Re: [Muine] [PATCH] InfoServer

[Alexander Isacson <alexander isacson info>]

Hello list!

Whatever happened to this? I really love this idea and I also remembered 
someone writing a small http server to access muine's playlist etc. That 
would be the best!

--
Alexander Isacson


Sam Stephenson wrote:

> Attached patch listens for TCP connections on a user-specified port
> and sends a simple XML document containing player state information.
> The port number can be changed at runtime via gconf, and you can
> enable and disable the server with gconf, too.
>
> I think this is a simple and useful way to get information about Muine
> from other applications, at least until DBUS support is added.
>
> Here is some sample output, retrieved using netcat:
>
> $ nc localhost 6588
> <player state="paused"><song><filename>/home/sam/Music/Mark Farina -
> San Francisco Sessions vol. 1/02 Rob Mello -
> Happiness.mp3</filename><title>Happiness</title><artist>Rob
> Mello</artist><album>San Francisco Sessions - Volume
> 1</album><duration>3:46</duration></song><position>0:03</position></player>
>
> I haven't used C# or .NET before, so I must apologize if my code seems
> messy.  Hopefully someone will find this useful.
>
> --
> Sam Stephenson
> sstephenson gmail com
>