Written by jared the 22 Oct 09 at 11:55.

Banshee and many other media players will find out the CDs' name and download artwork from the internet. This could be built into the desktop.

For example when an audio CD is inserted the title of the CD will be displayed and the artwork will appear instead of the icon, in the same manor that pictures thumbnails are displayed on the desktop, perhaps with a small audio CD icon in the corner so it is easy to distinguish.

Its not a huge change but just one of those little things that would make Ubuntu seem overall more polished.

Banshee and many other media players will find out the CDs' name and download artwork from the internet. This could be built into the desktop. For example when an audio CD is inserted the title of the CD will be displayed and the artwork will appear instead of the icon, in the same manor that pictures thumbnails are displayed on the desktop, perhaps with a small audio CD icon in the corner so it is easy to distinguish. Its not a huge change but just one of those little things that would make Ubuntu seem overall more polished.

Written by aliendude5300 the 2 Nov 09 at 02:06.

This is the same as the previous solution, but it goes into more detail on how it should actually be implemented. Here's how I think it should be done:

1) When a CD is inserted, it should be determined whether or not it is an Audio CD.

2) If it is an Audio CD, the Disc ID Should then be calculated according to http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Disc_ID_Calculation

3) If an internet connection is active, the open-source MusicBrainz database should be checked for a matching Disc ID.

4) If no matching disc ID is found, display the default "Audio CD" icon and text.

5) If a matching Disc ID is found, title the icon "Artist Name - CD Title". Then if possible, grab the album art and re-size it to fit the current size of the desktop icon.

6) This feature MUST be made optional, because some users obviously do NOT want it using their bandwidth, or they prefer it to be turned off for other reasons. There would be a right click option to "Disable CD Identification" or a similar option in the system preferences.

This is the same as the previous solution, but it goes into more detail on how it should actually be implemented. Here's how I think it should be done: 1) When a CD is inserted, it should be determined whether or not it is an Audio CD. 2) If it is an Audio CD, the Disc ID Should then be calculated according to http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Disc_ID_Calculation 3) If an internet connection is active, the open-source MusicBrainz database should be checked for a matching Disc ID. 4) If no matching disc ID is found, display the default "Audio CD" icon and text. 5) If a matching Disc ID is found, title the icon "Artist Name - CD Title". Then if possible, grab the album art and re-size it to fit the current size of the desktop icon. 6) This feature MUST be made optional, because some users obviously do NOT want it using their bandwidth, or they prefer it to be turned off for other reasons. There would be a right click option to "Disable CD Identification" or a similar option in the system preferences.

Written by chrismounce the 7 Nov 09 at 06:27.

Ubuntu should download different amounts of information based on how good your network connection is.

Fast connections: Download artwork and title
Slow connections, idle: Download title only
Slow connections, in use: Don't download anything

This way, people on dialup don't waste that much bandwidth, *and* we don't have to clutter a right-click menu with an extra option. The computer just does the right thing, all by itself.

A minority of people will still want to turn it off altogether, so maybe we should put such an option in the system preferences, as aliendude5300 suggested. But it should be out of the way, so it doesn't confuse the majority of users.

Ubuntu should download different amounts of information based on how good your network connection is. Fast connections: Download artwork and title Slow connections, idle: Download title only Slow connections, in use: Don't download anything This way, people on dialup don't waste that much bandwidth, *and* we don't have to clutter a right-click menu with an extra option. The computer just does the right thing, all by itself. A minority of people will still want to turn it off altogether, so maybe we should put such an option in the system preferences, as aliendude5300 suggested. But it should be out of the way, so it doesn't confuse the majority of users.

Written by aliendude5300 the 7 Nov 09 at 20:23.

Maybe you have a slow connection but you still want the Album art. Or Maybe you have a fast connection, but you don't. It should be a settable option, and not based on internet connection speed. Also, on a side note not many people are on connections as slow as dial-up anymore. The slowest speed I'd expect most people to have is 1 megabit per second download speed through DSL. Because DSL works through phone lines, that means that anyone with access to dial-up could most likely get a cheap 1Mb/s connection for around $20/month, which is reasonably affordable for most people. On a 1Mb/s connection, downloading album art, which is in many cases (I actually checked this on 4 CDs with the average being 6.5KB) less than 10KB, the download would be virtually instant, and assuming that it was exactly 10KB, on a 56Kbps (average dial-up speed) connection, it would only take 1.25 seconds to download, while on a 28.8Kbps connection it would only take 2.5 seconds to download. Even on a 14.4Kb/s dial-up connection (if you can actually manage to find one that slow) it would only take 5 seconds to download the album art. And that's considering that I used 10KB instead of the 6.5KB average. On many CDs, I'm sure it would take even less time than that. This just proves that connection speed isn't as much of an issue as you think. The only issue is if you have an internet connection or not.

Maybe you have a slow connection but you still want the Album art. Or Maybe you have a fast connection, but you don't. It should be a settable option, and not based on internet connection speed. Also, on a side note not many people are on connections as slow as dial-up anymore. The slowest speed I'd expect most people to have is 1 megabit per second download speed through DSL. Because DSL works through phone lines, that means that anyone with access to dial-up could most likely get a cheap 1Mb/s connection for around $20/month, which is reasonably affordable for most people. On a 1Mb/s connection, downloading album art, which is in many cases (I actually checked this on 4 CDs with the average being 6.5KB) less than 10KB, the download would be virtually instant, and assuming that it was exactly 10KB, on a 56Kbps (average dial-up speed) connection, it would only take 1.25 seconds to download, while on a 28.8Kbps connection it would only take 2.5 seconds to download. Even on a 14.4Kb/s dial-up connection (if you can actually manage to find one that slow) it would only take 5 seconds to download the album art. And that's considering that I used 10KB instead of the 6.5KB average. On many CDs, I'm sure it would take even less time than that. This just proves that connection speed isn't as much of an issue as you think. The only issue is if you have an internet connection or not.

Written by tumaru the 19 Nov 09 at 02:10.

have a priority for what is downloaded so it doesn't crash or just not load anything.

also make it so you can choose what to download

have a priority for what is downloaded so it doesn't crash or just not load anything. also make it so you can choose what to download