So, first things first--
MultiRSS by cf2009 is pretty good, but doesn't seem to work with dharma. I downloaded the most recent version with github and made an addon.xml file for it, and while it seems to have worked fundamentally (I saw headings of the RSS I inserted) it failed to exit and ultimately crashes XBMC.
So, I am requesting that someone either bring multiRSS up to date, or bring a whole other RSS reader into existence.
I believe XBMC's ability to integrate information from RSS is of growing importance, since it is not only the smoothest way to integrate text and image information from regularly updated sources into XBMC (such as news, software updates etc), it has also become the leading way to automate certain tasks using programs like sickbeard.
For example, sickbeard is soon going to likely support an RSS feed of the upcoming shows (which would serve as a viewing guide to many) as well as its history. SABnzbd already supports such a local RSS feed.
The brilliance of an RSS plugin is that it eliminates the need to create many ultraspecific plugins, such as a sickbeard plugin. If there is information that you regularly want off of your computer or the internet, you would need only figure out how to generate an automatically updating RSS feed.
Some features that I think would be good to include that multiRSS currently lacks are:
1. Information access for skinners, so that RSS info can be incorporated in the skins (home screen, for example).
2. Settings GUI
3. Support for images and thumbnails.
4. If possible, (this is asking a lot) some sort of information that could link directly to content that is already in the library.
So, for example, sickbeard RSS shows that a show has been downloaded. If the RSS contains the directory, be able to select the show and play it from the RSS feed.
It is important to emphasize that Sickbeard does not even currently generate such RSS feeds, but it is showing on googlecode that this feature is coming.
The point is not creating RSS specifically to control sickbeard, but as a way of freely sharing information from the outside world with the XBMC interface.
Imagine access to a sickbeard viewing guide, or seeing the progress of torrents and nzb downloads on your homescreen, all because of RSS! And of course, all of the great content available through RSS on the web.
Hope that this inspires someone to take on the task! Thanks in advance.
MultiRSS by cf2009 is pretty good, but doesn't seem to work with dharma. I downloaded the most recent version with github and made an addon.xml file for it, and while it seems to have worked fundamentally (I saw headings of the RSS I inserted) it failed to exit and ultimately crashes XBMC.
So, I am requesting that someone either bring multiRSS up to date, or bring a whole other RSS reader into existence.
I believe XBMC's ability to integrate information from RSS is of growing importance, since it is not only the smoothest way to integrate text and image information from regularly updated sources into XBMC (such as news, software updates etc), it has also become the leading way to automate certain tasks using programs like sickbeard.
For example, sickbeard is soon going to likely support an RSS feed of the upcoming shows (which would serve as a viewing guide to many) as well as its history. SABnzbd already supports such a local RSS feed.
The brilliance of an RSS plugin is that it eliminates the need to create many ultraspecific plugins, such as a sickbeard plugin. If there is information that you regularly want off of your computer or the internet, you would need only figure out how to generate an automatically updating RSS feed.
Some features that I think would be good to include that multiRSS currently lacks are:
1. Information access for skinners, so that RSS info can be incorporated in the skins (home screen, for example).
2. Settings GUI
3. Support for images and thumbnails.
4. If possible, (this is asking a lot) some sort of information that could link directly to content that is already in the library.
So, for example, sickbeard RSS shows that a show has been downloaded. If the RSS contains the directory, be able to select the show and play it from the RSS feed.
It is important to emphasize that Sickbeard does not even currently generate such RSS feeds, but it is showing on googlecode that this feature is coming.
The point is not creating RSS specifically to control sickbeard, but as a way of freely sharing information from the outside world with the XBMC interface.
Imagine access to a sickbeard viewing guide, or seeing the progress of torrents and nzb downloads on your homescreen, all because of RSS! And of course, all of the great content available through RSS on the web.
Hope that this inspires someone to take on the task! Thanks in advance.
