[Playlist] Re: [Icecast] How's XSPF support on Icecast if any?

[Thomas B. Ruecker]

Sebastian Pipping wrote:
> Thomas B. Ruecker wrote:
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>> So is <annotation> in fact the right place to store that multiline
>> plaintext content? (do I need to put some sort of linebreak chars? for
>> now i've just forced CR LF)
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> The way you did it, is right. All whitespace is preserved
> in <annotation> elements.
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ah, ok. good to know.
>>> In case you like the extension idea let us know if
>>> you need help defining it.
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>> yes, I guess that's the way to go then. help would be greatly appreciated.
>> IIRC there is also <meta> elements in the spec. What about those?
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> That's the other way you can go. I suggested <extension>
> since the data belongs together in my eyes. But if you strongly
> prefer a list of <meta>s instead, you can do that as well.
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Are there commonly used meta tags that might fit some of the metadata?
I'm thinking content-type or simmilar. Just blind guessing. I've heard
about xspf for the first time from Ivos posting.
>> Also what happens from the player application point of view?
>> Or is xspf still being adopted so that such additions would encourage
>> application developers to add support for those?
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> Applications will have to understand your extension before
> they can work with it. So we define it, let pass a little
> time, and everybody will use it. Well, through the optimistic
> glasses.
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ok, let's do it carefully then.
Well designed specifications have better chances to survive and get adopted.
> I suggest you use the "List of known XSPF extensions"
> wiki page [1] to work out your extension. So we can have
> a look and mentor you where needed. Okay?
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roger, wilco.

Cheers

Thomas