Re: [Banshee-List] WTD: Extension - write the current track/artist to a text file

[Frank <funtastix googlemail com>]

I implemented the extension because I have come across the request a
couple of times. It is, at the moment, specifically aimed at those
purposes, speaking: the BUTT program, but I thought it was a nice
extension for any easy scripting as there is no need for any advanced
technology, so even an average shell scripter could use it.

I find the /tmp directory not feasible as there might be more than one
user running banshee on a machine.

AFAIK there is a d-bus interface publishing the song info, but as said
above, I consider that "advanced" technology.

What do you mean by including cover art? As URL? I could think of
making the extension configurable, namely chosing the file location
and name as well as the information/format of the text file. That
would make this simple extension somewhat bigger, but I assume that it
is not so much of an effort to achieve this.

BR

Frank

2011/2/10 Bearcat M. Sandor <hometheater feline-soul com>:
> On 2/8/2011 11:33 PM, fixx wrote:
>>
>> see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641903
>
> This is a great plugin for displaying that data across networks so that all
> users can see what song is playing.
>
> Would it be better to place it in to the /tmp directory? Would it be
> difficult to include a thumbnail for cover art as well?
>
> --------------
> I left the above comment in bugzilla.  After that i had another thought. I
> assume this is for scripting purposes.  Can't we do all this with the dbus
> interface anyhow?  Can we also grab the currently playing song info across a
> network as well?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bearcat M. Sandor
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