Flashing when loaded

[gibboireland]

Hi there, display flashes when you load into the sim, and seems to show artwork for 1 second before flashing black, then shows it again.

[gflansburg]

The the new version that I just uploaded and had forgotten to upload several days ago. Be sure to re-install the community files as well.

[gibboireland]

Running V1.3 which I believe is the latest? Still occuring.

[gflansburg]

I am unable to recreate any flashing issue. Are you actually playing something from a Spotify application? This is just a remote control, not an actual player.

[gibboireland]

Yes its playing from the Spotify app. Flashing also occurs on the 127.0.0 etc in a browser. Happy to repro or jump on Discord to show you.

[gflansburg]

What is your browser?

[gibboireland]

Chrome

[gflansburg]

Try 1.3.2

[gibboireland]

Really sorry, but still exact same issue with 1.3.2.

Heres a private video to show the exact problem which I hope helps; even tried running as admin.

https://youtu.be/7jv_hIGBTVU

[gflansburg]

Did you do a Ctrl-F5 to refresh the cached Javascript?

[gibboireland]

Tried that - went into dev console and did it there too. Still occuring. Im going to leave it there buddy - may come back to this in the future when its more stable. Thanks.

[gflansburg]

Your video makes it look like it is connecting to spotify and then disconnecting and reconnecting over and over again. What does the Console log in Chrome look like? No one else is having this issue that I am aware of. All of the API calls are made to Spotify directly. My app only serves up the HTML and handles the authentication.

[gibboireland]

Ok, well if Im the only one, dont worry about it. Happens with Edge too.

[gflansburg]

Edge is Chromium as well. What does Firefox do? Ideally I'd like to see the Console log in Chrome to see if it is throwing any errors.

[gflansburg]

Don't suppose you would be willing to beta test a completely reimagined version would you?

[gibboireland]

Yeah sure be happy to help. Let me know what you need!

[gflansburg]

Well, hopefully this works for you. I've put a lot of time into this one when I should have been working on research papers for my PhD.

https://www.gafware.com/Portals/9/FSRadioSetup-1.0.0.exe

[liazkam]

@gflansburg hi I tried installing the exe but it doesn't launch. The installation didn't report any issues. I suggest opening a Discord server. Hopefully we can offload some of the work so you can focus on your PhD :)

[gflansburg]

I don't have a code signing cert yet so Windows is probably blocking. Check this page:

https://www.kiwigeeker.com/how-to/block-non-store-apps-to-install-on-windows-10.html

[gflansburg]

https://discord.gg/GWmbHh32

[gflansburg]

If that doesn't work, here is the not setup version:

https://gafware.com:21112/FSRadio-1.0.0.zip

[gibboireland]

Thanks was vary if an exe for something that should drop into the community folder. Will try this.

[gflansburg]

I ordered a code signing cert on Thursday. Just waiting to jump through all the verification hoops.

[gflansburg]

I mean, thete is still an exe and a bunch of dlls required for this thing to work. It requires more than just community files. Community files alone isn't enough to satisfy Spotify's security. I explained in the original documentation that you cannot use iFrames for Spotify's authentication so an external application has to be used. If you are not using the external application then that could explain why are are getting this flashing as it is refreshing trying to get the authentication token that is passed to the exe. In addition, it is the exe that serves up the pages that are viewed in popup panel. If you are leery about using an exe than this newer version won't meet your requirements either.

[gibboireland]

Yep I think I am sorted and will use FSDesktop.com to cover my Spotify needs. Thanks for the communication on this and best of luck with it.

[gflansburg]

I use his FSKneeboard. He does great work. But just like my mods, it requires an exe in addition to the community files. Good luck.