09-13-2023, 02:02 PM
In my case the musicians don't have access to the backup folders so I'm not worried about players syncing to them. I'm also not too worried about protecting a whole library. Exporting a library takes a fair bit of time and bandwidth and is unlikely to be feasible during a gig.
What I had in mind was not making it too easy for a player to see the other parts of a piece they're playing, or to share the file for a piece which might contain all the parts both of which would make it much easier for a player to take a copy of all of the parts of an arrangement. If the versioning update makes it very obvious how to switch parts then a player who wanted to take a copy of a piece could just flick through the parts and take a photo of each. Being able to quickly switch between libraries could do the same thing. That's why I was suggesting that the switch for changing versions could be hideable in the same way the filters are.
If there's enough call for it then a better idea might be to have a mode that the app can be put in where it only functions as a follower - the ability to change versions, switch libraries, edit, share, sync, export, back up etc is restricted. Once a tablet is being used as a follower it doesn't really need those functions anyway and disabling them would help protect other parts from being copied and help users who don't know the app from accidentally ending up in the wrong version/setlist/library. Something like that would be useful to me and possibly OP but I don't know how many other users.
Guy
What I had in mind was not making it too easy for a player to see the other parts of a piece they're playing, or to share the file for a piece which might contain all the parts both of which would make it much easier for a player to take a copy of all of the parts of an arrangement. If the versioning update makes it very obvious how to switch parts then a player who wanted to take a copy of a piece could just flick through the parts and take a photo of each. Being able to quickly switch between libraries could do the same thing. That's why I was suggesting that the switch for changing versions could be hideable in the same way the filters are.
If there's enough call for it then a better idea might be to have a mode that the app can be put in where it only functions as a follower - the ability to change versions, switch libraries, edit, share, sync, export, back up etc is restricted. Once a tablet is being used as a follower it doesn't really need those functions anyway and disabling them would help protect other parts from being copied and help users who don't know the app from accidentally ending up in the wrong version/setlist/library. Something like that would be useful to me and possibly OP but I don't know how many other users.
Guy