Visualiser On The Mp3 Player For Pandora?

[jakshep2]

like the topic says, is the built in MP3 player gonna have a visualiser? I'm bored to death of seeing just some info on the GP2X's crappy mp3 player. if anyone could answer me, it'll be great.
thanks!

 

[Kings]

I doubt it could run VSXu but probably will have visualizations if someone incorporates libvisual.

 

[whiskthecat]

Seems like a stupid waste of battery power.

 

[mindlord]

For those that are actually interested, ProjectM is opensource and opensource reimplementation of milkdrop that plugs into mplayer. That is if someone is willing to port it.

 

[Mr B]

Seems like a stupid waste of battery power.

Indeed. Also... One would have to ask, why in gods name you would look at the display to see some visual representation of the sound while you could close it and look at attractive members of what ever sex you happen to be interested in, (VERY politically correct here) or simply go brows the web. A media player on a mobile device is supposed to do as little as possible. Play the music, thats it. Visualizations like on DvDplayers and alike are there to save the screens from burn'ins. In this case... Shut of the screen, and save even more power.
B!

 

[mindlord]

Indeed. Also... One would have to ask, why in gods name you would look at the display to see some visual representation of the sound while you could close it and look at attractive members of what ever sex you happen to be interested in, (VERY politically correct here) or simply go brows the web. A media player on a mobile device is supposed to do as little as possible. Play the music, thats it. Visualizations like on DvDplayers and alike are there to save the screens from burn'ins. In this case... Shut of the screen, and save even more power.
B!

I would imagine the main use of only real use for a visualizer would be for those moments when you are sharing music through a TV and would like something better to look at than the media player's interface.

 

[Karel Jansens]

I would imagine the main use of only real use for a visualizer would be for those moments when you are sharing music through a TV and would like something better to look at than the media player's interface.

Okay, I have to ask: Is that really a social passtime? Sitting together in front of a TV, watching pseudo-psychedelic contrabulations, vaguely in synch with the music playing?

I mean, I thought MTV was the most telling sign that our species is in steep intellectual decline, but apparently it can get so much worse...

 

[Nova]

I'd MUCH prefer album art, but meh, to each his own.

 

[Prophet]

I'd prefer the screen completely turned off to save battery power.

PSP's visualizations are interesting for 15 minutes when you first try them out, but honestly, after that - will people really spend time watching them, especially at the cost of the devices already limited battery? I'm guessing no in most cases.

 

[kloplop321]

I really do not care about a visualizer as I just start the music and get to work on my coding projects anyway.

 

[trooper]

Seems like a stupid waste of battery power.

My thoughts exactly, Give us the meat without the fluff.

As was said, To each his/her own.

Trooper

 

[Squidge]

Are you really that bored that you want to watch a visualisation of the music your listening to? I think most people will either start the music playing and close the shell, or do something else such as reading an ebook, with the music in the background.

 

[MarkoeZ]

lol, although i agree with the fact it's pointless and battery consuming, i would like the feature as an option, if only for the look-what-i-have-factor If i got a sexy machine like the pandora im gonna show off with it

And at a small party, visualisations really work well as a background, and im not even talking about ppl who have mushroom parties (mariokart i mean, u understand )

But some video/demo/other guru will probably write one eventually, not worried about that

 

[plopperz]

Above all the other features, you're going to show off that your Pandora has a visualizer?

 

[trooper]

:blink: :huh: :unsure: :rolleyes: <---- These are probably some of the looks someone may get on showing people said visualisation.

Trooper

 

[samuraicrow]

lol, although i agree with the fact it's pointless and battery consuming, i would like the feature as an option, if only for the look-what-i-have-factor If i got a sexy machine like the pandora im gonna show off with it

And at a small party, visualisations really work well as a background, and im not even talking about ppl who have mushroom parties (mariokart i mean, u understand )

But some video/demo/other guru will probably write one eventually, not worried about that

The SDL_mixer library has callbacks for scopes and other such stuff so it wouldn't be difficult. Since the SDL libraries are very likely to get ported to the Pandora it shouldn't be a problem.

BTW, I consider listening to instrumental music saved as compressed sound samples like Ogg Vorbis and MP3 to be a waste of memory anyway and music module files or MIDI files should be used if possible. Reserve the streamed sample formats for songs with vocals that can't be stored otherwise. Furthermore, MIDIs can be converted to .XM or .IT format using ModPlug Tracker under Windows.

 

[kloplop321]

ACC has better compression and sound quality at 96kbps than mp3's at 128kbps
.xm files are cool

 

[Zarneth]

Are you really that bored that you want to watch a visualization of the music your listening to?
Yes. :blink:

Well actually maybe not on the Pandora, it's a little small. But at times I like to just sit and listen to music so a vis on my pc works well there. It's also good to throw up on a tv at parties with the same reasoning as disco lights.

 

[dewc]

BTW, I consider listening to instrumental music saved as compressed sound samples like Ogg Vorbis and MP3 to be a waste of memory anyway and music module files or MIDI files should be used if possible. Reserve the streamed sample formats for songs with vocals that can't be stored otherwise. Furthermore, MIDIs can be converted to .XM or .IT format using ModPlug Tracker under Windows.

A portable MOD player, in general, would be fantastic.

 

[MarkoeZ]

Above all the other features, you're going to show off that your Pandora has a visualizer?

Well since the multimedia capabilities are some of the reasons (among sooo many others ) im buying a pandora, i'd like it to look cool when playing on a power source at home.

Cheers!

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