[Old] ZeroSlackr Framework - Sneak Peak Release

Contributor Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

Update: A testing release has been made. See > this post < for more details.

~ Keripo
Last updated: Nov 16, 2007

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Note: I do not recommend you install the ZeroSlackr framework through here; use the testing release (above) instead. MPD in both cases should be just about the same, but the above release includes packs as well.

This is a testing release that tests MPD with ZeroLauncher. It installs the latest svn'd alpha build of ZeroLauncher with modified mpd and mpdc modules (modified 0.4 versions with mpd-ke), as well as updated SVN schemes and fonts, a freshly recompiled kernel (should be the same though) and the stable, official loader 2.5r5 (I'll compile my own later).

Install by running the "ZeroSlackr-Installer-ZL+MPD-Test-Release.bat" batch file. It should install Loader2 and extract the ZeroSlackr system. If you've installed the Sneak Peak release of ZeroSlackr, please disable the old SlackrPacks by remove the old "Packs" folder (or just renaming it to something else). Due to many the changes I've made to ZeroLauncher, compatibility with the Sneak Peak release packs is probably broken.

After you've installed this, copy your song files directly to the "Music" folder and reboot into iPodLinux, ZeroLauncher. On the first startup, you will get an "Unable to connect to MPD" error. This is because I disabled MPD by default. Toggle the "Enable MPD" setting, then quit ZeroLauncher or reboot. The second time around, MPD will be enabled but database updating will be disabled. Toggle the "MPD Update" setting, then quit ZeroLauncher or reboot your iPod. This time around, during startup MPD should update its database (please be patient during the updating "white screen" step). After the database successfully updates, I recommend you reboot your iPod one last time for memory sake.

Please keep in mind that this is just a "working" test release. I am aware that, due to memory issues, ZeroLauncher may freeze at times. Also, due to MPD's memory-hogging-ness, if you enable MPD, things will be pretty slow and you will be unable to launch anything else (but you will get pretty smooth playback suppose you don't do crazy things). I will try to find a work-around for this but I may not be able to.

Otherwise, please report any issues/success you have. If you're willing, try tweaking with some of the MPD configurations and post if you find config changes that'll improve playback. Keep in mind that this is just a test release. Unless there's anything major, I won't update this until the final ZeroSlackr beta release Wink

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~Keripo

Joined: 24 Feb 2007

The MPD works, but i don't think i'll be using. Overall it was a quick setup with minimal confusion.

Joined: 10 Nov 2007

nothing but LOVE for this project!!!! GREAT WORK! my iPodLinux is smoother than ever and so far this is the only iPodLinux build that has been running flawlessly! Again, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND THE PROJECT!! Very Happy

*GIANT THUMBS UP*

Joined: 14 Nov 2007

Hooray for this project! The only one i've ever used on my ipod lol

Joined: 28 Mar 2006

great work, however it's really buggy at the moment so i'll stat ethe bugs when your playing songs some don't play and when you are playing a song it isn't clear it skips alot also the increase and decrease of the volume isn't smooth so any little touch will make it 100% from 0 or 20

edit: u said the skipping is due to the low memory but what about skipping is either due to the processing power or memory.

keep up the amazing job i'll report more of my findings later

Contributor Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

Jon_ wrote:

great work, however it's really buggy at the moment so i'll stat ethe bugs when your playing songs some don't play and when you are playing a song it isn't clear it skips alot also the increase and decrease of the volume isn't smooth so any little touch will make it 100% from 0 or 20

edit: u said the skipping is due to the low memory but what about skipping is either due to the processing power or memory.

keep up the amazing job i'll report more of my findings later

I'm aware of the skippyness and that's really something I doubt I'd be able to fix (though I should point out that using the mpd-ke branch gives smoother playback than with the old mpd where it was skippy all the time). Either wait til the kernel or MPD itself gets improved I suppose? ; /

As for what I said before, I should correct myself. Skippy-ness is probably due to sharing of processing power. For example, you'll notice that if you rapidly move the scroll wheel or do something new like opening up the file browser, there will be temporary skipping. I suppose one can "fix" that by forcing MPD processing power to take priority over PZ2, but I have no idea how to do that.

What I meant before with memory would be that MPD uses quite a lot of memory/ram and thus you can't really launch any applications afterwards (apart from maybe iBoy or small things). Thats really something I don't think I'd be able to fix, thus thats why I have MPD as toggle-able; either listen to music and do nothing with ZeroLauncher or don't listen to music and use ZeroLauncher. I've also got MPD working with a full-fledged podzilla 2, so there, you can listen to (probably skippy) music while using other modules (ie. something like using the calculator or playing Tetris). You'll probably see that when I start the beta testing. As well, I might also integrate simple MPD start/play/stop commands into emulators such as iBoy so that the two can be used simultaneously, but that will probably come much later.

As for the increase/decreasing volume issues, that would be my mistake >_>. Since I have a nano, the original scroll acceleration code for MPDc made it extremely difficult for me to accurately change things such as volume or skip to certain parts of songs. As a result, I changed the forward acceleration value from 4 to either 1 or 2 (can't remember which). The dumb thing is that I only changed the forward scroll acceleration and forgot about backwards scrolling. My bad Embarassed

~Keripo

Joined: 28 Mar 2006

o no it's all good Smile

i really enjoy it i like the feature to enable it or not since sometimes you feel like to mess around with the music on it just enable it and click quite zerolauncher and it works quick to reload it. Great build keep up the great work. I seem to have no problems what so ever wikipodia works but after i change the appearance color scheme.

Joined: 10 Nov 2007

yes i admit it's a little buggy, like sometimes my music will play is slow-mo and sometimes i get a connection timeout, however i STILL love it! any news on when a beta is coming out? Very Happy

Joined: 27 Aug 2007

Because you have to delete packs, iboy is gone too Sad

but i looveee the new interface look!

Joined: 26 Dec 2007

hey will this work on my 2nd gen ipod mini? i really need something that'll get linux on my ipod.

edit: HOLY <censored> IT WORKED! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

edit: wait i can't use iboy with this? aw crap. if there is any way please tell me!

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:28 pm

You already asked the same question in another topic. Please avoid cross posting in the future.
And since this thread has nothing to do with iBoy please ask the question in your other topic.