[mpris] Fwd: MPRIS v2 proposal

[Mirsal Ennaime]

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Jean-Paul Saman <jean-paul.saman at m2x.nl> wrote:
> Hello mirsal,
Hello

> As one of the original authors of MPRIS specification and implementation
> in VLC I hereby sent you a proposal for extending/updating this
> specification.
>
> I use the MPRIS specification a lot in solutions using VLC. It is an
> awsome IPC (Interprocess communication protocol). However for advanced
> usage it is quite limited, some information that you can find in media
> players user interface are not available through MPRIS v1 specification.
> Therefore here my proposal for an extension.
>
> Please comment on my proposal.

I'm sorry about the delay, my personal mailbox got swamped.

The first version of MPRIS was written with only audio players in
mind, so there were clear lacks in this domain, so adding /ES is IMO a
good idea.

I have a few objections however:
- Rate control methods should reside in /Player, not in /TrackList
- /ES related caps should be more granular (I'd add
CAN_CONTROL_SUBTITLES and CAN CONTROL_TELETEXT)
- CAN_RATE may be better named CAN_CONTROL_RATE

There are other issues to be fixed before 2.0 can be released though.
Thanks for your proposal, I'm forwarding it to the MPRIS mailing list.

Best regards.

--
Mirsal Ennaime
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