erland;525352 Wrote: > Would you prefer to go through a third party plugin in SBS or having a > direct connection if it was avaialble as an online source with an API ? > > I don't know. + Plugin spares me the handling of an additional connection + Plugin may be more simple to implement (don't know) - Plugin doesn't work with MySB which is growing more and more important
I definitely need a plugin for everything that maybe challenging license wise, like Lyrics. > > For example LastFM information which should be useful for pop/rock > libraries for extra information, similar artists and artist images. > Hm, I'll have to look at theri API > > I'm not sure if there is any good online source with API for lyrics ? > Maybe lyricsfly.com or lyrics.wikia.com ? > Lyrdb, the one the Lyrics plugin uses? LyricsWiki, that's lyrics.wikia.com I believe. Lyrdb has Karaoke data but is not licensed, at least not globally. If _I_ would write such a plugin I would search in several such databases, amybe with a search order. > > It would also be nice to get some integration allmusic.com, maybe > through Michael's great AlbumReview/Biography plugins which probably > have JSON commands to get the information since it's available on the > Controller ? > They have. Even the next iPeng for iPhone will have a somewhat better integration for these. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74581 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
