Log from #neuros IRC channel

Oohhh sweet mpg123 can handle HTTP streams

I'm set

<Yono>

awesome

I just have to download the m3u first

<Yono>

now I just need to make a script to auto-download whatever's playing :)

So, after I audioscrobble enough songs, I will have my own 'station' that plays songs I like?

<Yono>

yep

including songs that other people, with similar interests, like as well

<Yono>

u can listen to other ppl's stations now

[04:04]

<Yono>

is The Cure - To Be Someone a remake?

[04:04]

<Yono>

it sounds firmiliar

[04:05]

Hmm.. do I have to use the web interface to 'rate' songs?

[04:05]

<Yono>

afaik, yes :(

[04:05]

dunno

[04:07]

Eh, I can handle that for now.

<Yono>

oh well

<Yono>

I'm going to sleep

<Yono>

later

see ya

[08:19]

does anyone know if there is a mirror of the GarBageBranch 2.26.1.7 firmware? sourceforge cvs seems to be down...

<noiz>

hey Yono

<Yono>

hey noiz

<Yono>

thanks for mirroring lupavista

<noiz>

it was working fine for me though, but i did it just in case

<noiz>

Yono: were you able to connect to the lupavista site, or did it not work for you?

<Yono>

its worked before

<Yono>

not yester

<Yono>

*day

[21:16]

<noiz>

weird, it worked for me yesterday, and it works for me today too

[21:17]

<Yono>

its works now

[21:17]

<Yono>

I just tried it

[21:18]

<noiz>

crazy

[21:20]

<noiz>

what is lupavista anyways, looks kinda like a blog

[21:25]

<Yono>

dunno

[21:28]

<noiz>

hope he doesnt get mad, since it does say no copying on the bottom, but i just put something on the mirror to show where the original page is :)

[21:45]

hey all

[21:46]

<noiz>

hey

[21:46]

Hey

[21:47]

* chreekat notices too much hay; calls in the horses

[21:47]

lol

[21:49]

<Yono>

hi chreekat

[21:49]

<Yono>

gotten any progress on the gcc worth talking about?

[22:14]

<DeepB>

chreekat: www.audioscrobbler.com

[22:15]

<DeepB>

feel free to write a Ruby wrap for AS/Last.FM webservices for controlling the streams, it's pretty easy, and fully documented

<Yono>

DeepB: hey

<DeepB>

hiya, Yono

<Yono>

the foobar scrobbler doesn't have a .log right?

<Yono>

I can't find one at least

<DeepB>

open the console

<Yono>

yessir

<DeepB>

Components->Show console

<Yono>

ok

<Yono>

write log?

[22:21]

<DeepB>

do you see those INFO (foo_audioscrobbler) lines?

[22:21]

<Yono>

yep

[22:21]

<DeepB>

that's your log

<Yono>

ok, so it could work with the neuros then, kind of...

<Yono>

the new fw I mean

<DeepB>

ehmm.. what?

<DeepB>

it does not work that way

[22:23]

<Yono>

damn

[22:23]

<DeepB>

don't worry, darren will make sorune AS friendly

[22:24]

<DeepB>

and the guy who wrote the patch is now a sf.net developer

[22:25]

<DeepB>

with CVS access and all that glittering stuff

[22:25]

<Yono>

great

[22:26]

<DeepB>

that reminds me.. i have the AS code written yet for the sync manager

[22:26]

<DeepB>

in perl

[22:28]

<DeepB>

i just need to know where...

[22:31]

<Yono>

darren already wrote the code

[22:31]

<Yono>

at least I believe that is what he said

[22:32]

<DeepB>

oh, found it, turns out it was in python after all

[22:47]

DeepB: i have not looked into the AS patch, but basically what it does it to write down on text file all the info of the songs played, right ?

[22:54]

<DeepB>

nerochiaro: yep, somewhat properly formatted

[22:54]

and then, there's a script that eats that and submit the songs to the AS server ?

[22:54]

<DeepB>

nothing extremely fancy, but it should work, i haven't tried it though

[22:55]

<DeepB>

well, the initial patch takes advantage of the XMMS AS plugin

[22:55]

keep in mind that AS have in place some measures to lock out scripts

[22:56]

like looking if info submitted doesn't look like a "natural" listning pattern, it will refuse the submission

[22:56]

e.g. you can't play one song each second

[22:58]

<DeepB>

i'm fully aware of AS protocol: i.e >30 secs should not be submitted, neither skipped ones, or those listened earlier than the last one sent

[22:58]

ok, just wanted to make sure

[22:58]

<DeepB>

or those listened earlier than the date you signed in

[22:59]

<DeepB>

i had some trouble with that when developing that python script

[22:59]

Do the neuros guys hang out on this channel at all?

[23:00]

rather, people who work for neuros?

[23:00]

blizzow: not really, apart from Joe, the CEO

[23:00]

how often is he on here?

[23:01]

<Yono>

weekly, sometimes twice a week

[23:02]

blizzow: if you want to be sure to catch him, there is an "official" chat scheduled for next sunday (not certain yet. see OdNA)

[23:03]

DeepB: i'm not yet convinced if i really like audioscrobbler, yet

[23:04]

<Yono>

wait till u use it with last.fm

[23:04]

Yono: for some reason last.fm sounds quite shit for me

[23:04]

Yono: in terms of quality i mean

[23:05]

<Yono>

why?

[23:05]

<DeepB>

nerochiaro: what's your desktop media player of choice for audio stuff?

[23:05]

foobar2000

[23:06]

<DeepB>

good one, did you installed AAC HE support for it?

[23:06]

doesn't it come out of the box with the "special" package ?

[23:06]

<DeepB>

i don't think so

[23:07]

<DeepB>

try it here:

[23:07]

<DeepB>

www.tuner2.com

[23:09]

mmh, i'm not sure it works

[23:09]

it recognize the stream as AAC

<DeepB>

AAC or AAC HE?

<DeepB>

aka AAC+ or aacPlus

"HE AAC 128kbps 96000Hz 6Channels"

ah, it started.

<DeepB>

dude, does your sound card support 96Khz?

but the sound is stuttering. continuously running out of buffer, it seems

<Yono>

it works for me

er, not sure if it does

[23:12]

i mean, i can hear the sound, but it stops every 5 seconds or so, for one or 2 seconds.

[23:12]

when it's on, it plays very high quality it seems

[23:12]

<DeepB>

pick a lower one, that's real top-notch hi-fi

[23:13]

<DeepB>

either that or drop the mule|whatever

[23:13]

lower quality works, even with the mule on

[23:14]

for some reason it's even better than last time i tried it. cool

[23:14]

<DeepB>

i found those radio stations to sound very crystal clear, even at low bitrates

[23:15]

yeah, not that it's not stopping suddently, it semes quite good for the bitrate it uses. seems a nice way to sample new stuff, indeed

[23:15]

er, "yeah, now"

[23:16]

<DeepB>

last.fm uses 128Kbps MP3

[23:16]

<Yono>

hey DeepB, do you know why a computer wouldn't recognize a microdrive?

<DeepB>

the quality is not as good, but it's usually acceptable (if you use the mule) ;)

DeepB: is there a way to skip to next track without having a browser window open ?

<DeepB>

Yono: i have no idea

or even have the artist and track name in the player ?

<DeepB>

nerochiaro: they avoid that because of StreamRipper

<DeepB>

this stuff is for WinAMP www.flippet.org

<DeepB>

it kinda circumvent that

i don't see the point ? what happens if they put artist and track title ?

[23:19]

<DeepB>

then you can automatically rip the tracks easier

[23:19]

<DeepB>

not that i'm defending that, i am pissed off too, but i understand them

<Yono>

yeah, I've used those kind of programs the streamrip before

makes sense from their point of view, even thought i can't understand how someone who is sane of mind would even think about ripping a 128Kbps MP3 stream

<DeepB>

they're very limited in resources, a massive weve of streamripper would render the service unusable