Re: [Banshee-List] Can Banshee play streaming MP3?

[Ruben Vermeersch <ruben Lambda1 be>]

Being an extensive streaming listener, I'll volunteer to implement this
after my exams (so no earlier then februari). However, if someone wants
to do it now, please do! :-)

Abock: I'll bug you on IRC when I've got time to do it. I need a source
view with different columns then most sources.

Kind regards,
   Ruben

On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 18:48 -0500, Aaron Bockover wrote:
> You could easily write a plugin for simple streaming over HTTP, because
> the underlying media engines support HTTP (this is how I made DAAP
> streaming work... proxy DAAP over an embedded light weight HTTP server).
> 
> By simple I mean a plugin that adds a menu item that would bring up an
> input dialog that asks for an HTTP stream URI. It would then load the
> stream into the active media engine and play it.
> 
> iRadio support could probly be implemented as a source now that shows
> streams in the playlist view. 
> 
> Each method might require minor tweaks in core, but nothing drastic. If
> anyone wants to work on either kind of plugin, please let me know, and
> I'll be happy to help/answer questions/make necessary core tweaks.
> 
> Best,
> Aaron
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 09:07 -0500, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> > On 1/18/06, Ruben Vermeersch <ruben lambda1 be> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 00:00 -0500, John Cradock wrote:
> > > > Is Banshee currently not able to play streaming MP3? For example, this...
> > > >
> > > > http://somafm.com/indiepop.pls
> > > >
> > > > ...plays in just about every other music player. If this is not
> > > > currently supported in Banshee, why not, and when will it be added?
> > >
> > > Hi John,
> > >
> > > It's not there yet because nobody has written it, it will be when
> > > somebody does ;-).
> > >
> > > All the needed infrastructure for streaming seems in place though (go
> > > abock!), so only the UI is missing.
> > 
> > Is that a plugin kinda thing or a next release kinda thing?
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