UMSP Plugin---Some Question---changed subject

[eskay]

Hello moderator/users,

I have created a plugin for Indian Music lovers. It will list down the Movies / album from India(country can be added , if required in future ). and then tracks (MP3 song) can be played .
The suggestion I need is, in which section i put the plugin.
One ,I have is that I merge this with the plugin Bollywood. But this is under section video sharing, where as this will be audio sharing....

so please suggest.


eskay.....

[shunte]

the WD menu structure has no concept of what content will be served up so mixing and matching different media is totally doable, and done on many a WD with th help of PaulF's plug-in

totally your call - if you think the solution is big enough to merit its own packaging then go that route and if not go the bundle route

keep up the great work - you're on fire dude

[eskay]

keep up the great work - you're on fire dude

Thanks Shunte..
But now . Should i put this in plugin or not... it seems no takers of the plugin..

[b-rad.cc]

i think it should be a different plugin personally.

[eskay]

i think it should be a different plugin personally.

And so do I. So untill now the work is completed for 3 services. Currently working for the search option...(reading the wiki pages).

I want to add one more feature to add an album in his favorite. And this can be played through the menu within the plugin.
So question is where should i place the file to store the favorites of a user? ... any

[eskay]

Plugin avialable now ...details at http://forum.wdlxtv.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=5289

[mad_ady]

So question is where should i place the file to store the favorites of a user? ... any

It's a matter of preference. I usually store things under /conf. For Shoutcast, for instance, I store the last 4 played stations in a variable in /conf/config (| separated list). For other plugins I use independent files.
Shunte, on the other hand, likes to use attached storage to store configuration/preferences. He has built a function that will return the first available USB storage, with fallback to /conf if no USB is available. His solution is the most scalable, since in the future we might run out of space in /conf. The downside to his approach is - if the user replaces the disk he looses that file.

The best approach would be to let the user configure the location of the file via a config variable (something like INDIANMUSIC_FAVORITES='/tmp/mnt/xxxx-xxxx/indian_music_favorites.xml'). You can set it by default to a reasonable default (e.g. /conf/), and allow the users to store their preferences wherever they want. Cantio, Daily Podcasts and other plugins use this approach.