This is my idea based on your input. What do you think? http://i.imgur.com/yEdwRns.png
On Wednesday, September 04, 2013 10:18:33 PM Jean-Michel Philippe 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. _______________________________________________ Doudoulinux-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/doudoulinux-dev
