Hello Michael, > Thank you. I just hope you guys can use it. I came up with the idea > after giving my five year old daughter a linux box for her birthday > and noticing the complete lack of media players geared towards > children. So, I initially built it for her, but want to help fill the > need in the community at large.
I like the idea, it is exactly the kind of software we are looking for. I'm also looking for a player able to show audio/video playlists but easy to use, which yours does. Currently we are using totem which is a bit easier than other players, I mean there are less options in menus and may sound less confusing for children (and parents!). But it doesn't do all we need. That said, to me your player is still lacking a volume knob and some graphic design, to make it nicer. I don't know if we can help you on this topic, some people here have the skills but maybe not the time… Also, despite your player is written with music albums in mind, we may find a way to use it in DoudouLinux. As you guess, we don't provide children with albums but want to open them to culture. We already ship DoudouLinux with some classical music pieces and few links to online jazz music. As it is possible to provide our own cover images in your player, we should be able to show our digital contents in a fancy way, which is not currently the case. By the way, how does the player find albums and videos? Entire scan of user's home? Fixed sub-directory? Notes: a nice feature would be to be able to link an “album” to its Wikipedia page when it exists, for children who can read (or parents). In our case, the album would indeed be the composer or main interpret. -- Cheers, JM.
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