Does anyone remember the HomePod from 2003/2004 or so?
http://www.amazon.com/Macsense-MP-100-HomePod/dp/B00013BK3C
http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/...udio-device-frees-music-files-from-computers/
It's a wifi/ethernet mp3 player (Linux) that connects to some server software you run on your Mac. It reads your iTunes XML Library file and can play music through built-in speakers or RCA plugs or optical out, etc. Has an LCD display and USB port.
The only problem is, the company MacSense went out of business years ago (the device was based on a Java media-server middleware platform called "Gloo", which was supposed to become popular in embedded devices). Their server software is only available in PowerPC binaries, but since it's Java I think it's just some launcher/wrapper that is PowerPC, as the Java should be mostly platform-independent.
So, it's impossible to run on 10.7 Lion in its current state:
Mac-Pro:bin user1$ ./AudioLibrary
Usage: ./AudioLibrary { console | start | stop | restart | dump }
Mac-Pro:bin user1$ ./AudioLibrary restart
Stopping GLOO Audio Library...
GLOO Audio Library was not running.
Starting GLOO Audio Library...
Launch of "wrapper" failed: the PowerPC architecture is no longer supported.
I've attached the folder with the software in it. The GUI app is awful. I believe you have to use it to select your iTunes XML file when starting the app for the first time, but after that don't even bother using it (edit pref/conf file manually and launch from command line using syntax in my above example).
Is there any possibility of making this into an Intel-compatible program? I have an old PowerPC machine if anyone wants me to do testing.
Help, and thanks!
http://www.amazon.com/Macsense-MP-100-HomePod/dp/B00013BK3C
http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/...udio-device-frees-music-files-from-computers/
It's a wifi/ethernet mp3 player (Linux) that connects to some server software you run on your Mac. It reads your iTunes XML Library file and can play music through built-in speakers or RCA plugs or optical out, etc. Has an LCD display and USB port.
The only problem is, the company MacSense went out of business years ago (the device was based on a Java media-server middleware platform called "Gloo", which was supposed to become popular in embedded devices). Their server software is only available in PowerPC binaries, but since it's Java I think it's just some launcher/wrapper that is PowerPC, as the Java should be mostly platform-independent.
So, it's impossible to run on 10.7 Lion in its current state:
Mac-Pro:bin user1$ ./AudioLibrary
Usage: ./AudioLibrary { console | start | stop | restart | dump }
Mac-Pro:bin user1$ ./AudioLibrary restart
Stopping GLOO Audio Library...
GLOO Audio Library was not running.
Starting GLOO Audio Library...
Launch of "wrapper" failed: the PowerPC architecture is no longer supported.
I've attached the folder with the software in it. The GUI app is awful. I believe you have to use it to select your iTunes XML file when starting the app for the first time, but after that don't even bother using it (edit pref/conf file manually and launch from command line using syntax in my above example).
Is there any possibility of making this into an Intel-compatible program? I have an old PowerPC machine if anyone wants me to do testing.
Help, and thanks!