iPod & generic mp3 player support (was: Re: [mythtv] mythmusic tree construction - can it be changed ?)

[Vikas Rangarajan]

Shoutcast support is cool. Are you planning to add ripping of streams as
well :) ?

Nick Parkinson and I have done some work on rewriting the mythmusic tree
code.
Our new "theme" has two trees on the mythmusic screen (one below the other):

1 for the active playlist and 1 for all_music (without playlists). Selecting
an item from all_music adds it to the active_playlist, and selecting an item
from active_playlist plays/pauses the track.
It would be cool if we made the design flexible enough to allow this design
and the current design (including the "splitartist artist album" view)
to coexist.

I would also like to customize the tree structure(s) using theme files
alone.
Is this a desirable direction for the gui? I understand that the upcoming
switch
to libmythui for the widgets will impact this somewhat.

On 10/18/05, Eskil Heyn Olsen <myth at eskil.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 13:04 -0400, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
>
> > I realize your intent is to integrate the contents of the iPod into the
> > music tree (presumably so you can play directly from the iPod, or
> > manage/delete individual track on the iPod). However, why not make a
> > first pass that just supports simple "copy to player" functionality,
>
> Because I need this to finish my shoutcast/icecast support and because
> the tree generation is too slow - so currently my focus is the tree, not
> the ipod support.
>
> Basically, I want a more manageable tree. Once I have that, it's easier
> to to have audio/mp3 cds and ipods appear in them, then it becomes
> easier to work the ipod/whateverpod into the UI overall.
>
> I can see that copying playlists to the devices doesn't require this,
> but copying from the device to the box would need it.
>
> eskil
> ---
>
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