[Sumover-dev] [Media Tools] #171: Refreshing Thumbnails

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#171: Refreshing Thumbnails
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 Reporter:  jbell             |       Owner:  piers
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  major             |   Milestone:       
Component:  rat               |     Version:       
 Keywords:  vic improvements  |  
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 Hi

 I would like to submit a suggestion for an improvement to the media tool
 “vic”

 Currently, with vic, if a video stream disappears, a gap is left and not
 replaced or resorted.  This is particularly an issue if the new
 “streams” begin to be displayed lower and lower within the video
 thumbnail screen (with blank spaces being left).  If a number of streams
 appear and disappear, the new streams are no longer displayed on the
 screen.

 *  Now, I know personally that if I hit the number 1 - 8 the vic
 application will "re-sort" the streams and re-arrange the thumbnails in
 the appropriate tile columns.

 This is not an obvious function nor is it institutive.  I have seen many
 new users’ restart the Access Grid software to overcome this issue.

 This issue I think could be resolved by having a "menu/button" option that
 allows the user to "refresh" thumbnail placement.

 What would be great would be to have an option that would allow users to
 select the column tile placement directly on the "front" of the vic
 application, such as a “right click” context menu.

 Additionally, having a menu option that would allow the “automatic”
 sorting/refreshing of tiles would also be hugely advantageous…
 Basically it would act like hitting the column button every 10 seconds, or
 the likes…

 *   The only problem that I can perceive, is that new streams will be
 difficult to find initially, compared to them being listed at the bottom.

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Ticket URL: <https://frostie.cs.ucl.ac.uk/nets/mmedia/ticket/171>
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