Let’s carry on from last night. While I know I said that I was going to delve into collisions next, I wound up seguing into game state instead. There’s a great write up on game state here, but if you’d like a TL;DR, then simplest way to describe game state is thus: if (X == [...]
I decided last night that my repeat project would be a timed side-scroller that featured a catchy chiptune soundtrack. To that end, I need an encapsulated MP3 player that can: Load an .m3u file Offer random forward seek. Backward seek to a. the start of the song, and b. the previous track. Be pausable and [...]
Help me give my shy friend unwanted attention by listening to this and/or favouriting them: http://soundcloud.com/mofidul2
Link: 8bit Collective 8-bit music – squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Hmm. A third part to my two-part HOWTO is looking likely. Things I have discovered: MPoD directly connects to MPD over a local network, bypassing Icecast entirely. MPoD is temperamental. I can currently access a a file list, but I cannot control playback via it. This changes at random intervals. Sooo. I feel kinda cheated. [...]
O hai, dear reader(s)! Let us begin: In part 1 of this guide, I laid down the basic groundwork to enable audio streaming from your Linux installation and onto your i{pad,pod,phone} device. While I was able to get both MPD and Icecast functioning and communicating with relatively little trouble, I ran into a brick wall [...]