[Rhythmbox-devel] "syncing" two rhythmbox:es

[Richard Röjfors <Richard Rojfors sys teleca se>]

Hi everyone!

 

Thanks to all developing this great player!

 

I have a problem I want to solve, and it might be possible with rhythmbox or changes might be needed.

 

I have two computer systems, both running gnome and have rhythmbox. Both systems have a shared network disk which is mounted at the same mount point. So when switching between the systems I want the rhythmbox playlist and currently playing song etc to follow to the other system.

 

I have done some experiments using a small app which transfers data between the systems and uses d-bus to update rhythmbox. But the d-bus interface does not have support for setting currently playing song, just next or prev. It's possible to modify playlists etc, but I see some limitations.

 

Anyone that has any good suggestions?

 

If I start modify rhythmbox, should I pass my patches somewhere, so anyone else can get use of them?

 

Regards

Richard