[Icecast-dev] Radio player for FirefoxOS

[Emilis Dambauskas]

Hi, again,

is there any URL where I could POST to suggest streams for dir.xiph.org?


My users are demanding the ability to add their own stations to the app:
https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/world-radio-player/ratings

I would like to use their input (with their explicit consent) to push
data about new streams to dir.xiph.org.


On 06/10/2013 07:31 PM, "Thomas B. Rücker" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 06/10/2013 02:46 PM, Emilis Dambauskas wrote:
>> this looks very promising. I see the compressed version is now ~250kB.
>
> Yeah, that's a start and there is probably still some room for
> improvement.
>
>
>> My Firefox OS app is using this data on its first run to create a
>> browser-side database of stations. I am currently looking into ways
>> to shorten this process to improve user experience. I am not 100%
>> sure I will be able to supply a snapshot of dir.xiph.org database
>> with the app before the first start, so using the official
>> dir.xiph.org API would be a logical first choice.
>
> Well, for the moment this is quite experimental.
>
>
>> Any way, every kilobyte shaved off the data transfer or processing
>> time on a mobile phone helps very much.
>
> Yes, that's the reason for this API rewrite in the first place.
> Also more flexible access will help to reduce transfer in favor of
> targeted access.
>
>
>> I am now waiting for API to get out of the experimental state :-)
>
> I can give you a stable snapshot for your app explicitly, until the
> real API pans out.
> But I won't support that ad infinity, basically until you then release
> an updated version for final API and usage of the 'snapshot' tapers off.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Thomas
>
>> On 06/10/2013 08:17 AM, "Thomas B. Rücker" wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 05/22/2013 01:07 PM, "Thomas B. Rücker" wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On 05/22/2013 12:57 PM, Assen Totin wrote:
>>>>> Hi, Emilis,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have two working Icecast players which implement client-side
>>>>> parsing of yp.xml and searching then through it: [...]
>>>>
>>>> The idea is to finally offer a better API towards the data. Also to
>>>> reduce the bandwidth usage. The XML file causes a LOT of traffic,
>>>> especially as many clients don't implement HTTP compression. :-(
>>>> This is also bad for users as they have to wait longer for:
>>>> - a large download (700k compressed, 7MByte uncompressed)
>>>> - parsing of the full XML file
>>>>
>>>> Whereas this could be broken down into only delivering the
>>>> necessary data. More requests, less total transfer volume.
>>>
>>> I've cobbled together something. For now there is only the JSON
>>> version of the full XML output.
>>> http://api.dir.xiph.org/experimental/full
>>>
>>> Note, that I will change the output without notice, but will
>>> increment the API-revision HTTP header.
>>>
>>> Also in case I add more experimental queries, they'll be listed
>>> automatically at:
>>> http://api.dir.xiph.org/experimental/
>>>
>>> Notes / known problems:
>>> - UTF-8 is broken, badly (this is a problem in the legacy code which
>>> is on my TODO list, for now please ignore the ugliness, or send
>>> patches for the YP code)
>>> - Each stream URL is listed separately for clusters
>>>   - I'll try to return them as an array in the URL field instead
>>>   - clustering doesn't work reliably, this is a legacy code
>>> limitation for the whole YP and on TODO
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Thomas
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Emilis Dambauskas
>>
>> emilis.d at gmail.com
>> gsm: +370-686-07732
>> http://emilis.info/
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Emilis Dambauskas

emilis.d at gmail.com
gsm: +370-686-07732
http://emilis.info/

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