Membranophonist’s Ramblings

This application could be described as “iTunes for Video,” something that doesn’t quite come across in the actual name. I would love to see the features of this application, Cellulo, and Chronopath’s Library combined to form one application where I could catalog and access video. To my knowledge, no one has really created a video analog to iTunes.

Suggestions

Many of these are features which iTunes implements that would also work well in Hootenany. Apple obviously has more resources to throw at iTunes than the developer of Metadata Hootenany does, so I don’t expect every single one to appear. I choose to err on the side of optimism.

1. Per-playlist column display and sizing.
2. A column display selector more like the Finder and iTunes. The drop-down menu prevents multiple selections, a useful feature when creating playlists in which you know exactly what information you want displayed.
3. Star ratings.
4. Alternating colored rows in the Info editor view.
5. Automatically size the column widths to display the full titles of all of the Category items.
6. Some keyboard navigation of the Info window fields would be useful. Up/down arrows and tabbing through fields come to mind. Command-left/right as keyboard shortcuts to the Previous/Next buttons would also be nice.
7. The +/- buttons would be better positioned on the same vertical level as the view mode switching widget. This would allow the Source pane to be completely collapsed without the buttons vanishing. The - button should be disabled when the pane is closed to prevent users from accidentally deleting a playlist.
8. The Shuffle button could be moved down to the right of the +/- buttons.
9. Double-clicking on the Source pane resize handle should toggle is between collapsed and the last user-specified size.
10. As in iTunes, the volume/playback controls and status display don’t really need titles.