Wish: visible indication for outputs and streaming

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When I look at Cantata's main window, two pieces of information are not readily 
available: Enabled outputs and whether streaming is enabled.

For streaming, an easy solution would be an additional button in the status bar.

Outputs are a little trickier. Depending on their number, they might not fit in 
the status bar. However, a dynamic indication of changes by way of the OSD 
would be nice. This way, even changes made by other clients could be shown.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by michael....@gmail.com on 29 Sep 2014 at 2:15

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I've added a button to control MPD HTTP stream playback to the statusbar.

As to the outputs - no, there's no space. What would be shown? A list of 
speaker icons? The menu is easy enough to get to.

Original comment by craig.p....@gmail.com on 30 Sep 2014 at 4:36

• Changed state: Fixed

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Thanks!

For the outputs it would be nice to have some kind of indication what has 
happened when I toggle them using keyboard shortcuts. When I press Meta-1, I 
know that it affects the first output, but I don't get any immediate feedback 
what it does.

Suggestion: After a change to outputs, from within Cantata or from another 
client, show an OSD message with *all* outputs and mark the enabled ones in 
bold.

Original comment by michael....@gmail.com on 30 Sep 2014 at 5:03

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Trunk now shows a notification. However, only plain text is used - works better 
with OSX notifications. (1.5.0 will support OSX)

Original comment by craig.p....@gmail.com on 1 Oct 2014 at 11:06

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Works nicely. Thanks.

Original comment by michael....@gmail.com on 2 Oct 2014 at 7:53