bpa <[email protected]> writes: > rkrug wrote: >> Any chance that this can be made available as a new (or updated) >> plugin for JazzFM? > Anybody can take what I have posted and put it online. I updated the > plaugin because playing JazzFM is no longer dependent on BBCiPlayer > plugin and it needs to be separate. > > Creating a plugin is easy - maintenance & support is where the effort > lies and needs committment. Already I have spent about twice as much > time answering posts and giving support as it took to update the plugin. > To support the plugin you need somebody who wants to use the plugin > usually someone who will play the station on a regular basis. I don't > play this station.
Yes. > > donmatter wrote: >> Do I understand that the URLs will need periodically updating? > Not just the URLs - but the undertstanding the contents and layout (i.e > html) of a web page. JazzFM dos not have an official feed for programs > so the plugin relies on screen scraping which emans for each "catchup" > find the relevant web page and then look through HTML of the page to > find where the "right" info is located". Ihave used the webpage for > Mobile because the "pages" are simpler. Screen scraping is high > maintenance because websites are updated frequently changing layout of > pages (marketing people seems to think if layout stays the same > listeners will stop listening) which means HTML is changed so plugin > will have to be updated "find" the info again. > >> Can anyone do it? > Yes - with a bit of time to learn a limited amount of HTML and Perl. > >> Where do you get them from? > They are not published - they are found by examining the JazzFm website > after a change is made. Manual updates are bad (exactly as you say - requires manual work on a continuous basis) - a scraper would be much better. But I have no idea how to do it. Cheers, Rainer > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102210 > > _______________________________________________ > plugins mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins -- Rainer M. Krug email: Rainer<at>krugs<dot>de PGP: 0x0F52F982
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