Comments on: Banshee 1.0 Alpha 3 http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/ Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:30:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jojomonkey http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/comment-page-1/#comment-158165 jojomonkey Thu, 01 May 2008 19:07:47 +0000 http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/#comment-158165 Will there be a way to disable all the video playback features/options. I really like Banshee for being a great music player - now it's becoming something more than that - which is not necessarily a bad thing - but I'm also concerned w/ memory footprint. Will there be a way to disable all the video playback features/options. I really like Banshee for being a great music player – now it’s becoming something more than that – which is not necessarily a bad thing – but I’m also concerned w/ memory footprint.

]]> By: Cheizzz http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/comment-page-1/#comment-155118 Cheizzz Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:04:48 +0000 http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/#comment-155118 A truly fine release, and the shuffle innovation is a great idea! I must say, that as a rhythmbox fan, banshee is becoming a very tempting alternative! But, there is still one thing holding me back: Banshee's handling of compilation albums. In Rhythmbox I can select an compilation album in the album browser and it will play it's music and fetch its coverart just fine. Banshee however, thinks it's a good idea to split every album by artist, thus creating a lot of single track albums in album browser, and ruining any chance of finding a cover. If you'd fix this, I would propably be hooked on Banshee! A truly fine release, and the shuffle innovation is a great idea!

I must say, that as a rhythmbox fan, banshee is becoming a very tempting alternative!

But, there is still one thing holding me back: Banshee’s handling of compilation albums.

In Rhythmbox I can select an compilation album in the album browser and it will play it’s music and fetch its coverart just fine.

Banshee however, thinks it’s a good idea to split every album by artist, thus creating a lot of single track albums in album browser, and ruining any chance of finding a cover.

If you’d fix this, I would propably be hooked on Banshee!

]]> By: Livio http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/comment-page-1/#comment-154607 Livio Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:03:35 +0000 http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/#comment-154607 If button is drawn in notification in an ugly way - it's notification daemon's theme issue. overlaping buttons will go away in opensuse, if you change the theme from bubble to standard (in gconf-editor under /apps/notification-daemon). If button is drawn in notification in an ugly way – it’s notification daemon’s theme issue.

overlaping buttons will go away in opensuse, if you change the theme from bubble to standard (in gconf-editor under /apps/notification-daemon).

]]> By: cdude http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/comment-page-1/#comment-153204 cdude Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:11:33 +0000 http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/#comment-153204 aaron, great work as usually. I am very impressed with the development rate, and to help out, here is a small suggestion I would like to make. I like to hover the cursor over the banshee icon in the notification area and use the mouse wheel to scroll for the next or previous song. Now, when I do that I get two notification bubbles, the one that displays the track info and the one that popup when I change the song (with the button "skip this item"); they overlap. I think there is no need for the bubble (with the button "skip this item") if you're using the scroll-wheel to skip songs. thanks aaron, great work as usually. I am very impressed with the development rate, and to help out, here is a small suggestion I would like to make.

I like to hover the cursor over the banshee icon in the notification area and use the mouse wheel to scroll for the next or previous song. Now, when I do that I get two notification bubbles, the one that displays the track info and the one that popup when I change the song (with the button “skip this item”); they overlap.

I think there is no need for the bubble (with the button “skip this item”) if you’re using the scroll-wheel to skip songs. thanks

]]> By: Johannes http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/comment-page-1/#comment-152983 Johannes Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:17:58 +0000 http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/#comment-152983 Here is my idea for shuffle: Add individual icons for every shuffle mode ("off" would be gray, "by artist" would be normal, "by song" would be normal and feature a single note as a smaller icon, "by album" would be normal and feature a cd-sleeve or multiple notes). This way, I could always see if shuffle is enabled and which mode exactly - just by looking at the icon. But the rest just looks perfect. Oh man I really love you guys. Here is my idea for shuffle:
Add individual icons for every shuffle mode (“off” would be gray, “by artist” would be normal, “by song” would be normal and feature a single note as a smaller icon, “by album” would be normal and feature a cd-sleeve or multiple notes). This way, I could always see if shuffle is enabled and which mode exactly – just by looking at the icon.

But the rest just looks perfect. Oh man I really love you guys.

]]> By: chris http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/comment-page-1/#comment-152968 chris Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:16:12 +0000 http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/#comment-152968 The new Banshee is awesome, but I really miss the Internet Radio extension. I use it every day, so I have to use the old Banshee at the moment. But nevertheless, keep up the good work! The new Banshee is awesome, but I really miss the Internet Radio extension. I use it every day, so I have to use the old Banshee at the moment.

But nevertheless, keep up the good work!

]]> By: Petr http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/comment-page-1/#comment-152965 Petr Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:57:11 +0000 http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/#comment-152965 Banshee starts looking very nice! I've tested this release and made some comments: http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xodut/banshee.jpg Another one is that Amarok Library Importer doesn't work :-( I believe 1.0 final will replace amarok on my system ;-) Banshee starts looking very nice!

I’ve tested this release and made some comments:
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xodut/banshee.jpg

Another one is that Amarok Library Importer doesn’t work :-(

I believe 1.0 final will replace amarok on my system ;-)

]]> By: Livio http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/comment-page-1/#comment-152832 Livio Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:43:52 +0000 http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/#comment-152832 Add crossfade and equalizer and Banshee will become my favourite :) . Add crossfade and equalizer and Banshee will become my favourite :) .

]]> By: Dylan http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/comment-page-1/#comment-152818 Dylan Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:04:54 +0000 http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/#comment-152818 Love the shuffle and the constant fine-tuning of the Banshee UI: more functionality with every release, yet a delightful simple user interface with well thought out widgets. There's nothing that comes close to it! Love the shuffle and the constant fine-tuning of the Banshee UI: more functionality with every release, yet a delightful simple user interface with well thought out widgets. There’s nothing that comes close to it!

]]> By: Tomasz http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/comment-page-1/#comment-152774 Tomasz Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:29:59 +0000 http://abock.org/2008/04/10/banshee-10-alpha-3/#comment-152774 Hey Aaron, how about a build for the PPA debian repository? It still holds a random SVN build. Hey Aaron, how about a build for the PPA debian repository? It still holds a random SVN build.

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