
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on git.opendesktop.org
Bangarang is a media player for KDE. The name comes from the Jamaican word for noisy, chaos or disorder.
Feedback and patches are definitely welcome. Packaging contributions are also welcome. I only ask one thing: please be respectful. I do this in my spare time and, as such, I'd like to keep my motivation up.
The source code is maintained on http://gitorious.org/bangarang and anyone interested in helping is certainly welcome.
Please report bugs to http://code.google.com/p/bangarangissuetracking/issues/list
Thanks much for your help!
9 years ago
2.1 - See release notes at http://bangarangkde.wordpress.com/bangarang-2-1-release-notes/
2.0.1 - See release announcement at http://bangarangkde.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/bangarang-2-0-1-released
2.0 - See release announcement at http://bangarangkde.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/bangarang-2-0-released
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2.1 - See release notes at http://bangarangkde.wordpress.com/bangarang-2-1-release-notes/
2.0.1 - See release announcement at http://bangarangkde.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/bangarang-2-0-1-released
2.0 - See release announcement at http://bangarangkde.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/bangarang-2-0-released
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zuargo
6 years ago
Great app. I like so much, but I am having some annoying behaviours:
*)I had a lot of music indexed in bangarang, few days later I removed some songs from my hard disk. The problem is many of those erased mp3 files are still indexed on bangarang. I am tried erasing the folder .kde4/share/apps/bangarang but it did not work. The app still has indexed the named files.
*)The playlist is not kept playing. So then, I must do click over each song when the previous one has finished. (this is very annoying)
I am on Archlinux x86, KDE 4.8.3 and I am using the latest git commit of Bangarang
Greetings
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6 years ago
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koyal13
6 years ago
Great job. I'll wait news about this software.
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symbianflo
7 years ago
It would be much easier for packaging.
Thx in advance
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7 years ago
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symbianflo
7 years ago
sorry to bother you , rpm it is already available , build by rosa packagers.
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7 years ago
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7 years ago
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7 years ago
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jajaX
7 years ago
I installed Bangarang for test.
nice player ;)
I test playging video in full screen mode. video finished, I can't return to normal mode. I must start video again for restore window mode.
on my computer no problem with much video format.
in my Samba network, I can read the name of files But I see my networkgroup name for each files !
I test with network video. sound ok but I haven't got image.
bug or not ?
regards
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7 years ago
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7 years ago
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7 years ago
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7 years ago
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H00K
7 years ago
* adding the Ogg/Theora¹ feed does not work at all.
* while adding the Quicktime² feed works, but doesn't set the title.
1 — http://vimcasts.org/feeds/ogg
2 — http://vimcasts.org/feeds/quicktime
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yvcool
7 years ago
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anderslund
8 years ago
And now I can indeed do the most basic control using keyborad, that is pause and mute, and go to next/previous item in my playlist.
And indeed bangarant supports playlists, once one finds out how to manage them - at first I had problems finding out how to open a file from the gui at all.
So I may use bangarang for a while.
Here are some suggestions that would make me a happier user:
1. More keyboard support - volume control, show/hide playlist with a single key, switch back and forth between "media lists" and player with a single key (currently the alt + KEY shortcuts are changing when switching, which is bad).
2. OSD display - volume, pause/play, general information - the media name + where in it I am would be good info to have.
3. When switching file, please display the title and length for the new file! Just a brief OSD display.
4. Make it easier to select a playlist. Currently I have to select a list, and then "play all" - doubleclick/return to play the selected list would be fine.
5. I love the ability to edit the media name, as some files have long and ugly names. Currently bangarang does not keep the name though, so actually saving that information when I press Save would be cool ;)
6. What does indexing do for me? I can't figure that out! Possibly related, what means "save onthologies" and "remove selected info"???
All that said, I find bangarang a very promising media player, the basic idea is really good, so I hope it will keep evolving, and I hope you can use my ideas as inspiration!
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gokcen
8 years ago
In file included from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/bangarang_automoc.cpp:4:0:
/var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/moc_infofetcher.cpp: In member function 'virtual int InfoFetcher::qt_metacall(QMetaObject::Call, int, void**)':
/var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/moc_infofetcher.cpp:96:112: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'struct MediaItem'
/var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/../../src/platform/infofetchers/infofetcher.h:25:7: error: forward declaration of 'struct MediaItem'
/var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/moc_infofetcher.cpp:96:112: error: initializing argument 2 of 'void InfoFetcher::updateFetchedInfo(int, MediaItem)'
In file included from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/bangarang_automoc.cpp:4:0:
/var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/moc_infofetcher.cpp: In member function 'void InfoFetcher::updateFetchedInfo(int, MediaItem)':
/var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/moc_infofetcher.cpp:120:6: error: '_t2' has incomplete type
/var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/../../src/platform/infofetchers/infofetcher.h:25:7: error: forward declaration of 'struct MediaItem'
In file included from /usr/include/kde4/kfilemetainfo.h:24:0,
from /usr/include/kde4/KDE/../kfileitem.h:31,
from /usr/include/kde4/KDE/../kdirlister.h:24,
from /usr/include/kde4/KDE/KDirLister:1,
from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/../../src/platform/listengines/../downloader.h:23,
from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/../../src/platform/listengines/listenginefactory.h:23,
from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/../../src/platform/listengines/listengine.h:23,
from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/../../src/platform/listengines/nepomuklistengine.h:22,
from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/../../src/platform/listengines/savedlistsengine.h:22,
from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/moc_savedlistsengine.cpp:10,
from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/bangarang_automoc.cpp:9:
/usr/include/kde4/predicateproperties.h: At global scope:
/usr/include/kde4/predicateproperties.h:40:53: warning: 'PredicateProperties' is deprecated
/usr/include/kde4/predicateproperties.h:42:70: warning: 'PredicateProperties' is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/kde4/predicateproperties.h:36)
/usr/include/kde4/predicateproperties.h:42:70: warning: 'PredicateProperties' is deprecated
/usr/include/kde4/predicateproperties.h:92:41: warning: 'PredicateProperties' is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/kde4/predicateproperties.h:36)
In file included from /usr/include/kde4/kfilemetainfo.h:25:0,
from /usr/include/kde4/KDE/../kfileitem.h:31,
from /usr/include/kde4/KDE/../kdirlister.h:24,
from /usr/include/kde4/KDE/KDirLister:1,
from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/../../src/platform/listengines/../downloader.h:23,
from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/../../src/platform/listengines/listenginefactory.h:23,
from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/../../src/platform/listengines/listengine.h:23,
from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/../../src/platform/listengines/nepomuklistengine.h:22,
from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/../../src/platform/listengines/savedlistsengine.h:22,
from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/moc_savedlistsengine.cpp:10,
from /var/pisi/bangarang-2.0_rc1-3/work/bangarang-bangarang/build/src/bangarang_automoc.cpp:9:
/usr/include/kde4/kfilemetainfoitem.h:92:78: warning: 'PredicateProperties' is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/kde4/predicateproperties.h:36)
*** 5 errors, 5 warnings
Any ideas?
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jamboarder
8 years ago
Thanks much!
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nerdykid
8 years ago
Do you plan to add a music visualizer in later versions? (when phonon supports it...) If so, please add this!!! http://projectm.sourceforge.net/
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8 years ago
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8 years ago
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H00K
8 years ago
What bothers me though is that I only use it for playing video, so when the 'audio' tag opens every time I start Bangarang it takes me one click more to make it usable.
Could you please make an option in the settings for the user to chose whether he would like to see audio, video or both tabs presented?
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jamboarder
8 years ago
(grr - it's taking forever for my replacement laptop to arrive so I can continue working on 2.0) :-)
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8 years ago
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