> The first problem is keeping Freevo usable with a remote control. Making a > playlist with up, down, enter and back keys is slow and tedious. We all > know > it. > *snip* > So if you can think of some other concepts I can deal with the > will_code_for_food_student, to see if we can make something better.
I'll explain how I use amarok which might help... There are 3 ways that I listen to music, I'm sure other people will want more but these are mine ;) 1) Listen to an album (either random or straight through) 2) Listen to several different albums one after the other (again either random or straight) 3) Listen to a playlist I've created (usually random, but sometimes I want to listen in order for multiple disc narrated things like Hitchhikers Guide) So how can this be implemented? Number 1 - no worries, Freevo does this just fine. Number 2 - This should be fairly straight forward, as someone else suggested what Freevo needs is a "to play" list that can easily have whole albums added to and removed from it. If the list keeps some idea of structure rather than just adding lots of individual items then whole albums can be easily removed from the list using the remote without having to remove 12-20tracks. It would mean a fundamental change to the way the playing of tracks worked, as Freevo would need to control the list and play the tracks one at a time rather than invoking the player with a big long list. The player view would also need to be altered to allow an easy way to see the list and to edit it. Number 3 - This is harder, as you say creating playlists by adding and removing tracks using a remote is tedious in the extreme. Perhaps a good solution to this would be to have a section of the webserver to allow creation of playlists using the website? This could provide an easy and quick way to edit and create the playlists, which are then played using Freevo. I think it would also be nice to have a separate space for playlists rather than them being included along with music tracks, so that it is easy to go straight to playlists if that is the common way you want to listen to your music. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
