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[Zinf-devel] [EPAMP] an effect plugin API for media players: anyone interested?

[Stefano D'A. <zan...@gm...>]

Hello,

First of all, I'm sorry for the worst cross-posting ever.

My name's Stefano D'Angelo and I'm the author of NASPRO
(http://naspro.atheme.org), a project whose main aim is to build up a
system to make all sound processing APIs interoperable.

Since my project was recently accepted to become part of the Atheme
community (http://www.atheme.org) and began working close to the
audacious (http://audacious-media-player.org) developers, I could see
there actually were serious reasons behind the lack of standardization
for sound processing in the arena of media players.

Now, I wrote a first draft of a new sound processing API called EPAMP
especially targetted at media players; you can find it here:
http://naspro.atheme.org/content/epamp-draft-1

With this mail, I'm trying to get some feedback (possibly in the Talk
page on the NASPRO wiki) about it and possibly to involve anyone who
is interested in its development.

Anyway, notice that the user interface part of the API is still
missing and that my project (NASPRO) will support this new API, giving
applications using it the possibility to access non-EPAMP plugins
without touching a single line of code (currently supported APIs are
audacious' and LADSPA, while DSSI, LV2, GStreamer and possibly VST are
more or less planned for the near future).

In case you're not interested and want to start a flame, please just ignore me.

This message is being sent to the communities/developers behind the
following projects:
 - Amarok
 - Aqualung
 - Audio Overload
 - BMPx
 - Banshee
 - cmus
 - Decibel Audio Player
 - Exaile
 - FALF Player
 - Freevo
 - GStreamer
 - Helix Player
 - Herrie
 - JaJuk
 - JuK (KDE multimedia)
 - Linux Audio Developers
 - KPlayer
 - Kaffeine
 - lamip
 - The LAMP
 - MPlayer
 - Miro
 - mpg123
 - mpg321
 - Muine
 - MPD
 - music on console
 - Noatun
 - ogg123 (vorbis-tools)
 - Ogle
 - Quod Libet
 - Rhythmbox
 - Sipie
 - SnackAmp
 - Sonata
 - Songbird
 - UADE
 - SMPlayer
 - VLC
 - wxMusik
 - XMMS2
 - Xfmedia
 - Xine
 - Zinf

If you know someone else who could be interested, feel free to forward this.

Best regards,

Stefano D'Angelo
zan...@gm...

Re: [Zinf-devel] [PATCH] Fix compilation and bitmap depth on debian sid

[David H. <da...@th...>]

Yeah, we all seem to have come up with a subtly different solution to
the bitmap depth problem (see
http://hg.thepriorities.com/zinf/main/rev/6fac96bf7e10)

I just went with the one that seemed simpler when I merged. As far as
I can tell from reading the GTK/GDK docs they are all equvialent in
that they get the depth of the root window, but I could be wrong.

Cheers,
David

On 21/01/2008, Kristian Kvilekval <kr...@cs...> wrote:
>
> Cool.. I'll see about pushing it upto sourceforge.
>
> One thing.. Your last merge seemed to remove the bitmap fix.  Did you
> find another work around for getting the proper window depth?
>
>
> On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 18:56 +0000, David Hough wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is has finally reminded me to do something which I've been
> > meaning to do for far too long, which is upload the recent (well when
> > I say recent...) work I've done locally on Zinf (admittedly not much
> > but hey it's something...)
> >
> > So, I've put a mercurial repository online at
> >
> > http://hg.thepriorities.com/zinf/main
> >
> > Probably the most interesting change is the inclusion of project files
> > to build it using Visual Studio 2005! I've also done some work to
> > finally remove the old music database and move everything over to
> > using the new one instead (some functionality in my repo are still
> > broken because of this).
> >
> > Cheers,
> > David
> >
> > On 14/01/2008, Fabio Checconi <fa...@ga...> wrote:
> > > > From: Kristian Kvilekval <kr...@cs...>
> > > > Date: Mon, Jan 14, 2008 09:03:11AM -0800
> > > >
> > > > I'll look over the patch and apply it.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > >
> > > > I don't think there is a lot of active development, currently.
> > > >
> > > > David hough completed a nice new front end for zinf, that was to be
> > > > the next version, however, development stalled.   It does however,
> > > > work pretty well and I use it everyday.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I'll try it, but I have some problems generating the configure for
> > > the cvs version of zinf, and I didn't have the time to investigate
> > > them (they look like autotools version mismatches.)
> > >
> > > Thank you very much for your attention.
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Re: [Zinf-devel] [PATCH] Fix compilation and bitmap depth on debian sid

[Kristian K. <kr...@cs...>]

Cool.. I'll see about pushing it upto sourceforge.

One thing.. Your last merge seemed to remove the bitmap fix.  Did you
find another work around for getting the proper window depth?


On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 18:56 +0000, David Hough wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is has finally reminded me to do something which I've been
> meaning to do for far too long, which is upload the recent (well when
> I say recent...) work I've done locally on Zinf (admittedly not much
> but hey it's something...)
> 
> So, I've put a mercurial repository online at
> 
> http://hg.thepriorities.com/zinf/main
> 
> Probably the most interesting change is the inclusion of project files
> to build it using Visual Studio 2005! I've also done some work to
> finally remove the old music database and move everything over to
> using the new one instead (some functionality in my repo are still
> broken because of this).
> 
> Cheers,
> David
> 
> On 14/01/2008, Fabio Checconi <fa...@ga...> wrote:
> > > From: Kristian Kvilekval <kr...@cs...>
> > > Date: Mon, Jan 14, 2008 09:03:11AM -0800
> > >
> > > I'll look over the patch and apply it.
> > >
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> > > I don't think there is a lot of active development, currently.
> > >
> > > David hough completed a nice new front end for zinf, that was to be
> > > the next version, however, development stalled.   It does however,
> > > work pretty well and I use it everyday.
> > >
> >
> > I'll try it, but I have some problems generating the configure for
> > the cvs version of zinf, and I didn't have the time to investigate
> > them (they look like autotools version mismatches.)
> >
> > Thank you very much for your attention.
> >
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[Zinf-devel] [PATCH] Fix compilation and bitmap depth on debian sid

[David H. <da...@th...>]

Hi,

This is has finally reminded me to do something which I've been
meaning to do for far too long, which is upload the recent (well when
I say recent...) work I've done locally on Zinf (admittedly not much
but hey it's something...)

So, I've put a mercurial repository online at

http://hg.thepriorities.com/zinf/main

Probably the most interesting change is the inclusion of project files
to build it using Visual Studio 2005! I've also done some work to
finally remove the old music database and move everything over to
using the new one instead (some functionality in my repo are still
broken because of this).

Cheers,
David

On 14/01/2008, Fabio Checconi <fa...@ga...> wrote:
> > From: Kristian Kvilekval <kr...@cs...>
> > Date: Mon, Jan 14, 2008 09:03:11AM -0800
> >
> > I'll look over the patch and apply it.
> >
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> > I don't think there is a lot of active development, currently.
> >
> > David hough completed a nice new front end for zinf, that was to be
> > the next version, however, development stalled.   It does however,
> > work pretty well and I use it everyday.
> >
>
> I'll try it, but I have some problems generating the configure for
> the cvs version of zinf, and I didn't have the time to investigate
> them (they look like autotools version mismatches.)
>
> Thank you very much for your attention.
>
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Re: [Zinf-devel] [PATCH] Fix compilation and bitmap depth on debian sid

[Fabio C. <fa...@ga...>]

> From: Kristian Kvilekval <kr...@cs...>
> Date: Mon, Jan 14, 2008 09:03:11AM -0800
>
> I'll look over the patch and apply it.   
> 

Thank you.


> I don't think there is a lot of active development, currently.
> 
> David hough completed a nice new front end for zinf, that was to be 
> the next version, however, development stalled.   It does however,
> work pretty well and I use it everyday.
> 

I'll try it, but I have some problems generating the configure for
the cvs version of zinf, and I didn't have the time to investigate
them (they look like autotools version mismatches.)

Thank you very much for your attention.

Re: [Zinf-devel] [PATCH] Fix compilation and bitmap depth on debian sid

[Kristian K. <kr...@cs...>]

I'll look over the patch and apply it.   

I don't think there is a lot of active development, currently.

David hough completed a nice new front end for zinf, that was to be 
the next version, however, development stalled.   It does however,
work pretty well and I use it everyday.

You need to configure the build with 
configure --enable-experimental

and change the default browser UI in ~/.zinf/preferences
MusicBrowserUI: musicbrowsermm.ui



On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 09:55 +0100, Fabio Checconi wrote:
> Hi all,
>     this list seems to be not so active, anyway I've tried zinf after
> a long time, and I had several problems building and running it.  This
> patch fixes the build issues reported here:
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20070811210027.1d4e2c92%40darkstar.localhost&forum_name=zinf-support
> 
> and seems to be a correct fix to this tracker issue:
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1033026&group_id=51494&atid=463479
> 
> Still getting segfaults on theme changes and on exit.
> Patch on top of 2.2.5, please consider applying.
> 
> I'm posting the patch here and not on the tracker to ask also for the
> project status... is anyone still working on zinf?
> 
> 
> --
> 
> diff -Naurp zinf-2.2.5.orig/base/include/player.h zinf-2.2.5/base/include/player.h
> --- zinf-2.2.5.orig/base/include/player.h	2004-02-02 18:39:35.000000000 +0100
> +++ zinf-2.2.5/base/include/player.h	2008-01-11 20:01:32.000000000 +0100
> @@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ class Player : public EventQueue
>      
>      #define _EQUALIZER_ENABLE_
>      #ifdef  _EQUALIZER_ENABLE_
> -    void Player::SetEQData(Event *pEvent);
> +    void SetEQData(Event *pEvent);
>      #endif // _EQUALIZER_ENABLE_
>      #undef  _EQUALIZER_ENABLE_    
>  
>      #define _VISUAL_ENABLE_
>      #ifdef  _VISUAL_ENABLE_
> -    void Player::SendVisBuf(Event *pEvent); 
> +    void SendVisBuf(Event *pEvent); 
>      #endif // _VISUAL_ENABLE_
>      #undef  _VISUAL_ENABLE_  
>  
> diff -Naurp zinf-2.2.5.orig/base/include/queue.h zinf-2.2.5/base/include/queue.h
> --- zinf-2.2.5.orig/base/include/queue.h	2003-09-16 19:34:53.000000000 +0200
> +++ zinf-2.2.5/base/include/queue.h	2008-01-11 20:00:47.000000000 +0100
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ ________________________________________
>  #ifndef INCLUDED_QUEUE_H_
>  #define INCLUDED_QUEUE_H_
>  
> +#include <assert.h>
>  #include "config.h"
>  #include "mutex.h"
>  
> diff -Naurp zinf-2.2.5.orig/ui/zinf/unix/include/GTKBitmap.h zinf-2.2.5/ui/zinf/unix/include/GTKBitmap.h
> --- zinf-2.2.5.orig/ui/zinf/unix/include/GTKBitmap.h	2003-09-16 19:36:23.000000000 +0200
> +++ zinf-2.2.5/ui/zinf/unix/include/GTKBitmap.h	2008-01-14 09:19:00.000000000 +0100
> @@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ class GTKBitmap : public Bitmap
>       Error ReadleShort(FILE *file, gushort *ret);
>       Error ReadleLong(FILE *file, gulong *ret);
>  
> +     static GdkWindow *m_rootWindow;
> +
>       GdkPixmap *m_Bitmap;
>       GdkPixmap *m_MaskBitmap;
>  
> diff -Naurp zinf-2.2.5.orig/ui/zinf/unix/src/GTKBitmap.cpp zinf-2.2.5/ui/zinf/unix/src/GTKBitmap.cpp
> --- zinf-2.2.5.orig/ui/zinf/unix/src/GTKBitmap.cpp	2003-09-16 19:36:23.000000000 +0200
> +++ zinf-2.2.5/ui/zinf/unix/src/GTKBitmap.cpp	2008-01-14 09:19:29.000000000 +0100
> @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ RGBQUAD;
>  #define BI_RLE4      2
>  #define BI_BITFIELDS 3
>  
> +static GDKWindow *GTKBitmap::m_rootWindow;
> +
>  GTKBitmap::GTKBitmap(string &oName)
>            :Bitmap(oName)
>  {
> @@ -59,7 +61,9 @@ GTKBitmap::GTKBitmap(string &oName)
>      m_Bitmap = NULL;
>      m_MaskBitmap = NULL;
>      gdk_threads_enter();
> -    m_GC = gdk_gc_new(gdk_window_foreign_new(GDK_ROOT_WINDOW()));
> +    if (m_rootWindow == NULL)
> +        m_rootWindow = gdk_window_foreign_new(GDK_ROOT_WINDOW());
> +    m_GC = gdk_gc_new(m_rootWindow);
>      gdk_threads_leave();
>      m_width = 0;
>      m_height = 0;
> @@ -72,8 +76,10 @@ GTKBitmap::GTKBitmap(int iWidth, int iHe
>      m_oBitmapName = oName;
>      shape_set = false;
>      gdk_threads_enter();
> -    m_Bitmap = gdk_pixmap_new(NULL, iWidth, iHeight, 
> -                              gdk_visual_get_best_depth());
> +    if (m_rootWindow == NULL)
> +        m_rootWindow = gdk_window_foreign_new(GDK_ROOT_WINDOW());
> +    m_Bitmap = gdk_pixmap_new(m_rootWindow, iWidth, iHeight,
> +                              gdk_drawable_get_depth(m_rootWindow));
>      m_MaskBitmap = gdk_pixmap_new(NULL, iWidth, iHeight, 1); 
>      m_GC = gdk_gc_new(gdk_window_foreign_new(GDK_ROOT_WINDOW()));
>      gdk_threads_leave();
> @@ -150,7 +156,7 @@ Error GTKBitmap::LoadBitmapFromDisk(stri
>          newbuf = gdk_pixbuf_add_alpha(pixbuf, m_bHasTransColor, 
>                                        m_oTransColor.red, 
>                                        m_oTransColor.green, m_oTransColor.blue);
> -        gdk_pixbuf_render_pixmap_and_mask(newbuf, &m_Bitmap, &m_MaskBitmap, 
> +        gdk_pixbuf_render_pixmap_and_mask(newbuf, &m_Bitmap, &m_MaskBitmap,
>                                            255);
>          m_width = gdk_pixbuf_get_width(newbuf);
>          m_height = gdk_pixbuf_get_height(newbuf);
> @@ -546,7 +552,8 @@ Error GTKBitmap::LoadBitmapFromDisk(stri
>          gdk_gc_destroy(gc);
>      }
>  
> -    m_Bitmap = gdk_pixmap_new(NULL, w, h, gdk_visual_get_best_depth());
> +    m_Bitmap = gdk_pixmap_new(m_rootWindow, w, h,
> +                              gdk_drawable_get_depth(root));
>      gdk_draw_rgb_image(m_Bitmap, m_GC, 0, 0, w, h, GDK_RGB_DITHER_MAX, data, 
>                         w * 3);
>  
> 
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[Zinf-devel] [PATCH] Fix compilation and bitmap depth on debian sid

[Fabio C. <fa...@ga...>]

Hi all,
    this list seems to be not so active, anyway I've tried zinf after
a long time, and I had several problems building and running it.  This
patch fixes the build issues reported here:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20070811210027.1d4e2c92%40darkstar.localhost&forum_name=zinf-support

and seems to be a correct fix to this tracker issue:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1033026&group_id=51494&atid=463479

Still getting segfaults on theme changes and on exit.
Patch on top of 2.2.5, please consider applying.

I'm posting the patch here and not on the tracker to ask also for the
project status... is anyone still working on zinf?


--

diff -Naurp zinf-2.2.5.orig/base/include/player.h zinf-2.2.5/base/include/player.h
--- zinf-2.2.5.orig/base/include/player.h	2004-02-02 18:39:35.000000000 +0100
+++ zinf-2.2.5/base/include/player.h	2008-01-11 20:01:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ class Player : public EventQueue
     
     #define _EQUALIZER_ENABLE_
     #ifdef  _EQUALIZER_ENABLE_
-    void Player::SetEQData(Event *pEvent);
+    void SetEQData(Event *pEvent);
     #endif // _EQUALIZER_ENABLE_
     #undef  _EQUALIZER_ENABLE_    
 
     #define _VISUAL_ENABLE_
     #ifdef  _VISUAL_ENABLE_
-    void Player::SendVisBuf(Event *pEvent); 
+    void SendVisBuf(Event *pEvent); 
     #endif // _VISUAL_ENABLE_
     #undef  _VISUAL_ENABLE_  
 
diff -Naurp zinf-2.2.5.orig/base/include/queue.h zinf-2.2.5/base/include/queue.h
--- zinf-2.2.5.orig/base/include/queue.h	2003-09-16 19:34:53.000000000 +0200
+++ zinf-2.2.5/base/include/queue.h	2008-01-11 20:00:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ ________________________________________
 #ifndef INCLUDED_QUEUE_H_
 #define INCLUDED_QUEUE_H_
 
+#include <assert.h>
 #include "config.h"
 #include "mutex.h"
 
diff -Naurp zinf-2.2.5.orig/ui/zinf/unix/include/GTKBitmap.h zinf-2.2.5/ui/zinf/unix/include/GTKBitmap.h
--- zinf-2.2.5.orig/ui/zinf/unix/include/GTKBitmap.h	2003-09-16 19:36:23.000000000 +0200
+++ zinf-2.2.5/ui/zinf/unix/include/GTKBitmap.h	2008-01-14 09:19:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ class GTKBitmap : public Bitmap
      Error ReadleShort(FILE *file, gushort *ret);
      Error ReadleLong(FILE *file, gulong *ret);
 
+     static GdkWindow *m_rootWindow;
+
      GdkPixmap *m_Bitmap;
      GdkPixmap *m_MaskBitmap;
 
diff -Naurp zinf-2.2.5.orig/ui/zinf/unix/src/GTKBitmap.cpp zinf-2.2.5/ui/zinf/unix/src/GTKBitmap.cpp
--- zinf-2.2.5.orig/ui/zinf/unix/src/GTKBitmap.cpp	2003-09-16 19:36:23.000000000 +0200
+++ zinf-2.2.5/ui/zinf/unix/src/GTKBitmap.cpp	2008-01-14 09:19:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ RGBQUAD;
 #define BI_RLE4      2
 #define BI_BITFIELDS 3
 
+static GDKWindow *GTKBitmap::m_rootWindow;
+
 GTKBitmap::GTKBitmap(string &oName)
           :Bitmap(oName)
 {
@@ -59,7 +61,9 @@ GTKBitmap::GTKBitmap(string &oName)
     m_Bitmap = NULL;
     m_MaskBitmap = NULL;
     gdk_threads_enter();
-    m_GC = gdk_gc_new(gdk_window_foreign_new(GDK_ROOT_WINDOW()));
+    if (m_rootWindow == NULL)
+        m_rootWindow = gdk_window_foreign_new(GDK_ROOT_WINDOW());
+    m_GC = gdk_gc_new(m_rootWindow);
     gdk_threads_leave();
     m_width = 0;
     m_height = 0;
@@ -72,8 +76,10 @@ GTKBitmap::GTKBitmap(int iWidth, int iHe
     m_oBitmapName = oName;
     shape_set = false;
     gdk_threads_enter();
-    m_Bitmap = gdk_pixmap_new(NULL, iWidth, iHeight, 
-                              gdk_visual_get_best_depth());
+    if (m_rootWindow == NULL)
+        m_rootWindow = gdk_window_foreign_new(GDK_ROOT_WINDOW());
+    m_Bitmap = gdk_pixmap_new(m_rootWindow, iWidth, iHeight,
+                              gdk_drawable_get_depth(m_rootWindow));
     m_MaskBitmap = gdk_pixmap_new(NULL, iWidth, iHeight, 1); 
     m_GC = gdk_gc_new(gdk_window_foreign_new(GDK_ROOT_WINDOW()));
     gdk_threads_leave();
@@ -150,7 +156,7 @@ Error GTKBitmap::LoadBitmapFromDisk(stri
         newbuf = gdk_pixbuf_add_alpha(pixbuf, m_bHasTransColor, 
                                       m_oTransColor.red, 
                                       m_oTransColor.green, m_oTransColor.blue);
-        gdk_pixbuf_render_pixmap_and_mask(newbuf, &m_Bitmap, &m_MaskBitmap, 
+        gdk_pixbuf_render_pixmap_and_mask(newbuf, &m_Bitmap, &m_MaskBitmap,
                                           255);
         m_width = gdk_pixbuf_get_width(newbuf);
         m_height = gdk_pixbuf_get_height(newbuf);
@@ -546,7 +552,8 @@ Error GTKBitmap::LoadBitmapFromDisk(stri
         gdk_gc_destroy(gc);
     }
 
-    m_Bitmap = gdk_pixmap_new(NULL, w, h, gdk_visual_get_best_depth());
+    m_Bitmap = gdk_pixmap_new(m_rootWindow, w, h,
+                              gdk_drawable_get_depth(root));
     gdk_draw_rgb_image(m_Bitmap, m_GC, 0, 0, w, h, GDK_RGB_DITHER_MAX, data, 
                        w * 3);
 

[Zinf-devel] zinf and mercurial

[kris <kr...@cs...>]

I've set up a mercurial repository for zinf.

You can access it from you web browser with:

   http://zinf.sourceforge.net/hg/zinf

Some simple mercurial commands


hg clone  http://zinf.sourceforge.net/hg/zinf 






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Re: [Zinf-devel] linker Error!

[srishu i. <is...@ya...>]

Dear Bobber,
  Thanks for your reply. I have downloaded the STL files. Is this port something different? How do i get it into MSV6? I mean is it in a plugin?
   
  Or are you saying that the latest version i.e. zinf 2.2.1 cannot be compiled with MSV6 at all?
   
  Rishi

Bobber Cheng <bo...@mi...> wrote:
  You need STLPort to compile zinf-2.2.1 with MSVC 6. Latest version could
not be compiled with MSVC.

srishu indrakanti wrote:
> Hi all brothers and sisters in keyboards!,
> I do not exactly know if I can be posting erorrs here.
> I have recently downloaded the source code for Windows but am unable
> to compile and run it. The Error I get is as below.
> LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file "fabaselib.lib"
> Error executing link.exe.
> Can you help?
> Regards
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Re: [Zinf-devel] linker Error!

[Bobber C. <bo...@mi...>]

You need STLPort to compile zinf-2.2.1 with MSVC 6. Latest version could
not be compiled with MSVC.

srishu indrakanti wrote:
> Hi all brothers and sisters in keyboards!,
> I do not exactly know if I can be posting erorrs here.
> I have recently downloaded the source code for Windows but am unable
> to compile and run it. The Error I get is as below.
> LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file "fabaselib.lib"
> Error executing link.exe.
> Can you help?
> Regards
> Rishi
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[Zinf-devel] linker Error!

[srishu i. <is...@ya...>]

Hi all brothers and sisters in keyboards!,
   
  I do not exactly know if I can be posting erorrs here.
  I have recently downloaded the source code for Windows but am unable to compile and run it. The Error I get is as below.
   
  LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file "fabaselib.lib"
Error executing link.exe.
   
  Can you help?
   
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[Zinf-devel] Arch Repository Moved

[David H. <da...@th...>]

Hi,

As some of you have noticed my arch repository has been offline for a
while, as my university hosting for it was deleted when I graduated
last month.

So, I've put it up again at the new address of

http://www.thepriorities.com/zinf/arch2005/

This should be a direct copy of what used to be online at the old
address, though I don't currently have a computer with both Arch and
the Internet to test it with. If there are any problems with it let me
know.

As far as I remember you should only have to execute
# tla archive-register http://www.thepriorities.com/zinf/arch2005/
to start using the new address.

Cheers,
David.

PS. I've just got back from holiday, so my apologies that this has
taken a while.

[Zinf-devel] last.fm Plugin source

[Bobber C. <bo...@mi...>]

Dear David,

How to get your last.fm plugin source?

BTW, zinf don't support wma form. We want to port 
http://mcmcc.bat.ru/xmms-wma/ to zinf. Any suggestion?

Bests,
Bobber Cheng

[Zinf-devel] last.fm Plugin source

[Bobber C. <bo...@mi...>]

Dear David,

How to get your last.fm plugin source?

BTW, zinf don't support wma form. We want to port 
http://mcmcc.bat.ru/xmms-wma/ to zinf. Any suggestion?

Bests,
Bobber Cheng

Re: [Zinf-devel] Zinf, MSVC 6.0 and win32 video

[David H. <da...@th...>]

Hi,

As far as I understand it, after 2.2.1 quite a few changes have been
made to the core of zinf, which required changes in the user interface
plugins. Unfortunately, there hasn't been anyone willing to make the
required changes to the windows specific ui plugins, so (as you have
found) they are no longer consistent with the rest of the code.

This is in part due to the fact that we have two seperate sets of
plugins for linux and win32, both of which do the exact same thing
just with different UI toolkits. Ideally, we just want a single
interface that works on both linux and windows. The linux user
interface has been written in GTK, which is actually cross platfrom.

Therefore, with the mingw port that is now in CVS I've tried to make
the linux GTK interface (which is up to date) work on windows as well,
 so that there is only one user interface for all platforms, instead
of maintaing two seperate ones.

The CVS code is also in the middle of transferring to a new completely
rewritten music browser and database systems, so, unfortunately for
windows support, most of my work is concentrated on this.

Anyway, you said previously that you were looking to add video support
to Zinf under windows. Unless your willing to work on restoring
windows support for the CVS code as well, I'd recommend basing your
work on version 2.2.1 as that is fully working on windows. The CVS
code is in various states of disrepair on windows.

And, of course, any work that you do, can always be ported to a later
version of Zinf when windows support is restored.

Hope that helps,
David

On 27/07/06, Bobber Cheng <bob...@gm...> wrote:
> Dear David,
>
> I'm glad to hear voice from zinf dev :-)
>
> We had compiled 2.2.1 with msvc 6 and STLport. Also we had modified cvs
> version and compiled many modules with msvc 6. But I find win32 code on cvs
> is old and not sync with gtk code. We hesitate to choose 2.2.1 or cvs
> version. 2.2.1 worked but it's old, while cvs version need some change to
> make it work.
>
> Could you please tell me different between 2.2.1 and cvs version?
>
> Bests,
> Bobber Cheng
>
>  2006/7/27, David Hough <da...@th...>:
> >
>  Hi,
>
> What version of Zinf were you trying to compile? As far as I know
> 2.2.1 was the last version that could be compiled using msvc 6, though
> I never managed it
> myself.
>
> The current CVS version of Zinf does now support being compiled using
> the free MingW compiler (www.mingw.org), though using the new
> experimental user interface only, which requires GTK.
>
> If you plan on using ms visual c++ for working on Zinf I'd say using a
> newer version was probably required, (visual c++ 2005 express is
> available free to everyone via the microsoft website) as the c++
> compiler in version 6 has serious problems following the C++
> standards.
>
>  Whatever compiler you're using you will need to install quite a few
> additional libraries as well, if you want to compile all the plugins.
> I can't remember the exact list though unfortunately.
>
> If you want to try and compile Zinf using the MingW compiler I can try
> and help. I can't really help with using Visual C++ as I've never
> managed to compile Zinf using it myself.
>
> To get started with MingW you'll need to it setup with a development
> environment, something like MSYS or Cygwin. There should be various
> tutorials around the web.
>
> Then checkout the current version of Zinf from CVS, (for instructions
> see our sourceforge page and click on CVS), and try running
> "autogen.sh" and see what error messages you get.
>
> Hope that might help,
> David
>
> On 24/07/06, Bobber Cheng <bob...@gm...> wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I had download sgi stl and try to compile zinf with msvc 6.0 many
> > times, no succeed. Could you tell please me how to compile zinf with
> > msvc 6.0?
> >
> > BTW, We got fund to add video support to zinf win32. If you could help
> > me, we could release code early.
> >
> > Bests,
> > Bobber Cheng
> >
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Re: [Zinf-devel] Zinf, MSVC 6.0 and win32 video

[Bobber C. <bob...@gm...>]

Dear David,

I'm glad to hear voice from zinf dev :-)

We had compiled 2.2.1 with msvc 6 and STLport. Also we had modified cvs
version and compiled many modules with msvc 6. But I find win32 code on cvs
is old and not sync with gtk code. We hesitate to choose 2.2.1 or cvs
version. 2.2.1 worked but it's old, while cvs version need some change to
make it work.

Could you please tell me different between 2.2.1 and cvs version?

Bests,
Bobber Cheng

2006/7/27, David Hough <da...@th...>:
>
> Hi,
>
> What version of Zinf were you trying to compile? As far as I know
> 2.2.1 was the last version that could be compiled using msvc 6, though
> I never managed it
> myself.
>
> The current CVS version of Zinf does now support being compiled using
> the free MingW compiler (www.mingw.org), though using the new
> experimental user interface only, which requires GTK.
>
> If you plan on using ms visual c++ for working on Zinf I'd say using a
> newer version was probably required, (visual c++ 2005 express is
> available free to everyone via the microsoft website) as the c++
> compiler in version 6 has serious problems following the C++
> standards.
>
> Whatever compiler you're using you will need to install quite a few
> additional libraries as well, if you want to compile all the plugins.
> I can't remember the exact list though unfortunately.
>
> If you want to try and compile Zinf using the MingW compiler I can try
> and help. I can't really help with using Visual C++ as I've never
> managed to compile Zinf using it myself.
>
> To get started with MingW you'll need to it setup with a development
> environment, something like MSYS or Cygwin. There should be various
> tutorials around the web.
>
> Then checkout the current version of Zinf from CVS, (for instructions
> see our sourceforge page and click on CVS), and try running
> "autogen.sh" and see what error messages you get.
>
> Hope that might help,
> David
>
> On 24/07/06, Bobber Cheng <bob...@gm...> wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I had download sgi stl and try to compile zinf with msvc 6.0 many
> > times, no succeed. Could you tell please me how to compile zinf with
> > msvc 6.0?
> >
> > BTW, We got fund to add video support to zinf win32. If you could help
> > me, we could release code early.
> >
> > Bests,
> > Bobber Cheng
> >
> >
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Re: [Zinf-devel] Zinf, MSVC 6.0 and win32 video

[David H. <da...@th...>]

Hi,

What version of Zinf were you trying to compile? As far as I know
2.2.1 was the last version that could be compiled using msvc 6, though
I never managed it
myself.

The current CVS version of Zinf does now support being compiled using
the free MingW compiler (www.mingw.org), though using the new
experimental user interface only, which requires GTK.

If you plan on using ms visual c++ for working on Zinf I'd say using a
newer version was probably required, (visual c++ 2005 express is
available free to everyone via the microsoft website) as the c++
compiler in version 6 has serious problems following the C++
standards.

Whatever compiler you're using you will need to install quite a few
additional libraries as well, if you want to compile all the plugins.
I can't remember the exact list though unfortunately.

If you want to try and compile Zinf using the MingW compiler I can try
and help. I can't really help with using Visual C++ as I've never
managed to compile Zinf using it myself.

To get started with MingW you'll need to it setup with a development
environment, something like MSYS or Cygwin. There should be various
tutorials around the web.

Then checkout the current version of Zinf from CVS, (for instructions
see our sourceforge page and click on CVS), and try running
"autogen.sh" and see what error messages you get.

Hope that might help,
David

On 24/07/06, Bobber Cheng <bob...@gm...> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I had download sgi stl and try to compile zinf with msvc 6.0 many
> times, no succeed. Could you tell please me how to compile zinf with
> msvc 6.0?
>
> BTW, We got fund to add video support to zinf win32. If you could help
> me, we could release code early.
>
> Bests,
> Bobber Cheng
>
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[Zinf-devel] Zinf, MSVC 6.0 and win32 video

[Bobber C. <bob...@gm...>]

Dear All,

I had download sgi stl and try to compile zinf with msvc 6.0 many
times, no succeed. Could you tell please me how to compile zinf with
msvc 6.0?

BTW, We got fund to add video support to zinf win32. If you could help
me, we could release code early.

Bests,
Bobber Cheng

[Zinf-devel] 64 Bit Fixes

[David H. <da...@th...>]

Hi,

Now that developer CVS access is working again, I've commited some fixes  
for building 64bit versions of the experimental build. This is working for  
me on 64 bit Mandriva 2006 with GCC 4. If anyone still has issues with  
this, please let me know.

This is of course avaliable from both CVS and the arch archive  
zin...@so.../zinf--cvstrunk. Sourceforge is not currently  
syncing the developer and anonymous CVS, so for the moment you'll have to  
use the arch archive for anonymous access.

Cheers,
David

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[Zinf-devel] Re: Zinf-devel digest, Vol 1 #435 - 2 msgs

[Henry M. <hw...@go...>]

Thank you for letting me know what you need, now all I need to know is
where I can find it.

Thanks again

On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 20:33, zin...@li...
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>    1. Re: volunteer (Kristian Kvilekval)
>    2. Re: volunteer (David Hough)
> 
> --__--__--
> 
> Message: 1
> Subject: Re: [Zinf-devel] volunteer
> From: Kristian Kvilekval <kr...@cs...>
> To: zin...@li...
> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:16:31 -0800
> Reply-To: zin...@li...
> 
> Hi Henry,
> 
>    This project has slowed down quite a bit.  However, there
> is a nice new interface and metadata system available to those
> that are willing to run the experimental version of the code.
> If you look through the developers archive, you may see
> that David Hough and I have been publishing source code
> with arch(tla).    The experimental version has a much nicer
> interface. You might want to describe the few easy steps to 
> get it working.  There is stuff in the mailing list about it.
> 
> 
> On the technical documentation side, you could start by making a FAQ.
> There are few typical installation snafus, like zinf finding
> an old plugin directory or using an old database.
> 
> Thanks,
> kris
> 
> On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 10:54 -0800, Henry Meyerding wrote:
> > I am a tech writer and linux system admin, who is interested in providing
> > assistance to the project - either by creating/editing documentation or
> > answering inquiries.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> --__--__--
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:16:52 -0000
> To: zin...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Zinf-devel] volunteer
> From: "David Hough" <da...@th...>
> Reply-To: zin...@li...
> 
> On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 05:16:31 -0000, Kristian Kvilekval <kr...@cs...>  
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Henry,
> >
> >    This project has slowed down quite a bit.  However, there
> > is a nice new interface and metadata system available to those
> > that are willing to run the experimental version of the code.
> > If you look through the developers archive, you may see
> > that David Hough and I have been publishing source code
> > with arch(tla).    The experimental version has a much nicer
> > interface. You might want to describe the few easy steps to
> > get it working.  There is stuff in the mailing list about it.
> >
> 
> ...
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I agree, a HOWTO detailing how to get the experimental version of Zinf  
> running on a computer would be great.
> 
> Probably wouldn't need to be much more then the details of all the  
> necessary dependecies, how to get current version of from CVS or arch, and  
> a few build instructions.
> 
> Here's a few notes that may help if you do want to do this, they're  
> probably all mentioned somewhere in the mailing list archive as well.
> - CVS doesn't include a pre-generated configure script, you need to  
> execute autogen.sh to create it
> 
> - autogen.sh requires most (if not all, i can't remember) of the normally  
> optional dependices to be installed
> 
> - to build the new stuff, you need to specifiy --enable-experimental as an  
> option to configure
> 
> - To use the new stuff, you need to change the MusicBrowserUI option in  
> ~/.zinf/preferences. Instead of musicbrowser.ui, it should be  
> musicbrowsermm.ui
> 
> - To run zinf from the build dir, so you don't need to do 'make install',  
> execute ./base/zinf
> 
> - To debug, 'gdb ./base/zinf' doesn't work. Instead execute 'libtool  
> --mode=execute gdb ./base/zinf'
> 
> If you have any problems, don't hesitate to ask. The answer may take a  
> while though, as I at least have almost zero spare time at the moment  
> (lots of university work to do).
> 
> Cheers,
> David
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Re: [Zinf-devel] volunteer

[David H. <da...@th...>]

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 05:16:31 -0000, Kristian Kvilekval <kr...@cs...>  
wrote:

> Hi Henry,
>
>    This project has slowed down quite a bit.  However, there
> is a nice new interface and metadata system available to those
> that are willing to run the experimental version of the code.
> If you look through the developers archive, you may see
> that David Hough and I have been publishing source code
> with arch(tla).    The experimental version has a much nicer
> interface. You might want to describe the few easy steps to
> get it working.  There is stuff in the mailing list about it.
>

...

Hi,

I agree, a HOWTO detailing how to get the experimental version of Zinf  
running on a computer would be great.

Probably wouldn't need to be much more then the details of all the  
necessary dependecies, how to get current version of from CVS or arch, and  
a few build instructions.

Here's a few notes that may help if you do want to do this, they're  
probably all mentioned somewhere in the mailing list archive as well.
- CVS doesn't include a pre-generated configure script, you need to  
execute autogen.sh to create it

- autogen.sh requires most (if not all, i can't remember) of the normally  
optional dependices to be installed

- to build the new stuff, you need to specifiy --enable-experimental as an  
option to configure

- To use the new stuff, you need to change the MusicBrowserUI option in  
~/.zinf/preferences. Instead of musicbrowser.ui, it should be  
musicbrowsermm.ui

- To run zinf from the build dir, so you don't need to do 'make install',  
execute ./base/zinf

- To debug, 'gdb ./base/zinf' doesn't work. Instead execute 'libtool  
--mode=execute gdb ./base/zinf'

If you have any problems, don't hesitate to ask. The answer may take a  
while though, as I at least have almost zero spare time at the moment  
(lots of university work to do).

Cheers,
David
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Re: [Zinf-devel] volunteer

[Kristian K. <kr...@cs...>]

Hi Henry,

   This project has slowed down quite a bit.  However, there
is a nice new interface and metadata system available to those
that are willing to run the experimental version of the code.
If you look through the developers archive, you may see
that David Hough and I have been publishing source code
with arch(tla).    The experimental version has a much nicer
interface. You might want to describe the few easy steps to 
get it working.  There is stuff in the mailing list about it.


On the technical documentation side, you could start by making a FAQ.
There are few typical installation snafus, like zinf finding
an old plugin directory or using an old database.

Thanks,
kris

On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 10:54 -0800, Henry Meyerding wrote:
> I am a tech writer and linux system admin, who is interested in providing
> assistance to the project - either by creating/editing documentation or
> answering inquiries.
> 
> Thanks,
> 

[Zinf-devel] volunteer

[Henry M. <hw...@go...>]

I am a tech writer and linux system admin, who is interested in providing
assistance to the project - either by creating/editing documentation or
answering inquiries.

Thanks,

-- 
---
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360-665-0730

[Zinf-devel] last.fm Plugin

[David H. <da...@th...>]

Hi,

Heres an early christmas present for everyone, I've written a fairly  
simple last.fm plugin for Zinf.

A quick summary of last.fm (used to be called audioscrobbler) for those of  
you who have never heard of it (taken from their website):

"Join the social music revolution at Last.fm. It's fun, it's free, it's  
all about the music.

You get your own online music profile that you can fill up with the music  
you like. This information is used to create a personal radio station and  
to find users who are similar to you. Last.fm can even play you new  
artists and songs you might like. It's addictive, it's growing, it's free,  
it's music."
-- http://www.last.fm

Basically, the plugin submits what music you listen to, then last.fm works  
out what other music you might like, based on what other people who like  
the same music listen to.

The plugin is avaliable from my arch repository as
da...@th...-2005/zinf--lastfm--0.1

It uses a copy of libscrobbler (released under GNU from last.fm) to  
actually talk with the servers.

To get it to work, you need to compile with --enable-experimental  (it  
uses musicdb to get track metadata), then add lastfm.ui to SecondryUIs in  
your preferences, as well as add your username and password.

e.g.

SecondaryUI: lastfm.ui
LastFMUsername: username
LastFMPassword: password


There are currently a few issues which I know of,
  - It ignores any proxy settings you may have
  - It can easily get confused if your metadata isn't valid UTF-8
  - It's currently using the "tst" plugin id when talking to the server, as  
Zinf hasn't been assigned an ID yet
  - There is no way to set the username/password in the preferences dialog

Feel free to play around with it and tell me if you have problems.

Happy Christmas,
David

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[Zinf-devel] small project

[kristian k. <kr...@cs...>]

Anybody looking for a small project should look
at this.. A playlist format from Xiph.org

http://www.xspf.org/


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