[mpris] TrackList interface

[mirsal]

On Wed, 2011-11-23 at 10:39 +0000, Alex Merry wrote:
> On 18/11/11 01:59, mirsal wrote:
> > On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 16:10 +0000, Alex Merry wrote:
> >> So, we need some other value to represent "no track".  Maybe "/", the
> >> root path?
> >
> > Indeed, I'd say either that,
> > or /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2/TrackList/prepend which would allow adding
> > its 'append' counterpart in a later version.
> 
> I like that approach, although if we want it to be extensible, we'll 
> have to declare the /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2/TrackList/ space off-limits 
> for media player use, except as prescribed by the standard.
> 
> In fact, it might be worth explicitly stating that media player 
> implementations should use either paths outside of /org/mpris or an 
> explicitly "allowed" space (say /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2/TrackList/Tracks/).

Yes, though I can't find a sensible reason for using /org/mpris/... for
'normal' track identifiers (I mean, if track identifiers use a
namespace, then it should be media player specific)

> I think this is a sensible approach anyway, so shall we go with that?

Let's wait for more a bit more feedback from other media player
developers :)

-- 
mirsal 
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