ZPD is a project to create a media playing daemon on Windows using Zune as the player. The reason for wanting to use Zune is that it allows for using a Zune Pass to play lots of music legally without need to purchase ever track.
The player daemon is supposed to be completely remotely controlled similar to projects such as MPD.
It’s good to always have a measurement of completion. The actual intent is to use this as the DJ at my (Jim’s) wedding reception. The features I want available to my guests is:
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I can control the playback (starting, stopping, skipping)
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Guests are able to search for music
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Guests are able to add music to the playlist
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Guests are able to see what is playing and what will be playing
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Guests and I are able to do these actions from smart phones
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Guests and I are able to do these actions at the machine itself
A large part of the Zune API code comes from the Zune LCD project.