AmiModRadio / 2015-06-15 15:04:59

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Did you know that, as of today (2015/06/02, there are more than 20,000 packages in the mods directory on Aminet? Yes, that's more than 20,000 modules to play and listen! So, why not write a program that could automatically download one module at-a-time, extract it, and play it? This is the purpose of AmiModRadio...

Essentials

AmiModRadio is composed essentially of four parts:

• A small FTP client to access Aminet and download archives containing modules;
• A XAD client to unarchive the downloaded archives;
• A ARexx command-and-control system to gently ask players to play the module;
• A MUI interface to control the various parts of AmiModRadio, in particular to permanently saved desired modules as well as pause/play and skip modules.

Timeline

2015/06/14: Fixed several small bugs, added a simplistic CLI-based user-interaction, added support for HippoPlayer, improved the speed of the download.

2015/06/11: All the pieces are working together! Only MultiPlayer is supported, no CLI, no GUI.

2015/06/10: The ARexx client is working and can interact with AmigaAMP as test.

2015/06/07: The XAD client is working and can extract LHA (and any others!) archives.

2015/05/29: The FTP client is working and random archives can be downloaded automatically.

2015/05/20: Start of the project using the great Cubic IDE and vbcc.

Downloads

AmiModRadio is open source. Its source code and binaries are available at SourceForge !

Links

About FTP:

• 425 Unable to build data connection;
• The commands understood by ProFTPd, the FTP server used by Aminet;
• Understanding the passive vs. active FTP modes.

¹ Icon by Rob under CC BY v3.0, thanks!