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Title: add a brief explanation to 'event mode'
Post by: hiccup on February 06, 2020, 08:39:06 AM

In the player configuration panel, the setting only saying 'event mode' will be a mystery to many users.
Some explanation as suggested in my screenshot would make it a bit easier to understand, and make it easier to perform a googlesearch on it.

(https://i.imgur.com/PzVEncS.png)

Title: Re: add a brief explanation to 'event mode'
Post by: ThY on February 12, 2020, 11:35:55 AM

I just bought a DAC/Amp for my new headphones with an asynchronous USB port.
Thanks for the information, but what will be the differences with event mode checked or not ?

Title: Re: add a brief explanation to 'event mode'
Post by: sveakul on February 12, 2020, 08:49:56 PM

Found by doing a quick Forum search (always the best place to start), the post here should answer your questions: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=16030.msg94481#msg94481 (https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=16030.msg94481#msg94481)

In addition to that thread, there is a lively discussion of event vs. push modes in another player's forum here: https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?topic=111120.0 (https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?topic=111120.0)

Title: Re: add a brief explanation to 'event mode'
Post by: Steven on March 28, 2020, 08:40:09 AM

for the next v3.4 update, I have amended the text as suggested

Title: Re: add a brief explanation to 'event mode'
Post by: hiccup on April 27, 2020, 05:03:03 PM

I notice that it says DACS

I'm neither German nor a native English speaker, but in an effort being a grammar nazi anyway:

Shouldn't it be DACs ?
Or perhaps (my initial impulse) DAC's, as I found some grammar sites saying that's also o.k. in such cases.

Title: Re: add a brief explanation to 'event mode'
Post by: phred on April 27, 2020, 07:19:00 PM

Quote from: hiccup on April 27, 2020, 05:03:03 PM

Shouldn't it be DACs ?
Or perhaps (my initial impulse) DAC's, as I found some grammar sites saying that's also o.k. in such cases.

The copywriter/proofreader/editor part of me says it should be DACs. The apostrophe DAC'S) makes it possessive. 

Title: Re: add a brief explanation to 'event mode'
Post by: hiccup on April 27, 2020, 07:39:04 PM

Quote from: phred on April 27, 2020, 07:19:00 PM

The copywriter/proofreader/editor part of me says it should be DACs. The apostrophe DAC'S) makes it possessive.

In normal language, sure. But it seems initialisms are considered by some to be an allowed exception.
Just a random link: http://www.internetlooks.com/acronymplurals.html

I also got the impression that it has changed a bit over time. Using the apostrophe was more common in the past, but these days leaving it out for acronyms/initialisms is becoming the consensus.

Ah, yes, English is a living language ;-)

Anyway's, DACs or DAC's, either will be better than DACS.

Title: Re: add a brief explanation to 'event mode'
Post by: frankz on April 27, 2020, 08:10:26 PM

Apostrophes are the DSP of punctuation: Even though you can technically use them in a questionable situation, you probably shouldn't.

Title: Re: add a brief explanation to 'event mode'
Post by: phred on April 27, 2020, 08:31:45 PM

Quote from: hiccup on April 27, 2020, 07:39:04 PM

Just a random link: http://www.internetlooks.com/acronymplurals.html

I will ask my co-editor (She Who Must be Obeyed) for an opinion and report back. Her go-to references are the Chicago Manual of Style and the Associated Press Style Book.

Title: Re: add a brief explanation to 'event mode'
Post by: phred on April 27, 2020, 08:41:07 PM

Quote from: phred on April 27, 2020, 08:31:45 PM

I will ask my co-editor (She Who Must be Obeyed) for an opinion and report back. Her go-to references are the Chicago Manual of Style and the Associated Press Style Book.

She Who Must be Obeyed checked Chicago which says no apostrophe and a lower-case s. As in CDs. Or DACs.