Comments on: Signal 1.0.2

By: David Reis

David Reis — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:20:03 +0000

Matt, any chance you could forward me the same mail you sent to David Wilson – I’m getting the exact same error – the one about the server stopping responding… thanks…

By: Matt Stevens

Matt Stevens — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:09:16 +0000

The Duffer: Thanks for the comments! I’ll put some thought into how to better integrate album art for media library browsing. If it goes in I want to make sure it’s useful and not just there for the sake of being there.

An A-Z jump is definitely coming, as I agree this is what the media library really needs to complete browse navigation. Group compilations is also on the list for future consideration, as is navigation into playlists.

Thanks again to everyone else for the feedback and suggestions, these are always greatly appreciated.

By: The Duffer

The Duffer — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:02:37 +0000

Matt, I just wanted to say thanks for developing such a fantastic apps with such a clean Apple style interface. I’ve tried a few other similar apps but nothing made me want to make a purchase due to over complicated feature sets or ugly GUIs. No problems installing on my iMac and running on my new iPod Touch either. Access to my library of 35’000 plus tunes is fast and flawless – I love the way it handles everything so well.

I’d like to echo comments made above for more use of cover art throughout the interface to keep navigation simple and interesting. Use of an alphabetized search option would certainly speed things up for those of us with large libraries as would the option to group compilations as in iTunes to prevent each artist being displayed.

I also love the support for playlist folders – especially as this is something Apple seems to have neglected in the latest iPod OS. It would be helpful to view the contents of a playlist when selecting it rather than launching it straight away.

A fabulous application all in all though and well worth the price. Keep up the good work Matt!

Many thanks, The Duffer

By: Matt Stevens

Matt Stevens — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:36:16 +0000

James: Thanks! A real Cover Flow interface (with all the animation and smooth, fast scrolling) would be pretty hard to do within the limitations of Mobile Safari – something like this would really require a native app.

With that said, we may look into having album art play more of a role in browsing if it integrates well.

LeMMi5: When Signal can’t find or process album art for a song it will automatically search the internet for a match to display. This also works for internet radio stations that expose track information.

There have been a few requests to have the found album art automatically inserted, but I think for something like this it would be better to have a dedicated interface that allows users to preview the changes to be made. The album art matches are usually pretty good, but not always 100% correct.

Lyrics could be interesting, that’s on the list for future consideration.

By: LeMMi5

LeMMi5 — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:41:16 +0000

Wonderful App !!!

Today I discovered an artwork on the iPhone with signal that wasn´t in my iTunes library….Does signal get it somewhere else ? ….and if yes… a nice feature for the future would be an autopaste into the id3-Tag of the corresponding song!?
I got one more…. iPhone / touch don´t support the display of lyrics… any chance to integrate those into signal?

Greetings from the Oktoberfest!!!

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:35:53 +0000

James,

You might hit up the folks at coverbuddy.com to see if they’ll add support for the iphone/touch. Their product was geared as a coverflow-type remote control app and it’s been out for a couple years or so.

Good work on signal. Price is too salty for my tastes, especially when Patio Tunes and Coverbuddy seem to do the same thing, even though their interfaces aren’t as pretty.

By: james rickards

james rickards — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:29:18 +0000

Hey I love the demo! – I’m going to review this on my site soon http://www.ukmac.co.uk Great work guys! – will we ever see a cover flow version of the browser? – many thx…any chance of a ‘freebie SN’

By: Matt Stevens

Matt Stevens — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:03:36 +0000

David: Hmm, the “server stopped responding” message is usually what’s seen when the connection is blocked by the firewall – I’ll send you an email so we can follow up directly.

By: Matt Stevens

Matt Stevens — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:55:39 +0000

Path: Thanks, glad you like the app! While we don’t disclose sales figures, I’m happy to answer any other questions you have about the product.

By: David Wilson

David Wilson — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:16:13 +0000

I am having problems getting the Signal application to work with my iPhone. The mobile Safari browser errors out with the following message “Safari could not open the page because the server stopped responding.” When I try typing the “http://192.168.2.1:3569/” URL into the browser on my MacBook Pro, the URL automatically changes to “http://192.168.2.1:3569/iphone/phone.html” and it get a “404 Page Not Found” error message.

I have open the requisite TCP ports in the Sharing/Firewall (3569; Signal).

I am using an Airport Extreme connect to a cable modem, but have 3 Airport Expresses connected to various speakers in different rooms in my townhouse.

I have tried restarting Signal, restarting both iTunes and Signal, as well as restarting the MacBook Pro, iTunes and Signal.

I would love to get this to work, and would purchase a license, if I could.

Any suggestions?