bpa wrote: 
> I think this is the right sort of way to extend BBC listening - users of
> certain BBC features develop specific plugins to suit their needs using
> BBCiPlayer as the playing engine.
> 
Yes, I think you are right, although I guess we need to make sure that
there doesn't end up a smorgasbord of plugins!

bpa wrote: 
> 
> The preferred interface to BBCiplayer would be the "iplayer://" URL.  I
> presume BBC Sounds plugin eventually plays  "iplayer://aod" type URLs.  
> No live streams.
> 
Yes, correct,  it uses"iplayer://aod".

bpa wrote: 
> 
> A quick look through the code and I noticed the Sounds plugin has hooked
> directly into the BBCiPlayer PlaylistParser routine.  This is an
> internal dependence which might break your plugin in the future -
> however usually the need to change that sort of BBCiPlayer routine is
> because BBC has changed internals and so has already broken BBCiPlayer.

No, I created my own playlist parser in an "BBCIplayerCompatability"
module that works in a similar way to the Iplayer one, but it is self
contained within the plugin.


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