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pumbaa2 · 3rd March 2012, 20:31

oh yeah well, I guess that's what they have NSVCAP for (as cheesy as that program maybe).. I wasn't really thinking about streaming in that respect. I was making a program that would be a little more usable for a pre-defined schedule. My program calculates the times between programs and displays the "coming up" schedule and what times those programs will start. 1.0.6 will export that program guide to HTML from a template file. And hopefully soon it will do the same for an XML. This will hopefully allow anyone to import the guide information into MythTV. Which will go great with my second project (MythIPTV). I'm debating if I want to create my own directory service like shoutcast did, EXCEPT mine will display everyone who is broadcasting along with their upcoming guide information. My NSV Streaming Client would be responsible for talking to the directory and reporting what is coming up instead of Shoutcast doing it backwards and reporting what is playing now (or what you missed). Since the shoutcast server itself has NO IDEA what is coming up but the source client does! This also won't interfere with the shoutcast servers ability to report to their site while my source client reports to another site that will hopefully be more useful than Winamp TV inside Winamp.

It would be nice to make a Station List that shows up in Winamp that shows the Guide Page. Surely it's possible to customize what page is displayed in Winamp through some type of add-on, etc like Shoutcast TV, Shoutcast Radio, etc thats available in its "list". Pressing "Tune In" from the Shoutcast TV or Radio page inside Winamp simply returns a ".pls" file anyway. I tested that theory on my own webpage and it works pretty good (as long as Winamp is associated, although I imagine if its done from inside the Winamp Web Browser, association wouldn't matter).

3rd March 2012, 20:31	#18
pumbaa2 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 42	oh yeah well, I guess that's what they have NSVCAP for (as cheesy as that program maybe).. I wasn't really thinking about streaming in that respect. I was making a program that would be a little more usable for a pre-defined schedule. My program calculates the times between programs and displays the "coming up" schedule and what times those programs will start. 1.0.6 will export that program guide to HTML from a template file. And hopefully soon it will do the same for an XML. This will hopefully allow anyone to import the guide information into MythTV. Which will go great with my second project (MythIPTV). I'm debating if I want to create my own directory service like shoutcast did, EXCEPT mine will display everyone who is broadcasting along with their upcoming guide information. My NSV Streaming Client would be responsible for talking to the directory and reporting what is coming up instead of Shoutcast doing it backwards and reporting what is playing now (or what you missed). Since the shoutcast server itself has NO IDEA what is coming up but the source client does! This also won't interfere with the shoutcast servers ability to report to their site while my source client reports to another site that will hopefully be more useful than Winamp TV inside Winamp. It would be nice to make a Station List that shows up in Winamp that shows the Guide Page. Surely it's possible to customize what page is displayed in Winamp through some type of add-on, etc like Shoutcast TV, Shoutcast Radio, etc thats available in its "list". Pressing "Tune In" from the Shoutcast TV or Radio page inside Winamp simply returns a ".pls" file anyway. I tested that theory on my own webpage and it works pretty good (as long as Winamp is associated, although I imagine if its done from inside the Winamp Web Browser, association wouldn't matter).