2012-05-07, 15:58
[EDIT]: I changed the thread topic subject from "Social media integration framework" to "Media scrobbling integration framework" to difference from normal social media which most Kodi / XBMC developers do not care for at all.
Kodi / XBMC developers have previously said that they will not add social media integration to XBMC's core themselves, and only want scrobbling features in Kodi / XBMC as addons, (like for example the Trakt.tv scrobbler addon).
Maybe they would change their mind if some could code a unified media scrobbling GUI frontend framework with a common scrobbler addons API into XBMC's core so that it will be easy to write scrobbling addons?
It could then be a little similar to the PVR frontend/backend concept for XBMC, with a common social media frontend framework in Kodi / XBMC that others could write addons for, with unified interface for log-ins, etc.
That way the actual social media addons for any specific social media site would not be inside Kodi / XBMC core code, and skinners would then just have to add skin support for such addons using common GUI elements.
Having a unified social media GUI frontend framework and API would mean a common standard size of "Like" buttons, star ratings feedback, etc. and windows for adding text like "this is a must see kickass movie".
You could that way have different third-party social media addons in Kodi / XBMC for Trakt.tv and ShareThe.TV, as well as Facebook, and Twitter, etc. all only using this common API and GUI framework in Kodi / XBMC
I guess that this same framework and API could also be used for submitting simple star ratings and rankings to thetvdb.com and themoviedb.org after viewing if the users have registered user account for those sites.
As well as content recommendations from Synopsi.TV, Flixster, and GetGlue based on what you are watching under your profile in Kodi / XBMC, similar to Boxee but not only using your social media connections.
And why not use this very same framework and API for music scrobblers and well as for, that way you could move Last.fm and Libre.fm music scrobbling code out of Kodi / XBMC's core and into separate scrobber addons.
These work kind of like genius recommendations system in iTunes, with recommendations for content based on what you previously watched or listed too.
The GUI for the recommendation system would from an end-users point of view look something similar to Last.fm music scrobbling and movies recommendations in Netflix web-applications
http://betakit.com/2012/04/16/synopsitv-...mendations
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/18/googl...pp-update/
Boxee would then get a little competition, though it would be nothing to stop them from also help develop this common social media framework and API for Kodi / XBMC, as could probably get ideas from their GUI
This is only a suggestion a suggestion about something that I think a lot normal users not present in these forums would want to have in Kodi / XBMC, and probably something to raise the wife acceptance factor
Kodi / XBMC developers have previously said that they will not add social media integration to XBMC's core themselves, and only want scrobbling features in Kodi / XBMC as addons, (like for example the Trakt.tv scrobbler addon).
Maybe they would change their mind if some could code a unified media scrobbling GUI frontend framework with a common scrobbler addons API into XBMC's core so that it will be easy to write scrobbling addons?
It could then be a little similar to the PVR frontend/backend concept for XBMC, with a common social media frontend framework in Kodi / XBMC that others could write addons for, with unified interface for log-ins, etc.
That way the actual social media addons for any specific social media site would not be inside Kodi / XBMC core code, and skinners would then just have to add skin support for such addons using common GUI elements.
Having a unified social media GUI frontend framework and API would mean a common standard size of "Like" buttons, star ratings feedback, etc. and windows for adding text like "this is a must see kickass movie".
You could that way have different third-party social media addons in Kodi / XBMC for Trakt.tv and ShareThe.TV, as well as Facebook, and Twitter, etc. all only using this common API and GUI framework in Kodi / XBMC
I guess that this same framework and API could also be used for submitting simple star ratings and rankings to thetvdb.com and themoviedb.org after viewing if the users have registered user account for those sites.
As well as content recommendations from Synopsi.TV, Flixster, and GetGlue based on what you are watching under your profile in Kodi / XBMC, similar to Boxee but not only using your social media connections.
And why not use this very same framework and API for music scrobblers and well as for, that way you could move Last.fm and Libre.fm music scrobbling code out of Kodi / XBMC's core and into separate scrobber addons.
These work kind of like genius recommendations system in iTunes, with recommendations for content based on what you previously watched or listed too.
The GUI for the recommendation system would from an end-users point of view look something similar to Last.fm music scrobbling and movies recommendations in Netflix web-applications
http://betakit.com/2012/04/16/synopsitv-...mendations
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/18/googl...pp-update/
Boxee would then get a little competition, though it would be nothing to stop them from also help develop this common social media framework and API for Kodi / XBMC, as could probably get ideas from their GUI
This is only a suggestion a suggestion about something that I think a lot normal users not present in these forums would want to have in Kodi / XBMC, and probably something to raise the wife acceptance factor