Re: [Savonet-users] track selection

[David B. <dav...@en...>]

Brandon Casci wrote:
> Actually, a DJ does not hit the button. Right now I have ezstream sourcing
> icecast. It executes an external script, which hits an API to get a track
> uri. The web API contains my track selection logic.
> 
> I was thinking of using liquid soap to handle requests, jingles, fallbacks,
> hooks for live events, and all that related stuff, but have my primary
> playlist still sriven by my API.

If it's really a pull behavior that you need then request.dynamic() fits the 
bill. As usual, beware: unlike ezstream, liquidsoap will prepare tracks in 
advance before playing them (you can tweak the parameters of the preparation 
queue, see liquidsoap -h request.dynamic) so you might want to split your
current API into a submitting and a feedback function (which would be called
on_metadadata() when the track is actually being played). There are a couple
mails on the list about that.

Have fun,

David