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Feature Request: Feedback when opening unsupported files #8

@JohannesMP

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@JohannesMP

When a file is passed in to app (drag+drop, open with, etc) that is not playable, a useful message should be displayed on screen.

  • Depending on the file extension or reason for not being playable, it should display a useful message:
    • General not supported: "Unable to load foo.bar" or "Unable to load sample.txt"
    • Explicit not supported: "Unable to load sample.mp4. mp4 files are not currently supported" (so have an internal blacklist of extensions that we know cannot work due to technical limitations, etc.)
    • Error message in case of a supported extension but the file was corrupted: "Unable to load corrupted.mp3 - Invalid header"
  • The message should be visible for a few seconds.
    • If a song is already playing, the message covers the current visualizer.

See also Issue #9 for more supported formats. These could be used for the blacklist/whitelist of file extensions which would provide more useful error messages. ie:

  • "extension .foo is not yet supported
  • "extension .bar should be supported, but the file could not be loaded."

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