On 2009/03/16 15:22, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: > Kind of, except it doesn't need UPnD or DLNA, just a new command > "download <file>". I had sent a sample patch that provided this command > a long time ago. My implementation was purposefully naive, so that it > could be used to download any file from the `music' subdirectories (and > `playlist', tho this part is not needed any more now that we have > listplaylistinfo), which I abused in my MPC.el client to also download > files like "<dir>/cover.jpg".
I have two problems with that concept: - big danger of security problems, of course. - the MPD protocol is UTF-8/line based. Shaking this fundamental concept of the protocol by allowing the switch to "binary" mode is something we should think twice about. But maybe we can make this part of the HTTP server (move the httpd code into MPD core, and let the "httpd" output plugin mount itself as a special case)? I understand that album cover management is an interesting feature request for MPD. I have been thinking about adding some sort of "binary stickers" for images, lyrics, ... Max ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
