Re: Huge playlists

Hi Jacob,

Sorry it took me so long to get to this.

I just checked in a couple of fixes and documentation on the HTTP
interface to the server. Should make it much easier for you to
build your wrappers.

For example:

wget
http://slimserver:9000/display?p1=Hi&p2=Mom&p3=5

puts

Hi

Mom

up on the display for 5 seconds.

Check it out and let me know what you think...

-dean

Sean Adams wrote:

> Regarding the command line interface: the question has come up
several

> times on both the -dev and -users lists, and the answer depends
on how

> much work you want to do. The easiest way to add custom
command-line

> controls would be to write wrappers for the web interface, using
lynx,

> wget, or fetch.

I'd be
willing to write those wrappers - the issue is that there will

need to be some new commands:

extcontrol Sets
the server in 'external control' mode

line1
(text) Puts (text) on line 1

line2 (text)
Puts (text) on line 2

clear

Clear VFD

irqueue

Sends the remote buttons that have been pressed since the
last

irqueue request: up, down, etc

keepext

"ping" command - see below

srvcontrol Puts
the server back in 'internal control' - also happens 10

seconds after last external-control command.

The
10-second delay is to guard against crashing or interrupted

scripts. So a script might look like this:

#!/usr/bin/perl

slimp3cmd extcontrol

slimp3cmd clear

slimp3cmd line1 "Hello, World!"

sleep 5

slimp3cmd srvcontrol

Sound good?

- Jacob

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