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Music Tools

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Do you plan to add a new "Music Tools" tab ?
(when you select a MP3 file for example..)
 
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jacobrh94 wrote May 26, 2012 at 2:08 PM

I've thought about it, especially since such a tab exists in Windows 8's Explorer, but it depends upon if we find some special commands that are related to music only. If/when I work on it, it will be after the beta release.

JaykeBird

neugrek wrote May 27, 2012 at 2:29 PM

Here is a mockup image of what it could look like :

http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/467533ScreenShot001.png

There could be some basic playback controls, the goal wouldn't be to add a complete music software inside BetterExplorer, but to quickly listen to music.

As you can see on the mockup, there could also be an option to convert a .wav file to .ogg or mp3 and also another option to burn selected files on a CD-R.

That's the kind of things I would find useful.

jacobrh94 wrote May 28, 2012 at 4:40 AM

Actually, this gave me an idea... What if BetterExplorer did have some kind of music player implemented that supported playlists and all the kind of stuff you'd find in a music player. (Well, maybe not all the fancy effects stuff... Let's keep it simple. ;) )

But if I implement that, that would include the stuff in your mock-up and more...

About the converting though: I'll check online to see if I can find code that will do that, but I'm not sure what I'll find. Same thing with burning to a CD, but I'm pretty sure I'll find code that will do that.

So yeah... Thanks for the idea. :)

And it won't be implemented until after the beta though.

JaykeBird

neugrek wrote May 28, 2012 at 2:11 PM

" What if BetterExplorer did have some kind of music player implemented that supported playlists and all the kind of stuff you'd find in a music player. "

Don't you fear to make BetterExplorer a software bloat ?

jacobrh94 wrote May 28, 2012 at 5:28 PM

Well, here's the thing: I will have the media player be accessed from the status bar, where it won't be a distraction to everything else. You add music to it from the Music Tools tab, and it will manage playlists and everything all in one little pop-up window (as well as the Music Tools tab).

As long as it is implemented correctly, it will not cause memory issues, and it will not slow down the program.

I just think it would be a nice idea to have, and the next step for us to take. Dimitar has already approved of this, and we will be looking into implementing the Music Tools tab after the beta is released.

JaykeBird

jacobrh94 wrote May 28, 2012 at 5:29 PM

And if someone doesn't want to use the media player, they don't have to. Simple as that. :)

JaykeBird

jacobrh94 wrote Jun 6, 2012 at 7:18 AM

This will not be made for the next beta update, and instead might be a feature for Beta 2.

JaykeBird

neugrek wrote Jun 6, 2012 at 3:23 PM

Take your time for the beta 2, there are so many things to add into it :-)

jacobrh94 wrote Jun 10, 2012 at 2:15 AM

There are a good amount of nice ideas, but I'm happy that we've moved on past more of the basic stuff. All of the standard functions you'd see in a file manager is in there and working, and then some. I'm glad we got all of that down so we can focus upon more things.

JaykeBird

neugrek wrote Jul 12, 2012 at 3:27 PM

The project has entirely moved to GitHub.
https://github.com/DimitarCC/BetterExplorer


BettereExplorer on CodePlex will be abandonned soon or later...
No more updates will be added here.

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