huytere;497468 Wrote: > 1) Does SB have "now playing" metadata support for all the apps and > internet stations? I am looking for the EPG data similar to how tv > companies store "whats on - now playing" in their EPG.
TV's have bandwidth dedicated for that. (It was in the Vertical Blanking Interval for NTSC, but part of the datastream for Digital). Radio doesn't have that at all, and Internet radio depends on the station providing that data. Some do, some don't. For those that do and that RadioTime or Live365 or whatever support, yes, you get now playing. These can be buried as part of the stream and displayed by the SB, or in some cases you can do things like find all stations playing NPR's All Things Considered, and how far into the program they are (due to timezones and local schedules, you can tune into All Things Considered anywhere from I think 1pm Pacific (4pm Eastern) until 7pm Pacific (10pm Eastern).. it may actually be wider than that. > > Assuming I have these favorite preset radio stations, which of these > support "cover art", "now playing EPG"???? > > 2 Pandora stations > 3 Shoutcast stations > 5 Sirius stations > 1 Xm station > 1 Slacker station > 2 Last.FM stations > 5 Live Music Archive concerts (from archive.org) > 7 RadioIO stations > > My goal is to build a very simple UI. The UI will simply show all the > consolidated favorite internet stations and the "now playing" EPG info. > When he selects the station he wants to listen to, the cover art will be > available. Since many of these stations do not have proper cover art, > the SB should use the Amazon app to display cover art based on the > keyword of the artist (from EPG metadata). > > Hope this makes sense... I realize this may be asking for a lot more > that what it was intended so please bear with me. Most of those are not stations like terrestrial radio stations: there is no list of Pandora stations, they are all generated dynamically. Same with Last.FM. Live Music Archive only plays what you ask it to and there are THOUSANDS of shows. Slacker may be dynamic as well... there really is no "now playing" for them unless you're, well, playing something. -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72869 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
