Winamp

:: [gen_mirror] (POC)
(that is, Proof of Concept, not Piece of Crap. I hope.)

I've been developing a new plugin which transparently mirrors all winamp actions between two independent instances of WA accross a network.

Features:

• Actions on either WA are mirrored on the other (no client / server set up here, although it can be set up to behave this way)
• No ugly interfaces like most (all?) other winamp / network control plugins
• Mirrored Actions:
  • Track Change
  • Play State change (play / pause / stop)
  • Playlist changes
  • Shuffle / normal play synchronisation
  • Volume
  • Track seeking
• Configuration
  • Enable / Disable mirroring in winamp
  • User definable local / remote ports
  • Optional bind to local IP
  • Remote IP
  • Shared playlist file (see Requirements)
• Requirements
  • Plugin requires both instances of WA have access to the same data on the same file path (eg, a drive shared over a network from a host and mapped as a network drive on the second computer)
  • A shared folder accessible (and writable) from both computers running Winamp to store the shared playlist file used for syncing playlists

To Do:
(ie, planned feature list)

• More flexile config options
  • Make different functionalities optional etc.
• Repeat mode synchronising
• Media Library sync
• HotKey support to enable / disable mirroring (low priority)
• Support different file paths (don't expect this one soon)

I've only been able to test it briefly using a virtual machine (with rather interesting networking results), as I'm currently at college and dont have the hardware to test it properly.

So, I offer it to you, dear readers, to test my humble creation and provide me with feedback on what works, or more probably, what doesn't work.

Please email me for a link to the download.

Thanks in advance,
[mjh]