Brainstorm for a mixwidget frotend
1. Handle creation of xspf playlists both automagically and manually 2. Conform to directory naming standards 3. Option to upload files or use files in an existing directory 4. Create directories as necessary 5. Create multiple files (embed and standalone player) as necessary 6. Add multiple mixwidgets to a single page 7. Allow selection of skin 8. Automatically decide text placement based on skin 9. Auto-editting of multiple files 10. Create archive of tracks 11. Manipulate ID3 tags when necessary 12. File renaming based on ID3
Best language for this? 1. PHP 2. AJAX/Javascript 3. Ruby (doubtful) 4. Perl
Just a brainstorm for my personal use. Mixwidget lacks documentation but provides a damn cool interface. I don't know and refuse to learn flash so I won't be extending mixwidget. This will be a wrapper to install as many mixwidgets as you need on a LAMP website. The interface will likely be coded in AJAX/Javascript and call some existing scripts on the backend for some of the heavt lifting. ID3 editt ...