Description: This is a plugin for noatun which will display on-screen status messages as your music plays. It is currently only capable of displaying the MP3 filename as it plays, but I'm quickly working on implementing all of the features you'd expect this to do (volume display, etc).
Originally, I intended to use the freely available (gpl'ed) XOSD library to write this plugin. Unfortunately, I found that (a) the xosd interface is pretty ugly, (b) it was multithreaded, and at the time KDE was not, and (c) the xosd interface is REALLY ugly.
As a result, I've implemented a native KDE class (actually, I guess it's technically a Qt widget) which provides the exact same functionality as xosd does, without all of the nastiness. I think I will continue to develop and use this widget, as it seems to be at least the functional equivalent of libxosd, without all of the dirty C nastiness.
-dT-Last changelog:
0.09-RELEASE: -Added the option to display the currently playing filename (w/ full path) instead of track info. -Added the ability to adjust the amount of time text appears on the screen for (display timeout). -Various bugfixes (it's still a touch buggy, though)
0.08-RELEASE: -Noatun-OSD has finally been ported to KDE3. -Native support for anti-aliased fonts! FINALLY have finished the "Shadowed Text" mode. It looks SMOOTH!
Note: This software is only supported in Qt/KDE3, due to changes in Qt3. Sorry, folks. E-mail me if you want to download an older version...
Ever since arts stopped sucking i've been using noatun. this OSD is what i NEED
i get this output
cd . && aclocal
cd . && automake --gnu Makefile
configure.in:55: error: m4_popdef: undefined macro: AC_Dest
autoconf/status.m4:844: AC_CONFIG_FILES is expanded from...
configure.in:55: the top level
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
configure.in: `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' must be used
automake: your implementation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE comes from an
automake: old Automake version. You should recreate aclocal.m4
automake: with aclocal and run automake again.
configure.in: required file `./install-sh' not found
configure.in: required file `./mkinstalldirs' not found
configure.in: required file `./missing' not found
make: *** [Makefile.in] Error 1
hmmm what mihgt be wrong?
Wow! Really cool! It's wonderful to see people makin' noatun better 'n' better.
Hey, I really like the skin you used in the screenshoot... where did you get it? what's its name? I wannna use it!!!
Bye :)
Is it normal that when you increase the volume the lines are drawn on a gray background? (Instead of transparent).
Everything else seems to be working fine.
That might be a bug. I'll have to look into it.
(There does seem to be a slight issue with the way it handles the volume - Since the widget is forced-transparent, it doesn't erase/overwrite the old volume bar before drawing the new one, so it ends up looking strange. I'll need to thunk it over for a while before I can come up with a good solution to THAT one...)
:) -dT-
aha .. right .. there is no keybinding for "current track" .. hmm .. somethin' else ... if I use noautun to watch a movie fullscreen and I use noautun-osd to adjust volume ... the kicker pops up as well (inevitably). Would be nice to adjust the volume in a movie within having the kicker shown. -- Fab
man I don't want to press 10 times the damn buttons (rigth/left) to be able to read the long filename.. and this is how I do it now.. so do u ever think before u post?
hmm.. somehow the rest of my post is gone.. so again..
why _not_ displaying the full path in bad idea? becase the same thing does noatun.. (and this is really the one thing which I hate in this great player).. u never know what filename you are currently listening to.. just the damn title..
I don't load just one directory to the noatun playlist.. I just load my whole directory with mp3.. which are well. a lots of mp3's... then I hear a cool song.. want to see what filename is this.. and I can't.. :/
If I would like to see the tile, I could mouse over the noatun icon and see the hint there... or open the playlist..
I thinks u should provide some option for this as well.. however I've changed the sources and I got back the full path ... so I am happy now :)
God Bless You My Son...
I was waiting for someting like this almost a half a year.... u could do something like this for xmms.. but I don't like xmms - noatun = xmmskiller
so keep up the good job man.. the only thing which is missing is posibility to set the timout of the text display.. and some key binding I could use to display current track again.. (yup sometimes I forgott :)
it works! i will never use another media player again!
it doesnt use any screen space (well, the tray icon...), but i still know exactly whats going on. perfect.
Thanks you for a cool feature that rises noatuns level again a little bit higher !
I guess you will add features like changing the osd-color and the location (top) later, so i won't mention them here :-)
-dT-
Ratings & Comments
17 Comments
Ever since arts stopped sucking i've been using noatun. this OSD is what i NEED i get this output cd . && aclocal cd . && automake --gnu Makefile configure.in:55: error: m4_popdef: undefined macro: AC_Dest autoconf/status.m4:844: AC_CONFIG_FILES is expanded from... configure.in:55: the top level autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 configure.in: `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' must be used automake: your implementation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE comes from an automake: old Automake version. You should recreate aclocal.m4 automake: with aclocal and run automake again. configure.in: required file `./install-sh' not found configure.in: required file `./mkinstalldirs' not found configure.in: required file `./missing' not found make: *** [Makefile.in] Error 1 hmmm what mihgt be wrong?
Please delete the config.cache from the tarball, as there are those of us who do *not* have kde in /usr/local ;-) Thanks!
ive been waiting for this ever since KDE 3 came out, and youve come through! awesome, as always...
Wow! Really cool! It's wonderful to see people makin' noatun better 'n' better. Hey, I really like the skin you used in the screenshoot... where did you get it? what's its name? I wannna use it!!! Bye :)
It's the "realone" skin. Should be available here somewhere... Don't recall exactly where, though.. :) -dT-
Is it normal that when you increase the volume the lines are drawn on a gray background? (Instead of transparent). Everything else seems to be working fine.
That might be a bug. I'll have to look into it. (There does seem to be a slight issue with the way it handles the volume - Since the widget is forced-transparent, it doesn't erase/overwrite the old volume bar before drawing the new one, so it ends up looking strange. I'll need to thunk it over for a while before I can come up with a good solution to THAT one...) :) -dT-
aha .. right .. there is no keybinding for "current track" .. hmm .. somethin' else ... if I use noautun to watch a movie fullscreen and I use noautun-osd to adjust volume ... the kicker pops up as well (inevitably). Would be nice to adjust the volume in a movie within having the kicker shown. -- Fab
use the plugin "keyz" provided by Noautun -- Fab -- detsaot: what's next + do u ever sleep ? --
man I don't want to press 10 times the damn buttons (rigth/left) to be able to read the long filename.. and this is how I do it now.. so do u ever think before u post?
i'm sick of this bloddy song. ctrl+alt+-> ahh thats better :)
in new version (v0.4) u removed the directory..full path from the filename.. this sux.. :
hmm.. somehow the rest of my post is gone.. so again.. why _not_ displaying the full path in bad idea? becase the same thing does noatun.. (and this is really the one thing which I hate in this great player).. u never know what filename you are currently listening to.. just the damn title.. I don't load just one directory to the noatun playlist.. I just load my whole directory with mp3.. which are well. a lots of mp3's... then I hear a cool song.. want to see what filename is this.. and I can't.. :/ If I would like to see the tile, I could mouse over the noatun icon and see the hint there... or open the playlist.. I thinks u should provide some option for this as well.. however I've changed the sources and I got back the full path ... so I am happy now :)
God Bless You My Son... I was waiting for someting like this almost a half a year.... u could do something like this for xmms.. but I don't like xmms - noatun = xmmskiller so keep up the good job man.. the only thing which is missing is posibility to set the timout of the text display.. and some key binding I could use to display current track again.. (yup sometimes I forgott :)
Yet another impressive piece of code from d. :) Keep it up! This is absolutely great. Can't wiat to see what you do with the options. thoreau
it works! i will never use another media player again! it doesnt use any screen space (well, the tray icon...), but i still know exactly whats going on. perfect.
Thanks you for a cool feature that rises noatuns level again a little bit higher ! I guess you will add features like changing the osd-color and the location (top) later, so i won't mention them here :-)