From amarok-devel Sat Aug 01 04:31:17 2015 From: Shantanu Tushar Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2015 04:31:17 +0000 To: amarok-devel Subject: Re: Help wanted to evolve KDEs music players Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=amarok-devel&m=143868751625585 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============6130347199388315016==" --===============6130347199388315016== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c22aa4700863051c383d6e --001a11c22aa4700863051c383d6e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 3:40 AM, Be wrote: > > > On 07/30/2015 07:08 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > So instead of 3, 4, 5 or more KDE/Qt based music players I=C2=B4d rather = see >> one or >> two. I=C2=B4d envision something like the Plasma devs did for Plasma. Ma= ke one >> extensible core and give it several faces. Make one player core that for= a >> change is absolutely solid and robust =E2=80=93 I still have bugs with P= honon >> without >> Pulseaudio here and with Pulseaudio I also have bugs =E2=80=93 and then = build upon >> that core and simple interfaces and an advanced interface. >> >> > Would a common media database library would be a good idea? What else do > music players have as a common core other than playback, which is already > handled by the Phonon library? +1 for a shared media database library. This is something I always wished was available because all the players reinvent this more or less. > > > Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe >>> << >>> >> --=20 Shantanu Tushar (UTC +0530) shantanu.io --001a11c22aa4700863051c383d6e Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 3:40 AM, Be <be.0@gmx.com> wrote:
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On 07/30/2015 07:08 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote:

So instead of 3, 4, 5 or more KDE/Qt based music players I=C2=B4d rather se= e one or
two. I=C2=B4d envision something like the Plasma devs did for Plasma. Make = one
extensible core and give it several faces. Make one player core that for a<= br> change is absolutely solid and robust =E2=80=93 I still have bugs with Phon= on without
Pulseaudio here and with Pulseaudio I also have bugs =E2=80=93 and then bui= ld upon
that core and simple interfaces and an advanced interface.

Would a common media database library would be a good idea? What else do mu= sic players have as a common core other than playback, which is already han= dled by the Phonon library?

+1 for a shared= media database library. This is something I always wished was available be= cause all the players reinvent this more or less.

Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-= devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<

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