libipod-devel

[Libipod-devel] Development for libipod

[j h <can...@ho...>]

Hey everyone!
My name is Jim and I am a student at the University of Toronto (Canada). I 
just finished reading the description of this project and it sounds very 
interesting. I have some development experience in C, Python, and C++ and 
was thinking that it would be cool to contribute to a project like this. 
I'de be willing to do whatever I am capable of to assist this project, so if 
you want my help just contact me at Can...@ho... or my Source 
Forge e-mail (my username on Source Forge is jim2k6). I am kinda new to 
Source Forge so just let me know what I have to do in order to "register" 
with the project if you want me to join.

Thanks,
Jim H.

Re: [Libipod-devel] Development for libipod

[Kendall D. <ken...@li...>]

Hi Jim,

Welcome to the team! I go by "binaryloop" on the SF site and I just 
added you to the project and made you a developer. Source Forge is 
pretty easy to use. The other guy on the project: morpher59 (Duane) is 
the real brains behind the operation. He wrote all the code. I am 
helping out with management of the web site, promotion, documentation, 
etc... One thing to do (if you haven't already) is to download a copy of 
the source code and check the program out. If you have an iPod you 
should be able to mount and unmount the device, add files, remove files, 
etc...  So, check out the code and see how it works.

Right now we are just getting the mailing list started and there only 3 
of us here right now. The long term goal is to try to create coding 
examples and documentations so that people can take advantage of libipod 
in their own projects. We'd love to see other music players (especially 
for Linux) start to take advantage of libipod. Imagine having the iPod 
functionality in AmaroK being controlled by libipod. Just about any 
other program that should connect to an iPod but currently doesn't can 
take advantage of the libipod code.  The code for libipod is written in 
C to be small, fast, and universal but there are bindings for C++ and 
Python. So, developers in these languages can use libipod quite easily. 
We are also trying to help spread the news about the libipod site and 
sign up developers.

Are you currently working on software that needs iPod connectivity?

Kendall



j h wrote:

> Hey everyone!
> My name is Jim and I am a student at the University of Toronto 
> (Canada). I just finished reading the description of this project and 
> it sounds very interesting. I have some development experience in C, 
> Python, and C++ and was thinking that it would be cool to contribute 
> to a project like this. I'de be willing to do whatever I am capable of 
> to assist this project, so if you want my help just contact me at 
> Can...@ho... or my Source Forge e-mail (my username on 
> Source Forge is jim2k6). I am kinda new to Source Forge so just let me 
> know what I have to do in order to "register" with the project if you 
> want me to join.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim H.
>

Re: [Libipod-devel] Development for libipod

[j h <can...@ho...>]

Actually, the reason I wanted to take a look at this project is because I am 
currently writing my resume but am rather short on work experience. In order 
to get a job this summer I would at least need some "Project Experience" so 
I came to SourceForge looking for some open source projects and this project 
sounded really interesting.

I looked briefly over the source code but, unfortunately, it looks to be 
outside the scope of my understanding. I've only taken one course that does 
C/C++ and one course that does Python (at the University I attend) so my 
knowledge isn't deep enough to help with writing the code for this project.

It is unlikely that I will be useful at all for this project, but thanks for 
responding so quickly and being so kind. This project sounds like its going 
to be a huge success, and I wish you guys the best of luck.

May the Source be with you,
Jim H.

Re: [Libipod-devel] Development for libipod

[Kendall D. <ken...@li...>]

Stick around...... :)

We'd be happy to have you as a part of our project. I'm sure there will 
be things that you can help to work on like: documentation and spreading 
the news and coming up with samples, ideas, etc...

You might also try writing your own project in C or Python to test out 
libipod?

This way you can focus on writing your code and leave the iPod 
read/write stuff to libipod.

If you have any questions just ask and we can get you pointed in the 
right direction. Writing code on your own is great work experience. 
Then, if they ask what you've done, you can tell them "Hey... check out 
my cool program!"

libipod takes away the underlying difficulty of the connecting to the 
iPod. We leave it to everyone else to come up with cool things to use it 
for. The obvious use is software music players. But, you could write a 
program that allows you to connect two iPods together and DJ off of 
them? Or maybe some way to wirelessly sync your iPod to a computer in 
your car? The possibilities are limitless.

Kendall



j h wrote:

> Actually, the reason I wanted to take a look at this project is 
> because I am currently writing my resume but am rather short on work 
> experience. In order to get a job this summer I would at least need 
> some "Project Experience" so I came to SourceForge looking for some 
> open source projects and this project sounded really interesting.
>
> I looked briefly over the source code but, unfortunately, it looks to 
> be outside the scope of my understanding. I've only taken one course 
> that does C/C++ and one course that does Python (at the University I 
> attend) so my knowledge isn't deep enough to help with writing the 
> code for this project.
>
> It is unlikely that I will be useful at all for this project, but 
> thanks for responding so quickly and being so kind. This project 
> sounds like its going to be a huge success, and I wish you guys the 
> best of luck.
>
> May the Source be with you,
> Jim H.
>
>