Jason, On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 15:57 -0600, Jason Roth wrote: > Hey there, first I would like to thank you for the wonderful > application as I am a recent convert to Linux using Ubuntu. I wanted > to comment on some of the features that I think would be useful to > implement in rhythmbox that I think would make it awesome'r... > > First I have tried most of the other media apps for linux and I think > that some of them are good and have usefull features, but I think that > the quest for a media player should end upon installing an OS. So I > would like to see Rhythmbox offer these right off the get go. > > Things I like: > > 1.) I like the sound juicer-type CD ripping its extremely versatile > 2.) Simple well integrated Interface. > > 3.) Music specific application (no video). > > Features I would add: > > 1.) I like the way Banshee incorporates lastfm scrobbling so that it > has recommendations and such...would you consider this functionality. > File a feature-request at bugzilla.gnome.org, please, as they sometimes get lost in the mailing-list. Perhaps this has been filed already. Do a search.
> 2.) Another thing that Banshee does is display album art in the album > search column which is helpful when looking for tunes, sometimes the > album art is associated more strongly with content than the artist's > name. > File a feature-request at bugzilla.gnome.org, please, as they sometimes get lost in the mailing-list. Perhaps this has been filed already. Do a search. > 3.) Add the ability to sort by Album Artist not Track Artist. This > feature works well for mixed CDs from electronic artists and DJs > (Girltalk etc) > File a feature-request at bugzilla.gnome.org, please, as they sometimes get lost in the mailing-list. Perhaps this has been filed already. Do a search. > 4.) Enable icons for podcasts. > File a feature-request at bugzilla.gnome.org, please, as they sometimes get lost in the mailing-list. Perhaps this has been filed already. Do a search. > 5.) Equalizer > Check bugzilla.gnome.org. You're not the first to ask for one. > 6.) stream ripper... > Isn't this more of a feature for Totem? While Rhythmbox is an app based on a (large) library, Totem is best suited for single-file operations like this. Or am I wrong? > 7.) transcoder???? > This exists already. If you set the correct properties, Rhythmbox will transcode transparently when transfering to an external device. > OK not to go over board here but that feature set would be the ideal > digital music player in my mind... and I think that it would be > beautiful to have this set in rhythmbox off the shelf in Ubuntu... > > Thanks for reading > > > Jay > Mats > -- > Jay Roth E.I.T. > roth0...@umn.edu > Dept. of Civil Engineering > University of Minnesota > _______________________________________________ > rhythmbox-devel mailing list > rhythmbox-devel@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel _______________________________________________ rhythmbox-devel mailing list rhythmbox-devel@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel
