Re: [Banshee-List] Plugin in the works: Alarm Clock

[Trick van Staveren <trick vanstaveren us>]

Bertrand,

Glad to hear you've been working on this as well :)

Could you maybe post the code here on banshee-list?  It can't be too 
big...just post
the main .cs file that you're using.

I'll focus on getting the sleep timer to work, and if you want to post 
your code, we
can wrap them together into a single plugin.  I left Aaron a message 
and he can
probably get us SVN access here soon.

As for adding a UI element, I'm sure it's possible thru a plugin...look 
at what
minimode has done thru a plugin - totally reshaped the UI.  We'll keep 
this one in
mind :)

Great work!  From the sound of it, you've already got the basics of a plugin
ready...good work!  If you're ever around irc, bug me (trick).

Thanks for the suggestions everyone...i'm tired of my sleep timer'd 
bash scripts, I'm
sure we'll have this plugin put together in no time :)  If anyone has 
any more feature
requests for this plugin, do post them!

Cheers

Patrick

--
Patrick "Trick" van Staveren
Western Michigan University
AIM: goofyassmoose
Cell: 269.267.6008
http://www.trick.vanstaveren.us/


----- Message from bertrand lorentz free fr ---------
   Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:46:44 +0200
   From: Bertrand Lorentz <bertrand lorentz free fr>
Reply-To: banshee-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [Banshee-List] Plugin in the works: Alarm Clock
     To: banshee-list gnome org


> On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 04:07 -0400, Trick van Staveren wrote:
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > I've been starting to work on a new plugin for Banshee - an Alarm 
> > Clock plugin.  Has
> > anyone worked on this?  If so, LMK, so we're not duplicating efforts :)
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been working on something similar. I'm trying to replicate the
> features from the xmms-alarm plugin for XMMS and beep media player.
> I've got some working code, but it still needs some work.
> I'm still waking up with beep media player...
>
> > Features I'm working on:
> >
> > Sleep timer:
> >  * ability to set a timer that when it's up, will pause playback.  
> > Great for when
> > you're loving your tunes but don't want to hear them ALL night.
> >
> > Alarm timer:
> >  * will start playback at the given time.
> >  * "recur" option - if enabled, will set the timer again for the 
> > next day at that same
> > time.
> >  * volume setting - will change the volume to a certain level before 
> > playing.  This way
> > you don't have to set it before you go to sleep.
> >
> > Future ideas:
> >  * sleep timer - make it so it fades out the song, or stops at the 
> > end of the song
> > rather than just pausing in the middle of it.
> >  * alarm timer - volume change will be gradual.  will set the volume 
> > when the alarm
> > first goes off, and will gradually increase it to another value over 
> > a span of seconds
> > or minutes.  All three values will be settable.
> >
> > Anyone have any other ideas/suggestions for me?  Like I said, this 
> > plugin is more in
> > the concept stage (I have more pencil sketches than actual 
> > code)...so I'm open to
> > ideas :)
>
> What is working in my code :
> - Start playback at a given time
> - Set the volume before playing
>
> What is implemented but doesn't work
> - Gradually change the volume while playing over a period of time.
> The volume just gets stuck at the first value.
>
> The configuration options need some UI love. For now it's just a bunch
> of SpinButtons.
>
> Things I'd like to have :
> - Set different alarm times for each day of the week. I don't want to be
> waken up at 7am on a Sunday morning because I left banshee running...
>
> The sleep timer is a good idea, and should be easy to do once the alarm
> stuff is done.
>
> I planned to put the code out when I have a working plugin, but I'd be
> happy to share the code now.
> I just need to find a place to host it. (Looking towards the banshee
> subversion repository. If the admin is reading this... ;)
>
> > Thanks all!
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> > (irc as trick)
> >
> > --
> > Patrick "Trick" van Staveren
> > Western Michigan University
> > AIM: goofyassmoose
> > Cell: 269.267.6008
> > http://www.trick.vanstaveren.us/
>
>
> --
> Bertrand Lorentz <bertrand lorentz free fr>


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