GoSoC 2009 UPnP Proposal -draft 2

[Ian Monroe]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Michael Pujos <pujos.michael at laposte.net> wrote:
> Ian Monroe a écrit :
>>
>>> It might also be easier to start by implementing the MediaServer as
>>> there's not much UI work appart from a configuration dialog.
>>>
>>
>> I agree it might be easier, but its also far less important (people
>> can even run the media server as a separate app, there's isn't a real
>> big need for it to be part of Amarok).
>>
>>
> Sure a server is less spectacular but it still a nice thing to have to
> stream to a PS3, XBOX, iphone, other Amarok instances etc.
> It can probably live in its own process as long as there is an API to
> access the Media Library.

I agree its nice to have :) but priorities are important.

>>> Also many UPnP AV devices behave in their own quircky ways, and that
>>> must be taken into account when you want to make a Controller or Server
>>> that work with most of these.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>> Doesn't the backend library (whether Platinum or Coherence) handle all
>> that sort of crap?
>>
>
> These quirks are essentially true for Media Servers. Some devices have
> limited capabilities, others take shortcuts regarding the (complicated)
> spec, some won't handle long URLs, others will only allow a few
> samplerates (hello PS3)...etc

Well yea that's kind of what I mean, Coherence does transcoding. I
want to keep Amarok as far away as possible from that sort of thing.

Was looking at Platinum, it does look pretty cool despite it deciding
to implement its own string and network library (lol).

Ian