From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 14:43:11 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC30D1065716 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:43:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: from smtp.knology.net (smtp.knology.net [24.214.63.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E6B28FC22 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:43:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: (qmail 31824 invoked by uid 0); 9 Jan 2009 14:43:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Grumpy.DynDNS.org) (75.76.211.79) by smtp5.knology.net with SMTP; 9 Jan 2009 14:43:09 -0000 Received: by Grumpy.DynDNS.org (Postfix, from userid 928) id C08E728422; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 08:43:09 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 08:43:09 -0600 From: David Kelly To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20090109144309.GA92392@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> References: <20090109070324.GA68165@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090109070324.GA68165@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: programs... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:43:12 -0000 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/ > 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! -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.