Sprints/Randa/2012/Multimedia

Discussion Schedule

Timestamp	Task
Sat Sep 22 2012 10:00:28 GMT+2	Creation of this here page
Sat Sep 22 2012 12:30:00 GMT+2	Orientation and Scheduling

Shared Topics

• New website
• UPnP
• Defining a Target Audience

Amarok Topics

• Roktober organisation
• Documentation update on userbase, especially regarding the Media Devices stack which is still at that stage pre-2.5 AFAICS
• Roadmap
• Architecture review:
  • Meta System
  • Services
  • Collection/TrackProvider/QueryMaker/SuperQueryMaker..
  • EngineController and Playlist
  • Component lifetimes
• Components needind rewrite:
  • MTP collection rewrite (high prio for Android phones): Philipp Schmidt could do it, Matěj can help
• General topics
  • User Interface development methodology and technology (i.e. to QML or not to QML.. or something in between)
  • Stricter feature inclusion
  • Limit our dependency exposure. Keep the project nimble and manageable.
• Work on:
  • Making service collections full collection
  • New services framework

Phonon Topics

• Phonon Five
  • API Redesign
    • Abstract Media Streaming
    • Backend Capabilities Query Interface
    • DBus Crap?
    • Env Vars
    • Mapping (Phonon 4 Compat)
    • Platform Integration (Mime)
    • Playback Rate
    • QMake pri file
    • Qt Quick 2
    • Queueing
    • Sample API
    • State Machine
    • Subtitle
  • Includes Cleanup? (Phonon/, phonon/, QtPhonon/?)
  • KDE Integration Bits
    • KCM
    • KDED Module
    • KIO
  • Qt Settings (non-KDE config UI)
  • Replacing QtMM API-wise

• Phonon 4
  • Qt Quick 1
  • Subtitle
  • Maintenance Plan

KMix Topics

• Refactoring and redesigning, tdfischer and esken
• Sound menu!

Dragon Topics

• Dragon 3
• Zeitgeist