Enlightenment CVS committal
Author : tsauerbeck
Project : misc
Module : eplayer
Dir : misc/eplayer
Modified Files:
README TODO
Log Message:
Updated docs somewhat
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RCS file: /cvsroot/enlightenment/misc/eplayer/README,v
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--- README 21 Oct 2003 17:53:38 -0000 1.3
+++ README 23 Oct 2003 23:20:18 -0000 1.4
@@ -1,31 +1,37 @@
-eVorbisPlayer (aka: eplayer) v0.07 [ 07.30.03 ]
-By Ben Rockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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+$Id: README,v 1.4 2003/10/23 23:20:18 tsauerbeck Exp $
-SYNTAX: eplayer /path/to/music/playlist.m3u
+ePlayer v0.7
-eVorbisPlayer is an OggVorbis audio player which requires the Xiph Ogg Suite of
libraries
-found here:
-http://xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/
+Written by Ben Rockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] and various contributors.
+See AUTHORS for the complete list.
+
+
+ABOUT
+-------
+
+ePlayer is an audio player which is based on Ecore, Evas and Edje.
+Audio decoding and output is done by plugins.
+At the moment, there's an Ogg Vorbis input plugin and there are output
+plugins for OSS, ALSA and Solaris.
-It relies on libvorbis, libvorbisfile and libogg. Further, it uses
-Ecore(2), EVAS and Edje for the interface.
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FAQ
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+-------
Q: Why another damned audio player?
-A: -> The purpose of eVorbisPlayer has always been to be used as a vehicle by which
to better
-learn the EFL componants. And audio player was choosen because it's interesting, the
OggVorbis
-API is very simple and can easily drawn on Ecore's strengths (ie: idlers and timers)
and provides
-a number of interesting interface possibilities. The intension has never been, and
probly
-never will be, to build a robust, functional and flexable audio player.
+A: -> The purpose of ePlayer has always been to be used as a vehicle
+by which to better learn the EFL components.
+
+An audio player was chosen because it's interesting, the OggVorbis
+API is very simple and can easily drawn on Ecore's strengths
+(ie: idlers and timers) and provides a number of interesting interface
+possibilities.
Q: Will this player ever support MP3 or my other favorite codec?
-A: -> Probly not. I don't like the SDL and other MP3 decoder libraries
-aren't really appealing. Xiph is prime for me because their APIs are
-very similar to rasters, making them easier for me to deal with.
+A: -> Probably not. I don't like the SDL and other MP3 decoder
+libraries aren't really appealing. Xiph is prime for me because their
+APIs are very similar to rasters, making them easier for me to deal with.
+
The player is being built as modularly as I can with hopes to add
more functionality in as much abstraction as possible. At the moment I'm
really only hoping to add Xiph codes, namely SPEEX and FLAC. RIFF WAV
@@ -33,29 +39,33 @@
Personally I don't use MP3 anyway, so I have little reason to care.
Q: Version 0.7!?! Where did all the other versions go!?!
-A: -> Since I'm a relatively inexperienced programmer, I started slowly. 0.1 was a
simple
-command line editor using while loops. 0.2 was rebuilt to use Ecore, but still from
a CLI.
-In needs of an interface that could update the time dynamically without printing a
line for
-each update, I moved to ncurses for version 0.3 and 0.4. Version 0.5 was rebuilt
with a
-graphical interface in EVAS. Version 0.6 was a major improvement on the EVAS
interface.
-And 0.7 is the current rebuilt to abstract the interface from EVAS by using Edje.
-
-Q: Where is the play list? Where is the volume control?
-A: -> Not there yet. I was hoping to wait for a file dialog in EWL to be built, but
that
-looks like a good ways off, so I may have to figure it out myself. As for play
lists, I haven't
-found a really solid way of building an interface to the play list. Currently there
is
-basic play list support, in that you can glob files on the command line and then go
forward or
-back in that list, but I haven't gotten around to the interface to it. And volume
control, I
-just haven't found a good way to handle that yet. It's coming.
+A: -> Since I'm a relatively inexperienced programmer, I started slowly.
+
+0.1 was a simple command line editor using while loops.
+0.2 was rebuilt to use Ecore, but still from a CLI.
+
+In needs of an interface that could update the time dynamically without
+printing a line for each update, I moved to ncurses for version 0.3
+and 0.4.
+
+Version 0.5 was rebuilt with a graphical interface in EVAS.
+Version 0.6 was a major improvement on the EVAS interface.
+
+And 0.7 is the current rebuilt to abstract the interface from EVAS by
+using Edje.
Q: Will you support WinAmp skins?
-A: -> Nope.... go use XMMS if you want traditional skins. Refer to the first
question.
-But I will admit that I have considered the possiblity of automating the conversion
of WinAmpv3
-skins (.wal's) to Edje. It doesn't look hard, and Edje can do everything and more
that WinAmp
-can do with it's interface, but in a far more general way. The problem is really
just parsing
-all that XML (the WA skin config files are now XML). With PERL there could probly be
an easy
-conversion but if there is one thing I hate parsing it's XML. It would instantly
make this audio
-player the player to use though!
+A: -> Nope.... go use XMMS if you want traditional skins.
+Refer to the first question.
+
+But I will admit that I have considered the possiblity of automating
+the conversion of WinAmpv3 skins (.wal's) to Edje.
+It doesn't look hard, and Edje can do everything and more that WinAmp
+can do with it's interface, but in a far more general way.
+
+The problem is really just parsing all that XML (the WA skin config
+files are now XML). With PERL there could probly be an easy conversion,
+but if there is one thing I hate parsing it's XML.
+
+It would instantly make this audio player the player to use though!
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-Last Update: 7/30/03
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RCS file: /cvsroot/enlightenment/misc/eplayer/TODO,v
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--- TODO 14 Oct 2003 09:19:29 -0000 1.1
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@@ -2,26 +2,14 @@
IMMEDIATE ISSUES :::
-X> Previous File callback doesn't work.
-X> Pause Segv's
--> Play list bounds checking. Player freaks out if you go beyond the
- begining of the list, or past the last.
-X> Play button does jack shit (because of pause)
--> You can't hold down seek to keep seeking, you must click it repeatedly
- -> Same applies to volume controls
--> Interface will not update if cursor isn't over.
- -> Explicit render fixes, but not prefered.
-X> Time isn't updating every second as it should.
- -> Fixed with explicit render.
--> Outter edge of interface should move the player
-X> Prevous file callback segv.
-
+-> Use a separate thread/process for the decoding stuff
+-> Add resampling code to the output plugins
-----------------------------------------------------------------
LONG TERM ISSUES :::
-X> Add volume control ***
--> Add play list window/dialog
-> Add file dialog for adding files
--> Add support for playing play list files (*.pls)
+-> Add support for pls playlists)
+-> Add WinAmp 3 theme converter
+-> Add MP3 input plugin
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