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'''llink is a media streamer''' that let's you play movies, view online trailers, browse images or play music over a network using the http protocol. It should work with most Syabas NMT hardware (NetworkedMediaTank middleware based players), such as the Popcorn Hour A- and B-series, HDX, iSTAR, Egreat a whole range of others, possibly even a couple of older ones like the LinkTheater. Some of the best reasons to run llink is that it can run on a great many platforms, including most popular NAS devices - even on the NMT player itself - and it can play media directly from RAR files.
== libdvdread.plus ==


I have made some patches to the regular '''libdvdread''' library used by many developers. Alas, I have had no luck in getting them accepted into the upstream repository, which has forced me to maintain a second version myself.


[[Image:llink.screen2.jpg|right|thumb|100px|llink-2.2.0 aqua skin]]
Patches include:
[[Image:llink.screen3.jpg|right|thumb|100px|llink-1.9.9 jukebox skin]]
[[Image:llink.screen4.jpg|right|thumb|100px|llink-2.2.0 clterm skin]]
[[Image:llink.screen5.jpg|right|thumb|100px|llink-2.2.0 nmt skin]]
[[Image:Kamaishi_skies.jpg|right|thumb|100px|llink-2.2.0 kamaishi_skies skin]]


=== llink overview ===
* Bring UDF compatibility from base 1.92, to 2.50. This adds Bluray and BD5 ISO format.
* Properly handle UDF chains, instead of assuming they are contiguous, and without gap.
* Move filesizes from 32bit to 64bit.
* Add POSIX style '''opendir(3)''', '''readdir(3)''' API to add the ability to retrieve contents of ISO files & input-devices.
* Add POSIX style '''open(3)''' of non-DVD related files. (Reading playlists, certificates etc)
* Allow API call to set IO handlers. Allowing all IO to libdvdread be developer defined. (Adding RAR support, or FTP perhaps)


* [[Llink:compatible_players|List of compatible players]]
==== Features ====


* Parses various video containers: vob, avi, ts, mkv, tp, mov, m2ts, evo.
'''Download pre-patched source archive from:'''
* Streams any file type the NMT player can handle: mp3, flac, jpeg, png etc.
* Can play straight '''from rar files''': no more need to unrar your media. (Comes with special unrar-3.7.8-seek.)
* SSDP / UPnP discovery support (although minimal).
* [[Llink:skins|Skin support]]: make your own html templates  or choose from pre-built.
* Simple iMDb querying to look up media information for Jukebox skins.
* Both HD and SD skins available.
* Light, tiny and clean code for Unix, OsX and Windows. Compiles to most platforms.
* Paginating: support to send listings in pages, with tags for Next/Prev.
* PlayAll cgi tag, and PlayAllFrom.
* External subtitles: subtitle files can be consolidated in one directory.
* libdvdnav support (and libdvdcss): provides basic playback of DVD .iso and .img files and from DVD drives.
* UDF 2.50 BD5-ISO support: provides basic playback of Bluray and HD-DVD.
* (External process support, like mencoder: incomplete).
* Can initiate custom shell scripts.
* Keep track of what you have already seen: small database for 'watched' media.


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http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/libdvdread-4.2.0.plus.tar.bz2




=== Todo ===


In no particular order:
* Add a transparent FTP fs layer? this would be well nice if it worked with RAR. ''Be quite easy to do now as a 'unrar' replacement, 'unftp'.''
* Scraping/parsing of .NFO files (for media info).
* mms:// protocol support (libmms looks ok, but has own select() call, needs deeper inspection).
** Implemented as unmms (unrar clone) but Stream support on PCH is lacking. Please bug Syabas about letting us set stream-mode
* Scrape/look for subtitles (ex. http://www.subtitlesource.org/title/tt0325710/).
* Proposed [[llink:menus|menus]]. Partly working since v2.2.0
* Configuration via web page.
* [http://www.teamavalaunch.com/ Avalaunch] style backgrounds. (Ex. fetch picture from [http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html NASA] every 30s and refresh) for mp3/playlists.
* Playing mp3s, and photos from RAR files don't appear to work.
* When playing music, allow to specify pictures to view.
* <s>Explore what more power we get from libdvdnav: choose audio tracks etc.</s> ALso, subtitle streams since C200 can display!
* Support [http://www.antp.be/software/moviecatalog ANT's Movie Database] .xml files.
** Difficult. ANT did weird things like put entire DB in one giant XML, with no references to the disk path.
* Support [http://www.movienizer.com Movienizer's Movie Database] .xml files.  Please provide sample .xml files for inspection.
* Remote skin support, e.g. invoke play from an iPhone or any other web enabled device.
* Apparently directories/files with "&" may not get a tick in the visited db. URL decoding?
* Make ticked directories become un-ticked when new files (unticked) files are added to the directory.


=== Additional resources  ===
If you wish to patch the original release yourself, the patches are located here:


Feel free to contribute to the wiki documentation:


* [[Llink:user_guide|User guide]] for functions.
=== Patch 1: ===
* [[Llink:Windows_installation|Installation guide]] for Windows.
* [[llink:Linux_installation|Installation guide]] for Linux.
* [[llink:macros|Macros]] supported by the HTML engine in llink.
* [[llink:Samples|Sample Files]] for configuring llink Jukebox xml.
* [[llink:Compiling|Compiling]] Guide for compiling, cross-compiling and compiling on Windows.


=== Download binaries ===
Handle AD chains correctly, skip gaps, and give full end blocks


Note: if you are in luck, devices not listed here may share platform and architecture.
http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/README.patch1
Please report your success/failure.
http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/patch1


* [[llink:windows|Windows]] 2.2.2 binaries for Windows OS
* [[llink:osx|OsX]] 2.2.3 binaries for Apple Macintosh Os X (Universal).
* [[llink:nmt|NMT]] 2.2.2 binaries for the Network Media Tank (Popcornhour A-100, C200 etc.)
* [[llink:linux|Linux]] 2.2.2 binaries for Linux OS, Intel (add more if you can)
* [[llink:opensolaris|OpenSolaris]] 2.2.2 binaries for OpenSolaris (svn121) OS, Intel
* [[llink:readynas|ReadyNAS]] 2.2.2 binaries and instructions for Infrant/Netgear ReadyNAS
* [[llink:synology|Synology]] 2.2.2 binaries and instructions for Synology NAS (ppc and arm)
* [[llink:asus_wl-500gl|Asus WL-500GL]] binaries for Asus router running OpenWrt
* [[llink:Asus WL-500g Premium|Asus WL-500g Premium]] binaries for Asus router running Oleg's firmware
* [[llink:landisk|landisk]] binaries for IO-Data landisk uhdl-av, cpu-SH4
* "[[llink on a stick]]" let's you run llink from a USB stick or external USB drive (unmaintained)
* [[Llink:dlink_dns323|D-Link DNS-323]] binaries and instructions for D-Link NAS
* [http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?p=6195 Bubba server] 2.2.0 Linux compile instructions (no binaries)
* [http://www.azboxworld.com/index.php?page=Thread&postID=66741#post66741 AzBox HD] 2.2.0 plugin binaries
* [[llink:buffalo|Buffalo]] 2.2.3 binaries and instructions for Buffalo Linkstation (arm)
* [[llink:Thecus|Thecus]] N5200-N0503 2.2.2 binaries (intel Atom)
* [[llink:qnap|QNAP]] 2.2.4 binaries for QNAP TS-109/209 series (arm)


''(Compilers, you can upload new versions directly in the wiki, see Synology page as example)''
=== Patch 2: ===


=== Sources ===
File sizes from 32 bit to 64 bit, [http://www.supremeessays.com/ buy best essay]. Handle new FileInfoExt.


* [[llink:sources|Sources]] Build your own for your platform. Includes autoconf for Unix and project files for Windows Visual Studio.
http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/README.patch2
* libdvdcss sources are: [http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/1.2.10/ libdvdcss-1.2.10.tar.gz]
http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/patch2
* [[llink:mime|mime.types]] defining MIME types, generally not needed, only if you use it with a browser.
* <s>libdvdnav sources are: [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/dvdnav/ libdvdnav-4.1.2]</s> ''libdvdnav sources now included.''
* <s>libdvdread with MSVC++ Project files: [http://www.lundman.net/ftp/llink/libdvdread-0.9.7-win32.tar.gz</s>
* <s>libdvdread sources for llink v2.0.8 to 2.1.1 only are: [http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/downloads.shtml libdvdread-0.9.7.tar.bz]</s>


=== Known issues ===


Although llink is capable of many things, there are limitations that should be known to users.
=== Patch 3: ===
Please read here for details: [[Llink:Known_issues]]


=== Changelog ===
Add Directory Content access, reading DVD AACS/ Directory.


The [[llink:changelog|llink changelog]] contains the basic release notes history.
http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/README.patch3
http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/patch3
 
 
=== Patch 4: ===
 
Expose dvd_input handlers as API call.
 
http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/README.patch4
http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/patch4

Latest revision as of 01:19, 27 December 2011

libdvdread.plus

I have made some patches to the regular libdvdread library used by many developers. Alas, I have had no luck in getting them accepted into the upstream repository, which has forced me to maintain a second version myself.

Patches include:

* Bring UDF compatibility from base 1.92, to 2.50. This adds Bluray and BD5 ISO format.
* Properly handle UDF chains, instead of assuming they are contiguous, and without gap.
* Move filesizes from 32bit to 64bit.
* Add POSIX style opendir(3), readdir(3) API to add the ability to retrieve contents of ISO files & input-devices.
* Add POSIX style open(3) of non-DVD related files. (Reading playlists, certificates etc)
* Allow API call to set IO handlers. Allowing all IO to libdvdread be developer defined. (Adding RAR support, or FTP perhaps)


Download pre-patched source archive from:

http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/libdvdread-4.2.0.plus.tar.bz2



If you wish to patch the original release yourself, the patches are located here:


Patch 1:

Handle AD chains correctly, skip gaps, and give full end blocks

http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/README.patch1
http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/patch1


Patch 2:

File sizes from 32 bit to 64 bit, buy best essay. Handle new FileInfoExt.

http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/README.patch2
http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/patch2


Patch 3:

Add Directory Content access, reading DVD AACS/ Directory.

http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/README.patch3
http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/patch3


Patch 4:

Expose dvd_input handlers as API call.

http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/README.patch4
http://lundman.net/ftp/dvdread/patches/patch4