WMAmp Source Code Available

July 27th, 2004

The latest source code is now available Here.

This is a direct dump from my source repository, done at 6 every morning.

I’ll happily take bug fixes and enhancements in the form of diffs or patches.

I will say though that building this will probably be non-trivial because of the prerequisits and because you’ll have to cross compile it. If you’re just after something to listen to your music with, I’d strongly suggest download the prebuilt image.

We have a logo

July 27th, 2004

Many thanks to Ben Frost for taking the time to do us a really cool logo. I’ve already put it in the latest version, although that’s not been released yet, it addresses most of the bugs / glitches reported so far.

It already looks much nicer.

Must apologies for my camera work here. Should write a screen capture function really.

I’ve dropped the background effect because it was too slow, and have centred the screen a little better. There’s also a much easier to read font. There’s been other various fixes too, and more to follow during this week.. Look for the next version at the weekend or soon after.

WMAMP Pre-Release 0.1

July 26th, 2004

Here’s the first release of wmamp for the Linksys wma11b.
Full details in the included README.TXT

Have fun with it and please remember it’s a prerelease, no more than a technology demonstration, but it is usable.

Please report any glitches and bugs that I don’t discuss in the readme in the comments below.

http://www.turtlehead.co.uk/downloads/Wmamp-0.3.zip

Have Fun!!

Getting close

July 24th, 2004

Wahoo.. Guess what? I’m listening to AC/DC as streamed from iTunes via the Linksys WMA11B.

If I get the oppotunity I’ll make the first release either today, but most likely tomorrow. When ever it is, it’s going to be a very early prerelease as there’s still many many bugs present. From the serious to the minor.

If you’re interested helping with the coding or you appriciate the project please let me know. I could do with the support.

I could also do with some help with icons and some graphics as I’m pitiful at drawing. And to think I used to do graphics engines for the playstation many years ago. Thankfully I had access to artists then.

Inside the Linksys wma11b

June 28th, 2004

Want to see inside the wma11b? It’s probably the easiest linux device to open you’ll find, much easier than a Tivo.. ;-) Just work around the edge of the case from the bottom and it will just pop apart.

Inside WMA11b

Above is what you’ll first see. Very simple pxa250 motherboard with a 802.11b pcmcia card neatly mounted on the top. We’ll see how easy it is to upgrade it to a 802.54g later.. ;-p

Inside WMA11b

This is the view with the pcmcia card removed. You’ll see the xscale processor under the pcmcia card mount. A davicom network 9000e fast ethernet controller on the left, The audio AC97 audio module is a sigmatel stac9750, it’s not visible in the photo but is just left of the Focus FS450 TV signal generator at the centre top. You’ll also see 2 8mb Dram modules on the right.

Inside WMA11b

This picture is a close up of the blanks for a serial package. U2 is for a MAX241, J6 is a serial connection with ground, tx and rx, and JP1 is a JTAG connection.