Music Integration
Corey Deschaine
You’ve already provided access to our Plex Movies and TV Shows, which has been a fantastic addition. If you were to integrate music into the Dispatch UI as well, it would truly take the platform to the next level, creating a more complete and seamless entertainment experience for users.
Daniel Gustavsson
There is also much potential here.
Here is a couple examples of what Dispatch can realistically provide if it adds music support:
- Use MusicBrainz API for genres (a different experience than Plex which uses AllMusic for genres)
- A true TV music experience, with fanart of the artist currently playing etc, acting like a sleek visual journey when you play a playlist.
- Artist recommendations, and perhaps integrate this in the "on deck/what to watch" so it blends seamlessly with the current row Dispatch already have.
The recommendations can be sourced similarly to how movies and shows already are. And with that I mean it can be rudimentary like "user has played this artist X times, so look this artist up on last.fm and see what it's similar to" and gather the recommendations this way.