On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Akshay Ratan <akshayra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > In the previous mail, I put forward a few ideas for implementation for > PMC as my proposal for GSOC Project 2013. I would like to seek > clarification regarding some of the feedbacks in the proposal. > > > - Regarding the proposed additional plugins for Dropbox and a > suggestion that we should use the account-sso to gather pictures from users > web account, shall I concentrate only on the improvement of the existing > plugins of picasa and flickr ? One thing we can really think implementing > is this importing of pictures from user's picasa account . What do you > suggest ? > > You are free to work on implementing Dropbox plugin, but this is my suggestion that instead of working on a new plugin better to improve the existing one. There are lot more scope of improvement in each plugin both in feature and UI wise. As Aaron suggested, implementing accounts-sso to manage different online plugins credentials will be +1. > > - By mistake, I copied the moc file link, thanks for pointing it out ! > I intended to copy the picasamodel.cpp file only :) > - Regarding Keyboard-only navigation, I proposed for backspace key > implementation in the PMC as a means to go one level up. What other changes > do you suggest. Certainly, It would be great to implement the keyboard only > navigation. Plus, one suggestion from my side would be:: What is already > implemented is that when we are inside the menu to view > pictures/videos/music, pressing escape key takes to main menu but when we > are actually seeing the pictures by opeing the gallery, then escape key > should be there to go to main menu. This is one of the few extensibility > which I propose. The KeyHandler.qml class will be used extensively for this > purpose. > > Nice catch, this need to be implemented. There are many other places where keyboard navigation doesn't work e.g playlist, All Music etc > > > Some implementation insights on this :: Qt::Key_Escape can be used. A > very very short approach:: > https://github.com/akshayratan/Code/blob/master/esacpe_key_demo.qml > > handlekey() function looks good to me > What other keyboard features you plan to bring in PMC ? > You may want to look into playlist. It needs various improvement, e.g avoiding duplicate media files You can check bugs reported to PMC https://bugs.kde.org/component-report.cgi?product=plasma-mediacenter . Its good way to start with, some of reported bugs are feature request too. > > - I will surely look in the dolphin source code to have an insight on > Folder Preview and prepare a short schematic as to how it can be brought in > PMC. > > > Other than that, please advice me as to how should I exactly frame every > detail in my proposal for best results ? Any other suggestion would be more > than welcome :) > > You may want to look at https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Iqk8MTix2CN1pAgqhZqhefKTwiA7P73zQH9N46lvyB0 . It will give fair idea about how proposal look like :) Best Regards, > Akshay Ratan > (IRC :: akshay_r) > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Sinny Kumari <ksi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Doing CC to plasma-develhttps:// >> github.com/akshayratan/Code/blob/master/esacpe_key_demo.qml >> >> You need to send email to plasma-devel@kde.org instead of >> plasma-devel-requ...@kde.org :) >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Akshay Ratan <akshayra...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone, >> >> >> Hi! >> >> >>> I am working on the Project :: *Improvement and >>> Enhancements for Plasma Media Center*. Before finalizing my GSOC >>> Proposal, I wish to share a few ideas which I have regarding the project >>> besides those which are mentioned in the KDE Community wiki. As we all know >>> this year, KDE theme for GSOC is "Polishing Existing Things", I look >>> forward to help make PMC even better. >>> >> >> Good to know that ! >> >> Few of these ideas are described below, some of which I would like to >>> work on::: >>> >>> 1. There is no option for subtitles in the video player. Its need is >>> immense in any video player. Implementing the subtitle feature in the >>> Plasma Media Center's Video player as a part of my GSOC would be great ! >>> Though there is subtitleprovider.cpp file relevant but still on testing, >>> there comes no option for subtitles. >>> >> >> +1 >> >> Yes, It would be good if we have option to add subtitles too. >> >> >>> 2. Currently available backends for fetching media are from Picasa and >>> Flickr. Extending the "onlineservices" library, so that after the >>> implementation, backend support is available for Facebook and Dropbox. >>> digiKam for that matter has plugins to import and export to various online >>> services. This would not only make PMC Application better but also put it >>> forward in the line of top image viewer applications. >>> >> >> Its good to have more and more plugins in PMC but I would suggest not to >> concentrate on additional plugins. Instead of that try to focus on core >> functionalities in PMC and improvement wherever possible. >> >>> >>> Line of action would be on the basis of existing backend support like : >>> https://github.com/akshayratan/Plasma-Media-Center/blob/master/browsingbackends/onlineservices/picasa/moc_picasamodel.cpp >>> >>> >> >> Don't look at moc files. These are auto-generated file when cmake run. >> Look at >> https://projects.kde.org/projects/kdereview/plasma-mediacenter/repository/revisions/master/entry/browsingbackends/onlineservices/picasa/picasamodel.cpp. >> >> >>> 3. In the working of the Plasma Media Center Application, I propose to >>> implement the "Keyboard's BACKSPACE KEY" to function as one-level before. >>> Just as arrow keys are used to view pictures left to right and vice versa, >>> backspace tool would be great as users can entirely control it using >>> keyboard. Further, a relevant bug(though not exactly same) is already there >>> on bugs.kde.org . The link is : >>> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317233 . >>> >>> >> +1 >> >> Other than that we also have to do some redesign of the flow so that >> keyboard-only navigation is possible. >> >> >>> 4. Improved indexing of metadata of videos using Webminer and Nepomuk >>> Indexer. >>> >>> Though I am very comfortable in Qt C++ framework, I am not that much >>> familiar with qml(Qt Meta Language) which I hope to learn soon. Anyways, >>> following is a qml function which needs to be polished to implement the >>> backspace feature :: >>> https://github.com/akshayratan/Code/blob/master/handling_keys. This >>> particular function is for ImageViewer in PMC. This feature I would like to >>> take upon in my GSOC project. >>> >>> Besides this, following were the community ideas for implementation---- >>> >>> - Categorizing media better like pictures on the basis of tags, >>> videos according to different filters - length, quality etc >>> - Improving playlist search - should be able to search through >>> artist, album etc >>> - Folder preview in Local Media Browsing >>> >>> >>> I would soon post a draft of my implementation scheme and further ideas >>> framed in a proper proposal format. Please help me correct myself if I am >>> wrong somewhere. I am looking forward for a positive response. >>> I would further like to know in detail a little bit about the third >>> community suggestion of "Folder preview in Local Media Browsing". Where >>> exactly I should begin hacking for this feature. >>> >> >> You need to look into Dolphin source code since Dolphin has this >> functionality. >> >> >>> >>> To tell the Plasma Community something about myself- I am an ICT >>> undergraduate student at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, India. I love hacking on >>> open-source. Did a Summer of KDE project on KMouseTool application last >>> year and I am very comfortable in tools and technologies of open-source >>> like GIT,CMake, Matlab,Qt etc besides being proficient in C,C++,Java and >>> having a familiarity in Python,HTML,CSS,JavaScript. >>> >>> >> >> Other than that looks fine to me . Try PMC again and again, you will get >> even more ideas :D >> >> >>> Thanks ! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> *Akshay Ratan* >>> * >>> * >>> (IRC NICK:: akshay_r #plasma, #kde-devel) >>> >>> Blogs:: www.akshaycode.blogspot.com >>> www.akshayratan.blogspot.com >>> >> >> >> Cheers! >> -- >> http://www.sinny.in >> > > > > -- > Akshay > -- http://www.sinny.in
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