[mythtv] Ideas for MythMusic rewrite

[Christian Szpilfogel]

Paul Harrison wrote:
> We'll probably regret this but we would like your opinions :-)
No doubt! But thank you for taking this on. MM would be the third most 
used feature on my system after Recordings and MythVideo.

My thoughts:
1) I would love it if Myth Music could accurately read ID3 tags. My huge 
library is fully tagged and works from all other players/organizers but 
0.21-fixes version of MM can't read many of them. I suspect it is the 
ID3 version supported in MM but I haven't looked. ID3 is the best basis 
for doing most UI manipulation after that.

2) I agree with the DJ mode idea. 90% of the time I usually just build 
up a play list based on what I'm in the mood for.

3) import of playlists (ie. m3u) would be great but I think it may be tricky

4) Jinzora has an interesting feature which shows similar artists to the 
one currently being played. In the context of MM if it showed only 
matches in your library that would make it quite useful.I believe they 
use echocloud.

5) currently I find using the remote with MM tedious (probably due to 
the current UI issues) so I always use a keyboard anyway. It makes some 
function much easier and faster (e.g. searching). Perhaps the UI should 
do its best with a remote but become powerful with a keyboard? This may 
actually simplify the design.