Bug 101671

Summary:	media:/ support, so you can easilly search in places that aren't in ~
Product:	[Applications] amarok	Reporter:	jos poortvliet <jospoortvliet>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Amarok Developers <amarok-bugs-dist>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.2.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description jos poortvliet 2005-03-17 09:31:44 UTC

Version: 1.2.2 (using KDE 3.4.0 Level "a" , SUSE 9.2 UNSUPPORTED)
Compiler: gcc version 3.3.4 (pre 3.3.5 20040809)
OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.8-24.11-default

the filebrowser could use some easy buttons to get to familiar places. its already possbile from 'actions' to play a audiocd (maybe remeov that and put it in the filebrowser?) but a easy way to access other devices (eg devices://-link button?) if you don't know anything about KIOslaves would be cool.

Maybe a button next to home would be great. or if home brought me to system:/ - it be all fixed :D

and for the audiocd it'd be cool if it would be easy to copy files to the harddisk. I haven't found a way to do that yet, within amarok.

maybe it should be possible to drag files to the collection from the playlist to get them on the disk. And from the playlist to the directory browser (eg into my local mp3 map).

if you combine both: system:/ (should contain audiocd:/ (at least under devices:/ and if an audiocd is available) can lead you to an audiocd, and if you drag the map ogg (we don't use mp3, don't we?) to the playlist, you can play the music. and drag the songs onto the collection, so they are copied to the h-disk. but you can also go to remote:/, go to a samba share (or whatever, mldonkey:/ should imho be included, with a search function, so you can easilly search for files from konqi/amarok on the p2p networks!) drop the files in your playlist, and/or drop them into your collection.

so. I hope this gives some fresh ideas - not that you guys don't seem to have them, damn, amarok is amazing - thanx!!!

Comment 1 jos poortvliet 2005-03-17 09:59:32 UTC

I submitted bugs for the search in mldonkey and audiocd:/ in media:/ (me wrong about devices:/, as it has been replaced by media:/ now)

If you like the idea, please vote and give comments!
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101672
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101673

Comment 2 Iñaki Baz Castillo 2005-04-04 15:40:45 UTC

I have a CD recorder in /dev/hdc and a DVD player in /dev/hdd.
When I want to listening to an audio CD I insert it into the DVD (/dev/hdd).

If I press "play audio cd" in amaroK it doesn't find the CD because it looks in the first devide (/dev/hdc). So if I want to open the CD I must write:
  audiocd:/?device=/dev/hdd  (in the location bar).
This is unusable for common users.

I think it would be better a link to the new media:/.

I use KDE 3.4 with pmount, hal, dbus-1 and udev, so when I insert an audio CD, in media there appear an audio CD icon (the same with a data CD or USB player, is great).
amaroK could integrate all this feature just including an icon to media:/.
In this way, when I insert an audio CD in hdd, an audio CD icon appears in media:/ and I could play it in amarok.

In my opinion amarok would be better without "play audio CD" option, and with "media" button. It will have a better integration with the KDE whole system, and it's a very esay solution, just include an icon to media:/ ;)

Goodjob anyway.

Comment 3 Ian Monroe 2005-04-05 07:16:59 UTC

I half-seriously suggest we'd be better just starting kscd on 'play audio cd'. I always tell users in #amarok to use kscd.

As you say, for media:/ to work right requires a lot beyond KDE 3.4 (and amaroK 1.3 is going to support KDE 3.3 still).

Comment 4 jos poortvliet 2005-04-05 10:36:55 UTC

well, its cool you guys want amaroK to be backwards compatible, if that is the reason we have to wait for media support - so be it :D

but can't you make a compile option for media:/, or make amarok detect kde 3.4?

Comment 5 Iñaki Baz Castillo 2005-04-05 11:32:33 UTC

If I write in Files "media:/" it works fine.

Could amaroK know if KDE is 3.3 or 3.4? I think it is easy:
Just run "kde-config --version | grep KDE" when starting amaroK.

So,
-If KDE is 3.3 then an icon to devices:/ appears in the menu.
-If KDE is 3.4 then an icon to media:/ appears in menu.

This would be backwards compatible, that is very important :)


Note: Kscd works terrible in my system, I only can listening to the CD if I don't use "digital extract audio" option. So in my opinion, it's better Kaffeine to play audio CD (but maybe just a problem in my system).

Comment 6 Thiago Macieira 2005-10-04 06:21:08 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 102668 ***