Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Queries about Rhythmbox on dbus

["Andrew Conkling" <andrew conkling gmail com>]

On 1/3/07, Peter Gordon <peter thecodergeek com> wrote:
> Ed Catmur wrote:
> > Pallavi Rao wrote:
> >> Additionally, wouldnot it be nicer if rhythmbox also
> >> had a mute button on it, emitting along with it a
> >> signal called "MuteOn" on dbus-monitor.
> > What's the use case for this? I can see that a music player control applet
> > would want to track and change the volume, but when would the user want to
> > mute Rhythmbox as opposed to the whole computer?
>
> Incoming phone call (Ekiga, et al.) perhaps?

James' initial reply is quoted below. I'd agree with him, at least in
the case of an incoming phone call; I certainly wouldn't want to miss
my favorite song! :P


On 1/3/07, James Doc Livingston <doclivingston gmail com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 02:25 -0800, Pallavi Rao wrote:
> > Additionally, wouldnot it be nicer if rhythmbox also
> > had a mute button on it, emitting along with it a
> > signal called "MuteOn" on dbus-monitor.
>
> We've discussed "mute" before, and I think the general consensus is that
> it isn't anywhere near as useful for audio-only players as it is for
> video ones. For audio-only players, pausing is usually just as good.