MyStrands Tue Jan 15 14:01:19 PST 2008 Tue Jan 15 14:01:19 PST 2008Tue Jan 15 14:01:19 PST 2008 Hi, I am trying to develop an application in flex that connect to the api of mystrands.

When I run the application on my computer, it works perfectly, but when I upload to my server, it gives me a security error. Error #2048: Sandbox Security Error.

Can someone tell me if the problem is due to call a httpService over secure from a url unsecured, or some other breach of security flash player?

Thanks!!

]]>2008-01-15 14:01:19.30667 Heya all, I've just polished up the first 'version' of a PHP interface for OpenStrands. It currently has all search, lookup and recommend functions written out. The error reporting, handling definitely leaves something to be desired, but hey work in progress.

You can find it in Ampache's public SVN, here
https://svn.ampache.org/trunk/modules/infotools/openstrands.class.php

I will continue to update the above linked class as I get time. If anyone wants to add a function or two I would love to get a patch back so that everyone can use it.

Currently the class forces a valid username,password,authtoken I plan on changing that eventually... Also I'm using the hexPass=???? for password passing so the password sent to this API must be a MD5 hash of the users password.

Questions, comments, patches send to mystrands@ampache.org
-Karl Vollmer
Ampache Lead Developer

]]>2007-08-05 14:04:17.20555 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! :)

]]>2007-04-18 02:09:56.357016 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.

]]>2007-04-18 02:00:15.838011 Hi, this post is to tell all developers that the first OpenStrands PHP API is on the way.

It's being tested with some of the services and we espect to complete it by the 28th of March. I'll be showing some use cases live at the master class titled Taller de APIs that will be take place at the offices of the-cocktail.com, more info at:
http://aulathecocktail.pbwiki.com/Taller-APIs

We'll integrate some of the services with our Live Music Social Network, www.nvivo.es.

Just after the showcase we'll liberate the source code for the community of OpenStrands Developers.

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