Netgear plugin + FreeDB

Pontus Berg/Guest · Post by **Pontus Berg/Guest** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 4:55 am

Howdy!

I would like to add two items to the wishlist;

* Using Amazon for looking up tags work fairly poorly for me. I would like to be able to retire Tag&Rename in favour of only using MM for all my collection management, and for this support for looking up tags also from existing collection (not only while ripping) would be necessary

* In order to play my music in the house, I use a Netgear MP101. The server software that comes with it is REALLY poor (slow and stability is not a key advantage either). An MM plugin to have it work as an MP101 server would be MOST appreciated.

/Pontus Berg

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 5:42 am

[Sorry - Slightly corrected]

Howdy!

I would like to add two items to the wishlist;

* Using Amazon for looking up tags work fairly poorly for me. I would like to be able to retire Tag&Rename in favour of only using MM for all my collection management, and for this support for CDDB/FreeDB looking up tags also from existing collection (not only while ripping) would be necessary

* In order to play my music in the house, I use a Netgear MP101. The server software that comes with it is REALLY poor (slow and stability is not a key advantage either). An MM plugin to have it work as an MP101 server would be MOST appreciated. This might not me MM core development, but a plug in would be a great third party contribution.

Post by **Lowlander** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:15 am

Other lookup services for on PC files has been requested. CDDB is comercial and requires licensing fees and FreeDB is dying, but these and several other services have been requested.

There have been requests for uPnP (don't know what netgear uses) support and the ability for MediaMonkey to function as a server for networked devices. Main problem here is that it's often a per device solution and often involves closed source solutions. Unfortunately MediaMonkey doesn't have a larger programmers community that could create these types of plugins.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:00 pm

Lowlander wrote:Other lookup services for on PC files has been requested. CDDB is comercial and requires licensing fees and FreeDB is dying, but these and several other services have been requested.

There have been requests for uPnP (don't know what netgear uses) support and the ability for MediaMonkey to function as a server for networked devices. Main problem here is that it's often a per device solution and often involves closed source solutions. Unfortunately MediaMonkey doesn't have a larger programmers community that could create these types of plugins.

I guess the Gold version is a suitable candidate for CDDB support then, as the fee at it's current level or at a new level could include the license fee. FreeDB dying, how-so?

I don't know what Netgear uses either, and reverse engineering isn't a piece of cake here I guess. I still don't understand why people like Netgear are persistant in producing a crappy visual basic implementation of a server when they could - at least in parallel - release the specs and have someone able have a go at it ... I mean they can't very well be worried that they would breed competition or erode revenues, now could they?

/Pontus

Post by **Lowlander** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:40 pm

The digital media market is saturated with propriety implementations. This is something we (consumers) or MediaMonkey can do little about.

More on FreeDB: FreeDB dies

301.20 · Post by **301.20** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:53 pm

and I have to agree the server that comes with the product is shameful. Netgear really does need to rethink their server...however, I would definitely be willing to pay for a plugin designed by MM for MM to act as a UPnP server.

Hope someday this becomes a reality with MM, until then we MP 101 users will have to hope, wish and pray....

301.20 · Post by **301.20** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:45 am

Okay, Nero has something that almost gets the job done, but is slower than...I don't know what, and then Media Player has a media server that can't play albums, only one track at a time.

to weep

Rupert · Post by **Rupert** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:32 am

I am waiting for my Netgear MP101 to arrive, but am ready to upgrade the firmware, and then load TwonkyVision Music Server instead of the Net gear firmware.
From reading round, sounds like the best advice.

Would like to be able to use the MM auto playlists on it, but suspect I will have to export them each time...

Post by **Lowlander** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:29 pm

Playlist export could probably be automated with a script. This could be set to run on start or shutdown of MediaMonkey.

Rupert · Post by **Rupert** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:56 pm

Lowlander, sure you are right, but that is beyond me

Post by **Lowlander** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:18 pm

You can always request a script in the Scripts and Components forum. Maybe somebody is willing to write it.

Netgear plugin + FreeDB

Netgear plugin + FreeDB

Netgear MP 101 uses UPnP

UPDATE and even more of a plea for UPnP MM media development

TwonkyVision Music Server