[madman-discuss] Re: is madman scriptable? can ratings sync with ipod?

[noos <mad...@sp...>]

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:21:13 -0800, Evan Felix wrote:
>
> Yes Madman is scriptable. It has a nice python interface, but its
> really all a web-server that can pretty much perform all the
> functionality of the main interface. I have a few little scripts.

Is this interface documented anywhere?  And are there any example
scripts floating around?

Thanks,

  --syn

> I have one to set the ratings of the current song.  I bind this to
> Alt-F1->F6 with F6 being -1 or never play i hate that,
> 
> I have a little script that watches xscreensaver and automatically
> pauses madman if it is playing when the screen locks.  when it unlocks
> everything starts up again.
> 
> I have one that uses an OSD program to tell me what song it is going
> to play, and the rating for about 10 seconds, so i know if i need to
> rate it..
> 
> I've got another that runs 'autodj' on a search string to fill my USB
> drive with music, I then plug that directly into my car stereo for
> listening.  I re-run it every few weeks with new music.
> 
> Evan Felix
> 
> On 1/23/06, noos <mad...@sp...> wrote:
>> Is there any way to access madman features from the command line, like
>> with dcop?  It would be nice to be able to check song ratings, rate
>> songs, etc from the command line.
>>
>> My other question is whether it's possible or whether there are any
>> plans to integrate madman with the ipod to the extent that ratings from
>> one get synchronized with the ratings from the other.  Perhaps some
>> integration with gtkpod?
>>
>> The scripting features would be useful for controlling madman via a
>> remote control and lirc.  While ipod integration would allow me to rate
>> songs only once, rather than have to do it twice (or more, if I have to
>> reload my songs on to the ipod again).  As I'm sure you know, when you
>> have collections of thousands of songs rating all of them can take up a
>> significant amount of time.  Cutting that time in half or more could
>> provide a huge time savings.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>   --syn

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