Here are the latest commented ideas about Banshee Music Player .
Banshee LIbrary handling ideas.
Written by Rodrigo the 13 Aug 09 at 20:20.
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When I add a new song to the media directory in banshee I have to rescan the whole library, something that can take a while if I have a few songs.
Playing music - save power
Written by Anjar the 16 Mar 11 at 18:56.
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When I'm traveling, I sometimes want to listen to music and just that. The computer is turned on and use a lot of power, when the only thing I do is listening to music.
Solution #1:
Music-mode
Written by
Anjar the 16 Mar 11 at 18:56.
Click a button, and all other applications, daemons etc. shut down, just the musicplayer is open. Click another and the screen is turned off until another key is pressed.
Click a button, and all other applications, daemons etc. shut down, just the musicplayer is open. Click another and the screen is turned off until another key is pressed.
Solution #2:
One-thing-to-do mode for some popular tasks
Written by
DdOo the 19 Mar 11 at 15:43.
I don't know if it's technicaly possible, but One-thing-to-do mode for some popular tasks would be very useful.
For instance :
* music-mode
* film-mode
* internet-mode
* one-game-mode
* …
I don't know if it's technicaly possible, but One-thing-to-do mode for some popular tasks would be very useful.
For instance :
* music-mode
* film-mode
* internet-mode
* one-game-mode
* …
Solution #3:
Ubuntu should be as energy efficient as possible by default
Written by
Chronos the 10 Apr 11 at 15:14.
There is no need to have music mode, the kernel should keep everything as energy efficient as possible, at every time.
There is no need to have music mode, the kernel should keep everything as energy efficient as possible, at every time.
iTunes cannot identify flac correctly under DAAP
Written by jamesisin the 14 Apr 09 at 01:14.
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I am able to convince iTunes to play flacs/oggs locally, albeit it's a pain. Well, not that painful. Two components have to be added into separate system folders.
http://www.soundunreason.com/InkWell/?p=928
However, when iTunes connects to a DAAP share from my Ubuntu/Rhythmbox machine, flacs or oggs are seen but misunderstood.
The playback solution from my disorganized post above gives QuickTime the ability to play flacs and oggs. The problem is that iTunes won't use QT for flac/ogg playback unless you add some metadata to the resource fork for an individual file. Never will happen for a non-local file.
DAAP, being non-local by nature, cannot participate in this slight of hand. Unless...
Solution #1:
Create new DAAP share plugin which dupes iTunes
If the DAAP share were to lie to iTunes about which MIME type it was sending (masking a flacs and oggs as QT movie files), the aforementioned local solution would allow playback of flacs and oggs across DAAP through iTunes.
More information here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7055287
NOTE:
There is already a working DAAP plugin for Rhythmbox. It just needs to lie to iTunes so that when folks using Macs visit we Ubunut cats they can connect to the DAAP share too. This is a positive inroad for Ubuntu and flac usage. To the point, this is probably more likely to apply pressure to Apple than anything else (it would encourage a consumer demand for flac within their own user base).
Wikipedia points out:
"DAAP has also been implemented in other non-iTunes media applications such as Banshee, Amarok, Exaile (with a plugin), Songbird (with a plugin), Rhythmbox, and WiFiTunes."
If the DAAP share were to lie to iTunes about which MIME type it was sending (masking a flacs and oggs as QT movie files), the aforementioned local solution would allow playback of flacs and oggs across DAAP through iTunes.
More information here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7055287
NOTE:
There is already a working DAAP plugin for Rhythmbox. It just needs to lie to iTunes so that when folks using Macs visit we Ubunut cats they can connect to the DAAP share too. This is a positive inroad for Ubuntu and flac usage. To the point, this is probably more likely to apply pressure to Apple than anything else (it would encourage a consumer demand for flac within their own user base).
Wikipedia points out:
"DAAP has also been implemented in other non-iTunes media applications such as Banshee, Amarok, Exaile (with a plugin), Songbird (with a plugin), Rhythmbox, and WiFiTunes."
Solution #2:
Put some presure on Apple to support FLAC
Apple, being a OS designed for audio/video/images guys should be able to implement a free, high-quality, lossless audio codec...
Apple, being a OS designed for audio/video/images guys should be able to implement a free, high-quality, lossless audio codec...
Volume Still Controlled By One Master Level
Written by ginjaninja405 the 7 Mar 11 at 01:24.
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Volume, even with it's recent advances, is still System-wide and when changed, it affects all applications. This does not give freedom to mute Music quickly to watch an online video, or turn down any annoyingly distracting sound effects that may come from an instant messenger.
Sound Menu should add more functionality with Banshee/RhythmBox
Written by mystro256 the 6 Mar 11 at 22:17.
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Since the interface with Banshee/Rhythmbox have been put completely in the sound menu for Natty/Maverick, it lacks functionality that was in the original notification icon, such as seeking through a song and closing the player without using "file > quit"
Solution #1:
Add the ability to seek and close
The sound menu should add the ability to seek or fast-forward/rewind, such as the hover-over-notification-icon function banshee had (I'm not sure if Rhythmbox had it because I never used it), along with an option to close the player (such as an X beside the name of the player or text option below the album art)
The sound menu should add the ability to seek or fast-forward/rewind, such as the hover-over-notification-icon function banshee had (I'm not sure if Rhythmbox had it because I never used it), along with an option to close the player (such as an X beside the name of the player or text option below the album art)
Solution #2:
Just a close option
option to close the player, such as an X beside the name of the player or text option below the album art. One may want to close the media player so it doesn't take up resources, but would find it much more convenient to just have the close in the sound menu.
option to close the player, such as an X beside the name of the player or text option below the album art. One may want to close the media player so it doesn't take up resources, but would find it much more convenient to just have the close in the sound menu.
Solution #3:
Add close button and song progress slider
Written by
CorvusS the 29 Apr 11 at 18:14.
In addition to a close option described in solution #2, sound menu should have song progress slider, so one can play his favourite part of song again without having to open player.
In addition to a close option described in solution #2, sound menu should have song progress slider, so one can play his favourite part of song again without having to open player.
Solution #4:
Add sound menu customisation options to Banshee preferences
Written by
CorvusS the 29 Apr 11 at 18:21.
Let user decide what he wants in Sound menu. Add options to show/hide album cover, song progress slider etc. to Banshee preferences.
Let user decide what he wants in Sound menu. Add options to show/hide album cover, song progress slider etc. to Banshee preferences.