addition of radio-browser.info?

[Falco]

Hi,

Not sure how difficult it would be to integrate but would it be an option to include Radio-Browser in MoOde?

I would be great to browse for radio stations straight from MoOde, avoiding the copying and pasting that needs to be done now.

Thanks in advance for considering and for all the great work on moOde!

[CallMeMike]

Hi,

Not sure how difficult it would be to integrate but would it be an option to include Radio-Browser in MoOde?

I would be great to browse for radio stations straight from MoOde, avoiding the copying and pasting that needs to be done now.

Thanks in advance for considering and for all the great work on moOde!

hmmm... two excerpts from RB blurb:

*  << A big THANKS to Netlify for providing free high performance hosting of this website. >>

* a can of worms: <<  I'm not in any way responsible for the entries on this webpage because this is a community-driven effort (like Wikipedia for example). Nor am I responsible for the radio stations that can be found here themselves.   >>

[Raitsa]

I fully support the suggestion to add radio-browser functionality to Moode.

[Tim Curtis]

It would be a significant work effort and so I need to understand whether integrating and supporting such a service would have widespread applicability.

What are the usage scenarios and how would the radio browser function in moOde's UI?

[Raitsa]

There could be a section called... webradios of the world - powered by radio-browser.info. Or something.
In which we could choose a music genre or country of origin etc and just start listening.

Tim, if you have an android phone or tablet, test out an open source player called Open Radio.
It utilizes radio-browser wonderfully and source code is readily available, some of which might be usable?
Same kind of functionality could work very well in Moode I presume.



Some Open Radio screenshots:

[pepus]

As you know, I'm new to moOde, and I've been browsing the forum looking for interesting solutions.
And I would love that too.

[TheOldPresbyope]

There could be a section called... webradios of the world - powered by radio-browser.info. Or something.
In which we could choose a music genre or country of origin etc and just start listening.

Tim, if you have an android phone or tablet, test out an open source player called Open Radio.
It utilizes radio-browser wonderfully and source code is readily available, some of which might be usable?
Same kind of functionality could work very well in Moode I presume.
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Looks to me like this proposal entails some real work on the part of some developer.

The way FOSS projects work is, you get to be that developer:

1) you find or write code which implements the feature you think should be part of moOde
2) you make sure the code is explicitly and properly licensed for inclusion and distribution as part of a FOSS project
3) you fork the moOde github distro
4) you integrate 1) into a new branch of 3)
5) you post a pull request to the moOde github distro along with some examples of your codes' use.

Other devs may try it out, and you might even talk one or more to take on some of the tasks, but ultimately Tim tests the result and decides whether to merge the pull request into the development branch of moOde.

Regards,
Kent

[Tim Curtis]

There could be a section called... webradios of the world - powered by radio-browser.info. Or something.
In which we could choose a music genre or country of origin etc and just start listening.

Tim, if you have an android phone or tablet, test out an open source player called Open Radio.
It utilizes radio-browser wonderfully and source code is readily available, some of which might be usable?
Same kind of functionality could work very well in Moode I presume.



Some Open Radio screenshots:

It's a good idea and a nice challenge for an interested dev. My coding plate is overflowing but I'd be happy to provide guidance :-)

[pepus]

Kent, Tim - I really appreciate your suggestion.   
Admittedly, I can write a shell/pyton script that flashes an led  ,  but I'm not that much of a programmer. 

[TheOldPresbyope]

Kent, Tim - I really appreciate your suggestion.   
Admittedly, I can write a shell/pyton script that flashes an led  ,  but I'm not that much of a programmer. 

I didn't mean to make it sound like a bad idea, just that it takes actual work to make something like this part of moOde (or any FOSS project).

As Tim said, this would be a nice challenge:-)

I have used radio-browser.info a number of times in the past and really like its breadth, quality, and reasonably up-to-date information. Some of the existing radio entries in moOde were found using radio-browser.info.

Regards,
Kent