Maybe add ‘Long term feature requests’ to the title. Otherwise it can all be a little too demanding on the poor guy lol
My long term dreams
An optional view for maximum size cover art (top to bottom) on the left. But instead of a black background to the right of the album cover, have the covert art background theme like Roon does, in Full Screen, as background.
REALLY long term (can’t be done at the moment because I think it needs Roon’s API to develop further to provide the required track info (waveform data?)) - VU meter screen @brian
The only item in your list that would be essential for me is to have scrolling text; everything else is optional (no “perhaps” about it).
I prefer a minimalist approach to information overload, and I certainly prefer a blank screen when in sleep mode rather than having yet another digital clock winking at me.
The one additional request I have is something that I’ve mentioned before: slim the icons down a tad, and put a thin circle around the play/pause icon so that they match the Roon icons (giving a consistent house style)
I would also love to see loop and shuffle mode selectors please and volume slider. Screensavers clock mode needs to be optional I like it blank myself when it’s not in use.
Change the default rotate screen setting to rotated…most screen cases have the connectors on the rpi coming out the top and will be upside with the current default setting.
Also some extra notes in the ropieee website that if you change the host name then the web page access needs to change accordingly too. Basic non lcd issue too
And that FING is a good app to use to find IP addresses from iOS or android devices if all else fails. Basic non lcd issue too
Also that there is a hidden settings button needs to be noted somewhere in the LCD specific docs
Slightly smaller font for the web page admin heading so that it stays on one line…takes up 1/2 of the screen on my ipad
Hi Harry,
The introduction thread is closed so I’ll use this one.
You promised to explain the RoPieee name.
I’ll start guessing: Roon Pieeasy endpoint, Roon Pieendpoint for everyone, …?
Regards,
Wim
Now that we have scrolling text working fantastically and stable, can we get bigger text size for album title and artist - same size as the current song title text at the top, should be enough. Helps to read everything from across the room (maybe slower scrolling speed though).
Yeah sorry I forgot. Anyhow, it’s certainly not what you thought
So here we go. I started with ‘RoonPi’, which seamed rather obvious. However, that’s not an option because of the brand name. Then it quickly became RoPi, but that wasn’t it for some reason I still don’t fully understand myself
At that time there was a show on Dutch television about a famous Dutch stand up comedian (he died a long time ago) that had a scene about weird, non-existing birds. One of them made a sound that can be described as ‘ropieeee, ropieee’ and that’s that.
I’ve to admit that at that time I had a few drinks, but I registered the domain name and now there’s no turning back. I don’t want to either
Hi Harry,
Would it be possible to add volume control on the touch screen?
I see a volume slider is already mentioned in the first post, but I don’t want to clutter the display.
Just swiping up/down to increase/decrease volume …
Regards,
Wim
Another useful option would be to force the screen saver. My unit is all on same stand as TV so when we switch to watch TV you get the distracting ropieee screen for 10 mins. Be great to just be able to turn it to screensaver instantly with a touch of the screen or button.