Andy Grundman;141939 Wrote: > On Oct 2, 2006, at 2:56 AM, > As Herger said, it will block, although using threads is one way > around this blocking. What you might want to do instead is use HTTP > and POST something to a server to update the Now Playing info. > The problem there is that most people don't have the facility to run code on the server that would accept the POSTs. By allowing ftp of a file, it provides a very simple method that will just work for most people.
> You could also fire off a separate short- > lived process if you'd like to still use FTP. See the scanner code > for an example on how to do this. I did wonder about this method originally but wasn't quite sure how best to do it in an os-independent manner. This is essentially what the current thread implementation is doing, if it wasn't for the whole share by default thread philosophy. Max -- max.spicer What do we want? Smoother Analog VU with FLAC! When do we want it? At the soonest possible convenience to the hard-working yet undervalued Slim Developers. ;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ max.spicer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28167 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
