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Re: Music app.

 

Is the meeting still on ?

Zisu Andrei


On 12 March 2013 16:36, Daniel Holm <d.holmen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Awaiting link :)
>
> Vänlig hälsning / Yours sincerely,
>   Daniel Holm
>   IT Consultant
>   Web Developer
>   Student
>   d.holmen@xxxxxxxxx
>   http://www.danielholm.se
>
> 2013-03-08 22:07, Diego Sarmentero skrev:
>
> On 03/08/2013 04:08 PM, Zisu Andrei wrote:
>
>  Is there any way this could be moved after 4.30 ? I have classes unitl
> 4.15.
>  Zisu Andrei
>
>
> Fine by me.
> 4:30 UTC it is.
>
>
>
> On 8 March 2013 18:35, Diego Sarmentero <diego.sarmentero@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>>  On 03/08/2013 02:23 PM, Daniel Holm wrote:
>>
>> Hi Diego,
>>
>> I think that's a great idea! When is a good time for you to have a
>> meeting? Set a time and those who can attend will?
>>
>>
>> Maybe the meeting could be at 3pm UTC time this Tuesday (12th March), we
>> can meet at irc #ubuntu-touch to share the hangout link and whoever is
>> there and is interested can join.
>>
>>
>>  Cheers,
>> Daniel
>> Den 8 mar 2013 13:31 skrev "Diego Sarmentero" <
>> diego.sarmentero@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>>>  On 03/08/2013 08:57 AM, Daniel Holm wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> First, I do think we should move the discussion away from here, so I'm
>>> off to the teams mail list from now on. I just sent out a mail, which I
>>> pasted below.
>>>
>>> Michael, I agree with you that we should probably be talking now first
>>> hand and writing it down. See the mail below.
>>>
>>> Zisu, agreed. Its better if we try to work together instead of having
>>> all these different projects. At least in the beginning. Although I might
>>> say that I want a separated music and video player. But remote things
>>> sounds nice. Using mod this would be easier.
>>>
>>> And about Umedia, I'm thinking about reusing, almost porting, the whole
>>> thing for this project. But this is a discussion for the team.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi, I'm the one who did UMedia, so let me know and maybe i can speed up
>>> things if we found another design that fits better for the phone or
>>> something, because i already know the qml and c++ code of that project,
>>> maybe we can arrange a kind-of-meeting via IRC or hangout or something to
>>> talk about this and move forward.
>>>
>>>  Mail:
>>> Hi everyone and welcome,
>>>
>>> I think we should start of my deciding what we want this application to
>>> be. So I propose that everyone, who'd like, write down what features they
>>> want, and then we discuss these features and if we all agree with therm,
>>> create a blueprint and a goal.
>>>
>>> Features for the first release is primary focus, but features for later
>>> versions are welcome too, of course.
>>>
>>> What I want the player to do:
>>> * play music tracks of a diverse container from local device.
>>> * pause track, and use previous and next track.
>>> * being able to shuffle
>>> * Scrabble tracks
>>> * use slider to move quickly in the track
>>> * download and show album art automatically.
>>> * use playlists,create and edit them.
>>> * sort by artist, album and track
>>> * sound menu for global management.
>>>
>>> These are the features I could imagine for later on :
>>> * support for upnp
>>> * for ampache
>>> * groveshark/spotify.
>>> * YouTube support
>>> * lyrics
>>>
>>> Please share your ideas and create a base of our development.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Daniel
>>> Den 8 mar 2013 11:27 skrev "Zisu Andrei" <matzipan@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>>> Guys,
>>>>
>>>>  I'm really new to QML and am still figuring out a lot of stuff, so my
>>>>> code is not beautiful..
>>>>
>>>> May I say hold your horses until we find a suitable architecture for
>>>> both the backend and the frontend? Mybalsamiq should probably do it for
>>>> both, and we can more easily follow discussions for each over there.
>>>>
>>>>  For the backend side of things, I quite like mpd side of things
>>>> rather than plugging in to the low-level gstreamer. We should sketch out a
>>>> structure for it.
>>>>
>>>>  For the front-end side of things, I think we should probably wait for
>>>> Canonical to publish their application and see where we can take it from
>>>> there, but we can definetely brainstrom until then.
>>>>
>>>>  I see some nice ideas regarding remote control. We should probably
>>>> think about integrating controlling something with the phone and maybe
>>>> having the phone plugged into the tv and allowing it to be controller
>>>> (maybe a bluetooth keyboard).
>>>>
>>>>  Also, we need to sort out the level of integration between the Music
>>>> Player and the Video player. I would quite like to see a very integrated
>>>> manner. Maybe even have them as one: Player (like VLC).
>>>>
>>>>  Akash, what do you mean by global control? I'm thinking the same kind
>>>>> of global media buttons as in the sound indicator, is that what you mean?
>>>>
>>>> Someone asked a really interesting question regarding global control.
>>>> The way Ubuntu currently doess it is through DBus, displaying play/pause
>>>> and next track in the Sound menu. However, it seems like they have become
>>>> more like settings controls in Ubuntu Phone and I am not entirely sure how
>>>> they will look in 14.04. Maybe someone in Canonical can enlighten us on
>>>> this issue? My thought on this is, use the same pattern, as it goes nicely
>>>> with the other menus, like Messeging and the like.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Zisu Andrei
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 8 March 2013 08:43, Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday 07 March 2013 21:02:52 Daniel Holm wrote:
>>>>> > I set up a team on Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~touchmusicapp
>>>>>
>>>>>  I'm not exactly sure what's the process for setting up such projects,
>>>>> but
>>>>> seems ok for me. I'll ask Michael Hall if its ok to proceed with this.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think there are some interesting ideas in this thread alread and we
>>>>> should
>>>>> start writing them down somewhere to decide what we want/need.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also this thread is growing quite big and I agree that it would make
>>>>> sense to
>>>>> move to a separate mailing list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Br,
>>>>> Michael
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > Vänlig hälsning / Yours sincerely,
>>>>> >    Daniel Holm
>>>>> >    IT Consultant
>>>>> >    Web Developer
>>>>> >    Student
>>>>> >    d.holmen@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> >    http://www.danielholm.se
>>>>> >
>>>>> > 2013-03-07 18:41, Diego Sarmentero skrev:
>>>>> > > On 03/07/2013 02:38 PM, Daniel Holm wrote:
>>>>> > >> Hi Diego,
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> You are very much welcome to join if you like.
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> I can see that you got pretty far(!) with your UMedia. It looks
>>>>> good.
>>>>> > >> The thing that I'm most concerned about is just moving along
>>>>> Ubuntu's
>>>>> > >> UI guidelines. But the rest looks pretty much like the features
>>>>> and
>>>>> > >> all, that I'd like.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Yes, i agree the UI is not the best, i was thinking to redo that
>>>>> part
>>>>> > > also, i wasn't happy about the UI/UX
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >> Would you like to help out?
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Of course, where is the team to join?
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >> Vänlig hälsning / Yours sincerely,
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >>    Daniel Holm
>>>>> > >>    IT Consultant
>>>>> > >>    Web Developer
>>>>> > >>    Student
>>>>> > >>    d.holmen@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> > >>    http://www.danielholm.se
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> 2013-03-07 18:29, Diego Sarmentero skrev:
>>>>> > >>> On 03/07/2013 02:22 PM, Sid Payton wrote:
>>>>> > >>>> Hey Michael,
>>>>> > >>>> Are you working on a Xbmc remote for Ubuntu Touch? That would be
>>>>> > >>>> great. Do you have a API to control XBMC? If so could you pass
>>>>> me a
>>>>> > >>>> copy? Thanks.
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>> Am 07.03.2013 11:28 schrieb "Michael Zanetti"
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>>  > >>>> <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:
>>>>> michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>:
>>>>>  > >>>>     Hey Jouni,
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>>     Would be great to see those. I will most likely port over
>>>>> > >>>>     PlayMee too and
>>>>> > >>>>     could use some great design. Most likely I can reuse most
>>>>> of it
>>>>> > >>>>     for Xbmcremote
>>>>> > >>>>     too.
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>>     Cheers,
>>>>> > >>>>     Michael
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>>     On Thursday 07 March 2013 10:12:03 Jouni Helminen wrote:
>>>>> > >>>>     > Hey guys,
>>>>> > >>>>     >
>>>>> > >>>>     > We've done some nice new designs for a core music app at
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>>     Canonical - we
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>>     > could share these soon and see if it makes sense to use
>>>>> them as a
>>>>> > >>>>     > starting point for the UI?
>>>>> > >>>>     >
>>>>> > >>>>     > Thanks
>>>>> > >>>>     > Jouni Helminen
>>>>> > >>>>     >
>>>>> > >>>>     > Lead Designer
>>>>> > >>>>     > Ubuntu Touch
>>>>> > >>>>     >
>>>>> > >>>>     > On Thu Mar  7 02:32:52 2013, Akash wrote:
>>>>> > >>>>     > > As far as global control of the app goes, i think we
>>>>> could
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>>     place
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>>     > > something in the sound part of the system services!
>>>>> > >>>>     > >
>>>>> > >>>>     > > On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Veritatem Ignotam wrote:
>>>>> > >>>>     > >     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 <
>>>>> http://last.fm>
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>>     <http://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=71d2604924
>>>>> > >>>>     bd
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>>     > >>     ad57493165cb4705b554
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> http://owncloud.danielholm.se/public.php?service=files&t=a057005a81
>>>>> > >>>>     3
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>>     > >>     33026810a708842deaed6
>>>>> > >>>>     > >>
>>>>> > >>>>     > >>     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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>>>>> > >>>>     > >
>>>>> > >>>>     > > --
>>>>> > >>>>     > > Adrenaline Junkie
>>>>> > >>>>
>>>>> > >>>>     --
>>>>> > >>>>     Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone
>>>>>  > >>>>     <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-phone>
>>>>> > >>>>     Post to     : ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> > >>>>     <mailto:ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> > >>>>     Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone
>>>>> > >>>>     <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-phone>
>>>>>  > >>>>     More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>> Hi, some time ago i started a project intended to do a Music App
>>>>> to
>>>>> > >>> run on the desktop and the phone:
>>>>> > >>> https://github.com/saruneko/UMedia
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>> You can see some videos of the app working here:
>>>>> > >>> http://www.saruneko.org/umedia
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>> I don't know if you were considering something like that, i
>>>>> haven't
>>>>> > >>> add some code to that lately because i was busy with other stuff,
>>>>> > >>> but let me know if that could be of any use.
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>> Regards!
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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