Canola2 Media Player v2.0.0~beta11-maemo3

First impressions were excellent. Perhaps a bit fiddly to get set up but great functionality and looks. BUT... My poor battery! I walk to the pub listening to Canola, pause it while I'm drinking with my friends and it's still draining power while it's paused. So it has to be back to the standard Media Player for me :-(

In its current beta form the functions are obviously limited, and some of the design needs tweaking (for example the username for plugins ought to be entered in the plugin itself, not on the settings page).

However, the UI design is so good and intuitive, this shows a very plausible way forward for the tablets to become mainstream devices that even non-techie people buy.

In short, excellent stuff, it would be VERY interesting to see it integrate more functions beyond just multimedia, for example web browsing and e-mail.

This made the ITT to be in the multimedia big leagues

In the way to be one of the best apps for Maemo. Clearly misses some features however. In my point of view the most important is a better integration with the tablet - or the possibility to run Canola not in fullscreen. Good work, guys!

I didn't care for it but I am now stuck with it because it will not UNinstall. So be prepared for this possibility.

Very nice player, reminds me Windows MCE.

Won't install from gui (application manager), installed from terminal with "apt-get install canola2".

Works great for me. The interface is very pretty -- nicest looking application for the N800. Easy to navigate with just fingers too.

Just wish you could:

• Press the top button to minimize.
• Play ogg and flac files.
• Play files off a remote share.
• PLay music from a daap server (i.e. iTunes share).

But given that this is a beta, I can get by without the above. I'm sure new features will trickle in down the line.

Installed fine, looks pretty. Irritating that it takes over fullscreen and won't allow itself to be switched out of it, although you can use the menu-button to switch to a different app.

Doesn't pick up any of my ogg/vorbis music, despite having ogg-support installed.

Great work on an all-in-one media center for maemo. This is the application you want if you don't want to install five apps or experiment with everything else that's out there. Highly recommended!

There were no problems installing Canola form the Canola site . However Maemo and the N800 OS2008 Application Manager failed. Very sleek UI. (I don't bother but my kids loved it: "now it's something!") The Photo Views are Phantastic. One stars more than Quiver !.

However for Audio I still use the standard mediaplayer on my N800 OS 2008. Canola finds less wma / mp3 files than my mediaplayer. Don't know how to use the playlists and the thumbnails are not filled. Canola should at least use the same playlists as the standard mediaplayer. In Audio the Play Random mode does not launch playing music. No extras also in the video. Does not find or play my wmv files. Strange start-up: takes almost a minute. Can't in any mode add files. Abel.

This one has many good ideas, but it looks far from being finished. The photo viewer is great, but it lacks the ability to zoom.

The scrolling item lists are awkward to navigate with fingers and it's too easy to select an item by accident. Also the UI doesn't really fit a media center. With its "folders" and "subfolders" it's more like a control center. Sometimes you really have to click through many different steps in order to reach your goal.

Coverart and video thumbnails are not supported out of the box. At least loading existing cover arts from "cover.jpg" files or similar, could have been implemented.

All in all, mediocre usability, slightly inappropriate UI design, and some nice eye candy.

Personally, I liked Canola 1 better.

An amazing application with a sleek and easy to use interface. (this app did take a good few attempts to install on my n800, but was worth it)

Corrupt File, same to me N800 with the latest OS2008 Release

Does not install on N800 with released OS2008. App Manager says file "corrupt" after taking forever trying to download.

Does not install on a N810. (Unable to install, corrupt file, download fails). Total mess probably due to underpowered Maemo.

Looks very cool ! Just wish it installed for me.. Please post the .deb files as there most of the servers are still runing slow ...

Amazing!! Now I need sleep :-)