From kde-devel Sat Mar 24 17:10:10 2012 From: Prashanth Ravi Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:10:10 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: GSOC 2012 Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=133260844025778 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============5507041148335316440==" --===============5507041148335316440== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae934071dc0d34304bc000b24 --14dae934071dc0d34304bc000b24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I have sent an email containing the same content to kfm-devel@kde.org, but i am resending this to the main kde-devel because i'm not sure if kfm-devel@kde.org is for usability/UI features, original content --- I am Comp Sc Bachelor's student from India. For my final year project I am developing a media player using Win32 API,libavcodec etc. One of the features of the above mentioned player was to integrate into the file explorer and make it easier for users to select the files that they want to play. I am submitting a brief idea of this feature so that any of the users in the mailing list could tell me when it's useful and/or viable on KDE/dolphin etc. Problem: X has a large video collection contained within different levels of sub directories.Unlike audio files(mp3/ogg etc.) most video files do not have tags associated with them. Of course you can add tags or other metadata, but unlike the audio file, videos rarely have an artist/album or title. X wants to play select files. Solutions: 1.Include a screenshot of the file within the file manager 2.Include continuous screenshots of the file in the file manager 3.Include a quick play feature, ie the user can play the file in another pane. for #1,#2 & #3,will the user have to drag and drop each file one by one to the player? What if each video is in a different directory? Links to UI mockup(of original application)- http://flic.kr/p/bsDKVd http://flic.kr/p/bFyCwK Proposal: 1.For directories containing video files, the file explorer provides a playlist/listbox to add them. 2.User can play file, if he likes it, he adds it to the playlist. 3.The playlist is persistent across directories. 4.After finalizing, he can click a button and the default video player starts with the playlist. Notes: I have a collection of music videos and "drag and drop" was the only solution for me , this feature was inspired by picasa viewer. Another solution would be to have a collection in as a video player feature(eg video collection).But that makes it dependent on the application and most people nowadays have videos, quite a lot on their hard disk, so I think it affects a large userbase. And KDE is kinda new to me(did some coding with Qt for simple apps such as calculator,text viewer etc and used KDE for around a year), so could someone point me in the right direction? --14dae934071dc0d34304bc000b24 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have sent an email containing t= he same content to k= fm-devel@kde.org, but i am resending this to the main kde-devel because= i'm not sure if kfm-devel@kde.org =A0is for =A0usability/UI features,
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original content ---I am Comp Sc Bachelor's student from India. For my final year project= I am developing a media player using Win32 API,libavcodec etc. One of the = features of the above mentioned player was to integrate into the file explo= rer and make it easier for users to select the files that they want to play= .=A0

I am submitting a brief idea of this feature so that any of = the users in the mailing list could tell me when it's useful and/or via= ble on KDE/dolphin etc.

Problem:
X has a large video collection contained within different levels of su= b directories.Unlike audio files(mp3/ogg etc.) most video files do not have= tags associated with them.
Of course you can add tags or other m= etadata, but unlike the audio file, videos rarely have an artist/album or t= itle. X wants to play select files.

Solutions:
1.Include a screenshot of the file= within the=A0file manager=A0
2.Include=A0continuous=A0screenshot= s of the file in the file manager
3.Include a quick play feature,= ie the user can play the file in another pane.

for #1,#2 & #3,will the user have to drag and drop = each file one by one to the player? What if each video is in a different di= rectory?

Links to UI mockup(of original applicatio= n)-
<= div>http://flic.kr/p/bFyCwK

Proposal:
1.For directories containing video = files, the file explorer provides a playlist/listbox to add them.
2.User can play file, if he likes it, he adds it to the playlist.
3.The playlist is persistent across directories.
4.After fin= alizing, he can click a button and the default video player starts with the= playlist.

Notes:
I have a collection of music videos and "drag and drop" was = the only solution for me , this feature was inspired by picasa viewer.
Another solution would be to have a collection in as a video player f= eature(eg video collection).But that makes it dependent on the application = and most people nowadays have videos, quite a lot on their hard disk, so I = think it affects a large userbase.

And KDE is kinda new to me(did some coding with Qt for = simple apps such as calculator,text viewer etc and used KDE for around a ye= ar), so could someone point me in the right direction?

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