I have written a quick hack to test out the support of "start time" by
the BBC (and other RealAudio stations).  Think of it as a working
prototype and feedback will help develop a proper implementation.  

All the usual disclaimers apply - no guranatees, try it out at your
risk.  I have only tested it out on Linux at the moment.

As I see it being able to skip ahead in some program is better than not
being able to do it at all.  The hack is an additional Menu "Start Time"
which allows the user to set a start time - i.e start playing next
program xx hrs & yy Mins from the start. The start time is cleared
after a program is played.   Where possible the start time will be
applied but for non Real streams and stream where the playlist has
multiple URLs it will not take effect.

If the Start time is cleared (i.e. 00:00:00 is selected) then no new
code will be executed and AlienBBC will behave as standard.

I have tested it out on a variety of BBC programs and it seems to work
but more tests are necessary. 

Installation

There are 3 files - a modified AlienBBC 1.00 Plugin.pm  and two other
files AlienStartTimeMneu.pm and AliemStartTimeitem.pm.  To install save
your existing Plugin.pm and replace with the supplied one.  Install the
two other files inthe Plgins/Alien directory and restart Slimsever.


+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Filename: StartTime.zip                                            |
|Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=722|
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

-- 
bpa
------------------------------------------------------------------------
bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20005

_______________________________________________
plugins mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins

Reply via email to