2009/11/3 Alex Suraci <i.am@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > As it is, the current MediaPlayer seems ideal for opening up the odd > media file (which is fine; I wouldn't want an MP3 someone sends me to > open up with what I use to manage my entire library and interrupt what > is currently playing), not for managing and maintaining a persistent > library. In that sense, I would expect the following of a media > library application: > > 1. A more modern and native-looking user interface; along the lines of > Sonata in terms of UI elements. > (http://sonata.berlios.de/screenshots.html) > 2. Shuffle/repeat controls, enqueuing, maintaining multiple playlists. > 3. Some form of a music library, possibly with folder that it monitors > for new content. > > MediaPlayer doesn't seem to work at all for maintaining one big > playlist to emulate a library; every attempt I have made at dragging > my entire Music folder into the playlist has led it to lock up (or > maybe it's just taking too long). > > In Linux, I use MPD which maintains my entire library with a source > directory where it can update the contents of the library from > (usually with "mpc update", but ideally this would be automatic). With > that, I have a primary playlist which I fill with my entire library > and usually leave on shuffle. I use multiple clients to control mpd; > currently ncmpcpp (a terminal UI), and I have mpc mapped for some > global multimedia hotkeys (e.g. Right Ctrl + Home "mpc pause"). Sonata > is also an MPD client. This setup works very well, and I think a sort > of multimedia kit that acts like MPD could work very well on Haiku. This sounds to me like you really want a media library application which I see as a different thing to a media player. You should already be able to use BFS attributes to index/manage your media collection. Perhaps MediaPlayer could playback from a BFS query. Anyway, MediaPlayer does what it says it does, plays media. It is likely to be extended so it can play from any source (file, dvd, network) but I think it should be limited to play a single file or a selection of files NOT manage a media library. Considering your above usage is mainly musical you could perhaps write an app that uses the media kit to do what you want. > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 8:57 PM, David McPaul <dlmcpaul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 2009/11/3 Alex Suraci <i.am@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Patrick Kelly <kameo76890@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> I was talking about improving the default media player itself. >>> >>> As am I. Just with a different method - replacing it. Coming to Haiku >>> from any other OS, the default media player is extremely dated and >>> primitive. A default media player should be much better than that in >>> 2009. There isn't much point in sticking so close to how these >>> applications were on BeOS; operating systems and software in general >>> have gone very far since then. >> >> What do you feel is missing in the MediaPlayer? -- Cheers David