Developer:Davaar:InfoService
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Architectural Overview
The Info Service provides source-independent information concerning the currently playing media.
The information provided is based on the concept of a track, which has a uri and metadata in DIDL-Lite form.
The track may also have detailed information concerning bit-rate, sample-rate, bit-depth, etc.
These details may not be known immediately when a track changes. Typically they are cleared at this point and become available shortly afterwards.
The track may also have metatext: dynamic textual information concerning the track, which may change as the track is played.
Again, metatext is cleared when a new track begins and changes as the track is played.
Metatext is typically used to convey broadcast information from internet radio stations.
Counters
Counters are used to manage the changing of the Track, Details, and Metatext information.
When a track changes, the Track Count is incremented, the Uri and Metadata are set, the Details Count is set to zero, the Details are defaulted to blank and zero values, the Metatext Count is set to zero, and the Metatext is set to blank.
Subsequent updates to the Details and Metatext are accompanied by increments in their respective Counters.
The Counters action can be used by clients that are unable to partake in UPnP eventing in order to establish changes in the information provided by the Info Service.
Track
Reports current track information concerning the current media:
- Uri
- Metadata
Details
Reports details concerning the current media:
- Duration
- Bit Rate
- Bit Depth
- Sample Rate
- Lossless
- Codec Name
Metatext
Reports dynamic textual information concerning the current media.
This currently amounts to broadcast information from internet radio stations, but the same mechanism could be used for other purposes in the future.
Technical Details
Domain : av.openhome.org
Name : Info
Version : 1
Info Service Description (XML)
Migration Guide From Cara
The domain for the Info service changed to av.openhome.org
Actions
Counters
The arguments have changed their names as follows:
- aTrackCount -> TrackCount
- aDetailsCount -> DetailsCount
- aMetatextCount -> MetatextCount
Track
The arguments have changed their names as follows:
- aUri -> Uri
- aMetadata -> Metadata
Details
The arguments have changed their names as follows:
- aDuration -> Duration
- aBitRate -> BitRate
- aBitDepth -> BitDepth
- aSampleRate -> SampleRate
- aLossless -> Lossless
- aCodecName -> CodecName
Metatext
The argument has changed its name as follows:
- aMetatext -> Value
