Hello Ma'am,
On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Myriam Schweingruber <myr...@kde.org> wrote: > Hi Vedant, > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:13 PM, vedant agarwala <vedant.k...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a idea for SoK: Improved Lyrics fetching and display. > > As of now Amarok uses a script to download lyrics from lyricwiki.org. It > > would be a better idea to make this an integral part of Amarok. > > The current script IS integral part of Amarok. Making more options > available is better done through scripts, because the lyric websites > available out there are totally unreliable, change very often and it > is impossible to maintain, as one site works a year and then it is > gone. We implemented this as a script on purpose :) > > ... > > The lyrics display also needs an upgrade. Currently it displays the > entire > > lyrics at once and inaccurately scrolls over time. I want to add karaoke > > style lyrics display. Depending on the .lrc file, the current playing > word > > or line will be highlighted. I know the exact GUI must be compatible with > > the Amarok look and feel so this is debatable. > > You are aware that Karaoke style is not that easy to implement, as you > would need to use the gstreamer library more or less directly, I don't > think the karaoke mode is currently supported by the phonon backend. > Also keep in mind that gstreamer is currently transiting from 0.18.x > to 1.x, a lot of feature shuffling going on in the various plugins > there, so it would have to > > This is a just a rough idea and I will write a more concrete description > > after feedback for you :) > > Also, it would be great if I could know the prospective mentors for SoK > and > > about how many SoK projects will be hosted by Amarok. > > Yes Now I realize that it adding karaoke support is not as easy as I thought it was. Also, that downloading lyrics from scripts is a better way. > Pending somebody actually has time to mentor this, and that is the > main problem: we are already 4 people mentoring GSoC projects and this > is thin stretching the availability of the current Amarok developers. > > If somebody steps up to mentor you would have to discuss a concrete > idea with the actual mentor anyway. I for one can't mentor you, and I > would very much prefer SoK work to be on actually existing code in > Amarok, like the CUE sheet support which needs work. Just my 2 cts. > > I wanted to do a SoK on Amarok but from a realistic point of view this is unlikely :( . I hope someone steps up for mentoring me on whichever project he/she thinks is important and I will more than happy to work on it. > > Regards, Myriam > -- > Proud member of the Amarok and KDE Community > Protect your freedom and join the Fellowship of FSFE: > http://www.fsfe.org > Please don't send me proprietary file formats, > use ISO standard ODF instead (ISO/IEC 26300) > _______________________________________________ > Amarok-devel mailing list > Amarok-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel Thank-you, Vedant.
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