Queries about Rhythmbox on dbus

Hello!
I am using Gnome rhythmbox 0.9.6 on debian. 

I am interested to know, if you are working/interested
to work at a universal dbus interface for all kinds of
media players, for example, refer:
http://wiki.videol
an.org/DBus-spec

Although, I find the Rhythmbox-dbus API even better
than this list( so I am going to try to add all the
good points of Rhythmbox-dbus interface and methods to
this list, isn't it a good idea?).

Moreover, wouldnot it be nicer if there is a Dbus
Signal called "VolumeChanged" when a user changes
volume level? I am interested in the messages on
dbus-monitor.

Additionally, wouldnot it be nicer if rhythmbox also
had a mute button on it, emitting along with it a
signal called "MuteOn" on dbus-monitor. 

Please tell me if there is a better place to post my
wishlist or is this the right one, already?

Thankyou for answers.
Pallavi Rao.




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On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 02:25 -0800, Pallavi Rao wrote:
> I am interested to know, if you are working/interested
> to work at a universal dbus interface for all kinds of
> media players, for example, refer:
> http://wiki.videol
an.org/DBus-spec

I'm very interesting in having a common dbus interface. I
was hoping
that something would come out of the discussion a month ago,
but it
being spread across about 20 different mailing lists didn't
help.

If there is going to be a discussion somewhere, can I
suggest having it
on one mailing list and just posting a pointer to the
others.


> Moreover, wouldnot it be nicer if there is a Dbus
> Signal called "VolumeChanged" when a user
changes
> volume level? I am interested in the messages on
> dbus-monitor.

That sounds sensible.


> Additionally, wouldnot it be nicer if rhythmbox also
> had a mute button on it, emitting along with it a
> signal called "MuteOn" on dbus-monitor. 

We've discussed "mute" before, and I think the
general consensus is that
it isn't anywhere near as useful for audio-only players as
it is for
video ones. For audio-only players, pausing is usually just
as good.


Cheers,

James "Doc" Livingston
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Ed Catmur wrote:
> Pallavi Rao wrote:
>> Additionally, wouldnot it be nicer if rhythmbox
also
>> had a mute button on it, emitting along with it a
>> signal called "MuteOn" on dbus-monitor.
> What's the use case for this? I can see that a music
player control applet
> would want to track and change the volume, but when
would the user want to
> mute Rhythmbox as opposed to the whole computer?

Incoming phone call (Ekiga, et al.) perhaps?
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On 1/3/07, Peter Gordon <peterthecodergeek.com> wrote:
> Ed Catmur wrote:
> > Pallavi Rao wrote:
> >> Additionally, wouldnot it be nicer if
rhythmbox also
> >> had a mute button on it, emitting along with
it a
> >> signal called "MuteOn" on
dbus-monitor.
> > What's the use case for this? I can see that a
music player control applet
> > would want to track and change the volume, but
when would the user want to
> > mute Rhythmbox as opposed to the whole computer?
>
> Incoming phone call (Ekiga, et al.) perhaps?

James' initial reply is quoted below. I'd agree with him, at
least in
the case of an incoming phone call; I certainly wouldn't
want to miss
my favorite song! :P


On 1/3/07, James Doc Livingston <doclivingstongmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 02:25 -0800, Pallavi Rao wrote:
> > Additionally, wouldnot it be nicer if rhythmbox
also
> > had a mute button on it, emitting along with it a
> > signal called "MuteOn" on dbus-monitor.
>
> We've discussed "mute" before, and I think
the general consensus is that
> it isn't anywhere near as useful for audio-only players
as it is for
> video ones. For audio-only players, pausing is usually
just as good.
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On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 11:54 -0500, Andrew Conkling wrote:
> On 1/3/07, Peter Gordon <peterthecodergeek.com> wrote:
> > Ed Catmur wrote:
> > > Pallavi Rao wrote:
> > >> Additionally, wouldnot it be nicer if
rhythmbox also
> > >> had a mute button on it, emitting along
with it a
> > >> signal called "MuteOn" on
dbus-monitor.
> > > What's the use case for this? I can see that
a music player control applet
> > > would want to track and change the volume,
but when would the user want to
> > > mute Rhythmbox as opposed to the whole
computer?
> >
> > Incoming phone call (Ekiga, et al.) perhaps?
> 
> James' initial reply is quoted below. I'd agree with
him, at least in
> the case of an incoming phone call; I certainly
wouldn't want to miss
> my favorite song! :P
> 
> 
> On 1/3/07, James Doc Livingston <doclivingstongmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 02:25 -0800, Pallavi Rao
wrote:
> > > Additionally, wouldnot it be nicer if
rhythmbox also
> > > had a mute button on it, emitting along with
it a
> > > signal called "MuteOn" on
dbus-monitor.
> >
> > We've discussed "mute" before, and I
think the general consensus is that
> > it isn't anywhere near as useful for audio-only
players as it is for
> > video ones. For audio-only players, pausing is
usually just as good.

Pause really is the best solution IMO, consider streaming
Internet
radio. Muting is just wasting the bandwidth you could be
using on the
video call.

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