Re: [Banshee-List] video player

[Buyongo Phiri <devicehandler gmail com>]

Just a query, wouldn't it be easier to have extra info below the cover
say playtime/genre/year? Then maybe when you click more info you get
extra information about seasons and so on.

On 1/12/11, olivier dufour <olivier duff gmail com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I like both ideas:
> - palylist item on sidebar for filter to let all the space to cover view
> - info button to get extra info
>
> For season, I have no good idea.
> Here are my issue/use case:
> - cover is for tv/show so if I click on play on the cover of the show what
> is show ?
> - how show information about tv/show? and about this particular episodes?
>
> ==> solutions I have thinked to when tvshow is selected:
> - dropdownlist & tracklist when tvshow is selected
> - when selected the tv/show cover switch cover view with one cover by
> episode and info button.==> cover view become a nautilus ==> tv/show is
> about folder and episode is about file. ==> need to have button to get back
> to cover view for the tv/show from cover view for episodes list.
>
> I like the 2cd solution with an explorer solution but it mean that we have 2
> mode for cover view and the sytem to switch back to tv/show view from
> episode view is not user-friendly.
>
> I join a little mockup to show episode view. If you click on the title in
> the adresse bar (on the right of season  list) it get back to regular view
> with civer for tv/show.
>
> I think I will work on that a lot at fosdem and monohackfest.
> So if people are present next month in Bruxelles glad to have all point of
> view to have the best mockup.
>
> here is the mockup:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HXPi4Z3gO3HLm5cUgs8nSQ?feat=directlink
>
>
> <http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HXPi4Z3gO3HLm5cUgs8nSQ?feat=directlink>
> Olivier Dufour
>
>
>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:55 PM, zekopeko <zekopeko gmail com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 9:51 AM, olivier dufour <olivier duff gmail com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hello,
>>> > First, happy new year to all and sucess for banshee ;))
>>> > I have got hard time to fall asleep so I am wake up this morning and
>>> > everybody sleep in the house.
>>> > So, I have start to refactor video source.
>>> > First by embedded it in an extension.
>>> > Now I have setup regexp to get season and episode of the video from
>>> > file
>>> > name.
>>> > I store it in externalObject of trackinfo.
>>> > But now, I want to have a custom SourceContent which will show
>>> movies/tvshow
>>> > covers to replace the track list....
>>>
>>> Awesome!
>>>
>>> > But before going further, I want to know if my mokup idea is good...
>>> > We will have a grid as in podcast or album view with cover or name of
>>> the
>>> > movies/tv-show.
>>> > For tv-show, we only show one cover and if user click on the cover we
>>> show a
>>> > context pannel with the list of episodes in this tv-show.
>>>
>>> How about:
>>>
>>> In the sidebar we have Movies, TV Shows, Unsorted videos. Each one has
>>> their own playlists.
>>> Clicking on the Movies/TV Shows show the cover grid that takes all the
>>> space left of the sidebar.
>>>
>>> Then you mouse over the cover you get an overlay over the cover with a
>>> play button and and info button.
>>> Clicking the play button immediately starts playing the movie or the
>>> tv show from the last time you watched it.
>>>
>>> Clicking the Info button replaces the cover grid with a screen similar
>>> to the one in Ubuntu Software Centre when you look at an app.
>>>
>>> I'll try and mockup this screen (lets call it TV/Movies info screen)
>>> so you get a better sense of what I would like.
>>>
>>> > I have no filter for season, do you need it? else have to add a
>>> > dropdown
>>> > list or do you prefer a panel as the one of artist ?
>>>
>>> Yes for season filters. I would add it to the above mentioned
>>> TV/Movies info screen.
>>>
>>> > The second issue, is to get cover, I have few api on web but nothing so
>>> > good...
>>> > - IMDB limited to 30 requests by hour a light api with no covers but
>>> text
>>> > metadata and url of page on imdb
>>> > - freecovers have covers but no metadata
>>> > - thetvdb seems good for tv show with metadata and image but it is not
>>> > cover, it is a banner... and of course not for movies ;(
>>> > someone know another db?
>>> > Show informations (actors, summary,...) about the movies :
>>> > - in context pan when selected
>>> > - with a getinfo item in context menu and show in popup window
>>> > I prefer the second option because it will make naviguation easy by
>>> keeping
>>> > a big place for grid.
>>>
>>> Please no pop up windows. It looks less integrated. The context menu
>>> should be avoided if possible.
>>>
>>> > For dvd source, I think to show the page of imdb of the movies to
>>> replace
>>> > the single lined track list.
>>> > But, what can we do if no connection, or custom dvd witch is not on
>>> > imdb
>>> ?
>>> > I really want to make banshee a cool video player. So I need feedback
>>> answer
>>> > about my concept/idea.
>>> > Olivier Dufour
>>>
>>> For movies you can use: http://www.themoviedb.org/
>>>
>>> Thanks for working on this. Now lets just make it awesome! I'll try
>>> and post some crude mock up later.
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