[Alsaplayer-devel] 0.99.80-rc2 and future for AlsaPlayer

[Dominique Michel]

Le Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:23:19 +0100,
MadeJ <madejos at o2.pl> a écrit :

> i'll answer gtk2 issues only as there was my work
> 
> Dominique Michel wrote:
> > * Open or play stream button.
> >
> >   
> can be done
> just have to think whether:
> a) http://address/
> b) http://address/file.mp3
> c) http://address/list.pls
> 
> a, b, c are all streams or maybe stream is a only coz b is file and c is
> playlist (that's what i think) but it may cause some confusion coz all
> are remote files.....
> think about it
> 

a) http://address/ is not a stream but an url as I understand it. It can be
anything but most probably some kind of html or xml.

b) http://address/file.mp3 is a mp3 file or a stream, and it would be great to
have the possibility to open such a file from remote location. Playlist for mp3
are *.m3u.

c) http://address/list.pls are playlist.

d) http://address/file.ogg is a stream or an ogg file.

I think at it must be possible to have an open file box where we can just copy
the url. Or copy the url directly into the playlist. In fact, it would be great
to have both, because it is not possible to navigate on the web as on the
local box.

> > * Improve playlist sorting with the mouse. I get reports like what users
> > just don't get it. It would be better if, when we drag a file, if it will
> > be just moved. And maybe use another mouse button to copy the entry.
> 
> 
> it cannot be easier icon shows you what's gonna happen (+ add, no + move)

The problem is at the default is to copy the entry, and with shift to move it.
It would be better if the default was to move the file.

> > * GTK2 playlist now prints "Unknown" (alongside the filename) for untagged
> > files which I have a lot of. I liked the old way better: gracefully ignore
> > the absence of tags and print the filename only. Or maybe use the last
> > folder of the file path instead of unknown.
> >
> >   
> it says artist unknown and in title shows you filename if you prefer
> empty string for artist nothing simpler just change the line where ap
> puts unknown and change it to empty string or whatever you want
> 

I can try to look at it when I get some time.

Cheers,
Dominique