I think I finally got to the bottom of the mystery why plutohome's system is so dead-on accurate. The recognition module is not part of the plutohome package itself--it's an unofficial/unsupported 3rd party add-on and pluto disavows any knowledge of it or who wrote it. When you run a packet sniffer to see where it's going to get the cover art and data, low and behold, windowsmedia. I guess uncle Bill wouldn't be too pleased, and that explains why nobody will fess up to developing that module, and nobody is including it in their distro. But I do have to say it seems to be 100% accurate.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Forrest L Norvell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] recognition of CD/DVD's w/ cover art Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 17:06:27 -0700 > > On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 12:30:49AM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 14:41 -0700, Forrest L Norvell wrote: > > <snip> > > > proprietary data source. Does anyone know if you're violating any > > > of their Terms of Service for using their data for our own > > > applications? I know that some shareware applications for the Mac > > > (to add album art to iTunes) have dropped support for auto-finding > > > images from Amazon over legal concerns. > > > > That was because the application wasn't generating enough sales, > > compared to the traffic the key associated to it generated. This is > > in the T&C for the API. > > OK. I found the license for Amazon Web Services > (http://tinyurl.com/aopmh), but I quickly realized I don't have time > to thoroughly read it. But thanks for clearing that up, as it's > something that's been puzzling me for quite some time. Will Rhythmbox > have to get a key to use against AWS? > > > > I would guess that what Plutohome is using is IMDB data, as they've > > > got pretty clean and complete data and, like Amazon, a well-defined > > > Web API for getting at it. I don't know what they use for CDs, but if > > > > IMDB can't do CDs > > Yes, that's what I meant by "I don't know what [plutohome] user for > CDs". Sorry for not being clearer. > > > and is a subsidiary of Amazon (as the "an Amazon company" at the > > bottom of every page will tell you). Ss far as I know, it doesn't > > have an API either (I use screenscraping for my own movie page). > > That's more or less what I meant by the API: there's a straightforward > way to map a movie name to a URL and query Amazon for it, and the > results have a consistent structure. I guess it says something about > me that I consider that a solid API, but I do. > > But anyway, my main point stands: in the absence of a truly reliable > service providing cover images, it's very useful for any applications > that automatically find cover art to allow the user to choose between > the available alternatives. > > Forrest > > -- > . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . > ozymandias G desiderata [EMAIL PROTECTED] desperate, deathless > (415)823-6356 http://www.pushby.com/forrest/ ::AOAIOXXYSZ:: > _______________________________________________ > rhythmbox-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com _______________________________________________ rhythmbox-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel
