Apr 12 2008
XML-RPCAmp
XML-RPCAmp is a Winamp plugin I wrote that provides a little XML-RPC server which exposes methods allowing callers to control Winamp.
Why would you want to do this? Well, I wrote it to control Winamp from other applications in which I spend a lot of time, such as Emacs, or Visual Studio. I often work at a single monitor connected through a KVM switch to multiple computers, with Winamp running on only one (the one with the good speakers & nice soundcard). I needed a way to be able to fire off requests remotely. XML-RPC is a simple protocol, with client support on a wide variety of platforms (unlike COM, for example). In particular, its spoken by Emacs (through the XML-RPC package), which was my first priority, since that’s where I spend most of my time.
It has a page at the Winamp plugins repository, but since their submission system is a little pokey, and they don’t really give you a lot of control over your plugin’s page, I’m making this the project’s home page.
The latest version is 1.0.2, and you can download it here (debug build here).
I’m really not setup to publish source (yet), but if you’re interested, contact me.
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How do I know what the methods are? Thanks!
Brian,
My original idea was that folks would access the methods either through the emacs-amp Elisp package, or through the xmlrpcamp command line program. However, a couple of people have asked about writing their own clients.
What format would you like the methods documented in?