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Idea #21189: F-Spot is a great program but it lacks the option of play a background song

Written by sroland the 25 Aug 09 at 19:35. Related project: F-Spot Photo Manager. Status: New
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When watching a slide show, it would be great to add the "play background song" option... the fading transition effect is well done and it only lacks this song option.... other thing is that I didn't find how to change time between photos... i found the default too large.

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Solution #1: add the song option to F-Spot
Written by sroland the 25 Aug 09 at 19:35.
developers should add this option to get F-Spot the best Photo manager ever... I thing F-Spot is one of the great apps in Ubuntu and should become a really "slideshow center" for us to show photos to people...
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Solution #2: Add plugins to rhythmbox and F-spot
Written by Ssdg the 27 Aug 09 at 14:07.
By addind two plugins, one in f-Spot to notify of the slideshow's start and one in Rhythmbox to start playing when notified, the problem will be solved and we can use both in compination with other programs.
Maybe we can add a few "configuration options" (exchanged via the dialog protocol) like in f-spot, we'll see the availlable playlists and choose one of them to use with the slideshow.

This could use D-Bus or any other inter application dialog protocol.

PS: for example, but this solution isn't about implementing theses examples:
gnome games could play certain playlists when you win or loose
Power manager could provide a way for f-spot to ask for a certain screen brightness
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Solution #3: replace F-spot with GNOME Photo Collector and add SMILE
Written by xernos the 15 Sep 09 at 16:05.
I don't use F-spot so you can remove from standard installation - I suggest replace F-spot with GNOME Photo Collector (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpc/) and for creating simple sideshow with music i more prefer SMILE (http://smile.tuxfamily.org/) an Avidemux or mmencoder.
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Solution #4: solang with connection to rhythmbox ?
Written by suoko the 21 Sep 09 at 01:13.
solang photo manager is a work in progress and has basic features.
if it connects to rhythmbox someway it could be the solution
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/solang
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Solution #5: Add a geotag plugin
Written by t4ggs the 25 Aug 09 at 22:47.
Maybe it couls work with marble
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Solution #6: Add face recognition plugin
Written by t4ggs the 1 Sep 09 at 10:08.
As in iPhoto
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Solution #7: Add the ability to export pictures to a movie or create a collage
Written by t4ggs the 1 Sep 09 at 10:16.
as in picasa
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Solution #8: Solution #4 Add support for video
Written by DeAtH89 the 2 Sep 09 at 15:05.
as in iPhoto
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Solution #9: Add Effects
Written by t4ggs the 24 Sep 09 at 07:10.
Such as the one of this program http://www.indii.org/software/tintii

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viraptor wrote on the 25 Aug 09 at 20:41
Can't disagree more... Playing music is something that f-spot should not be concerned about at all. You can run any player you want when you're browsing the photos - why would you add that option (which would be lacking and wouldn't satisfy everyone's idea of what it should do - loop? transition between tracks? where would it get music from? etc.) to a *photo management program*?

MarineMan215 wrote on the 25 Aug 09 at 21:21
Just run your music program while you run your photo viewing program...

coolen wrote on the 27 Aug 09 at 13:56
I believe FSpot and Banshee are being merged very soon. I wouldn't be surprised if this feature cropped up in the coming months.

zedtux wrote on the 7 Sep 09 at 08:44
I'm investigating to develop this feature.

I've successful play with rythmbox from the terminal through DBus this morning.

It's not needed to create a plugin for Rythmbox. Only one plugin for F-Spot is enough.

I don't know if there is another developer(s) on it. But if I can write this plugin, I will tell you here. ;)

estiedi wrote on the 7 Sep 09 at 09:28
I'm not that much of a developer, but if I can help...

zedtux wrote on the 7 Sep 09 at 11:54
Here we go friend !

I gave you all my work, time is to develop ! :-D


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