Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Compliments and suggestions

[Mats Taraldsvik <mats taraldsvik bickeringleague net>]

Jason,

On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 15:57 -0600, Jason Roth wrote:
> Hey there, first I would like to thank you for the wonderful
> application as I am a recent convert to Linux using Ubuntu. I wanted
> to comment on some of the features that I think would be useful to
> implement in rhythmbox that I think would make it awesome'r...
> 
> First I have tried most of the other media apps for linux and I think
> that some of them are good and have usefull features, but I think that
> the quest for a media player should end upon installing an OS. So I
> would like to see Rhythmbox offer these right off the get go. 
> 
> Things I like:
> 
> 1.) I like the sound juicer-type CD ripping its extremely versatile
> 2.) Simple well integrated Interface. 
> 
> 3.) Music specific application (no video).
> 
> Features I would add:
> 
> 1.) I like the way Banshee incorporates lastfm scrobbling so that it
> has recommendations and such...would you consider this functionality.
> 
File a feature-request at bugzilla.gnome.org, please, as they sometimes
get lost in the mailing-list. Perhaps this has been filed already. Do a
search.

> 2.) Another thing that Banshee does is display album art in the album
> search column which is helpful when looking for tunes, sometimes the
> album art is associated more strongly with content than the artist's
> name.
> 
File a feature-request at bugzilla.gnome.org, please, as they sometimes
get lost in the mailing-list. Perhaps this has been filed already. Do a
search.

> 3.) Add the ability to sort by Album Artist not Track Artist. This
> feature works well for mixed CDs from electronic artists and DJs
> (Girltalk etc) 
> 
File a feature-request at bugzilla.gnome.org, please, as they sometimes
get lost in the mailing-list. Perhaps this has been filed already. Do a
search.

> 4.) Enable icons for podcasts.
> 
File a feature-request at bugzilla.gnome.org, please, as they sometimes
get lost in the mailing-list. Perhaps this has been filed already. Do a
search.

> 5.) Equalizer
> 
Check bugzilla.gnome.org. You're not the first to ask for one.

> 6.) stream ripper...
> 
Isn't this more of a feature for Totem? While Rhythmbox is an app based
on a (large) library, Totem is best suited for single-file operations
like this. Or am I wrong?

> 7.) transcoder???? 
> 
This exists already. If you set the correct properties, Rhythmbox will
transcode transparently when transfering to an external device.

> OK not to go over board here but that feature set would be the ideal
> digital music player in my mind... and I think that it would be
> beautiful to have this set in rhythmbox off the shelf in Ubuntu...
> 
> Thanks for reading 
> 
> 
> Jay
> 
Mats

> -- 
> Jay Roth E.I.T.
> roth0293 umn edu
> Dept. of Civil Engineering
> University of Minnesota
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