Moodbar generation script in standard distribution

[Mark Kretschmann]

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Nikhil Marathe <nsm.nikhil at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The GCI task has led to a pretty nice script which can generate mood
> files for tracks in the playlist.
> http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=135625
>
> I think that with this we can remove the need for manual generation
> using a script which may deter
> non-technical users. It has a few rough edges, especially with
> launching too many processes at the same
> time.
>
> Now the student has agreed to work on this later, but I am thinking
> about putting improving this script as a new task (Nightrose, is this
> ok?)
>
> So can this be a part of the next release as one of the bundled scripts?
> Entire collection moodbar generation would require the inclusion of
> Applet APIs to access the Collection. But somehow I like this lazy
> approach,
> unless people play tracks without adding them to the playlist and show
> the moodbar only in the progress slider.
>
> Any suggestions for improvement would be great.

Wow, I have not tested this, but if the script really works, I find
that pretty awesome.

Will test later, after work :)

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Mark Kretschmann
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