On Apr 28, 2006, at 7:59 AM, Andy Grundman wrote:
Sort of, yes, we wanted to get a new working plugin out ASAP (before we knew they'd turn the old interface back on). So most features are not there. Another issue is that the plugin is now based on the generic XMLBrowser which does not have support for the extensive feature set of the old Shoutcast plugin. It will require a bit of a rethink about the options of the old plugin and whether they make sense to bring over to the new framework. For example any bitrate limiting would hit all XML-based plugins not just Shoutcast.
One benefit of this is that the hierarchy is defined by the server, not by code in the plugin.
So, for example, a new top-level shoutcast item could be "Bitrate" that would have the various bitrates as choices underneath it, and then the rest of the tree, filtered below it.
Or a hybrid approach could be created where the plugin _does_ have a preference which is the bitrate and that gets passed in as a parameter to the XML query.
Also, one capability that Andy's added is OpenSearch support, so the xml can define a search syntax and the player browser can present the user with a text entry field.
The point here is that we or the content provider can change it on the server side and that immediately becomes available to users AND we've only scratched the surface of what's possible. This discussion is really helpful in figuring out what capabilities we should build out.
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