Category Archives: qt5

Generic Player gets a big update

Generic Player 1.3.1 is a music and video player for Linux, built with PyQt6 and optional PyQt5 support. PyQt5 is best-effort status.

Play local files(audio or video), folders, playlists, and internet radio.
Search and reorder your queue; use shuffle, repeat, playback speed, and a sleep timer.
Enjoy album artwork, lyrics, eight themes, and a visualizer driven by decoded audio.
Restore your queue and settings without automatically starting playback.
Control playback with playerctl and optionally show artist, song, and year on your desktop.

Many bugs have been fixed, osd compatibility has been added and themes have been improved.

Here is a screenshot. The project Github page with full code and README is at: https://github.com/postman721/Generic_Player/tree/main

Spin FM file manager gets new version

The version comes with major upgrades, UI improvements, functionality improvements etc. Here is a screenshot from one of its new alternative themes, and new functionalities:

Code is available on project Github: https://github.com/postman721/Spin-Fm

Spin-FM file manager gets RC6 version

Today, a new version of this pyqt5/6 file manager has been released. New and notable changes include:

UI fixes and improvements.
Code bug fixes.
CSS visibility fixes.
Ctrl+v, Ctrl+c and Ctrl+x and delete key should now work.
USB mounting made more robust.
Memory handling should now be more optimized.
Upon initial start UI will need refresh: This option is available on right-click menu.
Config location: .config/Spin
Trash location: .local/share/Trash/files/