Re: SiB - mplayer gui frontend
 

as i tried to install the app it said:
"conflict with programpackages: libqt4-maemo5-svg (4.6.0~git20100111-0maemo1)"
...

EDIT:
removed the package via apt-get remove *libqt4-maemo5-svg*
it uninstalled fmrdsnotify too.
so there is a conflict between sib and this app.

then i did an apt-get autoremove which uninstalled all other qt-packages and some unused packages from an app-update i did before.

now sib is installing without any problem :)

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got the update notification....was having trouble with previous release too....run xterm, apt-get update and SIB IS WORKING AGAIN!....love this app....

Yo plastic, maybe you can add more INFO onto the INFO tab. For example, shortcut key for switching between dual-audio (anime) and multiple subtitle. Some anime have dual-audio and subs so it would be helpful to know which key to press to switch between audio...can't stand dubbed anime....LOL...:P

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I just did a quick check but I couldn't find any default key binding for switching the audio or subtitle track. I think you need to have a input.conf file to have them configured.

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Okay. Thanks, Plastik. I guess I will look around mplayer's commandline parameter and see if I can pick up useful things...can't have you do EVERYTHING for us....lol...:P....I will look into that conf thingy.

EDIT:
After a quick googling...I FOUND IT!....Test it on an anime movie and it works.

"#" to cycle through audio (you have to HOLD the FN key (then press D) instead of pressing it once)
"J" to cycle through subtitle

HERE is the link to a list of shortcuts for mplayer. SOME of them may not work though. CHEERS!:D

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@plastik
I was wondering when you will re-enable the kinetic scrolling? I miss it very much.... =(

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Actually I tried enabling it again, but it's very very sluggish - not "kinetic" any more at all. This might have something to do with the style sheets that I used to change the visuals but I need to investigate this a little further.

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every time i use SIB then original mediaplayer of N900 cant play anything such as Mp3 or MP4 or else....
I must reboot to solve that ....anybody?

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I have this problem a couple time when switching between media player/kmplayer/SIB...I can't say for sure which one is causing it but I prefer sib over media player anyway so I don't mind much....:D

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I've been using SiB since day one it came out and I never had such issues.
I play all my mp3's with standard media player and videos with mplayer+sib.

I highly doubt it's SiB anyways. All it is ais a gui front end sending scripts to launch the mplayer.
So maybe your mplayer is causing the issue. Make sure it's the latest version etc.

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^ yes I have a last version...

KMplayer dont have problem work like a charm
SIB always do that....

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I just installed the latest version of SiB 0.0.4-1.

- Smaller fonts in the video list. I can see more videos files at once!
- Nice and colorful background.
- Kinetic scrolling is back!!!
- The folder selection is back to the maemo file manager style.
(I actually really liked the previous style where I could save shortcuts to the folders on the left so when i remove a folder, I can quickly re-add the folder back instead of searching for it again. But it's fine either way.)

Anyways, thanks for plastik for the much needed update. =)

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Thanks for the feedback, jakiman!

Actually I didn't change the file selection dialog at all, that's just the new Qt file selection dialog which has been aligned with the rest of Maemo UI ;)

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Hello, I have conflicts in updating to 0.0.4-2 with libqt4-maemo5-network 4.6.2...

Is there anything I can do? There's another app requiring this lib...

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I personally don't like the gradient background at all. I think it's ugly :)

Program itself is super though!

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I love the new version! Kinetic scroll is awesome...I stop using SIB for a while because I can't stand scrolling in the previous version. Glad Plastik got kinetic scroll back it. Much thankx for your effort...>:D

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btw Plastik, I have an idea for possibly a better gui style for SiB.
Have you tried the app called Petrovich? (it's an app to send files)

Something similar to that line..
I would love to have my favourite video folders listed on the left.
or even just be able to browse folders just like Petrovich but be able to set a default "main" root folder upon startup
This is because I have various folders for my videos. (Music videos, tv shows, movies, animation etc)
Then choose the video file from the right. (just like Petrovich)
(But on the bottom of that file, showing the remaining time, video size etc.)
Once you click on the video, it'll display a menu to Play / Resume.

No idea if this is possible, but Petrovich's interface is what i would really like for my video files. =)

Anyways, just an idea. hehe. (I'm not a programmer so I have no clue on how difficult/easy this is....)

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I agree, the colors are a bit obtrusive. But in general I find the gradient quite helpful as it gives you some kind of feedback where you are in the list - if you have more than one screen of files ;)

Anyway, the next version will have darker colors that won't hurt your eyes :-D

I think the interface of Petrovich is really nice for its use case, but I believe most people only have a handful of videos on their mobile phone. Having a full blown file browser would be overkill, IMHO.

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One big place I would find this useful is the videos recorded by the N900 camera. I always have around 50+ videos and I don't want them always listed in the main list with all the other videos I have. But at the same time, constant adding / removing of specific folders is not very convenient. Hence quick access to folders would be a godsend for such scenario. :D

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I can't install SiB, it says "conflict with application package libqt4-maemo5-network"

I don't understand what you did, can you or someone help?

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a) Nice, nice app. Simple, robust. Love it. Needed, too.

b) Small bug when sorting, the last file is first, then all the others. [cut babble about my own bugs]. Anyway, list is ZABCDE...Y. You get the point.

c) I would love to see a tab in there, for audio. Same setup, except it lists music. Could be quite handy for a replacement of the original player (not that it's that bad, but it can't hurt to have an alternative)

Again, nice app, no issues here.

ETA: Isn't QT4.6 banned from the repos temporarily? Maybe mine worked because I already had them over.

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I'd just be happy to get SiB working....

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Hi,
First of all, I would like to thank the author for a wonderful job until now. I love the application because it uses the Mplayer very nicely to play even those clips that the internal player refuses to play.

Now I have a simple question ;)
- In the add folders, I would like to put the uPnP (and DLNA) sources that I have in my home network. Until now I have not been able to figure out how to make my device list those files too. I have a limited number of files on the device but most of my media is lying in the Buffalo Live NAS server which is able to do uPnP. I have tried to play the files using the internal player and KMplayer but both fail to play most of the files there. I would like to try out with SiB but don't know how!

Hagar

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I also have a small continuation question.
How can you see clearly the location of the files like in File explorer. I have trailers and main movies etc. in different places. But all that I get is a long list of the files. Only way to separate them is by watching the length of the clip. If there was a easy way to go to a desired folder only.... Or is there?

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Sorting got fixed after a reboot.

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No, there isn't one. There is no media sorting by folders. I have requested but not sure if it's being looked into.
Only way currently is for you to rename all the files with a different prefix for its categories.
Then you can sort by file names at least and they will all be sorted in order in one big list.

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Thanks jakiman!
Can anyone guide me, how to get the file listing from the uPnP/DLNA sources? There is a button to add the folder to monitor but how do I get the uPnP souces monitored?

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@plastik

There hasn't been any updates for the past month so I was wondering if you had anything new planned?

Here's some of my suggestions / wishlist:
1. Allow custom mplayer script for launching the video files from SiB. (dunno. via some conf file maybe?) (or maybe you can just create such option in SiB?) I rather watch some videos full screen than watch it in smaller screen with correct ratio. So I would like to use -zoom option in mplayer. (or zoom=yes in config file)

2. Instead of Info button, maybe change this to a delete button? (so I can quickly delete video files I finished watching) Delete confirmation is needed I guess. =)

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yeah, I also want the SIB can zoom the video like CorePlayer approximately 10% zoom size small ...
if anyone could edit the config SIB ...

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Sorry for the late reply guys, I'm currently quite busy doing other stuff as I just moved.

This would definitely be a very useful feature, but I feel this is something that should come from Mplayer, as a key press.

I was thinking about adding an advanced settings dialog where you can visually change the Mplayer settings, though.

Yes, this could also be a very useful feature. But wouldn't it make more sense to (automatically) mark finished videos in some kind of way, instead of deleting? I mean, you also can't add videos from inside the application.

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I would love an advanced settings dialog to launch mplayer via sib with specific parameters.

Such as fill screen mode. (I don't mind stretched video)

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Hi
I had buy N900 for few days.
Luckily I had succeed installed both Mplayer+ SIB.
May I ask a stupid question that:
1./ What is advantage when we launch mplayer via sib with specific parameters.
2./ How to do this?
3./ Can I play subtitle with separately file .srt?
Thanks
Yin

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Is there somebody help me to play Subtitle:confused:
Thanks in advance
Yin

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I just have a problem using sib player. When ever i am forwarding or reversing the movie the voice and the video is not symetric. The video is coming before and the voice is coming with some delay.

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You can adjust the audio delay (default 100 ms, I believe.)

See the application description. I can't recall what buttons you use.

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1. Ability to launch mplayer with higher soft volume, different aspect ratio so that it will play any videos stretched and filling the whole screen. (even if it looks a bit weird, I sometimes prefer the bigger video) Ability to tweak video playback settings etc.

2. You can do it from xterminal by using the mplayer via CLI. But not from SiB gui.

3. I believe so. Haven't tried it myself. I know smi files work however. So if all fails, just use a converter to convert srt to smi.

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Is plastik still working on this? I'm looking for a new version linked against the PR1.2 QT libraries, as I'd like to get the libqt4-maemo5 libraries off my N900 (and they'll be disappearing from the repositories soon).

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I wouldn't say that I'm working on it but I plan to release a new version next week that links against the PR1.2 Qt libs. That should also make it possible to finally move SiB to extras-testing :-D

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SiB 0.0.5-2 now depends on the PR1.2 Qt libs and is available from the extras-testing repository.

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Thanks. Any plans for enhancements? :D

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Plans, yes but not sure when I'm going to work on it :p

Besides of being lazy there are also reasons for not extending the program.

I thought about creating an extended settings page to control the mplayer settings (by writing the ~/.mplayer/config file) but I'm not sure if that's really necessary. I believe the default mplayer settings are just right and only few users do really need to modify them. And they do get excellent support in this forum :). Did I mention that SiB stands for simplicity is beautiful? :p