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

[Jonathan Matthew <jonathan kaolin wh9 net>]

On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 12:13:46PM +0200, Richard Röjfors wrote:
> 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.

Interesting idea.

> 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.
>

org.gnome.Rhythmbox.Shell.loadURI will play the song if you specify
'true' for the second parameter.  It'll also add the song to the library
if it's not already there, so I'd prefer there to be a dbus equivalent
of rb_shell_player_play_entry as well.  If you want anything else added
to the dbus interface, please don't hesitate to ask.  In general it's
best to open bugs in bugzilla for this sort of thing, as mailing list
discussions tend to be forgotten.