[mythtv] [PATCH] Video Gallery - a folder browser for MythVideo

[thor]

On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 13:22, Marcel wrote:
> thor wrote:
> > - If a title is too long to fit and can't be broken on whitespace, it gets
> mangled.
> 
> Could you show an example?

	I think this only happens when it can't find the cover art and sticks
the name in instead. Examples here:

		http://www.sigvaldason.com/mythvideo1.png
		http://www.sigvaldason.com/mythvideo2.png

> > - It seems strange (at least to me) to show the browse screen when
> > something is selected. Why not just play it?
> 
> I can think of two alternatives:
> 1. I keep what I currently have, but I add another key (e.g. play) to start
> the video directly from the folder browser;
> 2. You indeed start the video directly from the folder browser, but
> alternative you can also hit the info button to enter a separate screen with
> all the metadata. You then need to return from the info screen to the folder
> browser to start the video.

	I'd opt for 2, but however you want to do it. Enter/Select/Whatever for
play, i for info.

> I'm an employee of Philips Electronics (http://www.philips.com/), which
> means that Philips is the copyright owner of what I've made. 

	Well, if you did it on their time, perhaps. It's clearly GPL'd (and
most of it would have to be in any case, as it's derived from GPL'd
code). Seems a bit odd though.

- thor