Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] [PATCH] query parser

[Jonathan Matthew <jonathan kaolin hn org>]

On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 02:01:02AM -0700, Alex Revo wrote:
> On Apr 5, 2005 1:24 AM, Christophe Fergeau <teuf gnome org> wrote:
> > What does that bring over a separate app like rbscrobbler?
> 
> Right now, not much other than convenience. But it would be possible
> to add a couple of other features which might make it worth
> integrating:
> - Audioscrobbler-related smart playlists (e.g., "most popular
> songs/artists this week", "songs my friends are listening to",
> "recommended songs", etc.)
> - Last.fm personalised radio (see www.last.fm for more information)
> - Taking Audioscrobbler recommendations into account in play-order
> - Suggest or automatically append songs to play queue based on
> Audioscrobbler recommendations (I believe amaroK does something like
> this)
> - Suggestion of songs to add to iPod based on combination of local
> song ratings, Audioscrobbler recommendations, weekly charts, and so on

What's missing from the remote interface that would make these things
possible in a separate app?  I was planning to add playlist management
type functions, but I didn't really have much of a use case for it.
Play ordering would be a bit tricky though.

-jonathan