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Flash-compatible audio streams?

~ April 18, 2007 at 2:09 by skyzyx (Views: 0 )

I see that in the OpenStrands API, there are URLs for 30-second previews of songs in WMA/RAM formats. Very cool. :)

I'm working on a project in Flash that allows the listing of a user's most recently listened-to tracks, and I was hoping to be able to handle the audio playback through the Flash application.

It is my understanding, however, that the only audio formats that Flash is capable of playing back is MP3 or streaming RTMP. Does OpenStrands plan to support these audio formats any time in the near future?

Formats like MP3 would also make the playback more Mac/Linux-friendly since Windows Media Player for Mac is no longer supported by Microsoft (and doesn't exist for Linux), and Real Player... well... Real Player sucks.

Thanks! :)

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MusicIP or MusicBrainz compatibility?

~ April 18, 2007 at 2:00 by skyzyx (Views: 0 )

It appears that OpenStrands is using proprietary ID values for artists, albums, releases, etc. There's nothing inherently wrong with that, however a few other services (MusicIP.com, MusicBrainz.org, Last.fm) are using MBID/PUID hashes so that doing lookups across music-related services is much easier for developers.

Are there any plans for the OpenStrands team to implement these more-standardized-than-not identifiers? Have they already been implemented and I'm just missing them?

It is my understanding that MusicBrainz is working to be a free/open-source replacement for services like Gracenote/CDDB, and I'm sure that there is some value to be had in working towards interoperability with these kinds of services.

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