extragear/multimedia/amarok/src

[Mark Kretschmann]

On 7/7/08, Jeff Mitchell <kde-dev at emailgoeshere.com> wrote:
> Mark Kretschmann wrote:
>  > I've been thinking about this, and I have come up with a simple solution:
>  >
>  > We could have an additional entry in the main menu, saying "Stop
>  > After..". Clicking it, you'd get a dialog, which let's you choose
>  > between two options:
>  >
>  > * After current track (default)
>  > * In XX minutes
>  >
>  > This would provide even more functionality than the original feature,
>  > e.g. you could also use it as a timer for going to sleep. But it would
>  > also be less obtrusive.
>
> That could work.
>
>  I'm going to present a technical reason for why we *need* a way to stop
>  (as opposed to simply Pause) -- dmix/jack/whatever doesn't work for
>  everyone or on all sounds cards, and sometimes you need to have whatever
>  is using the sound device release it.  Much better to allow someone to
>  stop the playback rather than have to close Amarok, then reopen it soon
>  after.

Sorry, I think you misunderstood. This wasn't about removing the Stop
function, but only about removing (or moving) the "Stop After Current
Track" feature.


-- 
Mark Kretschmann
Amarok Developer
www.kde.org - amarok.kde.org