[mythtv-users] iPod theme for MythTV?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Feb 9, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Steven Adeff wrote:

> at least in my environments (50" tv at 14ft in the living room and 24"
> monitor at 10ft, both HDTV) i have quite a bit of visable real estate.
> Just using the current browse mode as a comparison, I could easily
> make the fonts smaller and add more columns without losing clarity. My
> personal ideal browsing mode would be similar to Winamp's three column
> layout, with left/right moving between columns, a lower window showing
> all the tracks currently filtered and some sort of browser like
> Winamp's left bar browser. I don't know if that would necesarily be
> good for other users, but for the way I think it would be the best.

Maybe it needs to look prettier, but I think that functionality is  
there right now. You do move between columns and you can configure the  
columns it uses.

> Another option, which would mesh that and the iPod style interface is
> to do something like how Dolphin/Finder work, where as you click a new
> column opens to the right with the next level displaying, and as the
> columns out number the width they scroll to the side. It would be
> similar to how the iPod moves back and forth in the menus but with
> some idea of where in the tree you are.

That's what the current MythMusic does and everyone complains about  
how bad it is.

> I believe the newer iPod (maybe just iPhone) has a album browser type
> view, but I don't think this is what Jean-Yves was refering to.

Yeah, I find that functionally annoying, but pretty. I've never gone  
it to as my first choice for picking music.

> One thing I think definitely needs to be possible is to allow the user
> to define the sorting sections (again, similar to how Winamp allows
> you to define them). In general i think, along with solid defaults,
> viewing options need to be customizable by the user with only the
> structure being defined by the theme.

Again, this is currently available. It seems like the only thing you  
would like is for it to look prettier. I agree with that. The only  
other things I are:
Better playlist management (add, change playlists in the same  
interface as browsing)
Album Art grabber scripts you can issue at any time like MythVideo has
Always display album art in track details if available

-Brad