iLiad My Next Project: XMMS

Adam B. · 03-17-2007, 11:46 AM

The current solution for playing MP3's on the iLiad is far from ideal. So I started to look at other options. XMMS takes me back to the days of the old WinAmp. It's clean, it's simple, and it's GTK based.

It runs. I can't seem to get it to play mp3's just yet. But here's a teaser...

Alexander Turcic · 03-17-2007, 01:21 PM

Gorgeous teaser, Adam!

firekat · 03-17-2007, 05:15 PM

One question, how do you guys get these screenshots of the iLiad? Is this off the developer software?

Adam B. · 03-17-2007, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by firekat

One question, how do you guys get these screenshots of the iLiad? Is this off the developer software?

It's a program called fbshot. You can find it in the wiki.

yokos · 03-19-2007, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Adam B.

The current solution for playing MP3's on the iLiad is far from ideal.

Oh, yes this is true.
Adam B., thanks for the nice teaser, it shows promise.

Adam B. · 03-19-2007, 08:33 AM

Does anyone know what kind of sound mixer the iLiad uses? Alsa, OSS, Direct sound?

narve · 03-19-2007, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam B.

Does anyone know what kind of sound mixer the iLiad uses? Alsa, OSS, Direct sound?

Don't know anything about this... but just to make sure that you know: There is a working MP3 player for iliad, madplay. Perhaps you could get some hints by looking at its source code? Check the forums if you didn't know about this.

nekokami · 03-19-2007, 02:53 PM

Adam, do you have an Amazon wishlist, or something?

Adam B. · 03-19-2007, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

Adam, do you have an Amazon wishlist, or something?

No, no Amazon wishlist. I don't really care for donations either... I'm just happy to be providing iLiad users with software that'll really use the power of this device. I'd like to see those sony people look up words in a dictionary.

Besides, all of this helps with my paperless life goal.

vranghel · 03-19-2007, 04:42 PM

Your altruism is commendable Adam. Thanks again for the effort!

NatCh · 03-19-2007, 05:12 PM

Well, we can still always say "thanks" with karma.

CommanderROR · 03-19-2007, 08:04 PM

yep indeed.

Adam B. has taken Scotty's place as Iliad developer...a real pity that iRex took so long to release the full sources.

Just imagine what Adam AND Scotty could have done...

Adam B. · 03-19-2007, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by CommanderROR

yep indeed.

Adam B. has taken Scotty's place as Iliad developer...a real pity that iRex took so long to release the full sources.

Just imagine what Adam AND Scotty could have done...

I wouldn't go that far... Scotty did a lot of coding and improvements. I can make minor tweaks, and put together the necessary libraries to compile software for the iLiad. I'm just an enthusiastic Linux geek who loves his iLiad. I'm not much of a developer.

That being said, I do appreciate the kind words. I'm just glad to give back.

Alexander Turcic · 03-20-2007, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by CommanderROR

yep indeed.

Adam B. has taken Scotty's place as Iliad developer...a real pity that iRex took so long to release the full sources.

Just imagine what Adam AND Scotty could have done...

Well, I still hope Scotty comes back. Perhaps he just felt a bit lonely doing all the work by himself. Now with Adam at his side, it could be the Dream Team of E-Readers

Adam B. · 03-21-2007, 09:35 AM

Getting this thread back on track....

After fighting with XMMS for a while, I've decided to give up on it. The interface isn't really all that good on a screen like the iliad's, and I could never get it to actually play anything.

So I started to think about other linux MP3 players, and came to the iPod Linux project. I have this on my ipod, and it uses a program called MPD (http://www.musicpd.org/) to play music. It's a very lightweight daemon that runs in the background that provides all of the music functions. Best of all, it support *many* different front end clients. http://www.musicpd.org/clients.shtml

I've got MPD compiled and working. It hardly uses any resources while it's running and playing. Best of all, because it's a background process, it can keep playing while you read a book or take notes.

My biggest obstacle at this point is finding a suitable front end client. There are a few GTK based applications, however they all require libglade. The one that I think would work the best, is Gimmix (http://gimmix.berlios.de/screenshots.php). All of the gtk based clients will compile fine, but when I try to run them from the iLiad, they complain of a “undefined symbol: g_object_ref_sink in libglade-2.0.so.0” I’ve downloaded the newest version of libglade, installed it, used the updated library, and the problem still exists. Solving this would make my life much easier…

There are a few other clients that use python. I started work on porting python, but forgot my iLiad at home today. I’ll keep you guys posted.

03-17-2007, 11:46 AM	#1
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	My Next Project: XMMS The current solution for playing MP3's on the iLiad is far from ideal. So I started to look at other options. XMMS takes me back to the days of the old WinAmp. It's clean, it's simple, and it's GTK based. It runs. I can't seem to get it to play mp3's just yet. But here's a teaser... Attached Thumbnails

03-21-2007, 09:35 AM	#15
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	Getting this thread back on track.... After fighting with XMMS for a while, I've decided to give up on it. The interface isn't really all that good on a screen like the iliad's, and I could never get it to actually play anything. So I started to think about other linux MP3 players, and came to the iPod Linux project. I have this on my ipod, and it uses a program called MPD (http://www.musicpd.org/) to play music. It's a very lightweight daemon that runs in the background that provides all of the music functions. Best of all, it support many different front end clients. http://www.musicpd.org/clients.shtml I've got MPD compiled and working. It hardly uses any resources while it's running and playing. Best of all, because it's a background process, it can keep playing while you read a book or take notes. My biggest obstacle at this point is finding a suitable front end client. There are a few GTK based applications, however they all require libglade. The one that I think would work the best, is Gimmix (http://gimmix.berlios.de/screenshots.php). All of the gtk based clients will compile fine, but when I try to run them from the iLiad, they complain of a “undefined symbol: g_object_ref_sink in libglade-2.0.so.0” I’ve downloaded the newest version of libglade, installed it, used the updated library, and the problem still exists. Solving this would make my life much easier… There are a few other clients that use python. I started work on porting python, but forgot my iLiad at home today. I’ll keep you guys posted. Last edited by Adam B.; 03-21-2007 at 09:38 AM.

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03-17-2007, 01:21 PM	#2
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Gorgeous teaser, Adam!

03-17-2007, 05:15 PM	#3
firekat Groupie Posts: 157 Karma: 314 Join Date: May 2006	One question, how do you guys get these screenshots of the iLiad? Is this off the developer software?

03-19-2007, 08:33 AM	#6
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	Does anyone know what kind of sound mixer the iLiad uses? Alsa, OSS, Direct sound?

03-19-2007, 02:53 PM	#8
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Adam, do you have an Amazon wishlist, or something?

03-19-2007, 04:42 PM	#10
vranghel Addict Posts: 285 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vancouver, Canada Device: Proud Iliad owner	Your altruism is commendable Adam. Thanks again for the effort!

03-19-2007, 05:12 PM	#11
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Well, we can still always say "thanks" with karma.

03-19-2007, 08:04 PM	#12
CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	yep indeed. Adam B. has taken Scotty's place as Iliad developer...a real pity that iRex took so long to release the full sources. Just imagine what Adam AND Scotty could have done...

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