From owner-freebsd-current Wed Aug 18 12: 8:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from rah.star-gate.com (216-200-29-190.snj0.flashcom.net [216.200.29.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A80914CCE for ; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:08:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA00928 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:08:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Message-Id: <199908181908.MAA00928@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: CD writer : Baby Hacker II Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:08:03 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 1. Modify cdrecord so that if a device is not specified it will do a -scanbus . Present the user with a choice of cd recorders from which to chose from . Ideally there should be a generic device query interface to the system so other similar utilities can do the same thing . 2. Create an LDAP schema to store the configuration for cdrecord. the entry should have: host , InetOrgPerson, cd recorder brand/model, device name, scsibus address, CD-R speed, CD-RW speed... I can provide a servlet which can manage the configuration of the LDAP server. If you are interested on LDAP see: http://www.openldap.org and/or send me email. 3. A bit more dificult. Create a shared library module out of cdrecord with an interface similar to netscape's plug-in . Pick a graphical utility for instance gcombust and interface it to the plug-in. 4. Pie in the sky: Do step 2 and use xml as your protocol . For instance , if an app such gcombust sents a status query to the plug-in its response should be encapsulated in xml : detailing the device , current status : recording/pause/playing/stop. Enjoy -- Amancio Hasty hasty@rah.star-gate.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message