Re: [linux-minidisc] trying to copy 1st mp3 to mz-rh1

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>]

On 03/28/2017 12:32 AM, René Rebe wrote:
>> Please subscribe to the mailing list before posting. Otherwise I have
>> to moderate every single mail you are sending through the list. Thanks!
> 
> oh yeah, the usual open source friendliness, how I missed it ;-)
> I actually did so, but probably missed to click yet another confirm web button.

How is that related to open source and friendliness? It's common courtesy
to subscribe to a mailing list before trying to send messages to it. Many
mailing lists would actually just reject mails in such cases.

>> I don't think that's true. Lots of people have actually used the code
>> and you are the first one ever to report this particular issue. The only
>> thing that can have happened is either a recent regression or a problem
>> with your build environment.
> 
> What problem with my build environment should that be?
> 
> The code clearly takes the first number only, which is based on the OS and C library behavior, …
> 
> If you want the highest available index that is what my patch is doing.

As I mentioned before, the code has worked fine and this is the first report
we are getting regarding this issue. I am not ruling out a regression though.

>> Please open a pull request on github. We don't accept patches through the
>> mailing list.
> 
> Argh, sigh. You know, in my projects I accept patches form everywhere.
> I even hand edit whitespace in Outlook mangles patches if I have too.
> 
> But fine, I github push it, .. for you.

Using github pull requests is actually the standard for a large number
of open source projects these days. It simplifies reviewing and merging
of patches as opposed to sending patches over mailing lists.

> Btw. the wiki lists another git repository on fu-berlin or so that
> appears to be unavailable? Obsolete I assume?

Yes, that machine is offline these days. I noticed the wrong URL myself
when I was sourcing the link with the file contents. I will update the
wiki shortly.

>> This should be in ATRAC1 format and ffmpeg or VLC should be able to
>> decode it.
> 
> So this python script is the thing to use, or is there something hiding in netmdcli, too?

I seem to remember that netmdcli is also able to upload ATRAC-SP tracks
from the MZ-RH1, I think "netmd recv" should do it.

> Is it also supposed to already decrypt the track?

Tracks from classic MiniDiscs are not encrypted and actual NetMD devices
don't support upload in hardware. The upload feature in the MZ-RH1
is exclusive to this device (and its variation MZ-MH200) and is designed
for classic MDs only.

Adrian

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