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diff --git a/content/posts/2004-03-22-xmms-ruby-and-m3u.html b/content/posts/2004-03-22-xmms-ruby-and-m3u.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..69f5aac --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2004-03-22-xmms-ruby-and-m3u.html @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +--- +date: "2004-03-22T12:40:09Z" +title: XMMS-Ruby and M3U +--- + +<p> +I wrote this little snippet of code in response to an email, and I thought it might be useful for other people. +</p> + +<blockquote> +<p> +<i>Basically, I'm trying to write some code that will connect to a running +XMMS session, grab the playlist and write out a .pls or a .m3u file. +Unfortunately, while XMMS can do this in a single operation, their API +doesn't seem to have a simple hook to do this. </i> +</p> + +<p> +Unfortunately, there's nothing in the remote API that lets you do that +in a single call. But it should be pretty easy to write; just iterate +over the list and print out the necessary lines for each entry. +Something like this: +</p> + +<pre> + module Xmms + class Remote + # + # get playlist contents as m3u-encoded string + # + def to_m3u + "#EXTM3U\n" + playlist.map { |title, file, time| + "#EXTINF:#{time / 1000},#{title}\n#{file}" + }.join("\n") + end + end + end +</pre> + +<p> +Then, to save a playlist, you can just do the following: + </p> + +<pre> + xmms = Xmms::Remote.new + File::open('path/to/output.m3u', 'w') { |out| out.puts xmms.to_m3u } + </pre> + +<p> +Hope this helps... +</p> +</blockquote> + +<p> +<b>Update:</b> I tossed this code in a downloadable file, and I added an +<code>Xmms::Remote#save_m3u</code> method for free. <a +href='/download/xmms-m3u.rb'>Download xmms-m3u.rb</a>. +</p> + |