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=== Widgets Planned for VLC ===
 
=== Widgets Planned for VLC ===
 
* Song Notifier: Notification Widget for VLC.  
 
* Song Notifier: Notification Widget for VLC.  
  Screenshot:
 
 
* SVG Full Screen Controller: Full Screen Controller as in VLC on Mac OS X.
 
* SVG Full Screen Controller: Full Screen Controller as in VLC on Mac OS X.
 
* VLC Mini Mode: Scalable, Draggable, Resizable, Movable Mini Mode Widget like WMP.
 
* VLC Mini Mode: Scalable, Draggable, Resizable, Movable Mini Mode Widget like WMP.

Revision as of 12:10, 15 May 2009

Introduction

These days widgets are ubiquitous. Not only did they enhance the functionality, they add dynamic interaction with the user. The VLC Widget project is aimed to build custom widgets in Qt/C++ using SVGs and Qt Kinetics. Use the template for every widget:

  • Author(s):
  • About:
  • Source Code:
  • Screenshot link:(if any)
  • Supported VLC versions:

Widgets Planned for VLC

  • Song Notifier: Notification Widget for VLC.
  • SVG Full Screen Controller: Full Screen Controller as in VLC on Mac OS X.
  • VLC Mini Mode: Scalable, Draggable, Resizable, Movable Mini Mode Widget like WMP.
  • Beat Analyzer: The widget shows beats as in Winamp. Can be scaled to be used as a visualization.
  • Playback Dashboard: SVG based Playback controller with book-marking, tagging etc. functionality.
  • Media Flow: Widget like Cover Flow with quick view, meta data etc. features.
  • Media Grid: Widget with playlist/library listed in a grid with automatic thumbnail generated from media files.
  • Ergonomic UI/Menu/Buttons using SVGs.

Song Notifier

SVG based Full Screen Controller

VLC Mini Mode

Beat Analyzer

Playback Dashboard

Media Flow

Media Grid

Ergonomic UI/Menus/Buttons using SVGs

'Page last updated on 15th may 2009'