Re: [Gtkpod-devel] coverart display version 0.21

[P.G. R. <p.g...@ph...>]

Right, I shall certainly add the following:

a) Remove the preference and add by default, complete with arrows to minimize 
the display if required.
b) Add a title to the display indicating the album displayed.
c) Selection of a track causes the display to switch to the relevant album 
cover
d) Alphabetizing database causes reset, ie call to _set_images()
e) Selecting an album from either sort list causes switching display to 
relevant album cover

The algorithm for determining what covers get displayed is done in 
_set_images. A list is created of all the unique albums (determined by 
comparison of artist/album of each track). This obviously has the drawback 
that if a track has different artwork but the same artist/album then its 
artwork is ignored. Is there an efficient method of comparing pixbufs hence 
getting unique covers?

When the main image is selected and the album contents is displayed, its a 
case of given a track find the artist in the artist-sortlist and album in the 
album-sortlist. Obviously, it would be more efficient to find all tracks 
associated with the given track cover. Again ideas gratefully received.

> One more suggestion I have is to either add a tooltip detailing that
> only album art is displayed or a small title to the display area in
> order to avoid confusing people like me.

If I can make something as unintelligable and complicated as possible leading 
to no one having a clue as to what I am up to then my job is complete!! :-)

Regards

PGR (a.k.a. phantomjinx)

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