Hi Zongwei,

On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Zongwei Li <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My name is Zongwei and I am a 2nd year computer science major at UCLA.  I
> have almost 2 years of coding in C++, and have coded projects such as
> Asteroids, a web crawler (for search), and a spam email detecter.  I haven't
> heard about Mixxx before the Google Summer of Code list came out, but the
> name caught my attention.  As a musician in both the classical and marching
> realms, I don't have much experience with DJ music, but music is still
> something that I'm passionate about.
>

Thanks for getting in touch, and sounds like you've worked on some fun projects!

> I am interested by the Session History idea, but I would like some feedback
> on the search fields that would be most appropriate.  My initial thoughts on
> the project are to include a button to "Start New Session."  Mistake me if
> I'm incorrect, since I don't have a lot of experience with Mixxx, but it
> seems that it can also be used to record new mixes.  This means that users
> aren't necessarily doing events every time they use Mixxx.

Correct, a session could be anything from a person sitting in their
basement DJing for kicks, to someone broadcasting live on internet
radio, to someone rocking the dancefloor in a club.

> Once the "Start
> New Session" button is clicked, Mixxx will record the songs that are played
> until Mixxx is closed.  The session can be saved with a custom name.  Would
> this be better, or would organizing sessions by date work better, or
> possibly both?
>

Both could work. It really depends on what users want, and so asking
the DJs on our forums might be a way to get ideas that will help flesh
out the details of your project proposal. Some other things to think
about are what sort of information you're going to store in the play
history, and how you're going to determine when a song is played.

I hope these point you in the right direction, and you can either let
us know privately or we can continue on the list if you'd like to
discuss things further.

Thanks,
Albert


-- 
Albert Santoni
Lead Developer, Mixxx
http://www.mixxx.org

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