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[Akash <akash87@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Zisu,

I just sent the two of them a mail to add me to the blasmiq account.

I have no clue why music players are not part of the core apps :) I sure
hope it becomes :)

Thanks
Akash

On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Zisu Andrei wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I guess you guys should get a mybalsamiq account first<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/CoreApps/Design#Design_Suggestions> and
> sketch things out there.
>
> Also, for some reason the core apps project<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/CoreApps> does
> not include a Music/Media player. Any idea why would that be?
>
> Zisu Andrei
>
>
> On 7 March 2013 00:43, Akash <akash87@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hey,
>
> I would love to start contributing on the music app too!
>
> But i'm just wondering, before diving into actually coding, don't you want
> to design the UI and get an idea from the community if it follows the
> guidelines or not? Yes we could all download the code and try running it
> ourselves to see the UI but i'm just wondering because its going to be
> easier to put pictures of the app design :)
>
> On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Daniel Holm wrote:
>
> Hi again,
>
> I've started on the UI and just done some small stuff. I created this in
> like two hours. I'm still figuring out a lot of things since I've never
> coded an app and usually code web.
> But it's a lot of fun, so we'll see where it takes.
>
> And perhaps it's better to use mpd, which was said earlier. We'll have to
> code a cover downloader, srcobble support and more, though.
>
> Anyways, here is my repo: https://launchpad.net/musicapp
>
> Vänlig hälsning / Yours sincerely,
>  Daniel Holm
>  IT Consultant
>  Web Developer
>  Student
>  d.holmen@xxxxxxxxx
>  http://www.danielholm.se
>
> Den mån  4 mar 2013 23:39:04 skrev Daniel Holm:
>
> 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?
>
>
>
>
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