Fwd: Rhythmbox & Sound Juicer : some thoughts about the extracting audio CD functionality in Ubuntu & suggestions to improve it

[thibaut bethune]

see also :

Bug 523072 – Rhythmbox should warn the user who tries to close it
during audio CD ripping that it will stop the current task
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523072

Bug 523073 – Rhythmbox lacks an argument to launch it with "audio CD"
selected instead of "Library" in "Source" panel
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523073

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: thibaut bethune <thibaut.bethune at gmail.com>
Date: 16 mars 2008 19:00
Subject: Rhythmbox & Sound Juicer : some thoughts about the extracting
audio CD functionality in Ubuntu & suggestions to improve it
To: ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com


I'd like to discuss the way Ubuntu deals with the "extracting audio CD" task

  - Ubuntu 7.10 and before : inserting an audio CD launchs Sound Juicer
  (according to the nome-volume-properties GUI)
  - Ubuntu 8.04 hardy alpha 6 : inserting an audio CD launchs Rhythmbox.

  I'm in favor of Rhythmbox for performing that task.

  BUT, the Ubuntu Hardu alpha 6 situation could be improved in 3 ways :

  1°) Sound Juicer should be removed from Hardy since Rhythmbox is the
  default system application to extract music from CD - no need for
  cluttering Applications menu.
  See Bug #202593 in sound-juicer (Ubuntu) on Launchpad
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sound-juicer/+bug/202593

  2°) When inserting and audio CD, Rhythmbox should be launched with the
  GUI that shows the "Extract" button.
  Let me explain. Actually :
  - Rhythmbox has a contextual toolbar, which means that the "Extract"
  button is only displayed when you select the CD name in the "Source"
  panel.
  - But Rhythmbox is always launched with "Library" selected in the
  "Source" panel (even when an audio CD is inserted)
  - Therefore, when an audio CD is inserted, Ubuntu launches Rhythmbox
  with "Library" selected in the "Source" panel, and no "Extract" button
  visible by the user : the user doesn't know how to rip his audio CD.
  My suggestion is that, when an audio CD is inserted, Rhythmbox should
  be launched with current audio CD selected in the "Source" panel, to
  make the contextual toolbar in Rhythmbox matching the task the user
  expects.

  3°) While ripping an audio CD, you can close Rhythmbox without be
  advertised that Rhythmbox is performing a task. User should be warned
  that closing Rhythmbox now will stop the current task.
  Maybe a confirmation dialog box could say : "You are about to close
  Rhythmbox while Rhythmbox is ripping a CD. Closing Rhythmbox will stop
  the current CD ripping"


Thank you