Arrowplay
Arrowplay is an idea for a simple application for playing audio/video/image files via folder navigation and four arrow keys
It is designed for a 4-key mini keyboard that can be bought online.
Screenshots
Navigating looks like this
Playing an audio file looks like this
Changing navigation settings looks like this
Controls
- Select a file/folder with ⯆/⯅
- Open the selected file/folder with ⯈
- Return to the previous folder with ⯇
- Pause/resume the playing audio/video/slideshow with ⯈
- Play the next/previous file in the folder with ⯆/⯅
- Fast-forward/rewind by holding ⯆/⯅
- Return to navigation with ⯇
- If you accidentally press ⯇/⯅/⯆ while playing audio/video, you can press the opposite direction (⯈/⯆/⯅) to return the playback position to where it was
- Open the settings menu for navigation/audio/video/images (depending on which is open) by holding ⯇
- Note: Arrowplay has no volume control so your audio output device will need its own volume control
Settings
Navigation
- Shuffle: off/all/files/folders
- Font size
- Background/foreground hue/saturation/lightness
Audio/Video
- When finished:
- play next
- repeat folder
- repeat file
- return to navigation
Video
- Subtitles
- Audio track
Image
- Slideshow timer
- Repeat folder: on/off
Code
I tried to implement this and you can see what I did here.
