Le dimanche 04 mai 2008 à 19:55 +0200, Loïc Dardant a écrit :
> Hi !
> 
> 2008/4/24 Alessandro Decina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>         On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Loïc Dardant
>         <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>         > Hi everybody,
>         Hi
>         
>         > For UMC, I work for the Lirc part, as said Arnaud on the
>         namepsace and hal
>         > parts. But I'm always interested to do some other work (for
>         example finish
>         > the elisa lirc plugin, if it's still needed).
>         
>         
>         I don't know exactly how's the status of the lirc plugin but
>         i'm sure that any
>         help would be greatly appreciated.
>         
>         > For UMC, I think the project is maybe too big for a
>         beginning. An
>         > integration on ubuntu should be a start point for us. The
>         creation of a new
>         > flavor of ubuntu should be delay in my opinion, because we
>         must concentrate
>         > the current force on a smaller project, like elisa
>         integration.
>         
>         
>         I don't know much about UMC but I agree that we should try to
>         have good
>         media center integration in Ubuntu.
>         
>         > It can be a good idea to develop this integration during (or
>         before with
>         > some of us who can't attend UDS) the UDS and create strike
>         force with the
>         > current UMC guys and everyone motivated.
>         >
>         > What do you think of that ?
>         
>         
>         Sounds great.
>         How do we get this started? :)
> 
> Just some ideas :
> 
> -> remote control support / keyboard support
>     lirc task
>     other remote control, like with the hand on a touch screen, with
> the voice, ...
>     find what you want with a virtual keyboard
>     more control : create a playlist,...
>     
> -> integration like mac os x = just press a button
>     get all your media in one click

That kind of integration would be really nice.

>     ubuntu theme : maybe something transparent : same as elisa but no
> black screen, you can see your desktop behind. For example you chat on
> irc, and you're waiting a response. You can reopen elisa and see what
> happen behind
> 
> -> gnome/kde controller/applet for elisa -> typical use case, you
> don't want to reopen elisa just to play the next song
> 

Perfect for desktop integration. I saw a plugin going around that does
exactly that.

> -> an option to launch it at startup
> 

That's a must have for computers dedicated to be media centers.

> -> a plugin to configure elisa : gtk,pigment or web server
>     configuration with text file is no "desktop ready"
> 
> -> do something if no graphics driver are available : is it possible
> to have elisa with no 3D effects ?
> 
> -> integration with device : if elisa is your media center, when you
> plug your digital camera, elisa shows you a list of action, same for
> device like mp3 device.
> 
> -> something with telepathy : don't know why, but i guess we can do
> some funny things
> 
> All comments are welcome !
> 
> 
> There is nothing on the wiki page. Does someone write something
> somewhere already ?
> 
> 
>         
>         
>         Alessandro
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Loïc Dardant


These are great ideas Loïc! I am right now filling up the spec with
various use cases, it would be good to integrate your proposals in
there. Feel free to fill in the gaps.

Florian

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