I've posted an idea for a Rio Central programming project I'd like to try here. Anyone got any ideas for me?

Is the database format the same as on the EmpegCar ?

If so, then I suppose one could simply port the server bits of Hijack to the Central, which oughtn't be hard to do.

Actually, it's the *0 and *1 files that matter here, not the database format..

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I would like to be able to get the empeg vnc program to work on the central. http://strobos.cee.vt.edu/EmpegVNC/

Actually, it's the *0 and *1 files that matter here, not the database format..

In that case, I think they're the same format. Of course, coming up with a way to execute that code on the central could be tricky.

In any case, I'm primarily searching for a way to do it client-side-only. I want to make it easy and hopefully cross-platform...

>I'm primarily searching for a way to do it client-side-only.
>I want to make it easy and hopefully cross-platform...

The proprietary comms protocol pretty much eliminates the "cross-platform" hopes. I suppose a port of JEmplode would do much of it, though.

But seriously, porting kftpd.c (ftp & web servers) to the Central should be very easy if it's running Linux... like, perhaps an hour of my time given the existing kernel source tree for the Central. *That* easy.

Cheers

Okay, I can build what appears to be a kernel for the Central.

But.. they also seem to have enabled kernel modules support, so there's probably no big need to actually install a new kernel. Instead, I can probably build the kftpd as a kernel module, which can be loaded from the command line (initially). That wold make installation really easy, assuming there's a way to actually get the file onto somebody's Rio Central.

Cheers

Once I port the Empeg stuff up, the streaming server I wrote for the Karma should also work on the Empeg and your Central, I bet ... It gives you an XML interface to tune and playlist information ..... If Mark doesn't have you all hooked up by the time I'm done, then it might be worth checking out.

The proprietary comms protocol pretty much eliminates the "cross-platform" hopes.

I don't see why? I was just talking about using the existing information here and formatting it in such a way as to look pretty and let you click on tunes. The server already provides all the necessary information if you simply ask for the HTTP pages in the right way.

Instead, I can probably build the kftpd as a kernel module, which can be loaded from the command line (initially).

I wouldn't know how to do that on the Central... at least not in a way that stayed permanently after a power cycle?

the streaming server I wrote for the Karma should also work on the Empeg and your Central

Now that could be cool...

Its fairly trivial to do. But if the built-in webserver already does what you want, then no need for it.

Cheers