(2019-02-16, 01:30)crutzulee Wrote: (2019-02-14, 22:49)mrkuba Wrote: (2019-02-14, 22:01)jurialmunkey Wrote: You can already see the runtime and whether it is hd/sd
I don't understand this obsession with codecs. I understand things like Atmos, HDR and 3d because those have external hardware requirements, but aside from those, what purpose does having all the codec info on screen serve in terms of choosing a movie to watch?
Codec info is unnecessary clutter which goes against the minimalism I'm trying to emphasise here. I'm willing to have things on screen if there is a functional need, but I'm not adding info just because it exists.
Actually it does matter. So my movies are set on automated downloads and sometimes things go wrong and for example I will aquire a movie with a dolby digital soundtrack. Which means I will not be watching it until a better version is avaliable therefore I will wait until its released. That's the same for rips. With some movies I will wait until they redownload in blubray rip for example instead of webdl. I user sonarr and radarr for downloads and despite them being quite good with getting the right version sometimes mistakes do happen. That's why I'm always looking at the soundtrack and quality. I don't care about codex but those two l things actually matter to me.
Count me in favour of codecs for precisely the reasons listed here...Not knowing thing one about skinning, I'm assuming that this is difficult to make a user adjustable setting??
Sorry if that's a rude question to ask. I really have no idea.
It's not that it's difficult to add a setting, the issues are that:
1. It changes the design of the skin, so there is a ripple on effect into other elements which will also need to change to accommodate where the codecs go. For instance, I now need to change the hint text in the info dialog because it can't use that position on screen anymore. The now playing music info also needs to change location from initial spot in the bottom right.
2. Having a large number of settings is confusing to users and I end up having to do a lot of hand-holding in terms of telling users where to find settings. This sort of thing wastes a lot of my time which I could instead spend skinning.
3. More settings increases the amount of time I need to spend testing (because I need to test all combos of settings).
4. It makes the code more complex and thus increases the potential for bugs.
5. I have no interest in making a "kitchen sink" skin. The skin should work "out of the box" without needing lots of setup other than customising your home menus.
