freespirit

Because I was a bit bored today and really felt like doing something new, and inspired by the quite large thread on podcasts on the Amarok mailing list, I sat down and wrote a simple podcast directory service on top of the service framework.

Right now, it does not really do anything besides showing stuff, but making it subscribe to the podcasts should be relatively simple, and will tie in really well with all the cool stuff Bart is doing with regards to podcast support in the playlist browser. Also, because of the flexibility of the service framework, filtering worked right away. The service is currently hardcoded to use an OPML file from http://www.digitalpodcast.com, but the plan is to make that configurable, or even to allow several at once ( like the Ampache service ). There are currently somewhere around 15000 podcasts listed at digitalpodcast.com, so it seemed like a good place to start.

So, to keep it short and sweet, here are some screenshots of what I have got so far: