12. June 2005:
I know of some minor bugs that I will look at
next. Then maybe it's time to add some unit tests to
get rid of some of the bugs I've missed. :-)
As usual it's pain in the b*** to recruit dedicated
people, but a few ones may stick around long enough to
actually produce som code. I've got one who's
interested in developing a GUI client, and another who
said he'd do an installer. And of course then there's
Erik who's already looking into the X10 module.
What I'll do next depends on how it goes with these
new people.
29. March 2005:
Next thing on the "menu" is a playback module. I was
hoping to recruit some developers to work on some of
the other modules, but have not had any luck yet. Pity
though, since a GUI client is greatly needed... and it
would certainly speed things up a bit :-).
21. November 2004:
The next thing up is to be able to change the preset
names and numbers in the control panel applet. When
that is done, I think I'll begin work on the playback
module. Having more than one main module (which I at
the time assume is always present) adds a new level of
complexity to application.
14. October 2004:
The functionallity of the tuner module is
progressing. Hardware Mpeg2 support has been added and
sound support for these types of cards was added as
well. Still missing is sound with non-mpeg2
cards. Another thing first on the to-do list is
finishing the ability to change resolution as well as
full screen support.
As things are right now, the need for a better client
application is getting bigger, so if noone offers
their help, I will have to write one myself. This is
no small task (UI's never are), so of course, this
will slow things down on the control center. So if you
have knowledge in UI's and TCP/IP, this is where YOU
come in. ;-)
18. June 2004:
A first minimal useable application has been released,
though no communication protocol has been defined,
yet.
The heart of the module has been changed to the
manager tier, and the tuner module has been "degraded"
to a main module. This means the tuner module is no
longer essential. All that is needed is a minimum of
one main module (either the tuner, the x10 or the
video/music playback module).
The next things to do are:
- Expand the control panel applet, so that the
configuration of the Control Center happens from
here. This enables the user to set the country code,
to the change the video format (PAL, NTCS), and so
on. These things are hard coded right now.
- The communication protocol must be defined or at
least sketched and then refined later.
- The functionallity of the tuner module has to be
expanded.
24. May 2004:
To have the first minimal useable "product", we need:
- The heart of the system - the base module, which is the tuner module.
- The control of the system will happen through clients connected to the
system via TCP/IP, so client/server API-classes are needed.
- In order for the clients and server to understand each other an API
communication protocol must be defined.
- Lastly a client must be implemented in order to control the system.
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