Written by origr15 the 27 Jan 09 at 10:25.

add the button when pressing the right mouse key on a song.

add the button when pressing the right mouse key on a song.

Written by geoff07 the 21 Dec 10 at 08:20.

When resizing by dragging the corner, the window should maintain the aspect ratio of the content, thus avoiding the need for black bars. Maintaining aspect ratio is a common function of image viewers and should be simple for movie players.

When resizing by dragging the corner, the window should maintain the aspect ratio of the content, thus avoiding the need for black bars. Maintaining aspect ratio is a common function of image viewers and should be simple for movie players.

Written by ean5533 the 22 Dec 10 at 13:09.

When it comes to aesthetic things like this, it's generally a bad idea to force the user to do what the OS thinks is best. Instead of ALWAYS forcing the program to maintain aspect ratio, how about only maintaining that ratio if the user holds down a key (say, shift) while resizing? Then you have the ability to maintain that ratio without taking away any options from the user.

From Geoff07:
my comment is to ask when a user would ever want a movie with the wrong aspect ratio and wasted space around it? The best things to do surely are a) make all options user settable as a default, so they can have anything available, and b) present images that fit windows initially and let the user change it. I can't imagine that any would for normal viewing.

When it comes to aesthetic things like this, it's generally a bad idea to force the user to do what the OS thinks is best. Instead of ALWAYS forcing the program to maintain aspect ratio, how about only maintaining that ratio if the user holds down a key (say, shift) while resizing? Then you have the ability to maintain that ratio without taking away any options from the user. From Geoff07: my comment is to ask when a user would ever want a movie with the wrong aspect ratio and wasted space around it? The best things to do surely are a) make all options user settable as a default, so they can have anything available, and b) present images that fit windows initially and let the user change it. I can't imagine that any would for normal viewing.

Written by hawthornso23 the 17 Jan 11 at 04:40.

Ctrl + mwheel currently zooms content in firefox and some other applications. Alt + mwheel is not assigned an action by default. It could be assigned to resize the application window while maintaining aspect ratio (window zoom) which would be quite consistent with the ctrl + mwheel action and very intuitive.

This would apply not just to video players but all windowed applications. It could be implemented in addition to other solutions. It would also give the advantage of allowing quick and easy window size changing for any selected window without having to locate/click/drag corners or edges.

Ctrl + mwheel currently zooms content in firefox and some other applications. Alt + mwheel is not assigned an action by default. It could be assigned to resize the application window while maintaining aspect ratio (window zoom) which would be quite consistent with the ctrl + mwheel action and very intuitive. This would apply not just to video players but all windowed applications. It could be implemented in addition to other solutions. It would also give the advantage of allowing quick and easy window size changing for any selected window without having to locate/click/drag corners or edges.

Written by nickr the 24 Dec 10 at 23:07.

Separate the functions of Pause and Play into their own icon/button on the toolbar instead of combining the two functions into the same button.

Separate the functions of Pause and Play into their own icon/button on the toolbar instead of combining the two functions into the same button.

Written by Pooya the 19 Sep 12 at 18:17.

It can solve the problem easily. for example disregard the non-music files! as easy as this! be more wise!

It can solve the problem easily. for example disregard the non-music files! as easy as this! be more wise!

Written by Aielyn the 4 Oct 12 at 12:21.

Right now, there's only one command of this type, which will "select all". But quite often, you want to only select files given certain conditions, and manually selecting them (even with judicious use of sorting, etc) can be annoying.

So how about adding some new selection commands? "Select All Same File Type" would choose all files of the same "type" (such as "plain text document" or "JPEG Image") as the currently-selected file. "Select All Similar File Type" would be a little more expansive, selecting files that are of the same type - for instance, selecting all "Image" files, or all "Audio" files.

For those two specific commands, the same command would be suitable, with the only difference being the use of the Shift key... so it could be Ctrl+s and Ctrl+Shift+S (not suggesting it actually use "s", just an example).

Similar commands could be created to, for instance, "Select All Common Extension" - this would select all files sharing an extension (or all extensions) in common with the file. So, for instance, if you have a file called "text1.pdf", and choose this command, it will select all files in the directory with ".pdf" in their name. Behaviour for multiple extensions is subject to consideration or perhaps a setting.

Another approach to handling multiple such commands could be to tie them all to Ctrl+a, but for all but the basic "Select All", you need to hold Ctrl, and then press the key corresponding to the desired behaviour (which would show up on screen after just a moment, to aid usage).

Right now, there's only one command of this type, which will "select all". But quite often, you want to only select files given certain conditions, and manually selecting them (even with judicious use of sorting, etc) can be annoying. So how about adding some new selection commands? "Select All Same File Type" would choose all files of the same "type" (such as "plain text document" or "JPEG Image") as the currently-selected file. "Select All Similar File Type" would be a little more expansive, selecting files that are of the same type - for instance, selecting all "Image" files, or all "Audio" files. For those two specific commands, the same command would be suitable, with the only difference being the use of the Shift key... so it could be Ctrl+s and Ctrl+Shift+S (not suggesting it actually use "s", just an example). Similar commands could be created to, for instance, "Select All Common Extension" - this would select all files sharing an extension (or all extensions) in common with the file. So, for instance, if you have a file called "text1.pdf", and choose this command, it will select all files in the directory with ".pdf" in their name. Behaviour for multiple extensions is subject to consideration or perhaps a setting. Another approach to handling multiple such commands could be to tie them all to Ctrl+a, but for all but the basic "Select All", you need to hold Ctrl, and then press the key corresponding to the desired behaviour (which would show up on screen after just a moment, to aid usage).

Written by dcornibe the 5 May 09 at 18:11.

To play Amazon Video on Demand movies.

To play Amazon Video on Demand movies.

Written by FreeEagle76 the 24 Aug 08 at 19:29.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #12511 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #12511 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by hariks0 the 19 Oct 08 at 16:13.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #14577 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #14577 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by heuteland the 21 May 09 at 09:08.

Player should enable people to add radio stations and new stations are made available to all people having the player after software has checked that the stream works.Should stream cease to exist e.g. not played any music for 10 days in a row, the link is removed from player.

The desktop app. should be simple and look similar to a radio
with skins to allow personalisation. player independent, but out of box linked to ubuntu prefered player.

Player should enable people to add radio stations and new stations are made available to all people having the player after software has checked that the stream works.Should stream cease to exist e.g. not played any music for 10 days in a row, the link is removed from player. The desktop app. should be simple and look similar to a radio with skins to allow personalisation. player independent, but out of box linked to ubuntu prefered player.

Written by motang the 10 Apr 10 at 13:41.

With Rhythmbox, Transmission, Network Manager, etc. all getting a a notification icon treatment in Ubuntu 10.04 I think VLC also should get the same treatment along with mono chrome icon.

With Rhythmbox, Transmission, Network Manager, etc. all getting a a notification icon treatment in Ubuntu 10.04 I think VLC also should get the same treatment along with mono chrome icon.

Written by geoff07 the 21 Dec 10 at 08:14.

On very first use, the player should open the clip to the pixel size. If that is then resized by the user, then all subsequent opens of that or other clips should default to the window size set by the user. Aspect ratios would be taken into account by altering the width of the window, keeping the height as set by the user. This way the window size would more closely match the user preference.

On very first use, the player should open the clip to the pixel size. If that is then resized by the user, then all subsequent opens of that or other clips should default to the window size set by the user. Aspect ratios would be taken into account by altering the width of the window, keeping the height as set by the user. This way the window size would more closely match the user preference.