Yes - there are already a lot of similar programs (not to mention Haiku's built-in Media Player): Please see CL-Amp, Soundplay and Jukebox (and Qt port of Cuberok) for example: http://haikuware.com/directory/view-details/multimedia/audio/playback/jukebox-03 http://haikuware.com/directory/view-details/multimedia/audio/playback/cl-amp http://qt-haiku.ru/index.php?option=com_rokdownloads&view=folder&Itemid=61&id=86:multimedia http://haikuware.com/directory/view-details/multimedia/audio/playback/soundplay On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 4:22 AM, Sam Moore <semoore95@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Haiku Developers, > > My brother and I, both developers, are planning to begin development on a > native C++ Music Library application (similar to say, Foobar2000, WinAmp, > RhythmBox, Banshee, Songbird, iTunes, etc..). > > We're both excited to start right away, but the question I have is: is > there a program available for Haiku or native for Haiku that already > accomplishes this? We don't mean to reinvent the wheel if it's already > done. I've only seen music players available on HaikuPorts and nothing to > the scale of a library application provided with Haiku. > > We plan to make it open source and fully abide by the Haiku Coding and > Human Interface Guidelines, and, unless this is already getting worked on > like I said, hopefully be provided with every Haiku installation or at > least be the best and/or standard application for this category of > applications, available in its repositories once the package management has > been knocked out. > > Anyway, to the point: is someone already working on this, or is there a > program that already gets the job done? And as Haiku developers yourselves: > any tips or suggestions for two people both programming for Haiku for the > first time? > > Best, > Sam > >