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Re: Music app.

 

I like where it's going. Good work!

If you decide to go the MPD route, there's a small daemon called
mpdscribble which can do the last.fm reporting.

V.I.

On 03/06/2013 08:53 PM, Daniel Holm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Lovely!
>
> The code is up, and its quite simple - though it doesn't really do
> what I want it to yet..
>
> I'm studying at the University of Gothenburg full time, and this app
> is kind of my free time project between books and papers to hand in,
> so I haven't had the time to submit any images - until now:
>
> http://owncloud.danielholm.se/public.php?service=files&t=71d2604924bdad57493165cb4705b554
> http://owncloud.danielholm.se/public.php?service=files&t=a057005a81333026810a708842deaed6
>
> The huge icon is just a place holder for a album cover.
> Vänlig hälsning / Yours sincerely,
>   Daniel Holm
>   IT Consultant
>   Web Developer
>   Student
>   d.holmen@xxxxxxxxx
>   http://www.danielholm.se
> 2013-03-07 01:43, Akash skrev:
>> 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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