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An additional aim is to redesign the http frontend and to create a lightweight http frontend for mobile devices.
 
An additional aim is to redesign the http frontend and to create a lightweight http frontend for mobile devices.
  
== Tentative list of improvements ==
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== Tentative list of improvements ==
  
    get the album art working
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*<strike>enable playlist re-ordering</strike>
    enable playlist re-ordering
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*add 'unminimise' command to the fullscreen command
    enable access to the graphical equaliser  
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*allow user to get drives list on windows
    speed control
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    subtitle delay control
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=== in progress ===
    audio delay control
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    enable selection of a subtitle file (by path)
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*enable access to the graphical equaliser  
    add 'unminimise' command to the fullscreen command
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*enable access to vout,aout through the lua interface
    add ability to control picture controls (brightness, contrast, etc)
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*add ability to control picture controls (brightness, contrast, etc)
    implement pl_delete on luahttp
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*enable selection of a subtitle file (by path)  
    allow user to get drives list on windows
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*expose aspect ratio
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*use bonjour to advertise when http interface is live
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=== done ===
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*speed control
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*subtitle delay control
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*audio delay control  
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*get the album art working(working already in luahttp)  
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*implement pl_delete on luahttp
  
 
== Suggestions for possible incorporation ==
 
== Suggestions for possible incorporation ==
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-I'm adding this section as a place to store ideas that we might incorporate into the project, but which are still at the discussion stage.
 
-I'm adding this section as a place to store ideas that we might incorporate into the project, but which are still at the discussion stage.
  
* create status.json and playlist.json
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* create status.json and playlist.json - update: in progress by CV
* update web interface pages to request and use json requests
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* update web interface pages to request and use json requests - update: probably not relevant with new interface by elminster
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* expose dvd info (chapter title)

Latest revision as of 14:02, 15 August 2011

This project is part of Google Summer of Code 2011.
Student: Akash Mehrotra
Mentor: confusedvorlon



Abstract

The primary aim of this project is to improve upon the luahttp interface and to add functions which are currently missing in the luahttp interface as compared to the qt interface. An additional aim is to redesign the http frontend and to create a lightweight http frontend for mobile devices.

Tentative list of improvements

  • enable playlist re-ordering
  • add 'unminimise' command to the fullscreen command
  • allow user to get drives list on windows

in progress

  • enable access to the graphical equaliser
  • enable access to vout,aout through the lua interface
  • add ability to control picture controls (brightness, contrast, etc)
  • enable selection of a subtitle file (by path)
  • expose aspect ratio
  • use bonjour to advertise when http interface is live

done

  • speed control
  • subtitle delay control
  • audio delay control
  • get the album art working(working already in luahttp)
  • implement pl_delete on luahttp

Suggestions for possible incorporation

-I'm adding this section as a place to store ideas that we might incorporate into the project, but which are still at the discussion stage.

  • create status.json and playlist.json - update: in progress by CV
  • update web interface pages to request and use json requests - update: probably not relevant with new interface by elminster
  • expose dvd info (chapter title)