From: Pablo C. <pca...@gm...> - 2014-12-27 13:21:34
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Hi freevo-devels. This is my review and test on freevo2. Getting help: I miss: I would like to run "freevo2 --help" to get a little help from the terminal. Maybe there is nothing to say, or maybe you can point to the config directory, or perform some utilities from command line. Config file, well I have seen "freevo2.conf" and how it works. It's well explained, it has some examples, good, real good. I like how you advise at the end of the file if there has been some wrong line at configuration, awesome!. It has default values and even if you have changed it, it remains visible as a comment. Launching freevo: It's fast, Main menu: Good layout, I changed resolution to 1440x900 and freevo logo looks pixelated. that's not good. Window container system: I activated full screen, but freevo continues into a window and don't fit my screen, I can move this window. The worst thing is that this screen is over anything on my system, it's always up. I think it could be VirtualBox. Issue: Flashes on the main window: When browsing up and down on menus, sometimes the main window disappears an instant, and recovers itself showing on another position at the screen. When this occurs my terminal get this: ##### libGL error: core dri or dri2 extension not found libGL error: failed to load driver: vboxvideo OpenGL Warning: crPixelCopy3D: simply crMemcpy'ing from srcPtr to dstPtr WARNING candy:main(120): sync took 0.0118 sec ERROR candy:__init__(47): disable player mplayer: No module named display WARNING candy:main(120): sync took 0.0313 sec WARNING candy:main(120): sync took 0.0476 sec WARNING candy:main(120): sync took 0.0180 sec WARNING candy:main(120): sync took 0.0627 sec WARNING candy:main(120): sync took 0.0253 sec WARNING candy:main(120): sync took 0.0126 sec WARNING candy:main(120): sync took 0.0238 sec WARNING candy:main(120): sync took 0.0126 sec WARNING candy:main(120): sync took 0.0138 sec ##### The efects navigating when you enter on a menu, or go back, are cool. I like them. Sometimes it crashes when moving on items: my terminal says: ##### ERROR io(770): some error Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/kaa/base/io.py", line 756, in _handle_read data = self._read(self._chunk_size) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/kaa/base/sockets.py", line 708, in _read return self._channel.recv(size) error: [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer ERROR stage(162): two backend errors in 5 seconds, giving up pablo@pablo-freevo2:~$ ##### I like browse by artist, browse by calendar, and the way album covers it's shown. Yes it's a nice work. Now I understand why it is called freevo 2 an not 1.9.x. I usually save one good cover next to album's song, or only inside the first song of the album, and do not save thumbnails into others mp3. With freevo2 I only can view this cover on the first song. Remote control: I activated as you suggested httpserver, jsonrpc, and downloaded Android-Yatse. Well, I couldn't find multimedia server with yatse (yes, both of them are in the same net). On the other hand, I could test httpserver (:8080), and it's great. Do I need all kaa-packages installed on the system in order to get working? My system only have installed: freevo2-master kaa-base-master kaa-beacon-master kaa-candy-master kaa-imlib2-master kaa-metadata-master kaa-webmetadata-master Well, I would like to help to the project, but I'm not a developer, my python knowledge are really poor. I only can test, say my user opinion. I think I can help on graphics, layouts, making user manuals. Let me know if you need something about this. I'll keep this virtual machine for later testings. Best regards. Pablo33. |
From: Dirk M. <di...@fr...> - 2014-12-29 10:03:23
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Hi, On 27.12.2014 12:45, Pablo Casas wrote: > I would like to run "freevo2 --help" to get a little help from the > terminal. Maybe there is nothing to say, or maybe you can point to the > config directory, or perform some utilities from command line. There is nothing to say. Freevo just starts. > Config file, well I have seen "freevo2.conf" and how it works. It's well > explained, it has some examples, good, real good. I like how you advise > at the end of the file if there has been some wrong line at > configuration, awesome!. It has default values and even if you have > changed it, it remains visible as a comment. Thanks. > Launching freevo: > It's fast, :) > Main menu: > Good layout, > I changed resolution to 1440x900 and freevo logo looks pixelated. that's > not good. The logo is kind of old ... older than high resolution TV sets. If someone can provide a better image I will take it. > Window container system: > I activated full screen, but freevo continues into a window and don't > fit my screen, I can move this window. The worst thing is that this > screen is over anything on my system, it's always up. I think it could > be VirtualBox. Freevo is designed to be full screen. You can set the resolution in the config file. But for me I can also switch Freevo in the background. > Issue: Flashes on the main window: > When browsing up and down on menus, sometimes the main window disappears > an instant, and recovers itself showing on another position at the > screen. When this occurs my terminal get this: > > libGL error: core dri or dri2 extension not found > libGL error: failed to load driver: vboxvideo > OpenGL Warning: crPixelCopy3D: simply crMemcpy'ing from srcPtr to dstPtr This looks like a restart. The GUI is an extra process to prevent a whole Freevo crash if a video crashes the GUI. Freevo detects the crash and restarts the GUI process. The question is why? Maybe it is related to OpenGL running in a virtual machine. > The efects navigating when you enter on a menu, or go back, are cool. I > like them. Thanks. > Sometimes it crashes when moving on items: my terminal says: > > ##### > ERROR io(770): some error > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/kaa/base/io.py", line > 756, in _handle_read > data = self._read(self._chunk_size) > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/kaa/base/sockets.py", > line 708, in _read > return self._channel.recv(size) > error: [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer > ERROR stage(162): two backend errors in 5 seconds, giving up > pablo@pablo-freevo2:~$ > ##### Like above. The GUI crashes an Freevo restarts it. But is crashes again and Freevo gives up to avoid restarting over and over again. Please set debug = True in the config file, maybe we can find out why. And if it happens, please send me the last 20-30 lines in ~/.freevo/log/freevo.log and ~/.freevo/log/candy > I usually save one good cover next to album's song, or only inside the > first song of the album, and do not save thumbnails into others mp3. > With freevo2 I only can view this cover on the first song. Freevo (or better kaa.beacon) should detect (folder|cover).(png|jpg) in a directory. > Remote control: > > I activated as you suggested httpserver, jsonrpc, and downloaded > Android-Yatse. Well, I couldn't find multimedia server with yatse (yes, > both of them are in the same net). On the other hand, I could test > httpserver (:8080), and it's great. > Do I need all kaa-packages installed on the system in order to get working? I just tested it. The latest version of Yatse uses mute/unmute to test the eventserver setup. This command was not supported. Please update freevo git master and try again. It would work now. > Well, I would like to help to the project, but I'm not a developer, my > python knowledge are really poor. I only can test, say my user opinion. This is a lot. I'm not sure anyone but me uses 2.0 > I think I can help on graphics, layouts, making user manuals. I need a higher resolution logo (see above) and a much better directory icon for the photo menu. Regards, Dischi -- The only problem with mornings is that they happen too early in the day. |
From: Pablo C. <pca...@gm...> - 2014-12-29 23:04:18
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On 29/12/14 11:02, Dirk Meyer wrote: >> Main menu: >> Good layout, >> I changed resolution to 1440x900 and freevo logo looks pixelated. that's >> not good. > The logo is kind of old ... older than high resolution TV sets. If > someone can provide a better image I will take it. Ok, I think I can get some of this ready soon. XDD This is a copy-based on main blurrsplash.jpg It's a .svg file, 100% vector so you can scale it as you want. I rendered it at some common screen-sizes. > > I usually save one good cover next to album's song, or only inside the > first song of the album, and do not save thumbnails into others mp3. > With freevo2 I only can view this cover on the first song. > Freevo (or better kaa.beacon) should detect (folder|cover).(png|jpg) in > a directory. Let me check this again. >> Remote control: >> >> I activated as you suggested httpserver, jsonrpc, and downloaded >> Android-Yatse. Well, I couldn't find multimedia server with yatse (yes, >> both of them are in the same net). On the other hand, I could test >> httpserver (:8080), and it's great. >> Do I need all kaa-packages installed on the system in order to get working? > I just tested it. The latest version of Yatse uses mute/unmute to test > the eventserver setup. This command was not supported. Please update > freevo git master and try again. It would work now. Give me some time to test again. >> Well, I would like to help to the project, but I'm not a developer, my >> python knowledge are really poor. I only can test, say my user opinion. > This is a lot. I'm not sure anyone but me uses 2.0 HEY! Does anybody actually using freevo2?!! >> I think I can help on graphics, layouts, making user manuals. > I need a higher resolution logo (see above) and a much better directory > icon for the photo menu. Here you are. I'll have a look to this icons too. Regards, Pablo33 |
From: Dirk M. <di...@fr...> - 2014-12-31 12:44:11
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Hi, On 30.12.2014 00:03, Pablo Casas wrote: > It's a .svg file, 100% vector so you can scale it as you want. I > rendered it at some common screen-sizes. Thanks, but I need it without the blue background for the fade effect on the main screen. Opening it with inkscape does not give me a way to remove it. >> This is a lot. I'm not sure anyone but me uses 2.0 > HEY! Does anybody actually using freevo2?!! No idea. I do :) Maybe your guide will help others. >>> I think I can help on graphics, layouts, making user manuals. >> I need a higher resolution logo (see above) and a much better directory >> icon for the photo menu. > Here you are. I'll have a look to this icons too. Thanks. Regards, Dischi -- An aquarium is just interactive television for cats. |
From: Pablo C. <pca...@gm...> - 2014-12-31 15:03:56
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On 31/12/14 13:44, Dirk Meyer wrote: > Hi, > > On 30.12.2014 00:03, Pablo Casas wrote: >> It's a .svg file, 100% vector so you can scale it as you want. I >> rendered it at some common screen-sizes. > Thanks, but I need it without the blue background for the fade effect on > the main screen. Opening it with inkscape does not give me a way to > remove it. This vector drawing is structured in 4 layers, I usually lock layers to prevent accidental damages on them. You can unlock them at any time by showing layers toolbox and unlocking them. Those attachment are: logo for full DH definition screen (by preserving original size 1:1), and 3 backgrounds for different screen-sizes, this time without logo. If you need the logo (or backgrounds) at some kind of resolution just tell me, I'll give you the work done :) Regards, Pablo33 |
From: Dirk M. <di...@fr...> - 2014-12-31 17:24:34
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Hi, On 31.12.2014 16:03, Pablo Casas wrote: > Those attachment are: logo for full DH definition screen (by preserving > original size 1:1), and 3 backgrounds for different screen-sizes, this > time without logo. If you need the logo (or backgrounds) at some kind of > resolution just tell me, I'll give you the work done :) Thanks, background and main menu logo are now updated on github. Regards, Dischi -- How can something be 'new and improved'? If it's new what was it improving on? |