[mpris] TrackList interface

Alex Merry kde at randomguy3.me.uk
Wed Nov 23 13:29:24 CET 2011


On 23/11/11 11:56, mirsal wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-11-23 at 10:39 +0000, Alex Merry wrote:
>> 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)

True.  It's just a very natural thing to do (use the MPRIS namespace for 
tracks on the MPRIS interface).  It would be simpler just to ban media 
players from using anything under /org/mpris/ that isn't explicitly 
allowed in the spec, though.

>> 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 :)

I know, I know, I just get impatient :-)

Alex



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