On 2012/05/19 09:59, zw g <pekingmas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear List, > > > > First, i think i should thanks all the contributors of MPD. > Thank you guys, you guys are great, made a really great player! > > > Recently, from my work experiences, i had an idea that is i want to build a > special player upon MPD(or maybe a control interface at least) which was > targeted for a radio programme playback. > And which also has some special needs of the player, and after i digging > around MPD for a while, i still don't had clues to figure that out. > > > So, my question is: > Is it possible to do the following thing from the current *API/protocol of > MPD provided*? > > 1) Get the 'About to finish' signal or sth. similar before the actual > 'player' idle signal; *# Which is useful if you want do some extra > control/actions/check ups before the next one being played;*
Any client can predict when a song will finish by comparing total duration and current position. > 2) Set one or more songs to be played at a pre-defined fixed time > exactly; *# Which is useful for radio programme, you know something > should be played at a specific time, like news update;* echo mpc play |at 5am You mean like this? This is the perfect example of a feature that shouldn't be added to the MPD core, because "mpc" plus some existing tool can do it already. > 3) Play couple of songs continuously then stop at some pre-defined > position, waiting for DJ's break. Which requires you can define the > playback logic in advance, not by switch the mode to 'single' before the > stop point manually; Repeat mode? This idea looks so arbitrary, no matter how many rules we implement, somebody else will want a new rule. So either we will end up with a built-in scripting language which is too complicated for users to understand, or we will have a complex rule set that is also too complicated for users to understand. Or just implement such a logic in a special client. Which is easier to extend than the MPD core. > 4) Clear/Eject the current playlist and load a brand new playlist while > the dates changed from one day to another at a regular point, like > 2012-05-19 23:59:59 -----> 2012-05-20 00:00:00. echo mpc load foo |at midnight ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
