Hi Shantanu=2C

Thanks for the fee= dback. I have mentioned a lot more ideas which were categorized by differen= t sections like Music=2C etc. in my earlier mails to Sinny. I hope you went= through them all. If not=2C please visit those mails and give me your feed= back for that as well. For the convenience of reading those emails with eas= e=2C I have mentioned the word "IDEA" just before the idea is being = explained. =3B

Thanks and Regards=2C

Saurabh Jain

>=3B Message: 2
>=3B Date: Wed=2C 24 Apr 2013 22:41:11 +0530
= >=3B From: Shantanu Tushar Jha <=3Bshaan7in@gmail.com>=3B
>=3B T= o: plasma-devel@kde.org
>=3B Subject: Re: FW: GSOC-2013 Proj- PMC rel.= queries
>=3B Message-ID:
>=3B <=3BCABQ4Km_BMesjjQ0g7H9exOP9AA= u-WGNs6ebdATAuXoGmi=3DSghg@mail.gmail.com>=3B
>=3B Content-Type: tex= t/plain=3B charset=3D"iso-8859-1"
>=3B
>=3B Hi Saurabh=2C
>= =3B
>=3B Nice to see your interest in Plasma Media Center=2C find my = comments inline.
>=3B Also=2C you don't have to use sir/madam etc in y= our emails=2C just use people's
>=3B names to address them :)
>= =3B
>=3B On Wed=2C Apr 24=2C 2013 at 3:53 PM=2C Saurabh Jain <=3Bsa= urabhskj@hotmail.com>=3Bwrote:
>=3B
>=3B >=3B Dear sir/mam= =2C
>=3B >=3B Please went through the below forwarded mail which is = in continuation to
>=3B >=3B what Sinny mam had presented her views = on my earlier ideas. In my last
>=3B >=3B email=2C I have mentioned = 2 more improvements so I request you to please give
>=3B >=3B your f= eedback to me.
>=3B >=3B Also=2C I apologize for not sending my past= e-mails to "plasma-devel@kde.org
>=3B >=3B ".
>=3B >=3B
&= gt=3B >=3B Thanks and Regards=2C
>=3B >=3B Saurabh Jain
>=3B = >=3B
>=3B >=3B ------------------------------
>=3B >=3B Fro= m: saurabhskj@hotmail.com
>=3B >=3B To: ksinny@gmail.com
>=3B &= gt=3B Subject: RE: GSOC-2013 Proj- PMC rel. queries
>=3B >=3B Date: = Sat=2C 20 Apr 2013 15:26:41 +0530
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B Thank = you.
>=3B >=3B All music=2C All pictures and All Videos are still no= t working on my system
>=3B >=3B even after reinstalling the nepomuk= packages. When restarting the
>=3B >=3B nepomukindexer=2C I get the= following error in the end- Error:
>=3B >=3B "/var/tmp/kdecache-sa= urabh" is owned by uid 1001 instead of uid 0. I will
>=3B >=3B try t= o resolve this issue with nepomuk community.
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >= =3B Yes=2C shuffle mode is working well and mistakenly I pointed it out as<= br>>=3B >=3B missing. What I would like to point out is once you have c= reated a
>=3B >=3B playlist=2C you cannot rearrange the existing ord= er of songs to the desired
>=3B >=3B one. The only way=2C which I fo= und=2C to do so is to create an another playlist
>=3B >=3B from the = beginning.
>=3B >=3B
>=3B
>=3B Yes=2C manual ordering wil= l be a nice thing to implement.
>=3B
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >= =3B One more improvement which I would like to mention in *Pictures* sectio= n
>=3B >=3B is that in presence of *proxy server*=2C picasa is unabl= e to connect to the
>=3B >=3B google account or to load the pictures= .
>=3B >=3B
>=3B
>=3B PMC should pick up the proxy settin= gs from your proxy settings in Network
>=3B Settings in KDE system set= tings. You should check that.
>=3B
>=3B
>=3B >=3B Also= =2C pressing the "tab" key after entering the email id in google account>=3B >=3B section does not move the cursor to next section=2C i.e.=2C = password textbox.
>=3B >=3B Keyboard does not seem to produce any ou= tput in some other situations as
>=3B >=3B well.
>=3B >=3B>=3B
>=3B Yep that sounds like a good idea :)
>=3B
>=3B= >=3B
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B Regards=2C
>=3B >=3B Saura= bh Jain
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B ------------------------------>=3B >=3B Date: Fri=2C 19 Apr 2013 23:46:37 +0530
>=3B >=3B
= >=3B >=3B Subject: Re: GSOC-2013 Proj- PMC rel. queries
>=3B >= =3B From: ksinny@gmail.com
>=3B >=3B To: saurabhskj@hotmail.com
&= gt=3B >=3B CC: Plasma-devel@kde.org
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B
= >=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B Doing CC to plasma-devel
>=3B >=3B>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B Thanks Saurabh for you effort. Nice start!<= br>>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B On Fri=2C Apr 19=2C 2013 at 1:00 PM=2C Sa= urabh Jain <=3Bsaurabhskj@hotmail.com>=3Bwrote:
>=3B >=3B
>= =3B >=3B Dear mam=2C
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B Thanks for reply= ing me back and presenting your views. Yes=2C you were right
>=3B >= =3B and I did deviate from the main point as I used the software and liked = the
>=3B >=3B idea of building such an application and therefore I t= hought more in
>=3B >=3B enhancing and incorporating new features in= it.
>=3B >=3B I forgot to mention some of the improvements=2C which= I think=2C can be done
IDEA - =3B>=3B >=3B in this appli= cation. The "open with" menu option which I mentioned in my
>= =3B >=3B first mail also needs to be improved as the user can see this ap= plication
>=3B >=3B in the above menu but due to lack of functionali= ty provided on the back
>=3B >=3B end=2C the user does not get the d= esired output response.
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B = +1
>=3B >=3B I like this idea=2C this need to be implemented.
>= =3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B Improvements in following sect= ions can be:-
IDEA - =3B>=3B >=3B *Music* *:-
&= gt=3B >=3B *Search engine (in Songs=2C Album=2C etc.) does not seem to wo= rk at all. I
>=3B >=3B tried searching for a music which is also the= re in the playlist but did not
>=3B >=3B get any results (neither di= d it respond with search failure nor with song
>=3B >=3B found). Imp= roving the song search can have an alternative if sorting
>=3B >=3B = feature is introduced by virtue of which user can sort the albums=2C songs<= br>>=3B >=3B etc according to their names. Player can be enhanced with = modes like
>=3B >=3B repeat=2C shuffle=2C etc. and reordering of son= gs in the playlist is also not
>=3B >=3B there.
>=3B >=3B
= >=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B Ummm=2C For me search works fine for Artist= =2C Album and songs works fine but
>=3B >=3B yeah=2C it doesn't disp= lay message when search result is zero.
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B S= huffle works in Playlist. Repeat option can be added.
>=3B >=3B Sort= ing of media is needed on the basis of different field like size=2C
>= =3B >=3B date=2C name=2C length etc.
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3BIDEA - =3B>=3B >=3B *Pictures:-
>=3B >=3B *Ag= ain=2C clicking on "All Picture" does not produce any results. Every
>= =3B >=3B time if the user has to view the pictures=2C he/she has to brows= e the
>=3B >=3B pictures in the folders first and then load it. Furt= her=2C just like we have
>=3B >=3B the option to select some files a= nd play them only=2C in a similar fashion=2C
>=3B >=3B we can have o= ption to select some pictures and then view them via slide
>=3B >=3B= show.
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B I guess=2C your N= epomuk indexer is not running or maybe haven't indexed your
>=3B >= =3B picture directory. Check with that then All Picture will work fine.
= >=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B Yeah=2C we can think of viewing selected pic= tures in slideshow.
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B
IDEA - =3B<= /b>>=3B >=3B *Videos:-
>=3B >=3B *The full screen mode to= ggle button can be added into video section so
>=3B >=3B that the us= er can directly watch the video in full screen mode. Also=2C many
>=3B= >=3B a times=2C it happens that the user downloads the subtitles of the = movie
>=3B >=3B which he/she wants to watch as the movie is not in h= is/her native language.
>=3B >=3B For eg. if the movie's name is abc= .avi=2C the subtitle's file is renamed to
>=3B >=3B abc.en.srt in or= der to view the subtitle along with the movie in media
>=3B >=3B pla= yer. The plasma media center is unable to show the subtitles when the
&g= t=3B >=3B movie is being played.
>=3B >=3B *
>=3B >=3B *>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B Earlier Full screen Icon w= as in Media Player but it didn't fit well there
>=3B >=3B so we move= d it into configuration section in HomeScreen.
>=3B >=3B Yeah=2C Vid= eo subtitle doesn't work for all possible subtitles file. Right
>=3B &= gt=3B now it works only for ffile with filename.srt file. It needs to be im= proved
>=3B >=3B to work with all kinds of subtitle files.
>=3B= >=3B
>=3B >=3B **Kindly review the points mentioned above and ple= ase give me your
>=3B >=3B feedback. I would try to explore more in = media center and will keep you
>=3B >=3B updated with any kind of im= provements=2C that I come across and=2C can be done
>=3B >=3B in it.=
>=3B >=3B *
>=3B >=3B *Regards=2C
>=3B >=3B Saurabh J= ain
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B ------------------------------
>= =3B >=3B Date: Thu=2C 18 Apr 2013 22:50:59 +0530
>=3B >=3B Subject= : Re: GSOC-2013 Proj- PMC rel. queries
>=3B >=3B From: ksinny@gmail.= com
>=3B >=3B To: saurabhskj@hotmail.com
>=3B >=3B
>=3B = >=3B
>=3B >=3B Hi Saurabh=2C
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B Tha= nk you for showing your interest towards this project.
>=3B >=3B I l= iked some of your ideas which you have mentioned but I think you have
&g= t=3B >=3B deviated from our idea's title which is "Improvements and enha= ncements
>=3B >=3B for Plasma Media Center".
>=3B >=3B
>= =3B >=3B This application is not much mature not. That is why=2C we are = looking for
>=3B >=3B improvement of existing features which we have= . So=2C please go trough what
>=3B >=3B all features are already ava= ilable in PMC
>=3B >=3B http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_Media= _Center
>=3B >=3B http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_Media_Cente= r .
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B Try to use PMC and t= hen see what all improvements you can do in it to make
>=3B >=3B it = better and more usable.
>=3B >=3B I hope you understood what exactly= we want.
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B Thanks
>=3B >=3B
>= =3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B On Thu=2C Apr 18=2C 2013 at 3:27 PM=2C Saurabh = Jain <=3Bsaurabhskj@hotmail.com>=3Bwrote:
>=3B >=3B
In the= following mail=2C I discussed some of the ideas which were both improvemen= ts as well as enhancements for this application with new features which I f= elt them to be added based upon by experience of using this software. Pleas= e go through them as well. =3B

>=3B >=3B Dear mam=2C<= br>>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B I would like to elaborate more on some of= the ideas I mentioned in my past
>=3B >=3B email. First of all=2C t= he feature which I proposed on the concept of
>=3B >=3B multi-thread= ing or thread- based multi tasking. Lets take an example in
>=3B >= =3B which user is listening to some music in the playlist. Now=2C if the us= er
>=3B >=3B wants to play some music in other playlist or from the = disk storage=2C it can
>=3B >=3B be done only at the cost of termina= tion of present session or starting a
>=3B >=3B parallel session of = media center (* process- based *multitasking ) but
>=3B >=3B the lat= ter one will be expensive and limited (in terms of Inter-process
>=3B = >=3B communication as well) and will require an extra memory space which = will
>=3B >=3B eventually decrease the CPU performance. Using thread= - based multitasking
>=3B >=3B in the code=2C rather than starting a= new process every time in cases
>=3B >=3B mentioned above=2C a prog= ram can run many instants of it at the same time
>=3B >=3B which als= o share same memory/address space. Further=2C Interthread
>=3B >=3B = communication is also easily done and inexpensive as well. This concept can=
>=3B >=3B also be used to compare many pictures simultaneously and = then rate it and
>=3B >=3B tag your peers and share it (the feature = of "sharing on social networking
>=3B >=3B site") .
>=3B >=3B=
>=3B >=3B I have an experience of working with multi- threading in = Java as I built
>=3B >=3B quite a few applets in my first year of co= llege. So I think above mentioned
>=3B >=3B features can also be cod= ed in Qt platform.
>=3B >=3B Synchronization feature- I would like t= o discuss with you on IRC as I am
>=3B >=3B having some queries rela= ted to its implementation.
>=3B >=3B I would like to know whether a = scripting language like perl etc be used to
>=3B >=3B introduce some= more features based upon socket programming in media-
>=3B >=3B cen= ter?
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B Regards=2C
>=3B >=3B Saurabh = Jain
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B ------------------------------
&g= t=3B >=3B From: saurabhskj@hotmail.com
>=3B >=3B To: ksinny@gmail.= com
>=3B >=3B Subject: GSOC-2013 Proj- PMC rel. queries
>=3B &g= t=3B Date: Wed=2C 17 Apr 2013 22:53:52 +0530
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >= =3B Dear *mam=2C
>=3B >=3B I=2C Saurabh Jain=2C am a sophomore=2C B= .Tech in Computer Science and
>=3B >=3B Engineering student at IIT M= andi. I would like to participate in this
>=3B >=3B year's google su= mmer of code 2013 and therefore went through the projects
>=3B >=3B = listed by KDE organisation. I explored a couple of those projects
>=3B= >=3B thoroughly and hence=2C I would like to share some ideas and ask qu= eries
>=3B >=3B related to this project with title- *Improvements an= d enhancements for
>=3B >=3B Plasma Media Center. *
>=3B >=3B= I recently installed the software on my linux system and found this
>= =3B >=3B project idea to be quite an awesome to begin with. The all-in-on= e
>=3B >=3B integration keeps it apart from other software. Some add= itional features
>=3B >=3B like implementing a search engine which s= hows all the results irrespective
>=3B >=3B of whether its a music= =2C picture or video. Using the concept of
>=3B >=3B multi-threading= =2C multiple files of same type can be executed in parallel.
>=3B >= =3B Using this feature=2C if the user wants to compare the two files=2C in = case of
>=3B >=3B pictures=2C then he/she can do it with ease. Anoth= er feature which is
>=3B >=3B synchronizing your files stored on the= mobile device can also be added.
>=3B >=3B Sharing of files on the = social networking site can also be incorporated in
>=3B >=3B this so= ftware which can be done using the concept of socket programming.
>=3B= >=3B At present=2C based upon my experience in using this software=2C an= y file like
>=3B >=3B a song etc cannot be directly played with this= application by just right
>=3B >=3B clicking on that file and then = choosing this application in the "open with"
>=3B >=3B menu option. = Adding this feature will make the user to play the file
>=3B >=3B di= rectly rather than first opening the software and then browsing the file>=3B >=3B in the directory=2C in case the file is not already present = there in the
>=3B >=3B media center.
>=3B >=3B
>=3B >= =3B Kindly let me know your opinions on the above mentioned ideas.
>= =3B >=3B
>=3B >=3B Regards and Thanks=2C
>=3B >=3B
>= =3B >=3B Saurabh Jain
>=3B >=3B Coordinator=2C Programming Club>=3B >=3B B.Tech'15=2C C.S.E.
>=3B >=3B IIT Mandi
>=3B >= =3B Ph: +91-9805377265
>=3B >=3B
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