Now that the important complaint is done, let me do more bug reports:
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 under i686
Problem summary: Invalid characters (????)
Severity: High
Reproducible: Always
Appears in:
- "Add files..." dialogue, for "Files of type", I see "?????" for all the filetypes, followed by the correctly displayed extensions (".wav"...). The only exception is ".raw", in which the filetype is shown as "raw ?????"
- In "Shefl Options", "Directories", the starting filepath is "???" and below, the Lame identifier string is initially shown as "Lame = ???"
- In "Context menu", "Context menu items", the text immediately following the checkboxes, but before the number, are shown as "?????". For example, I would see
"[ ] ????? 1 [ComboBox1 v] [ ]"
- In "Lame options", "MPEG Streams/Markers", the title of the dialogue is shown as "MPEG ????? / ???????"
Problem summary: Module error while selecting lame.exe path
Severity: Medium
Reproducible: Always
If one tries to select a path for lame.exe for the first time, Shefl emits an error:
"Access violation at address 004DD4E0 in module 'Shefl.exe'. Read of address 00000000."
After the initial selection however, the dialogue works normally.
Problem summary: "Enter Lame command line" override does not work
Severity: High
Reproducible: Always
Pressing the "Enter lame command line" button and entering a command line ("-V 2", "-V 2 --vbr-new", "--preset-standard", even the example one shown "-abr 256 -b 32 -B 320", does not give a response.
Other suggestions:
- Again, it's Encode and Decode, not "Code" and Decode.
- The Encode / Decode selection should be a radio select that jumps between the two, not checkboxes (then you can check both. Or uncheck both. Which makes no sense.).
- So you theoretically want a tool with uh, a lot of options on one page. But the entire thing screams of useless options. Why not make it simpler and actually tailored to the user? Currently, the first page in Lame options is Filters, the second MPEG Stream / Markers... things the user, or even an advanced user, would never need to touch! Meanwhile, the CBR/ABR/VBR selection is in some cryptic tab called "Coding (modes)" WHAT GIVES?
- Again, menu bar at the top!
- Tooltips! Because you don't use icons people are familiar with (!), you need to put tooltips to show what they are. Currently the only Tooltip I have ever seen is in Lame options for the commandline button (which pops up to say "Enter Lame command line". Which doesn't work.
- NO FLASHING ITEMS! People don't want flashing items distracting them, at any time. If you don't believe me, google for how much people hate the <blink> tag. That means no flashing light beside the [Shefl!] button, no turning gears in any of the "Options" dialogues!
Familiarity! I would think this is a program most here won't use, unless you rectify at least some of the design problems. And DEFINITELY after you rectify the GPL problem.
Edit: Hit submit by accident.
Edit: Added Encode/Decode comment
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