Integration with Plasma Bigscreen about nymphcast

[MayaPosch]

@PureTryOut I have begun putting together a QML-based version of the NC Player that can be used across all desktop and mobile platforms, just like the Qt Widgets-based version. I expect to have updates on that next month.

Will give Plasma Bigscreen a try to, to see what the current experience there is like, too :)

[PureTryOut]

Right now at postmarketOS we already ship NymphCast with Plasma Bigscreen. It runs automatically and it'll fullscreen over anything displayed by Plasma Bigscreen when something is cast to it. It works well, but yeah some integration would be nice.

I would consider NymphCast an app on Plasma Bigscreen. I don't need it to play it's videos through PB's native video player app, I don't see how that's useful honestly. I would however like to configure any settings NymphCast has via PB's settings screen. Even just turning it on and off would be nice to have there.

However personally I see more usefulness of integration into Plasma Mobile. Being able to cast anything to your TV running either standalone NymphCast or it with PB from your Linux phone would be awesome. The current desktop app works but isn't mobile friendly at all, and for a native experience it would need it's interface to be written in QML in combination with for example KDE's Kirigami.

[MayaPosch]

Thank you :)

I have indeed added EmulationStation as a way to get a GUI in place for stand-alone operation going (and use of emulators, etc.). Plasma Bigscreen seems interesting, though from a glance at the website I'm not exactly sure on which level it'd best integrate. Would it be an 'app' for it, or something else? I'd love to hear your views on this.

I could also not tell whether Plasma Bigscreen will work on BSDs, MacOS, Windows, etc.

[ivanrancic]

Well I guess your current merger with EmulationStation would be the app-like option. My proposal was also to consider using Bigscreen's elements as equivalents to those offered by ES; thus NC settings would live inside PB's settings, music and videos would be played through Plank (PB's video player) and so on. Though PB does lack a photo viewer with explicitly TV interface currently.

Also to consider NC's client app's possible place within KDE Connect app.

Stuff like that.

I'm not sure about those other OS's.