On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 01:24 +0300, Viktor Kojouharov wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Mats Taraldsvik > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 19:16 +0300, Viktor Kojouharov wrote: > >> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Mats Taraldsvik > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 03:44 -0400, Tommy Ryan wrote: > >> >> I really like Rhythmbox. I have a couple suggestions of features to add. > >> >> I was unsure what the best way to do that is. > >> >> > >> >> 1. Video support - I know alot have suggested this > >> > > >> > Why would Rhythmbox need video support? Totem, VLC, MPlayer does this. > >> > > >> > >> Because of music video clips, video podcasts, etc. And Totem, VLC, > >> Mplayer already play music, so why do we need Rhythmbox? > > > > Again, I think Totem/VLC/Mplayer has done exactly what the OP requested > > here in their application. That is, adding audio support to a video > > player. Do you often use one of these applications to play audio? > > > > I think the pattern for listening to music is different from watching > > video. You seldom watch more than one, perhaps two movies in a row, and > > therefore, the demand for a video library is not that high ( you find > > your video file with Beagle/Tracker/Xesam or manually, and therefore > > don't need another library to manage ). > > > > Music players, however, are completely different. It's not uncommon to > > listen to a lot of tracks in a row, and the need for a library to manage > > this music is obvious. > > You seem to think that 'video' stops at full-length videos. There are > other types of videos, some of them directly related to music. And > people do want to watch more than one of those videos in succession. > Videos don't/shouldn't even appear in the main library. A 'videos' > source would be enough. An example of videos: music videos, podcast > videos, episodes, small video clips. Just by adding support for music > videos (and why shouldn't rhythmbox not support them, your logic is > that it should only specialize in music, which is exactly what they > are), one can play any kind of videos. And the underlying > infrastructure is all there, you just have to ask gstreamer. The only > problem is the UI itself, but even a popup video window will be a > start. >
I see your point about smaller video files. But if Rhythmbox adds video support, it should do it properly, not like VLC/Totem/MPlayer has with audio files (and not just a popup window). That said, if you can disable this support, I won't mind. > > > >> > >> >> 2. Equalizer - I like increasing the bass > >> >> 3. Multiple Libraries - I do a good job organizing my music but think > >> >> having another library might help out. > >> > > >> > I think there is some sort of partial support for it, cause you can add > >> > more paths in gconf. > >> > >> I don't see the reason behind multiple libraries. A better solution > >> would be better filtering of [automatic] playlists. > >> > > > > Consider the following scenario: > > > > I have a large music collection, and a large audiobook collection. I'd > > like to keep these separate for the following reasons: > > > > - When I listen to music I don't want track 5 of A Study in Scarlet to > > suddenly start playing. > > - I don't want to scrobble (last.fm) my audiobooks. > > - My dynamic playlists (most popular etc. ) shouldn't include the > > audiobook collection. > > > > Perhaps you could do this with playlists, but I don't really see it > > being easier. > > Just to refute some logic here, if rhythmbox is strictly for music, > you shouldn't be using it to listen to audiobooks. > Ok, you got me. :p I meant audio player, not music player. Or did you think I wanted to remove the current podcast and radio support? > > > >> > > >> >> 4. Sync - Automatically sync with mp3 players, and ipods. > >> > > >> > Syncing playlists, then? What about podcasts? > >> > > >> > >> Adding to that, a generic vfs plugin for syncing would be a good idea. > >> Add a path to a directory you want to add songs (or sync). That > >> directory can be on a harddrive, mass storage, obex, etc ... Good > >> solution for all those phones out there, with massive storage > >> capacity. > > > > Great! This would (perhaps) be perfect to do with Conduit, which is a > > syncing app for GNOME. > > > I'm not familiar with conduit, but I was thinking more along the line > of more in-rhythmbox syncing. I currently just drag the songs I want > from rhythmbox to nautilus. So unless conduit's features can be > integrated into rhythmbox itself, there won't be that much of an > improvement (at least for me). I don't know if you can sync from an external application, but Conduit will be the official sync-tool for Gnome, so it should be used. > >> > >> >> 5. reorganize playlists - clicking the artist or rating header at the > >> >> top reorganizes the playlist in that order. > >> >> > >> >> If I knew how to program I would contribute by trying to program those > >> >> features. > >> > > >> > You don't need to be a programmer to contribute. > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Thank you, > >> >> Tom > >> >> > >> >> > > > > regards, > > Mats > > > > > _______________________________________________ > rhythmbox-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel regards, Mats _______________________________________________ rhythmbox-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel
