I can add a volume control. That would be no problem. As far as how it finds the directories for music and video, those are qt commands to get the information from the system. I'm not sure as to the internals for that. If you needed to point it towards a specific directory, I could do that as well.
As far as the wikipedia link, I could do that as well. I'm not sure how you would like it displayed (in a separate window?). I'm not good with graphic design as you can see....but I'm willing to give it my best shot to get it into your distro so children can use it. On Sep 4, 2013 3:18 PM, "Jean-Michel Philippe" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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