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Go back to single VU meter?

Started by neutralhills, December 26, 2017, 01:15:09 AM

neutralhills

Hi Marius,

Could you add an option in the future to toggle between the new multi-meter and the old single meter? I found it easier to visually scan that than the new setup. :)
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Marius

RadioDJ supports playback of 5.1 files, this is the reason why the vu meters are changed.
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neutralhills

It's just that the smaller meters are going to be very difficult to see under certain conditions, which is my main concern. Take a laptop running RadioDJ outside into bright sunlight and pretend you are covering a football matchup. You'll see what I mean:



It would just be nice to have some choices, especially for those of us who will never be using 5.1 audio (I don't plan to).
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Marius

Oh, i understand. I guess i could make an option to toggle between them.
Noted.  ;)
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neutralhills

The other thing that would be nice is the ability to customize font sizes for visually impaired RadioDJ users. One of our presenters is suffering from macular degeneration and has trouble seeing things. The ability to change up the interface in v2 will really help him, but he has trouble with small fonts and I don't seem to be able to adjust those.

I realize this is a small percentage of your users, but people who are blind tend do tend to migrate to careers like DJs, or they did before all interfaces were touchscreens.

Something to consider?
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Marius

The problem with text size is that in many places the font is at the maximum size possible and cannot be squeezed more. It would require also the controls to be scaled and that is a huge task.
However, in v2 (on windows 10) i just tested the windows setting which is scaling the fonts and on 125% is usable, even if small artefacts are present (mostly in playlist-slots mode).
I think that this is the right way to follow when larger fonts are needed.

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andeson

Very good, is it available to download?

Marius

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neutralhills

Quote from: Marius on December 29, 2017, 02:58:55 PM
The problem with text size is that in many places the font is at the maximum size possible and cannot be squeezed more. It would require also the controls to be scaled and that is a huge task.

I really appreciate your restoring the VU meter to the original size and looking into this. Also, FYI, RadioDJ is probably one of the friendliest systems for the visually impaired thanks to the number of functions you can set shortcut keys for. :)
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Studio systems running RadioDJ & Rivendell (occasional only)
Flow 8 Deck & PlayIt Cartwall for live mixing and assist.
Remote systems running RadioDJ
Pioneer DDJ-SX control surface.