[mythtv-users] MythWeb::Music Rewrite - Submitted for your approval...

[thor]

On Tuesday 17 February 2004 15:33, Steven Cruysberghs wrote:

> I remember the mfd developer

	Heh, note the singular noun.

> once saying that streaming over the
> internet with mfd/daap protocol would never be implemented (read
> implemented as: save enough).

	Just a point of clarification. The daap serving in the current mfd uses 
zeroconfig for autodiscovery, which is impractical over anything beyond 
the local lan. And daap is not just about streaming, it's also about 
exchange metadata and playlists.

	To get a glimpse of how the mfd might be of use in a streaming setting, 
see the terribly hacked up http interface in current mfd cvs (build, 
run, point browser at http://localhost:2345). That was a quick kludge, 
but could easily be the groundwork for handing streams to a decent 
implementation inside mythweb. Note that the mfd already does "on the 
fly" transcoding of audio content (which is why you can already use it 
to play oggs, flacs, etc. in iTunes).

	STANDARD DISCLAIMER:  mfd is experimental code. It may e-mail your 
social security number to Uzbekistan.

- thor