On 2009/10/26 16:08, Steffen 'stefreak' Neubauer <stefr...@stefreak.de> wrote: > I thought a bit further now and I think i'll design a very simple > protocol (like music exchange protocol or smth. like this) which is for > exchanging the music database and the raw music files (mp3, ogg, etc.). > After designing the protocol a simple c library should be made to make > it easy to use the protocol.
The standard MPD protocol is good enough for providing read-only access to the database. If it is not, extend it. > Then plugins for every player could be made (from itunes to mpd to mpd > clients). > > And yeah, i know that i am reinventing the wheel with a new protocol. > Yeeah, i know there is ftp, upnp, nfs, smb, several streaming > techniques, pulseaudio and many many many more for doing that. But i > think all those have too much overhead for what i want to do - i only > want to share the music database and chunks of single music files. And > some other reasons (like the one stated by Max) too. Please explain that "overhead" thing, and why your new protocol has less overhead than all other protocols, and why this is a problem which justifies a new protocol. > If anyone is interested in helping a bit and sharing ideas feel free > to contact me or posting them here :) I'm not interested in helping with a new protocol, and neither am I interested in merging a new protocol, unless there are really good reasons for that. I have yet to hear the first one. Max ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
