other artists whose albums I have listened to.

There is a section for "Albums", but this only features one album for some reason.

I would like these sections to feature Artists, and Albums that I have played on any of my WiiM devices via the Tidal section in the WiiM Home app.

Another example is Qobuz.

I have a Qobuz subscription, and use it regularly to play albums on any of my WiiM devices via the Qobuz section in the WiiM Home app.
Yet Qobuz doesn't feature at all in my "Favorites" tab, I'm not sure why this is?

That will do for now.

 

[Wiimer]

Hi Team,

We’re currently redesigning the Browse tab and wanted to share some of our ideas. Looking forward to your thoughts. Cheers!

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Hi Team,

Let me first say no, my proposal may be too outlandish for anyone to accept...

1. Eliminate the Browse menu.
2. Move My Library to the Favorites page.
3. Put a "Browse" link in the device card.
4. Put "Input" and "Output" pull-downs in the device card (or on the playback screen).
5. Place a "Smart Preset" button in the device card (or on the playback screen).

The current browse screen contains a mix of different types of menus. "My Library" mainly refers to data stored outside of the WiiM device, while "Music Service", "Voice and Streaming", and "Select input" are all settings menus for each WiiM device. This is the most confusing part on WHA.

Thank you.

 

[Burnside]

Hi Team,

Let me first say no, my proposal may be too outlandish for anyone to accept...

1. Eliminate the Browse menu.
2. Move My Library to the Favorites page.
3. Put a "Browse" link in the device card.
4. Put "Input" and "Output" pull-downs in the device card (or on the playback screen).
5. Place a "Smart Preset" button in the device card (or on the playback screen).

The current browse screen contains a mix of different types of menus. "My Library" mainly refers to data stored outside of the WiiM device, while "Music Service", "Voice and Streaming", and "Select input" are all settings menus for each WiiM device. This is the most confusing part on WHA.

Thank you.

Radical

As you say, the browse page music services etc are device specific which have confused even existing users, so by associating them clearly to a device card would make that a lot clearer.

Expanding the device card functions with selectable inputs/outputs also makes a lot of sense and does fit in with recent requests.

I'd also suggest as I have in the past that firmware update progress should also be on the device card rather than taking a full page and in effect locking the use of the app and other devices while an update is in progress.

Great ideas

 

[hgo58]

I will prefer the current layout with maybe the new suggestions from WiiM Team.

Only change would be to include the active device name in all the headers of sections that belongs to a specific device (like already done for Source Input).

 

[romiroslaw]

"Open Network stream" - we can post our stream link, even name it, but it is anonymous on the display (name is only in the app Wiim Home).
How can we also post our stream logo (radio station logo on the display)?

 

[zh_chx]

Hi BK308,

This bug should not show the source input in the device tab; we will fix it in the next app update.

IOS version can’t index songs in USB Disk

 

[harkpabst]

IOS version can’t index songs in USB Disk

Send feedback.

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

One example is Amazon Music.

There is a section called "Songs", and when you select "See All", you get another page called "Tracks" ( why not Songs?)
This contains a long list of Songs/Tracks from albums that I have played many years ago, and looking through the list, I think they are all from albums that I have on CD, or that I may have downloaded years ago.

I would like to remove this section, as it isn't current, or of any interest to me now, as I only play albums.

There is a section called "Artists", and this contains just those artists related to the songs above. Many of these artists are no longer of any interest to me, as tastes change over the years.

I would like to remove this section, as it isn't current, or of any interest to me now.

There is a section called "Albums", and this contains just the albums featuring the songs mentioned above.

I would like to remove this section, as it isn't current, or of any interest to me now.

There is a section called "Playlists", which I have no interest in, and would also like to remove.


Another example is Tidal.

There is a section called "Artists", however the Artists featured, are only those that I have "followed" in the Tidal app, and don't include other artists whose albums I have listened to.

There is a section for "Albums", but this only features one album for some reason.

I would like these sections to feature Artists, and Albums that I have played on any of my WiiM devices via the Tidal section in the WiiM Home app.

Another example is Qobuz.

I have a Qobuz subscription, and use it regularly to play albums on any of my WiiM devices via the Qobuz section in the WiiM Home app.
Yet Qobuz doesn't feature at all in my "Favorites" tab, I'm not sure why this is?

That will do for now.

This is one of the reasons that I've reverted to putting my music on USB, and using folder view.

The library system in most streaming services is so convoluted, and contains everything you've ever touched, whether you want it or not. Pruning it is a constant Sisyphean nightmare.

Then there are albums for which I like to make my own SDEs, adding b-sides, etc. I end up making a playlist for these. But then that goes in playlists, along with my playlists. On Amazon Music I have 4 different types of playlist! Firstly, artist Best Ofs (Best of David Bowie, Best of Bob Dylan, etc.). Secondly, themed playlists (Best of Britpop, or Reggae, or Summer Hits, or Christmas, etc.). Thirdly, holiday playlists (I make a 20 track playlist every time I go on holiday). Fourthly albums/SDEs. I even put in albums here which are just the album, otherwise they're just buried in the thousands of albums in my library, most of which I have no reason to have on hand.

There's no way to sort these (sub-folders for playlists), so I name them so they go in order. The artists Best Ofs start with "0 ", so "O Bowie, David Best Of", etc. Themed start with "00 ", so "00 Christmas", "00 Summer", etc. Holiday playlist is just by name "Greece 01 2007", etc. Albums/SDEs I start with "Z ALBUM", so "Z ALBUM A Hard Day's Night", etc.

What a mess. But there's no way to avoid it.

So, for my folders on the USB I have a structure where I put whatever I want, wherever I want. Playlists, I basically create a new album.

Is it a faff? A little, but no more so than creating playlists, in some cases easier. And once set up, it's done forever.

QuarryHunslet, what you've discussed (above) is an example of your streaming service controlling (through lack of flexibility) how you store, order, and view your music. My folder structure is me taking back complete control of that.

Of course, this is only useful for CD rips from CDs I own, but that's 99% of what I listen to anyway. And, of course, only useful when sat at home.

Note to WiiM - I'd love to be able to access the media attached to by Ultra by USB remotely, and be able to use the WiiM app to play these anywhere in the world, where there's a decent internet connection.