[Tomahawk Integration] GSoC Report

[Bart Cerneels]

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Lucas Lira Gomes <x8lucas8x at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> i've been fixing bugs and improving overall performance of the tomahawk
> service. It's a bit lazy to load big collections(50k tracks) and I haven't
> figured yet how I can make its loading faster. And yes, I'm running track
> loading and removal in the background using Threadweaver jobs. By the way, I
> modified the database integrator to use SqlCollection QueryMaker, instead of
> a full scan, to sync tomahawk db for the first time.
>
> Although Amarok is successfully sending, to other peers, the info about what
> the user is listening, I still need to create a menu to change privacy
> modes. I guess the best way to show what others peers we're listening is in
> an applet. But since there are more urgent matters for now, then I'll
> postpone its creation.
>
> Another problem is that tracks in playlists aren't playable anymore after I
> restart Amarok. I've been looking for possible solutions with no success,
> The thing is that tomahawk tracks needs their source and it's only available
> when the user is connected. Does anybody know how to force playlists to
> "solve" their tracks again when a new peer becomes online? This part is for
> after midterm, so no hurry ^^.

Hint: Check if MetaProxy::Worker::slotNewTrackProvider() is getting
called. It should be if you register your TrackProvider (can happen
through CollectionManager::slotNewCollection()).

>
> Last but not least, I'm writing a new blog post to show the current state of
> the Tomahawk service.
>
> My tomahawk repo: https://github.com/x8lucas8x/tomahawk (amarokready branch)
> My amarok repo:
> http://quickgit.kde.org/index.php?p=clones%2Famarok%2Fgomes%2Fmaskmaster-amarok.git&a=summary
> (tomahawk branch)
>
> Regards, Lucas Lira Gomes.
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Lucas Lira Gomes (llg)
> Linux User #533002
> Tel.: (81) 9235-0916
>
> www.about.me/lucasliragomes
>
>
> On 26 June 2012 23:09, Lucas Lira Gomes <x8lucas8x at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Last two weeks weren’t the most productive of all, since some tests and a
>> project consumed a lot of my time.
>> In spite of that, I finally managed to play tomahawk streams in Amarok. To
>> query others collections is working too.
>> For those curious, tomahawk service is using capabilities, since it's the
>> less intrusive way to play tomahawk streams
>> in the EngineController.
>>
>> Right now I'm coding some logic(Creating a wrapper to AclRegistry class)
>> to allow amarok to display dialogs showing
>> other users requests to be able to listen to your streams. Next steps
>> include the following:
>>
>> - Display tomahawk service connectivity information in the amarok
>> diagnostics dialog.
>> - Make other peers aware of what you're listening to.
>> - Add a menu with options to disconnect tomahawk sips, listen music in
>> private and etc.
>> - Use SqlCollection QueryMaker, instead of a full scan, to sync tomahawk
>> db for the first time. (More elegant approach ^^)
>>
>> The four steps above are relatively easy to implement, so no need to worry
>> about the time line ;}.
>>
>> Obs.: The source in my repo will be updated as soon as I finish the
>> AclRegistry wrapper.
>>
>> Regards, Lucas Lira Gomes(MaskMaster).
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Lucas Lira Gomes (llg)
>> Linux User #533002
>> Tel.: (81) 9235-0916
>>
>> www.about.me/lucasliragomes
>
>
>
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