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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.11.01 - Dec 14, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2019, 06:19 AM »
Updated with some improvements to thumbnail sizing.
looking good -- that resizing thumbnail bug is fixed :up:
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.11.01 - Dec 14, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 19, 2019, 07:12 PM »
At the moment I'm focused on -- and loving, the virtual date hierarchy.
This does sound great though:
What I will probably try to add soon, is a feature that will be a little smarter about rescanning -- so that if you have a giant folder you are working with, AND you let it do an initial completed scan of that folder, it will thereafter (on the same run) not have to rescan as you pop in and out of subdirectories.

As said I'm loving virtual date hierarchy -- finding amazing screenhots of images (older photos mostly) that I made years ago.
Also, for what this is doing, it's really fast :Thmbsup:

I currently have the virtual hierarchy in a narrow column on the left; I increase the size of the thumbnail pane to most of the screen, leaving a small token column on the right for the actual preview/viewer pane.

Reproducible bug:
Using that slider I reduce the size of the thumbnails to below 30. The thumbnails go from showing maybe 25 thumbnails to showing just one image in the pane.


FWIW using keyboard to navigate gets confusing:
when focus is in thumbnail pane, focused file is highlighted blue -- this remains the same when focus is moved elsewhere (via tab key) which makes it difficult to know where one is when nothing else is highlighted. I can see when focus is in the hierarchy -- virtual or real, also when in one of the filter fields and the root but then I lose it and find I have to use the mouse to get back to the thumbnail field.
In fact I dont think I can tab to the thumbnail pane at all(?)
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.11.01 - Dec 14, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 18, 2019, 03:14 PM »
^ That looks very impressive mouser :up:
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.11.01 - Dec 14, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 17, 2019, 11:54 AM »
^would it be any easier if it just stuck for one session -- or even for one viewing of the folder.
Here's a scenario:
scroll through a few hundred images, finding a couple here and there you want to e.g move or edit or both. Tag them as you view them. Before moving on to another folder, you copy/move/whatever tagged images.
You move to another folder, those images now no longer tagged.
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.11.01 - Dec 14, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 16, 2019, 11:44 PM »
Meant to ask before --
what is the slider, you can see it in my screenshot here:

https://www.donation...;attach=109827;image

It doesnt seem to have any affect (I think it should affect size of thumbnails?)
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.11.01 - Dec 14, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 16, 2019, 11:39 PM »
Any more feature requests?
This may be too big a request:
the ability to mark files. Just on or off. I guess you'd need to be able to filter for them or show in a virtual folder, or sort by them. Would be a great feature for this imo.
(There are workarounds, e.g. temporarily rename a file, adding a character that will sort to top or bottom in alpha sort.)
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Skwire Empire / Re: When will epcheck be fixed skwire ?
« Last post by tomos on December 16, 2019, 06:35 PM »
Can I contact skwire ?
He's moderator of this board in the forum, so he will get notification of your posts
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If there's a note in the zettel, it I regard it as part of that process not an independent file; otherwise not.
think this sentence got mangled (I *think* I know what you mean -- but not sure...)
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Skwire Empire / Re: When will epcheck be fixed skwire ?
« Last post by tomos on December 16, 2019, 03:43 PM »
SkyHighatrist, I couldn't have said it better myself.  I'm extremely grateful for all of Jody's work on epCheck.  It has been invaluable to my television viewing but we can't expect him to fix what TVDB has broken.  :)

I want to fix epCheck, because it's an app that I enjoy using myself.  Right now, it's a matter of finding time to do it, and I hope to find time this holiday week.  =]
see above thread
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.11.01 - Dec 14, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 15, 2019, 06:40 AM »
Updated with dramatically improved sorting speeds.  Let me know if you see any oddities.
'Sort' is sorted :up:
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Living Room / Re: laptop temperature fluctuations
« Last post by tomos on December 15, 2019, 04:01 AM »
Edit: I will try the vacuum cleaner to air intake port, as per IainB's ^'overheating or noisy fan' post.
Note Shades's comments in related thread re static and being careful not to force fan blades to turn the wrong way.
I have used vacuum cleaner inside a desktop computer: I worked barefoot and half covered the nozzle with my fingers to minimise chances of static building up.
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.11.01 - Dec 14, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 14, 2019, 06:39 PM »
^ tried it in a folder with 75 files -- it shows *after* all the files starting 'Screenshot...'
All the files starting 'Screenshot...' sort correctly A-Z in both folders.
In the folder/screenshot above there's two files that are out of correct sort (the other one is 'rscreenshot...')
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.11.01 - Dec 14, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 14, 2019, 06:32 PM »
the file seems to be showing for me..
turns out it's a problem with sort -- in the screenshot the files are sorted alphabetically (A-Z).
We have files starting with: W | F | R | W | etc
... something's not right ...

Screenshot - 2019-12-15 , 01_26_42.jpg

EDIT// this in a folder with a lot of files -- over 3K I think (I'll try it in smaller folder)
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.11.01 - Dec 14, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 14, 2019, 04:07 PM »
v1.11.1 - Dec 14, 2019
  • [Improvement] Image dimensions shown in statusbar.
  • [Improvement] . . .
  • [Improvement] Faster scanning speed.
  • [BugFix] Exiting while running scan was needlessly slow.
  • [BugFix] . . .
  • [BugFix] Was reporting wrong folder search count.
  • [BugFix] . . .
  • [BugFix] In large folders after sorting, sometimes thumbnail showed wrong image.
tested the above, all seem to be okay now, here.

I attach a file/screenshot that the browser cannot see -- formerly it was one that disrupted the thumbnails of the following files (it 'stole' a thumbnail). Currently it is simply not seen (much better).
Is visible in SC FWIW.
It's a jpeg file (I usually use default png for screenshots -- other SC jpg files show fine). It has a silly name (frog :p), I think I may have been testing reading SC comments in other viewers at the time.

frosch.jpg
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.11.01 - Dec 14, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 14, 2019, 05:17 AM »
[Improvement] New age filter
does the new age filter have dreadlocks :tellme: :P :D

Will try it out later  :up:
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Living Room / Re: laptop temperature fluctuations
« Last post by tomos on December 13, 2019, 11:46 AM »
Usually it runs lukewarm but sometimes it gets quite warm for no discernible reason; could that maybe be Norton running in the background?
you can check the Task Manager or get something like Process Explorer (I use the portable version).
See screenshot, it will show the biggest user in tooltip, but while the CPU or memory is actually being hogged, you can sort by either of those columns and see which are the biggest users

Screenshot - 2019-12-13 , 18_47_57.jpg
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Living Room / Re: laptop temperature fluctuations
« Last post by tomos on December 13, 2019, 11:41 AM »
How do you clean internally?
I have a dual core laptop -- it's a few years old.
Just this week I installed extra memory for it (upgraded from 8 to 16) -- bought a set of screwdrivers suitable for that kind of thing, and found a youtube video showing how to do the deed and went and did it.
Worked fine, I was surprised how little dust there was in it, but one of the intakes *was* clogged. There was another protective layer -- for the CPU etc -- underneath the back cover. I didnt bother taking that off (but what I could see under it looked fine...)

It now uses less memory than it did before (that stumped me) but more importantly, it has enough memory for me to e.g. play/stream a couple of videos simultaneously (note the CPU is an i5-5300U). The fan kicks in a lot less so the machine is definitely cooler, less stressed.
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.08.01 - Dec 12, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 12, 2019, 12:53 PM »
:up:
[Improvements] Reports scanning progress on large (recursive) directories and allows cancellation of scan; especially useful for large recursive directory trees.
[Improvements] Exponentially faster refresh after deleting files from large directories and refreshing after removed files.
...
[Improvement] Program remembers last subfolder selected on exit and restart.
[Improvement] Remembers selected image even after rescanning.
...
[BugFix] Deleting a file left deleted image in viewer.
these ones I, eh, interacted with: all good :Thmbsup:
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.08.01 - Dec 12, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 11, 2019, 06:21 PM »
A minor request -- it doesnt remember last viewed folder, would be nice if it were to start with last view, or have that as an option
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.08.01 - Dec 12, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 11, 2019, 06:14 PM »
Delete is now instantaneous (even within large folders) -- there is a quirk in that the actual view of the deleted file remains in the viewer pane until focus is moved to another file.
Well that's a bug then, it shouldn't stay in the viewer, so I must be overlooking something..

Can I ask how you are triggering the delete?
I simply use the delete key (focus on thumbnail)
with latest version:
delete in folder with <100 works perfectly: focus moves to next thumbnail, that file shows in the viewer pane
delete in folder with >100 works imperfectly: delete is fine; focus moves to next thumbnail, deleted file shows in the viewer pane. As soon as i click in thumbnail panel, viewer shows correct file

Screenshot - 2019-12-12 , 01_04_00.jpg

EDIT// this doesnt bother me, just reporting!
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.08.01 - Dec 12, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 11, 2019, 01:05 PM »
Sorry, I didnt realise that folder (where I was testing delete) had so many files in it :-/

Delete is now instantaneous (even within large folders) -- there is a quirk in that the actual view of the deleted file remains in the viewer pane until focus is moved to another file.
Those thumbnails now also showing correctly (will report if I get that again)
Good job :up:
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.08.01 - Dec 12, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 11, 2019, 08:56 AM »
Twice so far it has shown the wrong thumbnail for an image.
Not sure why, in this example it is jpg files -- you can clearly see the wrong thumbnail (I think I may have deleted the file that is now showing in the thumbnail).

Screenshot - 2019-12-11 , 15_48_02.jpg

these files show correctly in SC -- sorry, I wasn't paying attention:
EDIT// the incorrect thubnail is a jpg file that exists -- it shows in SC but not in this app.
I can send you the file directly per email if you want mouser.
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Mousers Media Browser / Re: Mouser's Media Browser v1.08.01 - Dec 12, 2019 beta
« Last post by tomos on December 11, 2019, 08:41 AM »
Just after installing this (well, portable version) on my laptop (I did try it on my desktop, but a long time ago).
Cancel scan works, but recursive reading is very impressive:
it showed thumbnails quite quickly for a folder with almost five thousand files in a dozen or so sub-directories.

Where it is slow is deleting files: I ticked the option to not show the confirmation dialogue, and it's still very slow -- takes about five seconds.
I think it would be nice if the focus went to the next file when one is deleted (but not sure would everyone want that/if possible)
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Android Apps / Re: Updating my Android Apps
« Last post by tomos on December 11, 2019, 07:43 AM »
Discussion list if the one I use most -- I am the one in ten ;-)
But as a Quote repository of sorts -- load a bunch of qoutes from one person and work my way through them in slide view, and decide what I think of them (person/quotes).
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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite movies?
« Last post by tomos on December 08, 2019, 11:02 AM »
The Connection -- a French film, originally La French. Showing what was happening in Marseille during The French Connection (must try to watch that again, I can barely remember it).
I saw the film dubbed (in German)

Screenshot - 2019-12-07 , 23_42_02.jpg

It's not original; towards the end, especially, it lets you know what's going to happen.
But I found it a really great movie: beautifully crafted, but more importantly for me, the characters were gripping.
Reviews aren't that positive, I'd give it at least an eight:

https://www.imdb.com...4/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_3
https://www.rottento...com/m/the_connection
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