I'm a bundling fool
Two hundred and seventeen point one megabytes. This is the current size of an amarok.app bundle which I have laying in my ~/Applications directory. Problem? First of all, it's about one hundred and seventeen point two megabytes too large for my liking. Secondly, it doesn't work. …
Posted by Orville Bennett on 28 May 2008
Apple gcc 4.2 and Amarok: Journey's end
Apple gcc 4.2 and Amarok: Journey's end beginning
The iPhone beta 5 SDK saved me. I finally have a (relatively) trouble-free version of gcc 4.2 with apple patches. Initially I did have some problems with it. It only started working seemlessly after I completely uninstalled Xcode …
Posted by Orville Bennett on 23 May 2008
Trial and error and error and error and error and... WIN!
I've gotten apple-gcc42 to install AND compile c++ code. This has been a "long, hard battle," but i think I've finally won. I was "inspired" to take up this challenge after lfranchi, one of the amarok developers, pointed out that one of the build errors we wer…
Posted by Orville Bennett on 17 May 2008
D2-Lightful!
I almost forgot to mention that I received the Cowon D2 that I ordered recently. It's a great little PMP that plays many audio and video formats out there today. I only care about vorbis playback as that is what most of my music library is encoded in. My previous player, my iRive…
Posted by Orville Bennett on 14 April 2008