Front Row clone

This is a request for some one to try to make an app to emulate osx's front row for windows.

as seen here.

It should be able to play the following

music

photos

videos

dvd's

The effect of the app starting should be included(moving back from desktop)

And its gotta have thoughs cool sound effects.

I think its important to have both form and function with this, one without the other wouldn't be as good.

if your not sure what the app does or how it looks apple has a great demo page for it.

http://www.apple.com/imac/tour/

thanks

#325358

It's obviously not the same, but did you try skinning Orbit?

Otherwise, it wouldn't be too easy to write a new app that could play music/photos/videos/dvd's...this lets you choose your own program, but you get the interface.

-NC

#325365

With it should be included a "settings" widget, either for konfab or stand-a-lone. Oh, or a systemtray icon. *duh, me*

You know, so you could locate files and set dvd drives and stuff like that.

#325369

And the whole remote thing...?

#325379

And the whole remote thing...?

Function key shortcuts/keyboard navigation, maybe?

#325386

It looks like a media center so ... try skining one.

http://mediaportal.sourceforge.net/

Media Portal is a free one and can be skinned. Check it out.

#325387

And the whole remote thing...?

Why, simple--you use your mind to control the device.

#325389

And the whole remote thing...?

How about an on-screen control panel like on fullscreen quicktime 7

#325480

itd be cool if it interfaced with a program like winamp, load in default playlists into it and let the clone be a frontend so whoever progrms it doesnt have to make their own dvd running engine, or mp3 running engine, (like spotlight clones that use google desktop, its easier that way)

#325490

too bad itune is like 345234534523452345 times better.... Or, how about an option that lets you choose?

#325590

either way, itunes is alot chunkier than winamp and takes millenia longer to open, but def has nicer features, itd be easier to manage playlists in a frontrow clone if itunes was the program it used, but itd be easy for winamp to play music and videos quickly using divx codecs and windows AVI codecs, quicktime needs some more compatibility with other formats.

i kinda hate to say it... but since this is for windows, if u get the optional dvd codecs offline (i think u gotta pay for em) itd prolly be a good idea to use windows media player as the player engine... it loads real fast, it plays mp3's with good sound, plays all sorts of video codecs (except .mov, but what windows user really uses those anyway) and with dvd input codecs, itd be all inclusive and you wouldnt have to have like 3 or 4 programs running at once, itd just be one program, less memory, smaller footprint, guarenteed windows compatibility... ugh it sickens me but its logical... unless since winamp uses the dvd codecs once theyre installed into windows media, im not sure, i dont wanna buy em. hahaha.

im just hopin for some smooth animations of the large icons, hopefully thats possible through windows with directX or with optional video acceleration.

#325771

How about a system that keeps its own library, but can auto-import from iT and WA?

#325856

I hate to repeat myself, but Orbit would definitely be a good start for this. If I get time, I could even try making a FrontRow skin...

-NC

#325857

your talking about the spinning orbit dock? that would be a good start, but from what i can remember it only spins on a flat plane (all icons are the same size no matter where they spin), where as the frontrow spins on a tilted plane (making the objects shrink in size as they fall back on the screen) It would be a nice start to have a good orbit skin for a frontrow look but itll be hard to actually make it look authentic, plus it would have no support for the menus that pop up after choosing something such as music or videos, it has a menu structure similar to the ipod UI, where as sub menus in orbit are separate spinning icons.

#326097

sony have made a better 1. vaio zone

#327621

damn, i just looked that up, that viao zone software is pretty cool, not as cool as front row aesthetically but much much better than windows media center edition. Still a bit too much on the screen.

#327687

Meedio is pretty sweet.

It supports skins/themes as well, it's not free but a 15 day trial can be downloaded.

http://www.meedio.com

#328914

Can try this:

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=ht...n&hl=fr&ie=UTF8

#360084

^^Nice but all the settings are in French which really is a pain

#360125

is this possible without .net ?....just hate that junk...i know its debatable...but just my preferance...lets end it at that....can someone do a front row clone without .net ?

someone suggested flash.....thatd be nice....but is it possible to control a flash file via remote?....

just wondering....maybe the remote buttons are made to somehow act like a keystroke....i think flash can trigger events via keystrokes right ?....just thinkin loud...maybe it is possible...for now maybe it is possible without remote(in flash)

#360547

I remember reading somewhere that FrontRow was only the "i" apps, just with another GUI, why not try to mix iTunes, QuickTime, and Photo Viewer, so that the total app isn't like, 100mb?

#363351

You can use Flash with some Standalone project creator like ScreenWeaver or MDM flash studio.. and select application to launch for function selected... offcourse interacting with those Apps (getting playlist and ****) would require lot of work.... or if the App can do XML then it's easier for flash to interact with those app.

Also I guess ScreenWeaver let you use Com interface, so that could also do a trick with Flash !!

#363381

try the software MediaCenter is the best

http://www.jrmediacenter.com/

#373164

I can make one in flash which essentially will be converted to an application that imitates front row.. would you guys be interested? what features would you like to see? lemme know..

#373348

audio player support for foobar and itunes... video support for VLC... assignable keyboard shortcuts...

i would love to see a feature which would allow to browse your library by album covers similar to an old school jukebox...

#373556