GSoC project proposal: Audio CD support for Amarok

[Mark Kretschmann]

2009/3/28 Jeff Mitchell <mitchell at kde.org>:
> By the way, I'd change the title of the proposal.  Audio CD support
> sounds like playback support, which probably isn't hard enough to
> warrant a SoC slot -- but playback *and* ripping support I think is
> (although it may be relatively easy, depending on the status of the
> audiocd:// slave, in which case I hope you'd use extra time
> productively).  So my suggestion would be to make sure when you submit
> your proposal in Melange to have the subject line convey that your
> proposal with do both, because it will prevent people from dismissing it
> outright when they are going through and scoring applications.

I agree with this. Just playback would be far too small in scope (and
frankly: rather boring too).

What I would expect from this project is a complete solution for
playback _and_ ripping. The ripping is the important part here.

Ideally it would be easy to use (good usability is a requirement
here), fully automatic, and even do the tagging automatically.
Basically I just want to put a CD in the box, tell Amarok to rip it,
wait 5 minutes or so (ideally non-blocking), and then have it nicely
added to my collection.

If you think you can do that, Andreas, you will get my support.

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