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RE: Proposal for Kodi Settings Structure change - jjd-uk - 2015-03-09
Is there any restriction to the number of menu layers we can have?
So instead of:
Media Management
- General
- Music Library
- Music Files
- Picture Files
- Picture Slideshow
- Video Library
- Video Lists
we could have:
Media Management
- General
-- General
- Music
-- Library
-- Files
- Picture
-- Files
-- Slideshow
- Video
-- Library
-- Files
So selection process for Video Library settings for example would be: Settings -> Media Management -> Video -> Library
Then in the future you can add source management
Media Management
- General
-- General
- Media Providers (Sources)
-- Add Source
-- Content
- Music
-- Library
-- Files
- Picture
-- Files
-- Slideshow
- Video
-- Library
-- Files
RE: Proposal for Kodi Settings Structure change - mad-max - 2015-03-09
I got what you mean, but this would be basically the old way a little bit shifted...
Having a new entry where you can cklick on and it opens a new window is a bit too much IMO.
Why click on it if you can have the options directly on the right hand side
Let's see what the others think
RE: Proposal for Kodi Settings Structure change - Martijn - 2015-03-09
too many layers won't make it more obvious. The structure that mad-max proposed looks fine to me for media management or (content or whatever)
RE: Proposal for Kodi Settings Structure change - jjd-uk - 2015-03-09
Just an idea as I wasn't sure about the Music/Video/Picture preface for the reoccurring category types for each of the media types e.g. Music Files/Picture Files/Video Files, this was just a first impression of the screenshots in the PR, looking at it for longer now I think you're probably right and it's fine as you've done it.
RE: Proposal for Kodi Settings Structure change - jjd-uk - 2015-03-09
Just saw FernetMenta's github comment.
Perhaps this order for Playback:
- Videos
- Video Acceleration
- Subtitles
- TV
- DVD/Bluray
- Music
- Audio CDs
- Karaoke
so you have all video categories followed by all music categories.
RE: Proposal for Kodi Settings Structure change - mkortstiege - 2015-03-09
Video Acceleration should be moved to System (along side Video-Output) IMO.
RE: Proposal for Kodi Settings Structure change - un1versal - 2015-03-09
Some of these labels are too long when they get translated ouch scrolling ugliness e.g. Media Management / Video acceleration (what other type of acceleration is there?) even English is too long, surely some better wording can be found, one word even? and the order in which they appear feels somewhat odd and unbalanced.
Im all for improving stuff and reorganising things in some logical and making sure things go where they should, but this seems a little cumbersome in these early days. Im sure it will improve as it matures.
Ide maybe have better suggestions when I have time to look at it properly, if anyone cares.
RE: Proposal for Kodi Settings Structure change - jjd-uk - 2015-03-09
(2015-03-09, 18:10)uNiversal Wrote: Some of these labels are too long when they get translated ouch scrolling ugliness e.g. Media Management / Video acceleration (what other type of acceleration is there?) even English is too long, surely some better wording can be found, one word even? and the order in which they appear feels somewhat odd and unbalanced.
Media Info perhaps
RE: Proposal for Kodi Settings Structure change - un1versal - 2015-03-09
yes, I reread some back posts and agree with that Media info, more than Media Management.
Some things like Video acceleration belong as a subset of playback as is now maybe so we dont need to add video acceleration distinction because it already is implied. I think need to make sure things are where they belong and not creating new categories just because we can.
RE: Proposal for Kodi Settings Structure change - mad-max - 2015-03-09
But acceleration is also part of playback...
I have no hard opionion on this and will change according to the majority
RE: Proposal for Kodi Settings Structure change - Martijn - 2015-03-09
(2015-03-09, 20:30)mad-max Wrote: But acceleration is also part of playback...
I have no hard opionion on this and will change according to the majority
personally i would consider acceleration as system. DTS/Dolby/DTS-HD/TrueHD and whatever are the hardware accelerations for audio and they are in system
RE: Proposal for Kodi Settings Structure change - mad-max - 2015-03-09
Well, good point, sir
RE: Proposal for Kodi Settings Structure change - mkortstiege - 2015-03-09
(2015-03-09, 20:58)Martijn Wrote:(2015-03-09, 20:30)mad-max Wrote: But acceleration is also part of playback...
I have no hard opionion on this and will change according to the majority
personally i would consider acceleration as system. DTS/Dolby/DTS-HD/TrueHD and whatever are the hardware accelerations for audio and they are in system
Thanks for supporting me
RE: Proposal for Kodi Settings Structure change - un1versal - 2015-03-09
I always thought acceleration was a video only deal for vdpau, vaapi etc, where does audio get accelerated or what is accelerated here mean where audio is concerned?
And no matter where acceleration is playback or system, does it need a distinction of being labelled video acceleration, isnt it obvious?
Re: RE: Proposal for Kodi Settings Structure change - Martijn - 2015-03-09
(2015-03-09, 21:55)uNiversal Wrote: I always thought acceleration was a video only deal for vdpau, vaapi etc, where does audio get accelerated or what is accelerated here mean where audio is concerned?
And no matter where acceleration is, does it need a distinction of being labelled video acceleration, isnt it obvious?
It uses the actual hardware capabilities. example: DTS enabling means your end device is able to process it. Not enabling means DTS tracks get software decoded to something that can be output.
Accelerated means not using the CPU if the hardware chips can do it