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[David Ferguson]

I updated my Rdio workflow to fix a few things.

 

 

1. Resized png icons and optimized (download is now ~210k, was over 2MB)

2. Fixed the Artist items not playing. Selecting an artist will now play their Top Tracks Channel.

3. Migrated to Workflows helper class

4. Added track count to Artist results

5. Increased performance of Now Playing item by limiting the number of Applescript calls made.

 

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[jga23]

any plans to integrate this with the Alfred Package Tool so we can easily check for updates?

[getthething]

How tricky would it be to add the ability to search for an artist/track/album/whatever and have it display that item in Rdio instead of playing it? Or possibly adding it to the queue instead of playing immediately. Maybe both with a modifier key?

 

Are these things technically possible and if so is it something I could just add myself?

 

Thanks for all your work. 

[David Ferguson]

I don't think that's possible. Rdio provides URLs for sharing content but that just takes you to the Rdio web interface and doesn't play locally. The Rdio AppleScript library is what I'm using to play the tracks. It's pretty limited. You can play/pause, check the player status (playing, paused, etc), get info on the current track, adjust volume, things of that nature but there isn't a method for adding tracks to a play queue. If it ever becomes available though, I will definitely get it added.

[snej]

Excellent! Thanks!

[LiamW]

I know it's possible with Rdio, but to be clear, this workflow itself doesn't control volume? 

[marse]

I need the same for Spotify

[Efty Edge]

Great! Big thanx.

 

But i have a question. Is it possible to show the album artwork instead of the RDIO icons?

 

Thomas

[David Ferguson]

I know it's possible with Rdio, but to be clear, this workflow itself doesn't control volume? 

 

No, it currently isn't set up to control the volume. I could probably add that at some point when I get caught up with things.

 

I need the same for Spotify

 

@phpfunk has updated his Spotify extension from Alfred 1 into a workflow for Alfred 2 already.  Check it out.

 

Great! Big thanx.

 

But i have a question. Is it possible to show the album artwork instead of the RDIO icons?

 

Thomas

 

Right now, it's not easily done. Currently, Alfred can't show URL based icons. They would have to be individually downloaded and it would end up being kinda slow. It may be possible in the future but for now its more effort than what its worth. When/if Alfred gets the ability to show URL based icons, I'll add it in for sure.

[donaldguy]

Super props. Thank you

 

... though I am a little torn between how much this is exactly what I wanted to exist, and how much I was looking forward to making it myself :-) (but I apparently missed the boat on the beta... )

[alessandrecm]

Pretty neat but "Now Playing" is not working... in Brazil Rdio app is named after "Oi Rdio", any chance to this would be the issue? I've already tried to change *.php and AppleScripts which refers to "Rdio" and changed it but same results as the original workflow.

Edited by alessandrecm, Yesterday, 10:31 PM.