[ANNOUNCE] somewidget - a someplayer desktop widget ( requires quick-widgets) - maemo.org

GreatGonzo | # 1 | 2011-03-11, 01:42 | Report

Description

somewidget is as qml-based desktop widget to control the excellent someplayer.

The source can be found in the repository

Pre-requisites

quick-widgets-0.2.2 ( this requires extras-devel)
qtquickcompat

Installation

Download the attached zip file.
Unzip it
Launch Quick Widgets from the application menu
press the qml button
navigate into somewidget and select somewidget.qml

Known pitfalls

use someplayer dbus method "state" to detect changes to the playing state from the someplayer gui.
~~someplayer doesn't offer album art (via dbus) yet~~ v0.4 (embedded album art not supported)
~~fancier interface with fancy qml ueber effects~~ as of v0.3
~~unicode not supported~~ - Fixed in quick-widgets-0.2.2
~~top margin overflow~~ - fixed in somewidget-0.2.zi
~~no functionality to start someplayer~~ - added in v0.5
~~updates of track info lag~~ - fixed in v0.5

Notes

You can have as many widgets as you like. However, they don't know about each other so the same problem with respect to the playing state happens.

The look and feel can be customised by editing the qml. For now I have chosen colours and the theme's mediaplayer icons are used.

Individual controls can also be run, e.g. if one only wants the track info or a toggle play button.

It could be used for the internal mediaplayer as well. Just change the dbus commands.

Attached Images

Attached Files

	somewidget-0.5.zip (5.6 KB, 612 views)
	somewidget-0.6.zip (6.7 KB, 551 views)

Last edited by GreatGonzo; 2011-04-04 at 14:22.

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TMavica | # 2 | 2011-03-11, 01:46 | Report

u did a good job

5spdvl | # 3 | 2011-03-11, 01:58 | Report

This obviously doesn't change the issue of SomePlayer not producing sound when the profile is set to silent (I'm aware of the work around)?

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GreatGonzo | # 4 | 2011-03-11, 02:01 | Report

It just uses someplayer dbus controls. I don't have that issue though.

TMavica | # 5 | 2011-03-11, 02:28 | Report

everytime need to open the someplayer in order to make the widget works, is a little bit unconvenience

by the way, thanks

couldvbb | # 6 | 2011-03-11, 02:35 | Report

Sorry my English is not good
Bug:
Chinese Tag information in widgets,is Display Garbled
I do not know whether other countries, such

GreatGonzo | # 7 | 2011-03-11, 02:39 | Report

sorry does anybody know how to do unicode processing from dbus --print-reply?

Answer to self:

Code:

    QTextCodec* codec = QTextCodec::codecForName("utf-8");
    QString out = codec->toUnicode(m_process->readAllStandardOutput());

This will need to be fixed in quick-widgets. I'll push out a fix soon.

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pedrocoba | # 8 | 2011-03-11, 04:22 | Report

HELP me!

I already follow the step stride, but can not
this my desktop display

pedrocoba | # 9 | 2011-03-11, 04:26 | Report

HELP me!

I already follow the step stride, but can not
this my desktop display

GreatGonzo | # 10 | 2011-03-11, 04:42 | Report

Originally Posted by pedrocoba View Post

HELP me!

I already follow the step stride, but can not
this my desktop display

That is strange:

is there a "content" directory in the somewidget directory?