[Johan-bjareholt]

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.

[anderspitman]

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