Re: How to Access XMPP-Based Media Server

[Stefan Kost <ensonic hora-obscura de>]

Am 12.11.2010 14:56, schrieb Jon Kristensen:
> Hello people!
> 
> My name is Jon Kristensen and I am planning to create a XMPP-based media server
> called Pontarius. The typical use case of Pontarius would be to host all your
> media on a local server and have that server share it with your friends (with
> customizable permissions, of course). The server will make sure that any
> transmission is end-to-end encrypted. We will be making heavy use of the XMPP
> protocol.
> 
> Now, I would like to make some kind of "binding" so that GNOME and other free
> desktop environments can browse the contents of a Pontarius server (so that you
> can see your and your friends media). Do you have any advice on where I should
> start? We will be using Jingle and the Publish-Subscribe XMPP extensions to do
> this. What is the lowest level layer that I can/should work against here?
> 
> Basically, I want to be able to work with the remote files as if they were a
> local directory... Get file listings, download a file, upload a file, rename a
> file, etc.

May be writing a Grilo plugin for it would be all that is needed:
http://www.igalia.com/nc/work/project/item/grilo/
http://gnomejournal.org/article/103/grilo-integrating-multimedia-content-in-your-application

Stefan


> 
> Thank you so much for any advice on this!
> 
> Warm regards,
> Jon Kristensen
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