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  • A2Stream with fast-forwarding

    From Oliver Schmidt@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 23 20:59:23 2022
    Hi,

    Originally, the use case I saw for A2Stream were 3 to 4 minute songs.
    However, with making all episodes of Open Apple available available
    for A2Stream (https://a2retro.de/oa/), that has changed a tiny bit ;-)

    The episodes come in chunks of up to 75 minutes. So if you didn't want
    or just couldn't listen to an episode in one go, it became rather
    inconvenient that A2Stream didn't allow any control beyond pausing the playback.

    No more with A2Stream 1.2! Now you can press the keys '1' to '9' to fast-forward 1 to 9 minutes with roughly 20x playback speed :-)

    https://github.com/oliverschmidt/A2Stream/releases/tag/1.2

    Enjoy, Oliver

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  • From Speccie@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 24 07:46:22 2022
    Oliver,

    No more with A2Stream 1.2! Now you can press the keys '1' to '9' to fast-forward 1 to 9 minutes with roughly 20x playback speed :-)

    For these larger files, what would be nice is if you could stop at any point, and it would save a small file that held the URL for the stream, and where you were in it when you stopped. Then if you went to that same stream again, it would ask if you
    wanted to start over, or continue from where you left off.

    The only problem I can see is that unlike with the IIgs, you do not have a convenient place where you can store such a file on the Apple ][.

    Cheers - Ewen (Speccie)

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  • From Oliver Schmidt@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 24 09:59:23 2022
    Hi Ewen,

    For these larger files, what would be nice is if you could stop at any
    point, and it would save a small file that held the URL for the stream,
    and where you were in it when you stopped. Then if you went to that same stream again, it would ask if you wanted to start over, or continue from where you left off.

    As you pretty surely imagine, I already had that idea ;-)

    The only problem I can see is that unlike with the IIgs, you do not have
    a convenient place where you can store such a file on the Apple ][.

    I presume, you are not aware, that A2Stream already saves the URLs entered
    by the user in a file for re-use on a subsequent run. Of course, I can't
    judge if you consider my place a convenient place.

    However, I see more than enough other problems. Two of them:

    1.) A2Stream has no idea whatsoever, where in a stream it currently is.

    2.) A2Stream does HTTP 1.0, but byte ranges are part of HTTP 1.1.

    Anyhow, thanks for thinking about A2Stream,
    Oliver

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  • From Speccie@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 25 07:42:33 2022
    Oliver,

    As you pretty surely imagine, I already had that idea ;-)

    I had a pretty good idea you would have. :-)

    I presume, you are not aware, that A2Stream already saves the URLs entered
    by the user in a file for re-use on a subsequent run. Of course, I can't judge if you consider my place a convenient place.

    I was only thinking that as an Apple II does not have a Preferences folder inside a System folder on a disk that is always accessible, and that A2Stream once loaded, may not need a disk in any drive, there was no handy place to store data. I am just too
    steeped in the IIgs workings these days I expect.

    However, I see more than enough other problems. Two of them:
    1.) A2Stream has no idea whatsoever, where in a stream it currently is.
    2.) A2Stream does HTTP 1.0, but byte ranges are part of HTTP 1.1.

    Ah...

    Anyhow, thanks for thinking about A2Stream,

    I have watched the demo, and am very impressed at what it can do...

    Cheers - Ewen (Speccie)

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  • From Oliver Schmidt@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 25 07:18:37 2022
    Hi Ewen,

    As you pretty surely imagine, I already had that idea ;-)

    I had a pretty good idea you would have. :-)

    :-)

    Anyhow, thanks for thinking about A2Stream,

    I have watched the demo, and am very impressed at what it can do...

    Thanks for the nice feedback - of course especially from someone with your background!

    Regards,
    Oliver

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  • From Barana@21:1/5 to Speccie on Sat Apr 30 10:07:40 2022
    Speccie <[email protected]> Wrote in message:r
    Oliver,> No more with A2Stream 1.2! Now you can press the keys '1' to '9' to> fast-forward 1 to 9 minutes with roughly 20x playback speed :-)For these larger files, what would be nice is if you could stop at any point, and it would save a small file
    that held the URL for the stream, and where you were in it when you stopped. Then if you went to that same stream again, it would ask if you wanted to start over, or continue from where you left off.The only problem I can see is that unlike with the IIgs,
    you do not have a convenient place where you can store such a file on the Apple ][.Cheers - Ewen (Speccie)

    Well..... if one was seeking a central prefs file *location* for
    interoperatability with other apps as a bonus, the last few
    releases of a2 desktop now has this convention in the /local
    directory usually as a prog.config texfile format $04 handy as it
    takes no extra space from the current 5.25 disk running.. if
    DeskTop volume is online and handy for viewing and cut and
    pasting the url via the 'viewer' control panel on
    a2DeskTop
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  • From Barana@21:1/5 to Oliver Schmidt on Sat Apr 30 09:16:42 2022
    [email protected] (Oliver Schmidt) Wrote in message:r
    Hi,Originally, the use case I saw for A2Stream were 3 to 4 minute songs.However, with making all episodes of Open Apple available availablefor A2Stream (https://a2retro.de/oa/), that has changed a tiny bit ;-)The episodes come in chunks of up to 75
    minutes. So if you didn't wantor just couldn't listen to an episode in one go, it became ratherinconvenient that A2Stream didn't allow any control beyond pausing theplayback.No more with A2Stream 1.2! Now you can press the keys '1' to '9' tofast-forward
    1 to 9 minutes with roughly 20x playback speed :-)https://github.com/oliverschmidt/A2Stream/releases/tag/1.2Enjoy, Oliver

    Bravo ! Bravo!! Encore!
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