[MPlayerOSX-devel] mplayer OSX 2 recommendations (fwd)

[Klokan P. P. <xp...@in...>]

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> Subject: mplayer OSX 2 recommendations
> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 12:18:35 +0200
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> Hi there,
> 
> first off, Thanx for MplayerOSX! it is a nice frontend to mplayer and I 
> like it a lot.
> 
> I have a few recommendations, do with them what you want:
> 
> 1) add a 'clear' button to the playlist and include a preference option 
> checkbox: 'clear playlist when I exit mplayer os x'. Mind the 'when I 
> quit' part, don't clear the playlist on crash/force quits etc when the 
> user checked that preference.
> 
> 2) when dragging a file to the mplayer icon in the dock, it doesn't 
> show up in the playlist, perhaps it would be best if it does show up.
> 
> 3) adding a directory to the playlist should enqueue all the video 
> files found in that directory. Would be a nice feature to have ..
> 
> 4) make the application accept *.bin and *.cue files (read the .cue 
> files to find out what .bin file belongs to it) because mplayer can 
> play *.bin files directly. This is a simple change in the .plist (I 
> don't remember which one, but the change is very easy if you choose 
> only to do the .bin files)
> 
> 5) stop mplayer from switching resolutions when going full screen. I 
> couldn't find which option in mplayer can prevent it from switching 
> resolutions, but it is probably best if it stays in the native 
> resolution for LCD's, and also a switch of resolutions on a TV screen 
> can change it from PAL to NTSC and if not it still lowers the quality 
> of the TV output. So basically that mplayer switches resolution sucks. 
> I realize that this is not your part, but because you might know where 
> to set this option, it would be nice if it becomes a preference in 
> mplayer os x.
> 
> About the playlist, it is my opinion that the playlist of a video 
> player is very temporary, I play a movie once and next time I play 
> another movie I don't need to see that I played some movie before, nor 
> do I want to delete the playlist manually. I don't need the playlist 
> anymore after the movie ends. That is why I don't really know why the 
> playlist of mplayer os x stays even after the application quits. Also I 
> use mplayer like this: I go to my Movies directory, go into some movie 
> directory and drag the video files to the dock icon. That is why my 
> recommendations are all involved into making this process a little less 
> painfull. Now I have to click the dock icon and the player window 
> appears, delete any movie files in the playlist, then I go into my 
> movies directory then into a subdirectory and then drag the movie files 
> one by one, and then press play. This could become: I go into my movies 
> directory and drag a movie directory on the dock icon of mplayer os x 
> and I press play.
> 
> once again, do with this what you want, any questions, just ask ..
> 
> -Onne

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