PlaybaK (aka KDE Media Player)

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Description:

(the screenshots are from version 0.0.5)
Please note this is a development version of PlaybaK, you may see a lot of bugs and there are missing a lot of basic features like repeat or aspect ratio.
The idea of creating PlaybaK was based upon a mockup created by menace1982 that you can see here: http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/A+Media+Player+for+KDE4?content=94472
PlaybaK is (or will be) a combination of the best functions of several multimedia players and is capable of playing music and videos (soon CDs, DVDs and photos). It is able to distinguish different types of videos (music videos, TV shows, movies, personal videos,...) but it still has some bugs. PlaybaK allows you to read the song's lyrics (soon it will fetch the lyrics and timed lyrics if available) and also allows you to know more about the singers with a brief search made by PlaybaK itself.

Certain basic functions are not available yet. As an example, for now, there are no visualizations due to Phonon's limitations.
A further development of PlaybaK will depend on everyone's opinion on it. Therefore, it would be appreciated if you commented below, reporting opinions, problems, suggestions...

We hope you will enjoy KDE Media Player.

How to add timed lyrics
1. Search the lyrics
2. Open the music on KDE Media Player
3. Right click the music in the playlist and click "Edit lyrics..."
4. Paste the lyrics you found.
Hard way:
5. Do the same for each line: move the cursor to the line, set its time
Easier way:
5. Click "Save", play the music and press record button located in the middle top box (you should see the lyrics on it, if you don't, double click the song).
6. Click the bottom of the box when someone says the next line.
7. Click save button once you're done
8. Disable record mode pressing the button again
9. Double click the music in the playlist and enjoy
(later it will be possible to download timed lyrics)

Coming features on next version (0.0.8)
- Subtitles support
- Costumization
- Album cover fetch
- Better Nepomuk integration (if possible)
- Better collection (including artist/album/track editors)
- Brazilian Portuguese language
Last changelog:

10 years ago

April 11, 2010
Source code was released
I'm new in KDE and QT programming, my program has some weird, useless or bad code. I used a KDevelop template to start programming KDE Media Player. I would like if someone could make DEB and RPM packages.
May 8, 2010
KDE Media Player 0.0.6 released
- Collection - up to now it can look for files and organize them by itself, you can't manage the files yet and it might not show some found musics it found.
- Improved multimedia information - KDE Media Player saves the picture of the artist so it won't donload it all the time and it can also be shown in other places like system tray's icon tooltip
- Czech and Portuguese(European) languages available (French comming soon) - media information page will look for information in your language (Czech or Portuguese)
- Some bug fixes (lyrics editor now works)
- All options in setting's general page now work
May 20, 2010
Added a poll about the name of KDE Media Player
http://www.twiigs.com/poll/Technology/Computers/55242
June 8, 2010
Closed old poll and created a new one for the names PlaybaK and KoolPlayer
http://www.twiigs.com/poll/Technology/Computers/56264
July 11, 2010
PlaybaK 0.0.7 released
- New name and icon (thanks to menace1982)
- Collection improvements: no more SQL, it now uses simple text files; it is now possible to update the collection; some people couldn't have collection working because they had a lot of files, it should be fixed now
- Compact mode (it isn't that compact yet)
- Video area isn't black anymore while playing songs: It let's you rate your songs and suggests you other songs to listen to
- Nepomuk integration (unfortunately my desktop got broken and I can't make Nepomuk work on my laptop so Nepomuk integration can have some bugs and isn't complete yet)
- Added some basic features like repeat and random
- Available in: Czech, English, German, Italian, Portuguese and Russian
- Bug fixes

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gilfcp10

10 years ago

Don't worry, those warnings are normal.
Currently I'm programming it on openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 7 and it works correctly.

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DanielAviles

10 years ago

Firstly, congratulations! I like very much what you are doing.

About the name, what do you think "KoolPlayer"? I think your app is really cool ;-)

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gilfcp10

10 years ago

Thank you :)
The poll has already started but I'll make a new one for KoolPlayer and PlaybaK (since PlaybaK is the winner so far).

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ricsf

10 years ago


Hey congratulations for this project. Its really nice.

(Posso tentar adivinhar que sejas Português e do FCP :))

I would like to tell you some opinions i have about the UI:

The frame that you placed in the header that as a buttons for play,back and forward its not necessary since you have already that controls in the player main frame with a very nice style i can say.

Also the lyrics part in the same header could be placed in the video frame. Then you get more place for the rest and you unify the main frame UI.

Mais uma vez parabéns.

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gilfcp10

10 years ago

Obrigado!
(sim acertaste xD)

I know there are repeated buttons but the ones in the video frame are optional (but I didn't add the option to hide them yet).
The lyrics are on the header because it is useless while I can't make it show visualizations.
In case you can't understand some parts of the UI check the mockup made by menace1982 (look at the description), some parts aren't done yet so you may find the UI has some strange parts.

(respondi em Inglês só para poderem todos perceber)

Mais uma vez obrigado e é bom (e raro) encontrar aqui alguém Português.

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molecule-eye

10 years ago

Does this support ratings, preferably using Nepomuk's semantic info.? And does it support smart playlists, etc.?

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gilfcp10

10 years ago

KDE Media Player is still under development. Some basic features are missing but ratings support using Nepomuk will be supported on next version. Smart playlists support will be added maybe on version 0.0.8.

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molecule-eye

10 years ago

Very nice, thanks. Glad to see more use of Nepomuk across various media players.

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menace1982

10 years ago

1. Skin-able full-screen mode (a-la media center)

2. Compact player mode (http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Amarok2+Look+and+Feel?content=93854)

3. Customizable media tags-categories

4. Media tags-categories integrated with Nepomuk

5. Customizable layout (in kdenlive's fashion)

6. Some names:
Amaguk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaguq)
Artio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artio)
Eos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eos)
Aurora
PlaybaK

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Depp

10 years ago

Playbak is excellent!=)

"Play it again and again, play it with Playbak!"

or

"Playback your imagination!"

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gilfcp10

10 years ago

Thank you for your ideas.

1. I had that idea too and maybe I'll do that but only after doing the most important things
2. Technically it already has that but I commented that code because it didn't work well (if you want to try it and have the source code just uncomment the lines 237 to 245 of the file kmp.cpp) but later I'll try to make it work better.
3. What do you mean with this one?
4. That's one of my priorities for 0.0.7 or 0.0.8
5. Can you explain better this one? (if it's what I think it was one of my ideas too)
6. I'll make a poll so people can vote for the best name, I vote for PlaybaK :D.

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pernambuco

10 years ago

You have thought about a future to add dvb to kmp? Thanks.

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Depp

10 years ago

There is an excellent concept DVB-player ( http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Analog% 2BDVB+TV+Recorder+for+KDE4?Content=94534 ). It is better if the DVB-player will be made separately, I hope someone takes it and this idea too.

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gilfcp10

10 years ago

For now I'll do the planned features but after it will have the features people ask so if you want dvb it can have but not for now...

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Depp

10 years ago

Hello What are the steps to install your software from source? I have OpenSUSE and KDE 4.4.2. I beg you to help, as the idea of player I liked very much! In return is prepared as well as help in any way, for example with the web site, as well as I can translate the program into Russian.

Thanks!

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gilfcp10

10 years ago

Hello

On console (let's suppose kmp006 is the folder where you extracted the source code):
cd kmp006
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. (don't forget the 2 dots)
make
sudo make install

If you don't want to install it just run kmp006/build/src/kmp

Tell me if it doesn't work.

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Depp

10 years ago

Previously, I did exactly stage "cmake .." proceeding normally. At the stage of "make" error (http://pastebin.com/NcdmPjZW). This is a log of the install version 0.0.5 but 0.0.6 is the same

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gilfcp10

10 years ago

I guess I know what's the problem, you have to change some files. Read the comment by cjann on Apr 11 2010 . I'll fix that problem on next version.

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Depp

10 years ago

I installed it. I had to remove the "#include "phonon/globalconfig.h"after this application has been established. If you try to open a file: " The process for the file protocol died unexpectedly."

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gilfcp10

10 years ago

So you mean it works but when you try to open a file it gives that error, right?
Does it work if you open a file from collection?
Do you mind opening it in console and paste it?

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Depp

10 years ago

Yes, I'm sure.) After scanning the collection was only one item. This item is an unknown artist. I can send a screenshot if there is a need. Well, or logs or something.

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gilfcp10

10 years ago

The error happened because kmp was trying to use equalizer but your backend doesn't support it.
About the collection, are you sure you added folders in collection settings?

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Depp

10 years ago

After I commented out these lines error disappeared. But the collection is still not working.

I have a drop system settings when I try to enter in the item of multimedia (in KDE system settings). So I have one backend by default in opensuse 10.2.=)

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gilfcp10

10 years ago

Are you using Xine backend?
Try to open the file kmpbase.cpp from the source code and write // in the beginning of the lines 346, 347, 348, 349, 350 and compile it again.

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Depp

10 years ago

I'm not working collection. The scanning process takes place but no file is not added to the collection.

This debugging information (bug with switching to the next / previous track)
http://pastebin.com/0zfRdNu0

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10 years ago

April 11, 2010
Source code was released
I'm new in KDE and QT programming, my program has some weird, useless or bad code. I used a KDevelop template to start programming KDE Media Player. I would like if someone could make DEB and RPM packages.
May 8, 2010
KDE Media Player 0.0.6 released
- Collection - up to now it can look for files and organize them by itself, you can't manage the files yet and it might not show some found musics it found.
- Improved multimedia information - KDE Media Player saves the picture of the artist so it won't donload it all the time and it can also be shown in other places like system tray's icon tooltip
- Czech and Portuguese(European) languages available (French comming soon) - media information page will look for information in your language (Czech or Portuguese)
- Some bug fixes (lyrics editor now works)
- All options in setting's general page now work
May 20, 2010
Added a poll about the name of KDE Media Player
http://www.twiigs.com/poll/Technology/Computers/55242
June 8, 2010
Closed old poll and created a new one for the names PlaybaK and KoolPlayer
http://www.twiigs.com/poll/Technology/Computers/56264
July 11, 2010
PlaybaK 0.0.7 released
- New name and icon (thanks to menace1982)
- Collection improvements: no more SQL, it now uses simple text files; it is now possible to update the collection; some people couldn't have collection working because they had a lot of files, it should be fixed now
- Compact mode (it isn't that compact yet)
- Video area isn't black anymore while playing songs: It let's you rate your songs and suggests you other songs to listen to
- Nepomuk integration (unfortunately my desktop got broken and I can't make Nepomuk work on my laptop so Nepomuk integration can have some bugs and isn't complete yet)
- Added some basic features like repeat and random
- Available in: Czech, English, German, Italian, Portuguese and Russian
- Bug fixes

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