Kdenlive with Bespin Icon Theme

The Bespin Icon Theme are far from complete at the current state.
So I have gathered some Bespin Icons to complete Kdenlive Bespin look.







Copy/Move these icons into Bespins Icon folder.

Download Kdenlive Bespin Icons




Build Kdenlive SVN

This guide will show you how to build Kdenlive Subversion (SVN) on (k)ubuntu 9.10.
Kdenlive is an intuitive and powerful multi-track video editor, including most recent video technologies.







Kdenlive Homepage




Uninstall Previous Version

The first thing you need is to uninstall the previous version of Kdenlive.




• sudo apt-get remove kdenlive kdenlive-data libmlt1 libmlt++2 libmlt-data libmlt++-dev




Done.




Installing the required Libraries

Next, installing the required libraries to build and running Kdenlive.




• sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
• sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake git-core subversion
• sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev kdelibs5-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libxml2-dev recordmydesktop dvgrab libdv4-dev libx264-dev x264 libtheora-dev libxvidcore4-dev libvorbis-dev libschroedinger-dev libmp3lame-dev libquicktime-dev libfaac-dev libfaad-dev libgsm1-dev libamrwb-dev libamrnb-dev libsamplerate0-dev libjack-dev libsox-dev sox libsox-fmt-all ladspa-sdk swh-plugins libmad0-dev frei0r-plugins-dev libg3d0 libg3d-plugin-gdkpixbuf libpango1.0-dev yasm ffmpeg libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libavcodec-dev libavdevice-dev libgtk2.0-dev




Done.




Installing MLT rendering engine

MLT is an open source multimedia framework. The functionality of the system is provided via an assortment of ready to use tools, XML authoring components, and an extensible plug-in based API.
To install the latest.




• cd ~/Desktop
• git clone git://mltframework.org/mlt.git
• cd mlt
• ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gpl --qimage-libdir=/usr/lib/ --qimage-includedir=/usr/include/qt4 --avformat-swscale
• make
• sudo make install




Done.




Build and Install Kdenlive SVN

Kdenlive is now ready to be build and installed.




• cd ~/Desktop
• svn co https://kdenlive.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kdenlive/trunk/kdenlive
• cd kdenlive
• mkdir build && cd build
• cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
• make
• sudo make install




Done.

Enjoy!




Kdenlive Bespin Icons




Bespins Icons – Different Color Set

With the Bespin Theme Set, it’s possible to make which color the icons should have.
Make sure you have followed Nice Bespin KDE 4 Desktop – PART 1 before continuing further.




In ~/Desktop/cloudcity/icons is a file called generate_kde_icons.sh. Open it with Kate.




basename=”give a name to the icon theme”
Like, “Bespin-Purple-yellowglow”.

color=”#2B74C7″
Note that the color code is hexadecimal based, you can eventually use an application like gimp to show the hexadecimal code for your color. Remember to uncomment #color=”#2B74C7″ by removing the # infront of color line.

halo=”red”
This is the glow around the icons.







• ./generate_kde_icons.sh
• mv name-of-icon-theme ~/.kde/share/icons







Build VLC with Bespin Icons

This guide shows how to build VLC with Bespin Icons implemented for KDE.
Note that the guide aims at 64-bit structure, please have a look at ./configure –help to enable/disable what you need or not need.







Before Building VLC

Installation of all the required libraries and -dev packages to build VLC. Make sure that Medibuntu are enabled.




• sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
• sudo apt-get install build-essential
• sudo apt-get install libpthread-stubs0-dev libhal-dev libudev-dev libmtp-dev libdbus-1-dev liblua5.1-0-dev libproxy-dev libnotify-dev libsmbclient-dev libnss3-dev libebml-dev libmodplug-dev libswscale-dev libpostproc-dev libtar-dev liba52-0.7.4-dev libdca-dev libdts-dev libspeex-dev libfluidsynth-dev libzvbi-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libfribidi-dev libxml2-dev libnss-mdns libgnutls-dev firefox-3.5-dev xulrunner-1.9.1-dev libxpm-dev
• sudo apt-get install liblivemedia-dev libdvdcss-dev libdvdread-dev libtag1-dev libdvbpsi5-dev libv4l-dev lib32v4l-dev libcdio-cdda-dev libvcdinfo-dev libcddb2-dev libvorbis-dev libmatroska-dev libmpcdec-dev libmad0-dev libavc1394-dev libavcodec-dev libavdevice-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libiec61883-dev libfaad-dev libtwolame-dev libflac++-dev libmpeg2-4-dev libtheora-dev libschroedinger-dev libx264-dev
• sudo apt-get install libx11-dev libice-dev libxext-dev libxv-dev libxinerama-dev libxxf86vm-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev x11proto-core-dev libgcrypt11-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglib2.0-dev libggi2-dev libpulse-dev libasound2-dev libqt4-dev automoc




Done. All the libraries are install (Please notify me if I missed one).




Building VLC with Bespin Icons

Download Bespin VLC Icons to your Desktop;
Download




• cd ~/Desktop
• wget http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.4/vlc-1.0.4.tar.bz2
• tar jxfv vlc-1.0.4.tar.bz2




Copy the downloaded Icons into VLC. The icons are sorted so they should fit the VLC source directory structure.




Next step is compile, build and install VLC. Make sure that previous VLC installation is removed before advancing further.
The configuration is aimed at KDE/QT 64-bit, make sure to make the necessary changes if you use something else. Also most stuff are enabled with this configuration, except hdmachinex225, libupnp and Cascade. Please consulting ./configure –help to examine flags.




• cd vlc-1.0.4
• ./configure --prefix=/usr --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-release --enable-qt4 --disable-gnomevfs --enable-taglib --enable-ggi --enable-directfb --enable-theora --enable-flac --enable-twolame --enable-faad --enable-realrtsp --enable-x264 build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-v4l --enable-v4l2 --enable-real --enable-mozilla
• make
• sudo make install




Congratulation VLC is now installed with Bespin Icons.




Regards
Artificial Intelligence

Nice Bespin KDE 4 Desktop, PART 2

This is the second part of Nice Bespin KDE 4 Desktop that will set up your KDE4 Desktop like KDE 4.4 with Bespin Theme Video.




Desktop

First thing, remove the Plasma Widget that shows your Desktop. Next thing is to install two Plasma Widgets, Daisy and Bkodama from the repositories;

• sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
• sudo apt-get install plasma-widget-daisy plasma-widget-bkodama




Add both of them to your Desktop.




Configuration of Bkodama
Disable Bkodama Sound.

Configuration of Daisy
Main: Set Role to Linear Dock
Arrangement: Set the Dock Up Middle and Icon Size to 50pix.
Appearance: Background Opacity to invisible.

To show Daisy properly, a logout may be required.




Wallpaper

Wallpaper to use.







Bespin Configuration

Download the Bespin Milk Mod Config File.
Download




Open System Settings —> Appearance
Under Style where Bespin was previous selected, click on the Configuration button to the right.

Click on the Import button, browse and select milk_mod.bespin file.




Now the theme should change.




Configuration of Dolphin and other Applications

The idea is to make each applications to look minimalistic, though still have the power of KDE.




Dolphin (File Browser)
First a video thumbnail application needs to be installed.

• sudo apt-get install mplayerthumbs




Now remove the two side Panels of Dolphin.
Set Toolbar Settings to only show “Text” (Right click on Toolbar, select Text Position).

Then Settings tab —> Configure Dolphin —> General
Behavior tab: View Properties set to “Use common view properties for all folders”.
Preview tab: Unselect Directories, Select Images, JPEG Images and Video Files.







Gwenview (Image Viewer)

Do the same with Gwenview as you did with Dolphin.







The same proceeding you can do to similar QT applications.




Cube & Eye-candy Effects

a Background picture the Cube is needed;







System Settings —> Desktop —> Desktop Effects
Go to All Effects tab.
Go down to Windows Management and enable Desktop Cube and Desktop Cube Animation.

Click Configure Desktop Cube.

Set Opacity to 80%
Background set to black, and select the Space & Planets Picture.

Go back to All Effects and find Candv.
Select Snow.




Desktop Cube: ctrl + F11
Snow: ctrl + window key + F12

Though you can set the shortcuts the way you like.




Build VLC with Bespin Icons




Regards
Artificial Intelligence

Nice Bespin KDE 4 Desktop, PART 1

This guide will show you how to set up a nice Desktop exactly shown in my previous blog post: KDE 4.4 with Bespin Theme Video




Open the konsole;

• sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
• sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion cmake
• sudo apt-get install inkscape imagemagick libx11-dev libxext-dev libice-dev libxft-dev libxau-dev libxpm-dev libxdmcp-dev
• sudo apt-get install automoc kdebase-workspace-dev kdelibs5-dev libqt4-dev libqt4-opengl-dev libqt4-phonon-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev




The appropriate libraries are now installed to build the Bespin SVN themes.




Download & Installing of Bespin Style

Konsole;

• cd ~/Desktop
• svn co https://cloudcity.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/cloudcity
• cd cloudcity
• ./configure help




You’ll be greet with a question:
–> Do you want to compile with KDE support? [Y/n]

Answer: Y




• cd build
• make
• sudo make install




Bespin style and its windows decoration are now installed.




Bespin Icon Theme

• cd .. && cd icons
• ./generate_kde_icons.sh
• mv nmfnms ~/.kde/share/icons




This may take some time, as the Bespin icon theme is getting build.
Guide: Different Icon Colors for Bespin Icon Theme




Bespin KDM

KDM is the login screen of KDE.

If you like you can change Bespins default background picture of KDM, by changing background.jpg with your own. Just remember to rename it background.jpg and it’s a good idea to resize the background you want to fit the resolution you computer use.

You’ll find it at ~/Desktop/cloudcity/kdm




The One I use;




Also I use a little different login window then the default Bespin. The one I use don’t have “mirror reflecting”. The file is called window.png




The next thing to do is to change one of Bespins KDM colors. Open bespin.xml with kate and change highlight color to #808080
(Line 23)




• cd .. && cd kdm
• sudo mkdir /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/CloudCity
• sudo cp -r * /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/CloudCity




The Bespin KDM theme are now installed.




Bespin Ksplash Theme

Ksplash is the action between KDM and your Desktop.

• cd .. && cd ksplash
• ./generate.sh X Y




X and Y is your screen resolution. So if your resolution is 1680×1050 it should look like this;

./generate.sh 1680 1050

Note, if you want a different splash screen you have to put the picture inside ~/Desktop/cloudcity/ksplash and rename the picture background.jpg. Otherwise the picture you used in KDM will be used at ksplash.




• mkdir -p ~/.kde/share/apps/ksplash/Themes/Bespin
• cp -rd . ~/.kde/share/apps/ksplash/Themes/Bespin
• ksplashx Bespin --test




Ksplash is now installed.




Activating the Bespin themes

System Settings —> Appearance

Set Style to Bespin.

Set Icons to Bespin.

Set Windows to Bespin.

Set Splash to Bespin.




System Settings —> Advanced tab —> Login Manager

Set Theme to Bespin.




This is the end of the PART 1 on how to set up a nice looking Desktop.

Nice Bespin KDE 4 Desktop, PART 2




Regards
Artificial Intelligence

KDE 4.4 with Bespin Theme Video

My current Desktop on Kubuntu 9.10 KDE 4.4 and with Bespin SVN theme(s).



To get the HD fullscreen to fit various screen resolutions; Click on “fullHD” button and “double left-click” on the video. Highly Recommendable!
Supports up to 1920×1080 resolution.

Click the picture

Bespin Guide

Amarok Music Player

Amarok is a powerful open source music player which organize everything from albums to tracks and allows you to build dynamic playlists with ease. It have Integrated Web Services and Collection Management to your disposal.







Most KDE distros like kubuntu have Amarok installed by default.
Amarok is not a media file player nor should it be used that way, but more like a music manager and organizer for your music library. For single audio files you want to hear on the HDD it’s recommendable using VLC for that purpose.



The interface of Amarok is very flexible as most KDE/QT applications as you can set it up to fit your needs.



Amarok Integrated Web Services

• Last.fm
• Ampache
• OPML Podcast
• Magnatune
• MP3tunes
• Librivox




Amarok Homepage




Dragon Media Player

Dragon Player is a simple and minimalistic QT media player, without any gadget and stuff. It’s KDEs answer to Gnomes Totem Player. It playes media files that’s it. No specular options, no settings and no bling-bling – it does what it is build for; play media files.







Dragon Player comes as the default media player in kubuntu, though you’ll need to install the right codecs to make it useful, which can be found in the package manager.
Though Dragon Player is simple and minimalistic it still use more RAM than VLC, but in future releases of the player I’m sure they can cut the RAM use in half.

Note that Dragon Player is relative new.







Dragon Player Features:

• Simple
• Auto resume
• Subtitles
• Display settings






















Dragon Player Homepage




Widescreen Wallpapers

Sometimes it’s hard to find good Wallpapers for HD/Widescreen sizes. Luckily there’s sites that specializing in both HD/widescreen. A lot of them are some of the prettiest of their kind out there.

Here’s some of my favorites:







Here’s a great sites to find HD/Widescreen Wallpapers:

MyHDWallpaper.com
Interfacelift.com
HDWallpaper.in