Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] overriding get_playback_uri in Python

[Jonathan Matthew <jonathan d14n org>]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:17:43PM -0700, dmaddock1 wrote:
> 
> Hi all.  I'm new to rhythmbox and I've been working on a python plugin to
> play XM Radio streams.  I'm a python noob (though a C++ programmer by
> trade).  I've gotten pretty far through a combination of source code
> reference and posts on this list, however I'm stuck.
> 
> As I understand it, I have the ability to override the get_playback_uri
> method for my EntryType, but I'm not having any luck actually doing so.  I
> don't want the overhead of grabbing the url for each stream when I load up
> my EntryView.  Also, these streams require authentication so the shelf life
> for these stream urls is limited.
> 
> A few lines of example code would make my day.  I've tried variations of:
> 
> def my_get_playback_uri(entry, data):
>     #do my thing...
> 
> entry_view.get_playback_uri = my_get_playback_uri
> 
> ... this segfaults.  

I've just fixed a bug in the python bindings for this.  So, if it was
crashing, you were probably doing it right, for what consolation that's
worth.