Okay, Hijack v99 was released earlier today.
Nothing major -- just a bugfix for the new "vitals" display.

But.. As of maybe half an hour ago, I have relocated my empeg site over to SourceForge, to reduce the ever-increasing strain on my ADSL link.

The new location for Hijack is http://empeg-hijack.sourceforge.net/

The old http://rtr.ca/empeg/ will still appear to work, but it in fact just redirects all traffic to the new location above. Please let me know ASAP if there are any problems accessing the site and/or files.

And, oh yeah, it's a good time to try Break-Out on this version of Hijack.

Cheers

-ml

I see you don't respect the Great One as much as some of us would like.

I see you don't respect the Great One as much as some of us would like.

Have you looked at the release notes for 99?

I guess that's what I get for being a jackass.

You gotta love it.

Ok, someone send me a private message with details of the new addition (so as not to spoil it for anyone else). I'm not going to be able to use my empeg for a week and I'm way too busy tonight to install hijack...

Bruno

v99 Will still be up whenever you're ready to try it.

Cheers

Hey, I'm *THAT* impatient.

Bruno

I have a seriously stupid-ass question the answer to which is probably sitting right in front of me. Anyway, here goes:

Assuming I write a userland app to plug into Hijack, how do I get it on the empeg?

Oh, wait. I get it. You have to install a developer image because that does more than just update the kernel. Duh. That's what allows me to log into the box.

Assuming I write a userland app to plug into Hijack, how do I get it on the empeg?

In theory, we let Mark finish the kernel FTP addon to hijack (says the man using SMU's Stupid FTP to clone his player )

I know one of the other nice features Mark shows on his wishlist is userland program launching from config.ini options. That to me seems more useful then having programs running at all times to get a menu entry.

The last big piece of this developer puzzle is getting an easy to install method down. This also includes doing the necessary processing on the empeg side like init hacking if necessary. The overall goal of getting an API of some sort to allow users with no shell knowledge to add programs is definitly much closer then it was this time last year. (Unfortunatly my skills in this area haven't advanced much, so I'm still not too much help beyond ideas).

I am getting my empeg popping out of standby when it has hijack on it after about 6 hours or so.

The feature of the timer is very useful to me as an alarm clock if it didn't wake up early what would really rock would be an alarm clock type alarm as in set to wake up at a certain time

>I am getting my empeg popping out of standby
>when it has hijack on it after about 6 hours or so.

I don't see this behaviour on mine (which sit on stby overnight).
Could be a beta bug, I suppose.. sounds iffy.

Anyone else?

-ml

Well, actually, number 99 was retired in v100 last night.

But v101 is now out. The big difference is a (yet again) revamped "vitals" display, this time with some useful info for those folks with 3-4 empegs kicking around.

"Vitals" now shows: model:drive0(+drive1), temperature, Playlist, Fid, VMstats, and LoadAvg.

Let me know if it doesn't work for you, particularly if you've got a Mk1 or any two-drive units.

Cheers

-ml

v101, Vitals doesn't pick up the FID on my MkI 2-drive unit. Do I need to set notify=1 or something else in the config.ini for this to work? It does pick up the playlist correctly.

/Michael

Yeah, for the FID to display, turn on notify:

[output]

notify=1

Also, if you don't actually want the overhead of all that spewing of notifications out the serial port, you can (in addition) do:

[hijack]

supress_notify=1

Do both of your drives show up in Vitals? Accurately?

Thanks

Will go right ahead an fix the config.ini.

Yep, the two drives (2x10GB) shows up correctly.

Edit: After applying the notify=1 and supress_notify=1 it works as advertised

/Michael

excuse my stupidity, but where are these, or is the Revision History notes on the site that Im looking at, them?

Cheers

Dave

The Hijack downloads (kernels & instructions) are at http://empeg-hijack.sourceforge.net/ and the "drive information" is on the "Vitals" screen, accessed from the Hijack menu (push and hold MENU button or front KNOB).

-ml

It does not work for me .

I edited the config.ini file , sync , reboot the player but it dont display the fid.
Here is my display :
Playlist:0000, Fid:

It displays my 10 GB drive, temp, cach, buf ..

Time to double check your config.ini.

Make sure there is not a duplicate "[output]" section somewhere.

To recap, you need these two lines in config.ini.
I suggest putting them at the very bottom,
to avoid messing up anything else:

[output]
notify=1


???

I did verify my config.ini :
No duplicate line and i put them at bottom of file.

Still not fid display

Hi.

That is very weird.

Could you please ensure (1) that you do NOT have "supress_notify=1" in config.ini, and then (2) connect to the serial port, hit "next track" on the remote at one second intervals, and then tell me what you DO see on the serial port. Thanks!

-ml

The big difference is a (yet again) revamped "vitals" display

On my new player (Mk2a) with 2 drives, I loose the last line. Here is what my display shows:

Mk2a:29G+29G, +49C/+12

0F

Playlist:0000, Fid:3170

Cach:1092,Buf:91,Free:97

Thanks!

I was wondering if it would fit, and was too lazy to count pixels.

I'll shorten the top line a little for the next release.

Cheers

Okay, I just released v104 of Hijack.

This version has some bug fixes, source code reorg, and the initial skeleton for the kernel-based ftp daemon (kftpd).

-- fixed quicktimer conflict with 'Search'
-- fixed 2-drive display on Vitals screen (I think)
-- fixed quicktimer conflict with menu button
-- split out hijack.c completely from empeg_display.c
-- added kftpd.c version 0.1

The kftpd is NOT too useful yet, unless you know what you are looking for. It currently can only retrieve files ("GET"). It can NOT list directories yet, and it cannot upload files yet. Those features will follow in the not too distant future.

It currently runs on port 91, to avoid conflict with any other fully functional ftp daemons people may be using. For a demo, try this:

ftp  1.2.3.4  91

get /bin/init junk

quit

Of course, use the actual ipaddress of the player, not 1.2.3.4.

I do NOT want to hear any bug reports on kftpd for now.

Cheers

-ml

fixed 2-drive display on Vitals screen (I think)
Looks good here. Sometimes the cache buffers line will get too big, but it's rare.

fixed quicktimer conflict with menu button
Looks good

fixed quicktimer conflict with 'Search'
Works ok now on the PIN and Year search screens, but Quick timer still pops up for me on any of the other search screens.

>fixed quicktimer conflict with 'Search'
Works ok now on the PIN and Year search screens, but Quick timer still pops up for me on any of the other search screens.

Oh, found another problem on the way home, 4 poped up the quick timer when the tuner was active, instead of going to the 4th preset.

Thanks for the quick testing!

Okay, v105 is out, and "Search" is really fixed this time, all modes. And I deleted a couple of chars from the page-stats so they have a better chance of fitting on the screen when the player's not running.

No changes to kftpd in v105.. I'll be working on directory listings next.

-ml

Okay, Hijack v107 is out.

http://empeg-hijack.sourceforge.net/

-- kftpd now does directory listings, so you can browse your empeg from a webbrowser by using ftp://1.2.3.4:91/ (replace 1.2.3.4 with actual ipaddress or hostname).

And, yes I know the dir listings are not yet 100% correct for "special files" like devices/fifos, and the dates are all wrong. But it works!

-- bonus feature: new config.ini option "standby_minutes=30" (default) to automatically shut down the player after an interval after the screen blanker fires.

Cheers

-ml