Hello,
Maybe I’m doing something wrong, but I find the WebUI incoherent when used it in parallel with another MPD client (GMPC for example).
If I select a CD under the Web IU, and ask for it to be played, all the tracks of the CD are shown in the « queue » in the WebUI, and Volumio will play them until the queue is empty.
If, in the meantime, I open another client (GMPC), I can see the track that is currently played, so I know which album and track are played, although this was done through the web IU.
So far, so good.
But, first question : GMPC will not see the « queue ». The playlist is empty, only the current track appears in it. Is this normal ? The "queue"managed by Volumio is different from the playlist managed by MPD?
Then, in this situation, if I decide to select something else with GMPC, things get worst. Let’s say I select another album, different from the one that was selected under Volumio’s Web IU, and ask GMPC to play it immediately.
The « new » album is played by mpd, and is displayed correctly by GMPC. That’s correct.
But the WebIU (volumio’s web interface) will not show it! It get stuck on the last track that was played, so it still displays the previous album/track. Not very nice. The album name, and track name displayed by the webUI are wrong.
Is there a way that the WebUI could be refreshed and display the correct information?
And the « queue » is lost also. What appears in Volumio’s queue remains as it was when the change was made on GMPC, it is not updated. It does not show what was entered via GMPC.
It is the wanted behaviour or did i do something wrong ?
It looks that the « queue », which is managed by volumio is not shared by the other clients. Am I right ?
It looks also that the WebUI is not refreshed correctly from what is being actually played by mpd, if any change was made outside the WebUI.
On the contrary, if I use several MPD clients (GMPC, Sonata, etc.…) on the same MPD server, they all show the same (and right) information and share the same queue, whatever client was used to program it.
To summarize :
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if I use only volumio WebUIs (the one on the attached touch screen, and the one from mypc, through a navigator), everything is fine.
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if I use also « standard » MPD clients (GMPC, Sonata…), the WebUi shows an inconsistent display (wrong album, wrong track, wrong queue) although all « external » clients show the right information.
Thanks for your help