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by anderspitman 2051 days ago
> There is an unofficial mobile client called Otter that makes listening to music on Android very pleasent

Is there some reason servers like this require a special client? Can't you just provide URLs to m3u8s which in turn have URLs to mp3s? Is it just that there isn't an agreed-upon protocol for listing directories? Or maybe auth concerns?
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Johan-bjareholt 2050 days ago
And maybe for creating playlists? And maybe for modifying playlists? And maybe for searching for songs/albums/artists? And maybe for modifying metadata?

Considering all these features that needs to be supported it makes sense IMO that it's a specific protocol.

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anderspitman 2050 days ago
Playlists are just m3u8 files, so you just need to support HTTP PUT, yeah? You've got me on search.
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