#Party Mode (Full Screen with Remote QR Code)

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spice coral
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exactly, so they shouldnt be able to play next

spice coral
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so play later and add to queue become the same thing

pure oak
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Maybe options to only allow people to queue one song at a time

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And allow queuing next or only last

spice coral
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any updates on this?

sand halo
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it would be dope to have a web-based remote

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like trying to get people to download an app to control would be a pain

floral echo
lofty ore
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A 2nd full screen mode curated towards being shown on a TV during a party, "Party Mode". Ideally similar to the current Full Screen mode with album art & lyrics, and possible a small glimpse at the queue (maybe even just 'next song' but with the QR Code for the Web-Remote showing as well.

Web Remote could also be limited to only allowing "Play Next" or "Play Later", and disable the queue moving features from the remote, but still able to see and scroll the full upcoming queue (possibly with a "/party" added at the end of the QR's URL to point it to party mode version - anyone with technical skill (or just the person setting it up) could still loop in with the normal remote URL then also for full control if needed).

I attached a reallllly poorly made mockup I did by stiching screenshots together lol

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(Not sure if here or Github feature requests was better to post in - probably github but this area of discord looked like it needed more posts too 😉 )

steep roost
leaden kraken
slow meadow
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gives me quite a few ideas

floral echo
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i likey

pure oak
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me like like lots

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would this be a plugin or a native feature?

weak peak
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mmm

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nice idea

whole tundra
wheat palm
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its beautiful

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but i do worry if it's just added with no real granular "security" settings it would cause a dumpster fire at parties

steep roost
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could implement pins

wheat palm
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maybe the first cider remote to connect claims "king" and has their IP logged for if it disconnects and controls removing other people's things from the queue

steep roost
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too complex

wheat palm
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i didn't even think about that

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well i mean you could just generate an auth token and hand it to the king

steep roost
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just every time you scan the qr code on a new device
before you can start adding songs you need a random 4 digit pin

wheat palm
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that sounds annoying
maybe fine for like the other people but the device owner should be able to set a master pin

steep roost
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I guess one pin would work

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

wheat palm
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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who knows

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where's apple when you need them for UI/UX experience

spice coral
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it should just be whoever has made it

steep roost
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I think the easiest thing is to append a ?pin=3303

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to the cider remote url

wheat palm
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can we have U1 chipss đŸ„ș

wheat palm
spice coral
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

leaden kraken
wheat palm
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yes

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thats what we're saying

weak peak
lofty ore
spice coral
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I think it would be more helpful to change the play options to just “Add to queue” so it wouldn’t be as confusing

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pure oak
floral echo
dreamy nest
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imo there should be a CLI flag to launch Cider in party mode if possible

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on a TV that would make it start up ready to use if you add it to the shortcut

spice coral
floral echo
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If you rename play last to add to queue then it’s misleading you since it’s not adding the song to the queue is it?

dreamy nest
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^ agreed, I personally think the current implementation is less confusing and I'm also coming from spotify

lofty ore
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"Add to Queue" isn't Apple Music and would be less descriptive of what it's actually doing. Play Next / Play Later as the Apple Overlords have deemed should continue to be unchanged, imo

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Now - if Apple Music would add a "Add to Queue" that works like Spotify --- or if Cider does itself -- that would be neat 😄

wheat palm
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Play Next and Play Later is nice.

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Play Later is basically "add to queue" is it not?

floral echo
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if you play a playlist with 100 songs and play a song later, it will send it to the back of the playlist so you have to wait 100 songs for it to play

wheat palm
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does add to queue not do that?

floral echo
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no lol

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this isnt spotify

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its a completely different system

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spotify only adds onto what you have added to the queue

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if you play a playlist with 100 songs and add a song to the queue, it will play next, if you add another song, it will be played after that song you just added, whereas 'play last' will send it to the back of the playllist

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different thing

pure oak
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ohhh

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everything makes sense now, but thats wack

lofty ore
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Idk how cider handles its queue, but it could be split into 2 queues, a “base queue” and a “user queue” - then Add to Queue could be added and it adds songs to the back of the user Queue, and cider could just always check if user queue has any songs in it and plays that next if so, or if empty, returns to the base queue (whatever playlist or songs added with play last etc).

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Might be grounds for a separate feature request there tho

pure oak
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I personally think it would be better keeping the queue behavior as is, keeping it in line with native apple music apps

lofty ore
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For a party - having a proper interjected queue is, imo, better tho. Otherwise anytime someone wants to add a song, they’re either adding it at the end (could be hours later), or up next, and skipping whoever else has added a song before them