PHP and other stuff for Empeg

Hi all,

I have successfully managed to compile PHP 4.0.6 on the Empeg. I am looking forward to create an Empeg extension for it that will allow access to the display (at least).

I hate Perl, so I had to get another decent scripting environment ready, which PHP certainly is.

My currently planned projects are: automatic playlist generation and automatic FID<->ID3 tag synch. I hate it that when I change the playlist info, the changes are not written to the actual MP3 file. (this is of course only good for people that copy files back from the Empeg)

Also, I have already created a little server class for PHP that would allow to serve any TCP based protocols. This might be a nicer way to serve information from the Empeg without having to patch the kernel.

My ultimate project is still to create a plugin-based player (if the Rio/Empeg folks are not coming over with it :) ) Still, I am waiting for a 2.0 release to decide. :)

If anybody is interested in any of these projects (or just the PHP binary), speak up. :) It will still be a few weeks until I will have my own page up, Sven, would you be willing to host the PHP binary for anybody who is interested?

Till

Sven, would you be willing to host the PHP binary for anybody who is interested?

I should have the files section of the new empeg site I am doing up by tomorrow if you want to hold off for a day on uploading it somewhere.

I'd like that binary, so send it if you feel like it. If not, I'll wait until I can download it from somewhere. I'm in no hurry...I'm empegless until the nice people in Cambridge are done with it.

--Chris Willenbrock
MK2 | 12GB | Queue Registration # 2 (really!)

Sven, would you be willing to host the PHP binary for anybody who is interested?

Sure, why not?

cu,
sven

proud MkII owner (12GB blue/green/smoked, was #080000113 is #090001010)

I should have the files section of the new empeg site I am doing up by tomorrow

Thats what I get for quoting times again . Right now I have the site ready to be started on the server, but I need to still configure a few things with it. I'd rather be safe on this one, so right now it looks like it will be a week or so away. Until then, the logo site will continue to work fine.

Hey I am game too, though I must say I wouldn't mind having perl on my empeg either. Still php sounds fine too.

Cheers,
Hans


Mk2 - Blue & Red - 080000431

there is a perl tar file on my site. Unpack on data partition, remove /usr/lib from the root fs( it only contains one symlink ). create symlinks /usr/lib and /usr/bin to the unpacked directories. Don't try to unpack in the root filesystem, it's too big.
There's also a perl module in there that lets you write to the display and an example script which uses the empeg's font-files to use all of empeg's fonts.
The perl-distro will be used to test my new install-program soon.

Frank van Gestel

Coolio Frank. Thanks ..

[selfpunmode=on]
I was already worried I would get bored now that I only work 7 days a week.
[selfpunmode=off]

Yeah, I am overworked and it is starting to show, is it normal if everything around your eyes looks black and even a whole carton of red bulls does not prevent you from yawning all day ?

Still, thanks Frank, this will come in handy.

Cheers,
Hans


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