Amarok / Music Store Integration

[Dan Meltzer]

On Tuesday 06 June 2006 7:01 am, Greg Meyer wrote:
> Hi everybody.  As a follow-up to the recent discussions about creating some
> kind of interface for users to be able to buy music right through Amarok, I
> am forwarding this message that was posted on the Magnatune Discussion
> forum. Apparently someone has written a patch that allows a user to browse
> the Magnatune collection and preview songs right through Amarok.
>
> Original thread in its forum context is here
> http://forum.magnatune.com/read/messages?id=78935

He has been in IRC talking a few times, it looks promising.  I think his goal 
is for 2.0, and to make it more modularized, so people can write music store 
plugins.  Its definatly looking cool though
>
> ---------------- Forwarded Message --------------------
> <nhnFreespirit at ...>
> 2006-06-05 05:48:51
> Magnatune amaroK integration
> discussion at magnatune.com
>
> Hello!
>
> Just wanted some feedback on a little something I have been working on. I
> am a linux user, and my music player of choice is the exelent amaroK (
> http://amarok.kde.org/ ).
>
> I started thinking that it would be really cool to integrate previwing and
> purchasing of tracks from magnatune into this software to create a nice
> integrated experience, and, hopefully, attract more people to magnatune.
>
> the following shows the results of my work so far. all preview tracks from
> magnatune can be added to any playlist, and artist info is shown. I have
> mailed magnatune if this is somthing they would approve of, and if they are
> willing to help integrating music purchasing.
>
> http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5981/amarokmagnatune48xg.png
>
> Let me know what you think.
>
> Nikolaj