Fast forward and rewind options

[escay]

Hi, thank you for this effort. In 2004 I wrote my own Windows dll driver to connect to Sony NetMD - MZ505 via the NetMD.dll. And also played with the Libnetmd linux project at that time (https://libnetmd.sourceforge.net/). The same minidisc unit I used then still works with your Web Minidisc Pro 👍

At that time I also succeeded in sending FFWD and RWD options to the unit. Some screenshots of my effort at that time can be seen in the wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20040228050603/http://simplerecorder.com/

Is this FFWD and RWD functionality missing in the Web Minidisc Pro, or did I just miss it? Seeking to a specific time was also possible if I remember correctly ("Seek" in the screenshot was my test implementation), useful for previewing those old tracks that were not yet split into smaller parts. I might have the old code somewhere.

Looking at https://github.com/AlexanderS/linux-minidisc/blob/master/netmd/libnetmd.py

I probably mean:

ACTION_FASTFORWARD = 0x39
ACTION_REWIND = 0x49

OPERATING_STATUS_FAST_FORWARDING = 0xc33f
OPERATING_STATUS_REWINDING = 0xc34f

And for Seek to a specific time:

    def gotoTime(self, track, hour=0, minute=0, second=0, frame=0):
        """
          Seek to given time of given track.
        """
        query = self.formatQuery('1850 ff000000 0000 %w %b%b%b%b', track,
                                 int2BCD(hour), int2BCD(minute),
                                 int2BCD(second), int2BCD(frame))
        reply = self.send_query(query)
        return self.scanQuery(reply, '1850 00000000 %?%? %w %b%b%b%b')

Are these implemented? Thank you.

[asivery]

Hi there @escay! I am aware of these commands, and they are implemented in the backend library. The problem here is the UI design. I can't come up with a good place to put the "current position" seek bar. If you have any ideas regarding that, please let me know. I don't want to just make something like "+10s" and "-10s" buttons because by themselves that wouldn't be good UX, at least in my opinion.

[escay]

I would assume something like WinAmp:

For example a bar below the controls to click the location in the current track, here a minimal mockup:

Note: I personally do not really like the fast forward implementation in portable minidisc units, forwarding sounds terrible and is pretty slow. I would rather prefer a bar to click in to seek into the location. Or maybe some keyboard shortcuts only example: arrow to the right is 20 seconds forward, arrow to the left is 10 seconds backwards in case you just passed the point you were looking for.

[asivery]

@escay Took me long enough :sweat_smile: - think something like this will do?:

[escay]

Very nice and subtle 👍

[asivery]

Thanks - closing the issue then :)