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Subject: GSOC 2012
From: Prashanth Ravi <dare.take () gmail ! com>
Date: 2012-03-24 17:10:10
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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?
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<div class="gmail_quote"><br><div><span>I have sent an email containing the same \
content to <a href="mailto:kfm-devel@kde.org" target="_blank">kfm-devel@kde.org</a>, \
but i am resending this to the main kde-devel because i'm not sure if <a \
href="mailto:kfm-devel@kde.org" target="_blank">kfm-devel@kde.org</a> is for \
usability/UI features,</span></div>
<div><span> </span></div><span><div><span>original content ---</span></div>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. </span><div>
<br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Problem:</div> <div>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.</div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Solutions:</div><div>1.Include a screenshot of the file within \
the file manager </div><div>2.Include continuous screenshots of the file in the file \
manager</div><div>3.Include a quick play feature, ie the user can play the file in \
another pane.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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?</div><div><br></div><div>Links to UI mockup(of original \
application)-</div> <div><a \
href="http://flic.kr/p/bsDKVd">http://flic.kr/p/bsDKVd</a></div><div><a \
href="http://flic.kr/p/bFyCwK">http://flic.kr/p/bFyCwK</a></div> \
<div><br></div><div>Proposal:</div><div>1.For directories containing video files, the \
file explorer provides a playlist/listbox to add them.</div><div>2.User can play \
file, if he likes it, he adds it to the playlist.</div>
<div>3.The playlist is persistent across directories.</div><div>4.After finalizing, \
he can click a button and the default video player starts with the \
playlist.</div><div><br></div><div>Notes:</div> <div>I have a collection of music \
videos and "drag and drop" was the only solution for me , this feature was \
inspired by picasa viewer.</div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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?</div> </div><br>
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