[coherence-dev] iuRadio plugin - why do we retrieve all playlist item?

[Jean-Michel Sizun]

>
> An option would be to return the list based on the SinkProtocolInfo
> the player returns - but that belongs to the "not easily" part. ;-)
I guess.
An alternative may be to retrieve the playlist item, parse the url and 
then retrieve the stream content, in the reverse proxy item itself.
Regards,
Jean-Michel

Frank Scholz wrote:
> Hi Jean-Michel,
>
> I wanted to have a look at that again, hence the delay. :-/
>
>   
>> Each shoutcast item is actually  a single-entry playlist item
>> (audio/x-scpls). But, the backend actually retrieves all playlists for
>> each given genre and extract the url within, instead of just proxying
>> the playlist file. Does anyone know why it is that way?
>> a player can normally play the playlist item directly (at least, vlc can).
>>     
>
> I think that's the reason why. That there are players that don't
> support the playlist format.
>
> We can't easily support both versions, as we can present the playlist
> either as an container or as an item.
>
> An option would be to return the list based on the SinkProtocolInfo
> the player returns - but that belongs to the "not easily" part. ;-)
>
> Btw: Awesome work with the Gallery2 backend!
>
> Regards,
> Frank
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