[Gambas-user] gambas-mpg123player

[Doriano Blengino]

Demosthenes Koptsis ha scritto:
> Hi list,
>
> i wrote a simple front-end for mpg123 console player in gambas2,
> have a look
>
> http://gambas-mpg123pl.sourceforge.net/index.html
>   
Had a look to your application; simple but effective. If I didn't have 
Beep Media Player, now I could use your application; only misses an 
equalizer... and perhaps smaller buttons.

I like front-ends because they are easy to make and works nicely; I made 
some time ago a front-end for mplayer under windows, and now I cannot 
use anything else. Clearly, I made it exactly as I liked it, but I've 
never seen things like aspect ratio correction (5% wider because my LCD 
has not square pixels), or automatic rescaling (open a 320x240, and a 
800x600 video: why the heck they should have different sizes when 
viewing?) in other players.

So, put in your program the mandatory things (don't know if a equalizer 
is), add some unique feature (a song search function, for example - the 
normal open file dialog box is too limited for this kind of things, and 
no players are smart enough to add something more functional), and 
people will start to use your application.

Only one thing to say: the install procedure is a little brute: it 
overwrites libraries without confirmation - dangerous. Probably you know 
that the gambas IDE can generate install packages (.deb, .rpm and 
others), this could be an improvement.

This is my opinion only - take it easy...

Cheers and happy 2009,

-- 
Doriano Blengino

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This is why we have two ears, but only one mouth."