08-09-2021, 01:58 PM
@scotsmist
Hi, Stuart.
My late wife studied Latin at a similar age and could always trounce me when it came to meanings and origins of words.
I've seen it said (stealing from an old quora.com post) that ALGOL is the Latin of programming languages---like Latin, it's dead; it was influential; it was pioneering. This witticism is easier to appreciate if you've actually used ALGOL (way back in the last century everybody published their algorithms in ALGOL; it was invented for this purpose by an ACM committee). I used the ALGOL compiler on the Maniac III computer at the University of Chicago back in the day.
As for track usage, note that moOde offers an alternative to parsing the mpd log. If you enable "Metadata file" in m > System > Local Service then you can see useful information about the currently playing track in the file /var/local/www/currentsong.txt.
Example
Regards,
Kent
PS - my significant other proudly traces her lineage to Clan McLeod. I likely fall into the Scots-Irish category (rudely called Scotch-Irish on this side of the pond) but the evidence is circumstantial.
Hi, Stuart.
My late wife studied Latin at a similar age and could always trounce me when it came to meanings and origins of words.
I've seen it said (stealing from an old quora.com post) that ALGOL is the Latin of programming languages---like Latin, it's dead; it was influential; it was pioneering. This witticism is easier to appreciate if you've actually used ALGOL (way back in the last century everybody published their algorithms in ALGOL; it was invented for this purpose by an ACM committee). I used the ALGOL compiler on the Maniac III computer at the University of Chicago back in the day.
As for track usage, note that moOde offers an alternative to parsing the mpd log. If you enable "Metadata file" in m > System > Local Service then you can see useful information about the currently playing track in the file /var/local/www/currentsong.txt.
Example
Code:
pi@moode:~ $ more /var/local/www/currentsong.txt
file=USB/34CE-D727/USBMusic/Archive.org/adderley-cannonball-1961-nancy-wilson-and-cannonball-adderley-side-a-blp-cr-06/Adderley, Cannonball (1961) - Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley side B (BLP)-cr-02.flac
artist=Adderley, Cannonball
album=Nancy Wilson / Adderley
title=Never Say Yes (Instrumental)
coverurl=/coverart.php/USB%2F34CE-D727%2FUSBMusic%2FArchive.org%2Fadderley-cannonball-1961-nancy-wilson-and-cannonball-adderley-side-a-blp-cr-06%2FAdderley%2C%2
0Cannonball%20%281961%29%20-%20Nancy%20Wilson%20and%20Cannonball%20Adderley%20side%20B%20%28BLP%29-cr-02.flac
track=8
date=1961
composer=
encoded=24/48 FLAC
bitrate=133 kbps
outrate=16 bit, 48 kHz, Stereo, 1.536 Mbps
volume=49
mute=0
state=playRegards,
Kent
PS - my significant other proudly traces her lineage to Clan McLeod. I likely fall into the Scots-Irish category (rudely called Scotch-Irish on this side of the pond) but the evidence is circumstantial.
