[Libxine-java-devel] Ang: Re: Ang: Re: VM Crash on ubuntu

[Kristian L. L. <wa...@pa...>]

Okay.
Well, the worst was the audio player on all the systems i've tried. Non of them has a simple and usefull (to me) player.
The specific things i'd like is actualy a simple player, very much like XMMS, where i can play random songs from a playlist and then jump or queue songs on the fly. For typing in titles, i want to use the numbers on my remote, much like writing SMS on a mobilephone. I'd be cool too, if i could add some youtube videos on a playlist too, but just a thought at this moment.

Also I'd like the system to mange TV-Shows better. I'd like to have a page where i can select movies from a list, and another where i can select tv-shows more seperated. On my current LinuxMCE I have a screen where all movies and episodes are mixed together, which is very anoying. If you understand what i mean.

I'd also like to be able to fetch metainfo from differing websites, like amazone(LMCE), imdb(Myth) and others like TV.com or something.

In LinuxMCE it stores the metadata in the mysql database, but also on the disk as an .id3 file, which makes it very easy to move, backup or port files with their metadata.

On the longer term, i'd like it to work together with a bigger home automation system.

/walker

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Fra: "Matthias Ringwald" <mri...@in...>
Til: "Kristian L. Larsen" <wa...@pa...>
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Sendt: fredag, 26. september 2008 12:36:49 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Rom / Stockholm / Wien
Emne: Re: Ang: Re: [Libxine-java-devel] VM Crash on ubuntu

my media center constraints.

first, I failed to get MythTV and even Freevo to work. I found  
especially MythTV to complex.
then, I first only had a projector. while this is perfect for watching  
movies, it is a no go for chooseing music. (you don't turn on the  
projector to select a music album). then, I bought a cheap 15", which  
I mounted inside a normal living room shelf (this one, but put  
horizontally: http://www.ikea.com/ch/de/catalog/products/00045560 ). I  
thought I could use this one to show a UI and only turn on the  
projector for movies.  In the meantime, I dropped the dual-head  
support as it was too much trouble.
So with this two screen approach, none of the existing media center  
software was adequate. also, I re-use my old hardware, e.g., an 20  
year old amplifier with no form of remote control. so I use a power  
switch to turn it on and and off, a also 20 year old tuner where I  
wired to buttons of the 8 stations directly to the parallel port,  
etc.. :)

and yes, what really bothered me, is how to have a good UI to pick one  
of several hundreds of music albums? I was not sure, if scrolling  
through a list of artists and then selecting the album is a good  
thing. I started sorting my music on the server in a one-folder-per- 
album fashion, similar to a classic cd collection. I did not get far  
with this. right now, I use a laptop to access a primitive PHP web  
site which allows to select the mode: radio, music, video. and use the  
pitchfork web-frontend to mpd to select music. this, obviously, only  
works with a normal size laptop. no way this would work with a simple  
remote.
I can send you a zip of the java sources, if you like. I also tried to  
have a generic framework.

what didn't you like on the exisint media centers?

m.



On 26.09.2008, at 11:52, Kristian L. Larsen wrote:

> ...
>
> My idea for a media center is based on the fact that though i like  
> the once i've tried, i've never been completly satisfied. I've  
> always had ideas for changes or functions etc.
> What i think i want is take whats best of MythTV, LMCE and perhaps  
> oxine. Then merge it into a framework. With that framework i hope  
> that i can build my perfect (for me) media-setup. And hopefully  
> others can use it for theirs.
>
> You said that you yourself wanted to build a media station, what is  
> your motivation/idea?
>
> /walker