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What about Miro?
On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 23:19 -0800, Gary Kline wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 08:43:09AM -0600, David Kelly wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 11:03:29PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
>
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