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

[Xavier Hervy]

Hi Marcel,

Great work ! I like this.

Just a little remark : when i select video filter, and choice criteria 
then return to videogallery, it will be better if the menu will be 
unactive. then I save up on MENU press key. I am idler ;-)

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? Is it a video or directory name?
> Is it below the icon, inside the icon, or the title at the top of the
> screen?
> If a title is too long and there are no whitespaces to break it down over
> multiple lines, then the intention is to simply clip it.
> 
> 
>>- It would be really nice to have an "Up" icon (and/or a definable Up
>>key binding). Using Escape gets confusing (if you're at the top level,
>>you leave the dailog).
> 
> 
> Good idea! I will look into this.
> 
> 
>>- It seems strange (at least to me) to show the browse screen when
>>something is selected. Why not just play it?
> 
> 
> You mean the intermediate screen between the folder browser and playing back
> the video?
> 
> It's actually not a browse screen. You cannot navigate to other videos.
> Personally, I like all this metadata to be shown before I start watching a
> video. It is also a kind of 'buffer' screen to prevent that the external
> video player is immediately started when you make the wrong selection in the
> folder browser.

I like it too
> 
> 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 think Play button is much logical. moreover why don't use play button 
in other screen ?
> 
>>- Who is "Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV" (in the copyright
>>notice)?
> 
> 
> I'm an employee of Philips Electronics (http://www.philips.com/), which
> means that Philips is the copyright owner of what I've made. Philips
> supports me in donating this back to the open source community, but asked me
> to include such notice and indicate that we offer it under GPL.
> 
> 
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regards,
Xavier