Modland and scenesat reLive interface for XBMC

[BuZz]

Development of this plugin is now on plugin is now on http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-addons/. However this forum can still be used for feedback/comments.

If any of you like XBox Media Center (A great media player for your xbox, linux, mac or windows media pc), you might be interested in a couple of Music plugins I'm currently working on.

The first allows searching and playing of music from Modland, utilising the realtime streaming/recording interface.
So far just a simple plain text search is supported that works the same as the "quick search" on the exotica modland search page.

plugin is downloadable from http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-addons/

the second plugin is for scenesat relive, that allows listening to old shows from scenesat radio (http://www.scenesat.com) and other podcasts that support the relive system. Please give it a try

plugin is downloadable from http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-addons/

Please post any feedback/improvements (with patches ) to this thread

*2010-01-04 - Update*
the modland plugin now correctly shows the name of the module currently being played.
added sorting by date in the reLive plugin, and sorting by title, artist, and genre (format) in modland
*2010-01-05 - Update*
reLive now shows the separate tracks that a show consists of and allows playback to be started at any point
code cleanups
added icons
*2010-01-11 - Update*
Plugin now maintained on xbmc-addons. No further updates will be posted here

[BuZz]

For those unfamiliar with the content of modland. Here are a few searches to try.

drax fasttracker
(all the multichannel music from drax - excellent stuff)

turrican tfmx
(music from the turrican games on the amiga)

hippel coso
(some great amiga music from jochen hippel)

"4-mat"
(lots of music from the musician 4-mat for various platforms)

.. please suggest more

[XtC]

Ey up!

What can I say, you install the plugin, perform a search, select a song and it plays! Excellent stuff!

For those not familiar with XBMC, here are some screen grabs: -

Example of a modland search result using XBMC.

Example of modland playing a file, though it's not clear what file is playing! :-)

Example of XBMC playing a song with full tags and album art.

Well done with your first Python script, BuZz. Now if only someone would create a STIL equivalent for Amiga music - oh, wait a minute, I have!

[BuZz]

I have updated the modland plugin. details listed above.

I have also added details about a second plugin I have created, that allows listening to show archives from http://www.scenesat.com as well other things that support the relive system. It will for example allow you to listen also to the bitfellas podcasts, including the ExoticA edition we made.

[BuZz]

I have done some code cleanups and minor changes.

[BuZz]

Development is now on http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-addons/.