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<blockquote data-quote="samuel337" data-source="post: 70663" data-attributes="member: 10347">External Control Plugin uses .NET remoting, and the web service is just a wrapper of that to allow non .NET apps to use it, e.g. PHP.Yes UDP is going to be faster, but .NET remoting is easier to use and works for the majority of uses. I was considering implementing UDP in ECP as well, and use multicast to implement event notifications, but I don't have the time to do that.Anyway, like Bram said, we really need to get a common interface going because between all the similar plugins, there are conflicts. ECP cannot co-exist with WebPlaylistManager, and there were problems with MPBlue as well until I changed the remoting formatter. Given that you're using UDP, hopefully it'll avoid these conflicts, but I won't count on it, given I still haven't worked out why...and neither have the other devs on the other plugins.I think there's room in MP to have both a remoting and a UDP interface and this would be quite beneficial for the project in general.Anyway, we'll see if we can get the MP dev's attention...Sam</blockquote>

[QUOTE="samuel337, post: 70663, member: 10347"] External Control Plugin uses .NET remoting, and the web service is just a wrapper of that to allow non .NET apps to use it, e.g. PHP. Yes UDP is going to be faster, but .NET remoting is easier to use and works for the majority of uses. I was considering implementing UDP in ECP as well, and use multicast to implement event notifications, but I don't have the time to do that. Anyway, like Bram said, we really need to get a common interface going because between all the similar plugins, there are conflicts. ECP cannot co-exist with WebPlaylistManager, and there were problems with MPBlue as well until I changed the remoting formatter. Given that you're using UDP, hopefully it'll avoid these conflicts, but I won't count on it, given I still haven't worked out why...and neither have the other devs on the other plugins. I think there's room in MP to have both a remoting and a UDP interface and this would be quite beneficial for the project in general. Anyway, we'll see if we can get the MP dev's attention... Sam [/QUOTE]

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