[mythtv] [PATCH] Mythweb: Music

[Mattias Runge]

On Wednesday 07 July 2004 21.12, Jason Donahue wrote:
> Hello,
> First off, let me apologize for the size of this patch. I started out with
> a few changes...and it quickly grew. I hope this doesn't rub anyone wrong,
> or keep it from getting accepted. - I had to gzip the patch because it was
> just over the 40k size limit for the mailing list.
>
> With that out of the way, let me explain what my patch does.
>
> 1. Adds the ability to search through your music collection. This includes
> an advanced search link to filter what you want to search (Artist, Title,
> or Album)
>
> 2. Adds the ability to Browse the collection by Artist, Album, Title, or
> Genre. Browsing is context aware: browsing Artists gives you total
> songs/albums by each artist, browsing albums gives you total
> tracks/playing time for each album.
>
> 3. Adds configurable "Download" link to each song. Config allows you to
> enable/disable this, as well as specify download url (incase the files are
> on a different physical server)
>
> 4. Adds a special "Album" view when selecting an album. This view gives
> total playing time, adds a stream link (configurable), and allows for
> displaying of album covers, including support for scripts that
> auto-downloading the covers. IThis has been tested with a script mention
> in the new config.
>
> 5. Adds "playlist" view, similar to "Album" view which displays the
> playlist contents, total playing time, and a (configurable) stream link.
>
> 6. The "stream" link is done by generating "on-the-fly" an m3u file, and
> pushing it out. The m3u then fetches the mp3s via http. MY cable provider
> throttles my upload speed, and even throttled, I have plenty of bandwidth
> to sustain multiple streams.
>
> I also plan on adding more playlist functionality, i.e. create playlists,
> and edit them. but I decided not to keep going as the code is already
> quite extensive.
>
> Anyone interested in "beta" testing my code can see it here:
>
> http://home.timekiller.org:91/mymythweb/mythmusic.php
>
> For obvious reasons, I have disabled the stream, and download links, as
> well as anything not related to mythmusic.
>
> Your (constructive) criticism is welcome.

Very nice work. I have been waiting for exactly this for myth. Good work!

Mattias