On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 15:20 -0800, p-funk1978 wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been using Banshee for a while and I thought I would get used to the > Banshee-1 series for a while before I comment on it. > > I love it, however: > > Rating a currently playing song is difficult, especially when in random > mode. Is it possible to add ratings stars next to the title of the playing > song at the top of the window or have the browser window automatically > select the currently playing track or both? It might be useful to know that you can jump to the playing track by hitting Ctrl+J > A downloaded video podcast plays in the main window, but a streaming podcast > plays in a new window. Closing the new video window also closes Banshee > which is unexpected and frustrating. Couldn't all video play in the main > window? That's a bug, looks similar to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=548635 > As far as podcasts go I think some more thought needs to go into how > podcasts are handled. I for one treat podcasts as separate from my library > as my podcasts are disposed of quite frequently and I regard them as > temporary. I don't want to have to look in my media library for a podcast, > nor do I expect to as there is a podcast listing in the navigation pane. If > I do want to save my podcasts I should be able to have a "save to library" > option when clicking on a downloaded item. Honestly I think that the > navigation in Miro is something to take from. It's easy to use. I know where > my downloaded things are, I know where new things are, and I know where to > go to get new things to download. I'm not sure I follow you. Podcasts are kept separate from the music library. The "Rescan" feature adds them to the library, but it's a known bug. > One of the things that Miro does well, as far as navigation goes, is that > subscriptions are listed in a nested list. Seeing that Banshee also has a > nested list one would expect to see a list of subscriptions under the > Podcast header. instead, podcast subscriptions aren't dealt with at all and > all podcast items are dealt with in the browser window. Which brings me to > the usability question of how exactly do I delete a podcast subscription > anyway? Actually the Radio function of Banshee is a good model to use. The > Genres list could be podcast subscriptions and the radio stations pane could > be the podcast items. I think you should make the browser visible for podcasts : View > Show Browser. You can then unsubscribe from a podcast by right-clicking on it. > But, I don't want to be all nails in the coffin. I really like how CD > importing and tagging of songs works. Cover art seems to work 95% of the > time. The load time is much faster and I think the overall look has been > cleaned up and is much better looking than Rhythmbox. Thanks for your feedback ! -- Bertrand Lorentz <bertrand lorentz gmail com> > http://flickr.com/photos/bl8/ <
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