![]() See the script /usr/local/sbin/ripStream.sh to change configuration for the Rip/Listen option. The Rip/Listen option receives a stream and also runs a tcp server that rebroadcasts it onto your LAN, it is set up to listen on the localhost only, so that you can Rip and Listen. With a little effort, you can synchronize playback across the ZipIts, be sure all of your ZipIts are set to run at the same CPU clock setting. After you select the stream and start broadcasting it, you can listen to it by opening blkMp3Player on any ZipIt that is connected to the network, press i for the ‘mp3_IN’ option and the stream should begin to playback. It makes setting up a multi-zone audio system a snap, and portable too. The first option to Relay/mp3_out is the most impressive, it will acquire the Internet stream and re-broadcast it onto a multi-cast channel of your LAN. When a stream is chosen, Links will ask you how you want to handle it. SomaFM displays a playlist for the selected station that gets updated frequently, just make sure Auto-Refresh is enabled. I primarily use the ZipIt to stream Internet radio from one of two different web sites, and. Alternatively, the Alt+Tab, Alt+LeftArrow and Alt+RightArrow key combos will increment and decrement the virtual terminal. The easiest way is to use the Home key to return to GMenu2x and then press Tab to show the list of running apps, then just select the one you want to switch to. There are a few ways to navigate between the open virtual terminals. Apps in the list can also be stopped instead, by using the BackSpace key on the selected item. GMenu2x will switch to the selected apps’ controlling terminal. When GMenu2x is active, pressing the Tab key will produce a list of running apps. It’s a really nice feature when combined with the zram driver, thanks go to mozzwald for the details on configuring zram in the Linux kernel. As in prior versions, the Home key returns to Gmenu2X, but the action will now leave the current app running in the background. My favorite new feature is that Gmenu2x can now launch an app without closing, similar in experience to full scale systems. The Play/Stop/Prev/Next keys are configured to control GMU when it’s active. The configuration is in /root/.config/gmu/. The new version comes with a web server and two different interfaces for remote control. And just in time for the cut, wej released a brand new 0.9.1 version of GMU that’s also included for a more elegant playback experience of mp3, ogg/vorbis, flac, speex, and wav formats. mesh network, I have a USB Ethernet dongle bring in an Internet stream which I then relay onto the wireless mesh interface. Multi-cast streaming works quite well over a B.A.T.M.A.N. Of course the ZipIt can also play that multi-cast stream, and it doesn’t get any easier to set this up, just turn it on/off like you would shuffle or repeat. There is also a choice to start StreamRipper directly from Links for the ease of collecting Internet streams to go, and if all that mp3 streaming and ripping is just ho-hum, there is an option to relay the tcp stream onto a multi-cast channel of your LAN. Besides normal graphical web browsing with SSL capability, Links has been configured to start playing Internet radio streams courtesy of mpg123. Most of the new apps, scripts, and functions revolve around the Links web browser and mpg123. Installation instructions are the still same as for NodeZ2, and mozzwald also created a new version of the flash scripts to make the process even easier. There is over 1Mb in new stuff and still there remains ~200Kb free for config files. So if you compare RC12 or prior to the latest version you’ll be floored when you find all the new apps and functionality that is now included in the flashed jffs2 rootfs. It was a huge win for the C++ lover too, as the code became equivalent in size to what C would produce. This removed some serious bloat, it really was amazing to see the reduction in size. Additionally, with some smooth sleuthing by deeice from the irc #zipit channel, a few new switches were included in the build of the C++ based packages. Not only is the rootfs compressed, but several binaries including gmenu2x have been upx’d to reduce even more space. This version of the OpenWRT-ZipIt distro featuring GMenu2x is jammed with awesomeness. I should have this post broken up into several, so it’s going to get pretty long.
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