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Re: Show HN: Radio - My first Mac app

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Post by quesera »

dglancy wrote: post #39
kapowaz wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This seems like a great idea. Build some sort of universal bridge for media keys that any compatible app can hook into? Or would the OS X sandbox prevent that, too?

It is a great idea and should be possible so long as Apple is willing to approve an sandboxed app that accepts incoming connections (listens) on a port against the local interface.

The bridge could be the listener, and the sandboxed apps could open a connection to it. This is probably preferable design anyway.

The apps should request subscription to a set of keypress events, the bridge should get approval from the user (maybe only if the app requests keys other than F keys and media keys?). The bridge should be discoverable by local bonjour rather than running on a known port.

Re: Show HN: Radio - My first Mac app

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Post by sebhack »

Nice app! Although it suffers from the same problem that iTunes has, when playing a radio stream: I have a very unstable DSL internet connection, the connection drops every 2-3h for a few seconds or more. It's like unplugging the network cable for 5 seconds and re-plugging it in. So when the internet connection drops, it says "buffering" forever, so I have to manually click stop and play to resume the stream. Would be very nice, if the app would automatically try to reconnect (i.e. restart the TCP connection) after short timeout, or something like that.

As a workaround to the missing media keys support because Apple won't allow it: You could provide a little AppleScript interface, so that everyone could configure own global shortcuts with FastScripts. If that makes sense. Don't know if that's possible to implement.

Re: Show HN: Radio - My first Mac app

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Post by dglancy »

sebhack wrote: post #52

Nice app! Although it suffers from the same problem that iTunes has, when playing a radio stream: I have a very unstable DSL internet connection, the connection drops every 2-3h for a few seconds or more. It's like unplugging the network cable for 5 seconds and re-plugging it in. So when the internet connection drops, it says "buffering" forever, so I have to manually click stop and play to resume the stream. Would b…

Oh, thats really annoying. I don't have a fantastic connection myself at home. I'll look to use link conditioner to see if I can make re-connect more aggressive and try and solve your issue. Would be great if you hit us up on support email (via our site) and I can send you on development beta's to see if we're moving in the right direction.

Re: Show HN: Radio - My first Mac app

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Post by JeroenHermkens »

robbiep wrote: post #7

Seems great. Can I suggest you add this list of stations? http://www.abc.net.au/radio/listenlive.htm#shoutcastaac Australians will be forever grateful

Just added to Radio - relaunch to get them immediately otherwise they will show up in the next 24 hours.

Re: Show HN: Radio - My first Mac app

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Post by dglancy »

sebhack wrote: post #52

Nice app! Although it suffers from the same problem that iTunes has, when playing a radio stream: I have a very unstable DSL internet connection, the connection drops every 2-3h for a few seconds or more. It's like unplugging the network cable for 5 seconds and re-plugging it in. So when the internet connection drops, it says "buffering" forever, so I have to manually click stop and play to resume the stream. Would b…

Applescript know in place @ http://www.radioformac.com/#mediakeys

Thanks for the suggestion.

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