Re: [Banshee-List] Ampache Extension for Banshee

[Alan McGovern <alan mcgovern gmail com>]

Sure there's an API but there's no library available to make it easy
to consume that API. You should be able to hack something together
from that document.

Alan.

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 8:12 PM, David MS McHugh <mcdjork gmail com> wrote:
> I forgot to mention that there exists an API for Ampache. It's simple to set
> up. The banshee extension would simply require the address of the user's
> server as well as a password (key). See here:
> http://ampache.org/wiki/dev:xmlapi
>
> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Alan McGovern <alan mcgovern gmail com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Well, typically what would be recommended is that you create a
>> standalone library for ampache which can connect to the service and
>> retrieve all the data. Once that's done, the second step is to create
>> a banshee extension.
>>
>> People could offer API design advice for step 1, but I doubt many
>> people have any experience with it. I've never heard of it until now
>> ;)
>>
>> For Step 2 it's quite possible that someone might step up and write
>> the banshee extension using your library. If not, there are definitely
>> plenty of people who can offer advice and help you do it every step of
>> the way. Actually integrating a working library into banshee isn't
>> that hard. Maybe 2-3 days of work ;)
>>
>> Either way, nothing can be done with an ampache library, so that's
>> definitely where you should start if you want to get the ball rolling.
>>
>> Alan.
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 7:39 PM, David MS McHugh <mcdjork gmail com> wrote:
>> > To All:
>> > I am wondering if anyone is interested in creating an Ampache extension
>> > for
>> > Banshee. I have experience with C#, but have worked very little with
>> > Banshee
>> > and Ampache. I am willing to help out, but am afraid I'll have a
>> > difficult
>> > time working on the extension alone. I understand that there is a plugin
>> > for
>> > Rythmbox, but much prefer the Banshee client. Please let me know if you
>> > are
>> > interested. Thanks!
>> > David
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