BobSammers wrote: > As to what the PIDParser would do, I'm making assumptions (perhaps bad > ones) about the internals of BBCiPlayer. I'm assuming you use the PID > (or can) to construct the playback URL, or, in the case of non-programme > PIDs, a list of episodes to be displayed in a menu. If this is the case, > I'm wondering if a) this PID could be stored naked in the favourites > instead of the URL, thus removing the possibility that a change in the > URL root renders the favourite unusable (as happened this week) and b) a > text box could be provided to accept a PID (or a URL containing one) so > users browsing the BBC website can cut and paste programme / brand PIDs > or URLs to get directly to a programme or episode listing. In either > case, but particularly in the case of favourites (where the parser name > is stored with the entry) it would be the PIDParser module that > processes the naked PID. I don't want to get hung up on the specific > addition of something called PIDParser - it was just an example to > illustrate that the parser listed in the favourites entries would > presumably have to be different to the one that gets automatically saved > there currently.
LMS expects in Favorites to be a playable URL. If there is only a PID parameter (i.e. no BBC specific part ) - then it cannot be a BBC URL it has to be a pseudo URL (e.g. like the iplayer:// URls ). It is adding unnecessary step into the process, adding a new protocol handler, just to provide a facility which nobody has ever asked and for which there is a good existing solution (i.e.s save the favorite from the GUI) Technically more complicated but possible but it is also based on the assumption that BBC will not make significant changes to their underlying system. I were to create such facility - I would be creating a stick to beat myself as I would be expected by users to make it work regardless of what BBC does. I feel the proper approach is to start with the BBC menus, parse them and let the BBC supplied content provide the critical details. Simpler plugin are easier to maintain and keep up to date with BBC changes. I listen to the roughly the same programs every week and I navigate the menus rather than make favorites - it is not too onerous - just station, day , time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109826 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
