From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 04:55:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9442106564A for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:55:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A8B48FC08 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:55:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n0H4uFPQ064648; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:56:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:55:33 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:55:33 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Da Rock Message-ID: <20090117045532.GA15636@thought.org> References: <1232083360.22938.80.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1232083360.22938.80.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: programs...] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:55:42 -0000 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 03:22:40PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > What about Miro? > Somelike like miro is a start, but may need a special or different kind of interface. Say that you KNOW you want to hear a show on the BBC every week. [Sure, just set it up on Google, right...?] Have the same podcast-storing//link caching deal on miro. Or say that you missing a broadcast of NOVA on a few days,weeks back. You don't knoe if the show is webcast, it's name, it's date(s). Miro is one of the few streams that always just-works. Be great to have just-one-program whose stream never failed. If it were available for d/load, or if I could intercept/capture the stream somehow for when I had TIME to watch/listen... Outstanding. Feedback, anybody?? gary > > > > Guys, > > > > > > > > I've going to give away what I think could be at least a > > > > multi-thousand dollar idea, something we nearly have already. > > > > And a wish-list for a program that does not, AFAIK, exist. > > > > > > Its called iTunes. > > > > > > > First, the wish-for:: given all the kinds of video and audio > > > > programs that are now on the web, how difficult would it be > > > > to have a GUI [interface] program pop up a screen with date of > > > > airing, and/or date of podcast? Not to exceed several hours > > > > worth of recorded podcasts... or live recording. > > > > > > iTunes will suck them down and has settings for when (if ever) to delete > > > old podcasts. > > > > > > > I can only give examples of thing I watch, but this will give > > > > you some idea. And bear in mind that at least FreeBSD cannot > > > > capture some programs. Like "FRONTLINE" on PBS. > > > > > > > > But for the sake of argument, let's say that firefox or > > > > whatever browser or kmplayer or another player did have the > > > > proper codecs. > > > > > > > > This GUI app would find, fetch, and store in /usr/local/tmp > > > > FRONTLINE, NOVA, "In Our Time" and "Everyday Ethics" [BBC], > > > > and "Marketplace", Weekend, 10jan09. > > > > > > iTunes stores in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Podcasts/ > > > > > > Music/audio only, or video too? > > > > > > > > > > > When these programs were safely in /usr/local/tmp/Pods, the > > > > program would send mail or otherwise inform the user. > > > > > > Script from cron to detect presence of a new file in the above, send > > > notification. > > > > > > There are FreeBSD ports for subscribing to podcasts that could do the > > > same thing. > > > > > > > How doable is this...? and, yes, i know that many of these > > > > audio files can be subscribed to as podcasts. I have several > > > > on my Google page. > > > > > > Get A Mac! > > > > > > > Ha! Well, I stand to inherit my daughter's MacBook in a > > few years. Okay, so if Apple has this, can I use it? I > > mean for-free, not having to sub to some monthly deal or > > whatever? > > > > This is an idea I thought up a couple years ago when all > > the audio podcasts began appearing. At any rate, seems to > > me that the open-* community could do at least as well as > > our brother hackers at Apple. > > > > Just a thought. > > > > Come Monday, OZ-time, I'll let everybody know my major > > idea. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 2.23a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php