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tlk / beoplay-macos-remote-gui

Remote control B&O Beoplay loudspeakers from macOS
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TuneIn Radio play queue #11

Closed tlk closed 4 years ago

tlk commented 4 years ago

When TuneIn is controlled through B&O code, the first step may be to fetch the TuneIn user's favorites (which requires a login to TuneIn), including some static metadata such the radio name. This list of radios may then be used to build a kind of play queue that can be controlled like other play queues, with the exception that the play queue content is not exposed in the app now playing screen like a music play queues are. Controlling the radio play queue is like controlling a music play queue: pause/start/forward/backward.

When controlled by your application, only the selected TuneIn radio is pushed in the play queue, which means that forward/backward actions have no effect and this is perfectly normal.

In order to introduce this kind of navigation within a radio list, and without a need to login to TuneIn, do you think it is possible to push the list of the application configured radios so it can be controlled by the app backward/forward options, or from a physical remote if closer? I understand it is useless form your app point of view only as the radio list is directly seletable without the need to navigate forward/backward, but could be a nice addition so it can be used jointly by a physical remote. I see that as a nice to have.

Originally posted by @mbolo01 in https://github.com/tlk/beoplay-macos-remote-gui/issues/4#issuecomment-557046053

tlk commented 4 years ago

@mbolo01

I just checked, and it seems to be possible to send a list of radio stations to the queue and be able to control it as a music play queue. Example data structure:

tunein-playqueue

This could be used to send the entire list of radio stations to the device as a play queue - appropriately rotated so the selected station is the first item in the list.