Portable Mixxx

Goal: to make a build option for the Windows target that will allow Mixxx to be run from a USB, CD/DVD, network share or other removable media type.

Update: It looks like another group may have beaten us to it: http://www.winpenpack.com/main/download.php?view.828

• Avoid saving/reading settings & files to/from absolute paths
• Settings directories:
  • Modify all locations of SETTINGS_PATH to not be prefixed with QDir::homePath(), but rather use CWD in place of home dir.
    • Set SETTINGS_PATH to “Mixxx Settings”.
• Review all QWarnings, QCriticals and ASSERTS for write-fail scenerios
  • Fail writing operations gracefully (read-only media)… i.e. no QCrit on BPM Scheme write fail.
• Library code changes:
  • Use relative file paths for all Music files that exist within the Music Folder [ConfigKey(”[Playlist]”,”Directory”)]:

       if exists (Music Folder + music path value) --> load // relative to music folder
       else if exists (music path value) --> load // not found, treat as absolute path 

Goal: to make a USB stick/CD image that boots into DSL, DSL-N or Tiny Core Linux that contains Mixxx (and JACK and FFADO if possible,) ready to run. The idea is that you can walk up to any PC with your MixxxStixxx and music media (external HD, MP3 DVD, etc.) and be up & running about a minute.