>
> I get a compilation error:
"emms-radio-browser.el:336:2: Error: Need command, got ‘:info’"
Hmmm, I cannot reproduce. Starting from emacs -Q, I add the emms dir to
the loadpath and then bytecompile the emms-radio-browser file. I get no
errors. This is on emacs 30.0.93.
---Fran
On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 at 21:19, Yoni Rabkin <y...@rabkins.net> wrote:
> "Fran Burstall (Gmail)" <fran.burst...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >>
> >> Can you please open a branch with this code in it so that we can test
> >> and try it out easily?
> >
> >
> > Yup: the 'radio-browser' branch should be ready for testing now.
>
> The feature looks great, but I get a compilation error:
>
> "emms-radio-browser.el:336:2: Error: Need command, got ‘:info’"
>
>
> > On Sat, 11 Jan 2025 at 19:33, Yoni Rabkin <y...@rabkins.net> wrote:
> >
> >> "Fran Burstall (Gmail)" <fran.burst...@gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > I started to play with the https://www.radio-browser.info API and
> built
> >> a
> >> > radio station browser for EMMS which I attach.
> >> >
> >> > There are three entry points
> >> >
> >> > emms-radio-browser-search-by-name
> >> > emms-radio-browser-search-by-url
> >> > emms-radio-browser-full-search
> >> >
> >> > All search the radio-browser database and return a playlist of
> results.
> >> > The last of these needs the (built-in since v28.1) transient package.
> >> >
> >> > It has only been lightly tested.
> >> >
> >> > If you think this is a worthwhile addition to EMMS, I can add it to
> the
> >> git
> >> > repo and write some documentation...
> >> >
> >> > ---Fran
> >>
> >> I think that sounds good; thank you for working on this.
> >>
> >> Can you please open a branch with this code in it so that we can test
> >> and try it out easily?
> >>
> >>
> >> > On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 at 17:11, Fran Burstall (Gmail) <
> >> fran.burst...@gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I have been playing with emms-streams and with
> >> >>
> >> >> (setopt emms-player-mpv-update-metadata t)
> >> >>
> >> >> it is very capable.
> >> >>
> >> >> One mild pain point however is that adding a new stream with
> >> >> 'emms-add-streamlist' and friends gives a streamlist with less
> >> information
> >> >> than the built-in streamlists: it lacks the metadata field which is
> >> useful
> >> >> for getting the station name (which can then be fed to a
> >> track-description
> >> >> function to make for a more informative display in the playlist
> buffer).
> >> >>
> >> >> Of course, one can populate such a field by hand and this is what I
> have
> >> >> been doing but There Must Be A Better Way. This is the sort of thing
> >> that
> >> >> the unimplemented emms-streams-info.el could be doing but I
> understand
> >> that
> >> >> querying the url for such information is a bit of a nightmare (does
> the
> >> >> stream have ICY tags etc). There have been previous discussions on
> this
> >> >> list about this.
> >> >>
> >> >> However, there seems to be an alternative:
> >> https://www.radio-browser.info
> >> >> is a free (as in freedom, as far as I can tell) repository of station
> >> >> information with an API. Perhaps one could query this to get
> metadata
> >> >> about the stream?
> >> >>
> >> >> One could also imagine other uses of this data like a radio station
> >> >> browser in EMMS or being able to add streams by name rather than
> url...
> >> >>
> >> >> Thoughts? Worth pursuing?
> >> >>
> >> >> ---Fran
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> "Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice"
> >>
>
> --
> "Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice"
>
