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[SomeGuy99]

The force is strong with this one.

Edited by SomeGuy99, 26 May 2010 - 05:57 PM.

[Fzero]

The playbar at 1min is a bit out of sync with the timing of the 5min track a bit.. But besides that..
joke! joke!
It looks bloody nice man, perfect for in the car, I want this too

what would be a nice touch would be if when you are dragging the playbar with your finger, you can currently see the min:sec that you at just above can't you, it would be good if you could make the album picture change to display the min:sec in BIG digital text, same size as that album cover, so you can see where you at [if you reached that good tune at 31:25 in yet] with just a quick glance ... Again so not crashing looking at the smaller number just above the playbar.
That said, doing such a feature would maybe make the app slower and ruin things?

[shadow.8]

This is very cool. I love the interface. Thanks for your work!

Could this be made into a skin for another program like mplayer?

[grasshoppir]

I thought we had a dirty port of xbmc ? that would be great for media playback with large buttons for the touch screen but also what about ubuntu notebook remix also a great choice for the small screen so if we could integrate media playback on to that somewhere it would be very nice.

I am mostly praying for xbmc tho as it will be sooo good looking on the Pandora ,i would hope that mini menu at some point ends up being like xbmc with media playback running in the background ,the future is blinding with the Pandora.

And btw that mockup you made looks superb !

xbmc is too bloated and there are better/smaller music players. xbmc is supposed to run fullscreen on your tv

[Tensuke]

Looks great! I'd use it.
I'd also use a player that looks/works like Windows Media Player...
Or heck, foobar!

[SomeGuy99]

xbmc is too bloated and there are better/smaller music players. xbmc is supposed to run fullscreen on your tv

TV-Out cable? Bluetooth remote? USB hard-disk? Wifi media streaming?

Edited by SomeGuy99, 26 May 2010 - 09:06 PM.

[Trevsweb]

This is very cool. I love the interface. Thanks for your work!

Could this be made into a skin for another program like mplayer?

was thinking of mplayer skinning if its possible! but not 100% sure would prefer a custom build job if someone was able. something pandora inc could be proud with

[Gruso]

xbmc is too bloated and there are better/smaller music players. xbmc is supposed to run fullscreen on your tv

TV-Out cable? Bluetooth remote? USB hard-disk? Wifi media streaming?

Yeah, but XBMC is the opposite of a lightweight music player. Hopefully it sees a release one day (I'm a huge fan of it), but it's a whole other beast, and a whole other thread.

On topic, fantastic looking concept Trevsweb. I've been crossing my fingers for something like this pretty much from day one. The input options we have allow us to steal the best control methods from iPod and XBMC, particularly with regard to seeking. (I listen to a lot of DJ sets, sometimes a single 2 hour long mp3, so seeking is everything!).

[fischju2000]

There was recently an article about a coder writing XBMC for embedded devices, specifically targetting the beagleboard for a coding competition. It'll be interesting to see how that plays out.

But we really need a media player designed like this, it looks great. On the library page, it might not be too finger friendly, could that shuffle option list be made smaller or minimized allowing more room for song scrolling?

[Trevsweb]

xbmc is too bloated and there are better/smaller music players. xbmc is supposed to run fullscreen on your tv

TV-Out cable? Bluetooth remote? USB hard-disk? Wifi media streaming?

Yeah, but XBMC is the opposite of a lightweight music player. Hopefully it sees a release one day (I'm a huge fan of it), but it's a whole other beast, and a whole other thread.

On topic, fantastic looking concept Trevsweb. I've been crossing my fingers for something like this pretty much from day one. The input options we have allow us to steal the best control methods from iPod and XBMC, particularly with regard to seeking. (I listen to a lot of DJ sets, sometimes a single 2 hour long mp3, so seeking is everything!).

thanks can you post it via your blog would really love to get this developed!

[Gruso]

I will most certainly post it when the POS lets me.

[Trevsweb]

I will most certainly post it when the POS lets me.

lawl! that would be great. something unique to the pandora would be excellent but if it come to it a skin that meets all requirements would also suffice

the library page was never finger friendly ... tbh it never will be the ammount of data etc... it just would cope.
as i said i love listening to music via shuffle, if a decent shuffle algorithim comes around that can incorperate my quick "next/pause" selection then i'll be happy to accomodate but its best to focus on something custom and become a unique selling point for the pandora! thats all i focus on at this time.

The problem with a lot of these projects is that they become fast "fat" , added functionality and skinning options and so on.
I've been looking for my N800 for ages a "simple" MP3 player that just works with *basic* shuffle stuff... most (like Canola) are just to fat / slow.

your proposal is just damn nice. Please keep it simple, very simple and fast.

avoiding double posting*
yep i agree tho have limited knowledge of this!
all i want is it to play songs in a shuffle or the albums order. everything else is extra.
i want it open source so people can chip in (tho the developer(s) needs to agree to this) if not thats fine with me.
skinning wont be an option at first but if possible wouldnt mind streching to a change in backgrounds. nothing major! want to try and keep it to the main requirements tho

Edited by Trevsweb, 27 May 2010 - 12:19 AM.

[SomeGuy99]

Yeah, but XBMC is the opposite of a lightweight music player. Hopefully it sees a release one day (I'm a huge fan of it), but it's a whole other beast, and a whole other thread.

I'm a huge fan too. It's incredible what those guys can make my old Xbox do. That skin that mimics the blade UI from the 360? Incredible!

It would be surreal to hook a Pandora up to the telly and have the same thing but oh so much smaller. In another ten years, will I be running it from my phone or watch? Crazy. The Pandora in many ways is the spiritual successor to my modded Xbox, only in miniature handheld form.

[Trevsweb]

Yeah, but XBMC is the opposite of a lightweight music player. Hopefully it sees a release one day (I'm a huge fan of it), but it's a whole other beast, and a whole other thread.

I'm a huge fan too. It's incredible what those guys can make my old Xbox do. That skin that mimics the blade UI from the 360? Incredible!

It would be surreal to hook a Pandora up to the telly and have the same thing but oh so much smaller. In another ten years, will I be running it from my phone or watch? Crazy. The Pandora in many ways is the spiritual successor to my modded Xbox, only in miniature handheld form.

my aim is not for all media tho, just music!

[SomeGuy99]

my aim is not for all media tho, just music!

I agree with Gruso that the scope of your program is perfect.

And your mocked up skin looks really nice.