Online Content Plugin in development

samuel337 · 2005-02-27, 07:40

Hi everyone

I've started work on developing the framework for a plugin called My Online Content. The idea of this plugin is to allow users to search for media on the net then view them (for example, searching music videos then playing them).

The interface is simple now, one button to select the sources to search, another to search. It will then search all the available sources and return a list. Each item will have a title and a description. Click on it and it will play.

I'm going to implement this system using interfaces, therefore any developer can create a plugin for my plugin, so when a search is initiated, all the plugins will be told to search and return the results, which will then be displayed.

I've got the interface pretty much done - just got to finish writing an example search source.

If this sounds confusing, hopefully when I release it you'll get the idea ;-)

Screenshots coming soon!

Sam
p.s. I'm using VB.NET for this, so I think this will also be the first example of a VB.NET window plugin.

2005-02-27, 11:59

Cool!!!

We are looking for it!!!

samuel337 · 2005-02-27, 12:06

Anyone got any ideas of any sites that contain searchable forms of media? I tried to scrape links off yahoo's Launch, but it ended up being a headache and not working so anyone got any other ideas?

Sam

Maschine · 2005-02-27, 12:17

Hey Sam,

a great feature for MP would be to search wikipedia. Is this sth. your plugin can do? Or is it really just for downloading media? Would be really cool if this was possible.

For the yahoo launch plugin you could talk to juvinious (the guy who wrote the shoutcast-plugin). He said some days ago that he is already able to get content for the english site and has just to get the localization done. I think he already made good progress with this plugin and will release it soon. Just for your info that you don't have to do double work...

Looking forward to another great plugin from you ;-)

Maschine

Zipperzip · 2005-02-27, 12:25

Hi Sam,

I don't know anything about programming, but Meedio has a Yahoo launch plugin written in VB.net

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/dncenter/

sources are on that page..maybe you can find the medicine for your headache in there :wink:

Yahoo streams would be awesome!

Good luck

samuel337 · 2005-02-28, 12:01

The plugin's been released - see this thread:
http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.so...?p=29705#29705

Sam

2005-02-27, 07:40	#1 (permalink)
samuel337 Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 773 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Online Content Plugin in development Hi everyone I've started work on developing the framework for a plugin called My Online Content. The idea of this plugin is to allow users to search for media on the net then view them (for example, searching music videos then playing them). The interface is simple now, one button to select the sources to search, another to search. It will then search all the available sources and return a list. Each item will have a title and a description. Click on it and it will play. I'm going to implement this system using interfaces, therefore any developer can create a plugin for my plugin, so when a search is initiated, all the plugins will be told to search and return the results, which will then be displayed. I've got the interface pretty much done - just got to finish writing an example search source. If this sounds confusing, hopefully when I release it you'll get the idea ;-) Screenshots coming soon! Sam p.s. I'm using VB.NET for this, so I think this will also be the first example of a VB.NET window plugin.

2005-02-27, 11:59	#2 (permalink)
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2005-02-27, 12:06	#3 (permalink)
samuel337 Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 773 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Anyone got any ideas of any sites that contain searchable forms of media? I tried to scrape links off yahoo's Launch, but it ended up being a headache and not working so anyone got any other ideas? Sam

2005-02-27, 12:17	#4 (permalink)
Maschine Portal Developer Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 506 Thanks: 8 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Country:	Hey Sam, a great feature for MP would be to search wikipedia. Is this sth. your plugin can do? Or is it really just for downloading media? Would be really cool if this was possible. For the yahoo launch plugin you could talk to juvinious (the guy who wrote the shoutcast-plugin). He said some days ago that he is already able to get content for the english site and has just to get the localization done. I think he already made good progress with this plugin and will release it soon. Just for your info that you don't have to do double work... Looking forward to another great plugin from you ;-) Maschine

2005-02-27, 12:25	#5 (permalink)
Zipperzip Portal Developer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Netherlands Age: 31 Posts: 76 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My System	Hi Sam, I don't know anything about programming, but Meedio has a Yahoo launch plugin written in VB.net http://web.tampabay.rr.com/dncenter/ sources are on that page..maybe you can find the medicine for your headache in there :wink: Yahoo streams would be awesome! Good luck

2005-02-28, 12:01	#6 (permalink)
samuel337 Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 773 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The plugin's been released - see this thread: http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.so...?p=29705#29705 Sam