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[Daniel Holm <d.holmen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi again,

I've started to code on this application now. I don't know if I should 
set up a separate project on Launchpad, or what?
It's just a little piece of the UI, but hey - it's a start ;)

I'd like some pointers since this is my first application.

Vänlig hälsning / Yours sincerely,
 Daniel Holm
 IT Consultant
 Web Developer
 Student
 d.holmen@xxxxxxxxx
 http://www.danielholm.se

Den mån  4 mar 2013 20:13:11 skrev Daniel Holm:
> Hi again,
>
> What a response! Wonderful!
>
> I was thinking of Rhythmbox since its bundled with Ubuntu as default.
> And you'll have the same playlists, settings for eg. Last.fm and such
> things.
>
> I'd love to see this becoming the default music app in Ubuntu Touch,
> and I'd gladly share the work with anyone wanting to join.
>
> I'll try to create a UI demo in Qt Creator later this week, so I can
> show you how I imagine it. Also I'd happily join the meeting.
>
> Vänlig hälsning / Yours sincerely,
>  Daniel Holm
>  IT Consultant
>  Web Developer
>  Student
>  d.holmen@xxxxxxxxx
>  http://www.danielholm.se
>
> Den mån  4 mar 2013 19:50:38 skrev Veritatem Ignotam:
> > What about using MPD as a backend? May be less resource intensive as a
> > backend, shouldn't have a problem compiling as is, and possibly
> > simpler to build your interface from scratch on top of MPD instead of
> > trying to work with rhythmbox's.
> >
> > V.I.
> >
> > On 03/04/2013 10:36 AM, Daniel Holm wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm thinking about creating a music application. I'm in an early
> > > stage of learning to code for QML to begin with, but I have some
> > > concerns for the future.
> > >
> > > I'm thinking about creating an application that really uses Rhythmbox
> > > as an backend, but using $ rhythmbox-client. Since its Ubuntus
> > > default music player, I mean.
> > > So just a easy UI with buttons for previous, next track, play/pause,
> > > stop, playlist and so on. Press a button and a flag to
> > > rhythmbox-client is sent.
> > >
> > > What are you guys' thoughts on this? Is it possible to have rhythmbox
> > > running in the background instead of writing a completely new music
> > > player?