[GreenKeys] Twitter and the Mod 28

[Paul Heller]

On Sep 25, 2015, at 5:26 PM, epvgk at limpoc.com wrote:
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> Javier's HeavyMetal does basically all that and supports "chat" with
> other instances of itself on the internet. Adding my XMPP adapter to
> it might make it a little more convenient to do group chats or whatever.
> And it already runs fine on a raspberry pi or beaglebone. 
> 
> I think getting all the software pieces installed and running is the
> majority of the work - all the building blocks are already there. 

Hey Eric,

I am familiar with the Beaglebone, but not (yet) the Raspberry PI. My Linux skills are beginner level.

On a related note, many of you know that I am supposed to take over ITTY from George. That project is 80% done, but I am stuck on the last bits. The current ITTY setup is Windows XP based, but that’s a no-go for me. The ITTY audio encoder seems to work with windows XP only. Maybe it is 32 bit only, I’m not sure, but I could not get it to run correctly on a modern windows computer / OS.

Since I have been unable to find a decent (ie. one that enables sampling at a low bit rate and converting to mono) Windows based encoder nor a shoutcast client that is free, I am now investigating getting the encoder and broadcast aspects running on Linux. The Beaglebone was my first choice, but it does not have built in audio capability, so I am now planning to try the Raspberry PI.  I’m hoping to use icecast instead of shoutcast because it is free, but I also need to use ogg instead of mp3. So I further hope that Windows Media Player, Winamp, VLC and such will work ok with an ogg stream. Geez - that is a lot of “hope” and I have much to develop and test yet before we can say that ITTY is ready to move.

OK, that was a long preamble to simply say that I have both a beaglebone and raspberry PI which I can use to test with you, Eric, if you want to try something out. I did not realize HM ran on linux. I’d have to load that and then load your adapter. 

Paul