Minim wishlist

[Alekz]

(25-06-2013 14:54)simoncn Wrote:  You will notice that with all these schemes, the server just responds to streaming requests for tracks as and when they are received from the renderer.

So, the renderer always "pulls".... I wonder how the virtual sound card works in this case. Probably it acts as the control point and tells the renderer to pull "a track", and then it works just like Internet radio - one single stream (or one big track).

(25-06-2013 14:54)simoncn Wrote:  4) Shortly before the track finishes playing, the renderer starts to stream the next track from the server

The problem is the VLC library does not support "read ahead", hence PWD/Bridge does not support gapless natively.

(25-06-2013 14:54)simoncn Wrote:  if the renderer and control point both support the optional SetNextAVTransportURI action

Probably it's supported by Rygel, but the following does not happen:

(25-06-2013 14:54)simoncn Wrote:  4) Shortly before the track finishes playing, the renderer starts to stream the next track from the server

because VLC does not care...

I see the only workaround is to add "rendering" and "controlling" abilities to the server. The actual control point will control the server (because it "thinks" that it's the renderer), the server in turn will control the actual renderer. The server (acting as a virtual control point) will tell the actual renderer to pull the "single very big track" from the server, etc.

Yeah, not the best and not the prettiest solution...