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Bix Plasma Player (ALFA)

Bix Plasma Player is a modern plasmoid, a multimedia audio player integrated into KDE Plasma 6.1 or later. It does not require root access for installation and will be installed from the Plasmoids store. Although this is not a standalone app, it is designed to function like one.

This plasmoid is in an early stage of development, it is not yet usable. Please, if possible, support the development by donating

Concept

Support

For support, email [email protected]

License

AGPL 3.0

Working Features:

  • MP3 scanner to locate files in the selected folder.
  • Play, Next, and Previous buttons.
  • Interface and behavior similar to a standalone app.
  • MP3 player.
  • Metadata reader.
  • Album cover image loader.
  • Progress bar.
  • button favorites.
  • Shuffle Play mode button.
  • search.
  • The plasmoid's bottom section should display the title, artist.
  • loading information from the configuration file without scanning again.
  • Button to move the plasmoid and minimize it

To-Do:

  • Side panel doesn't display complete information yet
  • Playlist generator
  • interposed window detector
  • fixes in the behavior of the player in terms of the index, since it currently fails when changing from all music to Favorites

Features That Might Be Added as Extras:

  • Album cover image manager from the web
  • Internet radio station player

Installation

  • Download the contents of this repository.
  • Create a directory named 'Bix.Plasma.Player' in the ~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids folder.
  • Copy the "contents" folder and the metadata.json file from the downloaded content into the newly created 'Bix.Plasma.Player' directory.
  • You can now add it to your panel like any other plasmoid or widget."