OC ReMix Google Gadget

[drekeo]

For those people who have a Google Homepage (i.e. iGoogle), I made a Google Gadget that you can drop on it.

http://www.google.com/ig/adde?source=ignsrc1&moduleurl=http%3A//hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/113442111111660630273/OCRemix.xml

This gadget will show you the last 10 songs added to OCRemix, and lets you play them right from your homepage. Kind of a quick-listen, to decide if you want to download them.


http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/113442111111660630273/OCRemix_screenshot.png

Let me know if you see any bugs, or want any features added!

[DarkeSword]

I hope this isn't streaming songs for it's preview mode; bandwidth is expensive enough with downloads alone. We don't need people streaming songs off the servers every time they want to listen to a song on their Google Homepage.

[The Unsung Plumber]

I hope this isn't streaming songs for it's preview mode; bandwidth is expensive enough with downloads alone. We don't need people streaming songs off the servers every time they want to listen to a song on their Google Homepage.

It is.:sad:

when you click on them, it opens a link to ocrmirror.com

[Nutritious]

Any way to get it to just link to the writeup?

EDIT: Ahh nevermind, link does just that, but the streaming arrow streams from ocmirror

[drekeo]

The streaming randomly chooses from the available mirrors, so as to not overload any given one.

Not that it will be a danger; how many people fall in the intersection of OCRemix and iGoogle? :)

Not only that, but since the gadget only shows the latest 10 songs, I don't think people will do a whole lot of listening from their iGoogle page. It might be different if it was an entire "media player" for the entire library of OCRemix songs...

Let me know if you still have concerns...?

[DarkeSword]

Well I can't speak for Dave personally, but even with such a potentially small audience, I would still think it'd be an issue. Bandwidth isn't free, and OCR isn't exactly made of money. Even small things like this could potentially be harmful, especially if it catches on.

I dunno, maybe I'm making a mountain out of a molehill. :|

[djpretzel]

Robert runs ocrmirror.org and currently isn't denying requests for MP3s that have referrers different from ocremix.org, or no referrer at all... he might object to bandwidth ultimately being sucked up from such gadgets, widgets, etc., I don't know... it'd be interesting to see what type of an impact it has.

I suppose I'd prefer to develop one myself, or take over development, or have some say, if it were to be "official" in some way, but currently it's not doing anything wrong that isn't being done elsewhere, I'd imagine...

[drekeo]

Well, I'm willing to work with you. :) All it is is an XML file. What would you like "say" in? Do you want a "Official OCRemix Google Gadget" on the gadget or something, with a link to the site?

I seriously doubt it's going to rise above a couple *dozen* users, but I could be drastically under-estimating the number of OCRemix fans with an iGoogle page. Let me know what you want me to do.