> When browsing the podcasts list using the json-rpc interface - is there
> any way to retrieve the associated podcast artwork (image item in the
> feed)?
I don't think there is.
> It does not seem to be returned by the 'podcast items' command by
> default. It is properly parsed and retrieved from an atom feed here
> (https://github.com/Logitech/slimserv...ts/XML.pm#L536),
> but I see no way of retrieving it other than navigating down the
> XMLBrowser structure and retrieve the first item for each feed, in which
> case the associated artwork is properly returned as the image parameter.
> However, that solution would be very expensive and unneccessary.
I believe that if you're serious about creating a UI, you'll have to go
down that rabbit hole. Otherwise you'll always be trying to find a way
to mimic the behaviour with some other means, or trying to figure out
why things behave differently than on other UIs.
--
Michael
> any way to retrieve the associated podcast artwork (image item in the
> feed)?
I don't think there is.
> It does not seem to be returned by the 'podcast items' command by
> default. It is properly parsed and retrieved from an atom feed here
> (https://github.com/Logitech/slimserv...ts/XML.pm#L536),
> but I see no way of retrieving it other than navigating down the
> XMLBrowser structure and retrieve the first item for each feed, in which
> case the associated artwork is properly returned as the image parameter.
> However, that solution would be very expensive and unneccessary.
I believe that if you're serious about creating a UI, you'll have to go
down that rabbit hole. Otherwise you'll always be trying to find a way
to mimic the behaviour with some other means, or trying to figure out
why things behave differently than on other UIs.
--
Michael