Re: [Banshee-List] Fleow Plugin

[Mathijs Dumon <mathijsken hotmail com>]

Thanks for your input!

the performance issues were caused by a long load time at startup and (probably) weak rendering code (large number of textures all being drawn, even if they shouldn't)

The load time can probably be fixed with the new codebase and the rendering code can be optimised by reducing the amount of albums actually plotted (e.g. 5 albums to the left and 5 to the right, the others would be only partly shown, and would not contribute to the effect)

However those are worries for later, first I'd like to get it work as is.
So here are my first two questions:
- the original Fleow plugins adds it's 'Engine' widget (the cover flow) as next: InterfaceElements.MainContainer.PackEnd(...); What is the structure of the GUI at the moment, and can I replace the album browser? I'be browsed throuught the source code but couldn't find it immediately.
- What is the database layout of Banshee? More specifically where are the album covers stored (in the database? real files?) or where can I find the information in the database!

Thanks!
Mathijs




> Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:55:53 +0200
> From: infernux web de
> To: banshee-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [Banshee-List] Fleow Plugin
>
>> You probably know the Fleow plugin, well I'm interested in porting
>> this to the new Banshee 1.0 framework, however documentation is
>> scarce, so I was wondering if this is a good idea, or if I should
>> wait just a little longer when docs are being written?
>
> Yes I remember the plugin. It had some bad performance issues in 0.13.x but perhaps those could be worked around with the new banshee-1 codebase now?
>
> I'm not sure if this has any use beyond "wow this looks cool" but well, it looks cool... also, there's a similar thing in the works for Rythmbox, so it would be extremely nice to have the same thing also available as an option for Banshee.
>
> That said, it's probably a good time to start porting right now. You can have a look at one of the smaller plugins (Bookmarks and Minimode for example) to get the basic idea and ask here or on IRC (#banshee on gimpnet) if you have any questions.
>
> Some other notes:
>
> * IMHO it would be nice if the plugin (if enabled) would replace the artist/album browser area (horizontal scrolling if the browser is configured to be shown above the song list and vertical scrolling if it is configured to be shown on the left)
>
> * I remember building Tao was a pain when I tried the original Fleow. Since then, f-spot has started bundling Tao, so you could have a look there and also integrate it for ease of use
>
> Good luck!
>
> Cheers,
> -Michael
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