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

[Matthias R. <mri...@in...>]

hi

just some other random thoughts.
aTunes is a java iTunes-clone written in Java, maybe parts of it fit  
your music player goals.
I, like others, have written a amazon web services class  which  
fetches album covers. as far as I remember, you'll need an amazon web  
service developer account which is free, but cannot be shared/ 
published/hard-coded.

in general, I guess it should be easy to work towards a general  
framework for this kind of media center etc. in Java.
I guess you're idea to start with UI widgets is a quite pragmatic, and  
other parts may follow easily once this is available.
I'll also try to provide a binary version of libxine-java which is  
more important for OS X and should allow to deploy a complete app as a  
single, ready-to-run folder. Oh yes, windows support is lacking, but  
hard to get by.

matthias


On 26.09.2008, at 14:01, Kristian L. Larsen wrote:

> 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
>
> ----- Original meddelelse -----
> Fra: "Matthias Ringwald" <mri...@in...>
> Til: "Kristian L. Larsen" <wa...@pa...>
> Cc: "libXine Mail-List" <lib...@li...>
> 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
>