[mythtv-users] Ideas for MythMusic rewrite

Aaron aaron at rb303.net
Wed Jan 6 23:03:17 UTC 2010


On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/12/30 Paul Harrison <mythtv at sky.com>:
>> We'll probably regret this but we would like your opinions :-)  We are
>> in the process of  switching MythMusic to MythUI and would like to take
>> the opportunity to make some much needed improvements to the interface.
>>
>> We don't necessarily  just want a list of feature requests, although
>> every idea will be considered, but also how they should be implemented,
>> what the interface should look like etc. If you can provide mock ups of
>> how it should look or links to images of how other players do things
>> then all the better.
>>
>> You should bear in mind the limitations of keeping the interface usable
>> on a TV using a remote control and where possible using the existing
>> widgets available in MythUI.
>>
>> Our goal is not to implement every idea from the start but to make sure
>> the final plan is flexible enough to at least be extended with the best
>> ideas in the future.
>>
>> Paul H.
>
> Happy New Year everyone!
>
> I am not sure where the source data would come from, but a feature of
> my iphone/ipod that I really like is the genius playlist wear you can
> create a playlist based on the currently playing song. I will pick a
> song based on my mood and then have it auto generate a playlist based
> on my selection.
>
> Easily switching from artist, album, genre, year, etc when browsing
> would be great as well...
>
> My 0.02c
>
> Cheers and thanks for such a wonderful pirce of programming that is mythtv
>
> Phil
> _______________________________________________

Using the Music Genome Project (kinda like Pandora uses) would be nice...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Genome_Project

I use something similar with iTunes, using the allmusic.com's styles
and put those in the "grouping" section of the id3 tag, you can then
build smart playlists off that.


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