Re: xPLMediaNet Seems to Work!

["Mal Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx, "Tony Tofts" <tony@x> wrote:
> > It depends on the details of how VideoLan works as a server -
> > I've only really looked at it as a client so far.
>
> Hope you have better luck getting streaming to work than I did!
>

Gulp! That sounds ominous :-(


> I've added a new module type to xplmedianet "helper"
>
> A helper provides a shared function, that can be loaded multiple
times with
> different parameters (but all called thru a standard interface
call)
>
> E.g. a tags helper processes a file and returns id3/flac/ogg tag
details (or
> uses a folder/file format)
>
> The media scanner would use this to get the track information for
the
> database
>
> A browse module would use it so that when a client requests a
track to play,
> it can return the track info on the fly (as it has no database)
>
> The ability to load multiple versions (actually all modules can be
loaded
> multiple times if appropriate) means you could specify different
tag options
> for different sources using the same tag reader module
>

That should save a lot of coding (or at least, a lot of cutting and
pasting!)

Are these modules dlls, or individual processes?  How are they
communicating with each other?

Mal











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