Tuesday 17 November 2009

Downloaded files screen




The downloaded files screen by default displays files downloaded on the device (by using the history button you can search back through anything you have listened to). By long pressing on the File row you can bring up the tool bar options as a pop-up. The Search bar is visible at the bottom.

More information on the file is available on the file info screen (Press the file type icon to get to it).

Each File row has the following elements:
  • Tool bar: When the row is selected the tool bar and the Preview bar appear. The tool bar has different buttons depending what type of file the row represents the above example is for an audio file. Some buttons use long press for the background player (See "The Player" section for details). See tool bar icons for the description.
  • Preview bar: By dragging the slider the current playing file(s) are turned down and the file is played from the position indicated . The play button next to it plays the file at the selected position.
  • Feed title: So you can see what feed the file is from.
  • File title: The file title as it appears in the feed.
  • Type icon: (Press to flip to view file info) Indicates whether the file is audio or video. If it can't be determined then an audio/video icon is shown.
  • Last play position: Rectangular progress indicator to show how much has been listened to (also shown in text on top).
  • File size:type : Shows the size of the file and its mime-type.
  • File flags: These little icons show what has been done with the file.
Toolbar icons
: Delete file (Long press)
: Play video - only show for a video file type
: Reload file - this will enqueue the file and remove the downloaded copy
: Add to playlist - Long pressing will add it to the background playlist (See "The Player")
: Add to playlist - Long pressing will play on the background player (See "The Player")
: Stream file - This button can only appear when you are viewing your history as the file isnt downloaded anymore and can only be streamed. Long pressing will play on the background player (See "The Player"). You can also use the reload button to re-acquire the file.

File flag icons
: The file has been deleted
: The file has been queued for download
: The file has been listened to
: The file has been marked kept (It wont be autodeleted until it is unmarked on the file info screen)
: There was an error playing the file.
: There was an error downloading the file.
: The file was automatically downloaded.
: The file was downloaded (also shows if automatically downloaded)

The Search bar has the following elements:
  • Search text: Type the text to search for (searches file and feed title) - Long press to clear the box.
  • Sort button: Sort the file in a particular order (Feed(default), Title, URL, Size, Type, Download date, Rating (the rating you give on the file info page)).
  • Tags: Select files whose feed has a certain tag (long press to clear).
  • History: MyPOD stores all files you have listened to in the database so that you can find them again later and re-listen/ re-download/ send to someone. See the "History" section for more details. Long press the button to clear the history search and just show the downloaded files.

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