Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Suggested Features

["Viktor Kojouharov" <vkojouharov gmail com>]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Mats Taraldsvik
<mats taraldsvik broadpark no> wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 19:16 +0300, Viktor Kojouharov wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Mats Taraldsvik
>> <mats taraldsvik broadpark no> 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.

>
>>
>> >> 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.

>
>> >
>> >> 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).
>>
>> >> 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
>> >>
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>
> regards,
> Mats
>
>