Comments on: Plex/Seven: Simplified settings

By: andreas

andreas — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:08:23 +0000

I think that Plex should ask if the user want to add sources when he/she start up the application for the first time. I also think that the “Add sources” dialog should be turned into a wizard where you follow a couple of simple steps.

By: elan

elan — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:27:38 +0000

@michael: Look in Plex.app/Contents/Resources/Plex/keymaps/. You can override by adding the appropriate file to ~/Library/Application Support/Plex/userdata/keymaps with your overrides and it will live across upgrades.

By: michael

michael — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:56:46 +0000

Is anywhere that documents how the new keymaps are laid out now? What is meant by stored in the application bundle? Does that mean it’s not accessible from the user directory any more?

If you can’t tell I’m not much of a mac user. The mac mini was my first and is my only mac, and I just have it for running EyeTV and Plex.

How can you override if the keymap is stuck in the application bundle?

By: maxrogers

maxrogers — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:06:30 +0000

@iordonez

Nice! Looking forward to the “more planned” that you mentioned! ;o)

Elan and team! Kudos again!

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:41:29 +0000

I’m all for making things simpler for new users, but PLEASE do not dumb this down to front row. I know a lot of people have yet to discover things like Library mode (and actually use it properly) and may never need to adjust cache settings, but that does not mean that a one-size-fits-all approach is better. And since when has a good Mac application required users to dig into XML settings? The GUI can be simplified without removing advanced settings. So please put some of the lesser used settings under an “Advanced” header but don’t pull them from the GUI altogether. My current setup does not have a KB/Mouse nearby so I don’t want to have to dig one out to make a change when presently I can use my 5-button Apple Remote!

By: elan

elan — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:09:27 +0000

To those missing Barkley, you can always check out what he’s up to on his very own Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/barkley

By: iordonez

iordonez — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:12:14 +0000

@maxrogers There is more planned for you “power users” users that will show up after the initial .7 release.

By: maxrogers

maxrogers — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:18:11 +0000

Like everyone else I am all for simplifying the settings/menus etc.

However, for those who like to modify these settings on a regular basis it doesn’t seem to make sense to require them to make all of those changes in advancedsettings.xml Especially those settings that require you to tweak them back and forth to find the perfect setting for your setup!

My suggestion is to create a one-line setting field in advancedsettings.xml that turns on the “advanced settings menu item(s) This would effectively do the same thing that we are desiring (hiding the advanced settings for most users and de-cluttering the menus) without giving up the ease of use that menu items provide.

I think this would make the “power users” happier because they won’t have to spend the extra time restarting plex – editing advancedsettings.xml – loading again – repeat… They can still make a change in the menu system and observe the change immediately.

Just an idea….

By: infield

infield — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:32:13 +0000

Sound great!

There are two kinds of users in my house. My wife who just wants it to work. My two and five year old and me who want it to work, think everything is “cool”, play with all the buttons and eventually break everything.

By: Nigel

Nigel — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:24:34 +0000

On that note, I was a little concerned by this line in the post on Plex 0.5.22:

“NEW: You can now configure the way the H.264 decoder does deblocking.”

This is exactly the type of thing I hope wouldn’t be exposed in settings. Ideally I want the program to automatically adjust and give me the best picture quality my computer can handle based on CPU power and current load. And if dynamically adjusting it isn’t feasible, just pick something that your target baseline system can run smoothly, and state that the program is designed to run on e.g. 1.6GHz processors and higher.

I like picture quality, but I don’t want to worry about whether I can eke out a tiny bit more or if I’ll have to deal with jittery playback on a complex scene halfway through a movie. I think there was a comment on that post saying that most people wouldn’t notice any difference in this adjustment anyway, so does it need to be exposed as a setting?