On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:34:45 +0100, you wrote: >It is tempting. Make that REALLY tempting. Trust me when I say that an >Ubuntu+get_iplayer package would be much less hassle to put together and >test. However, I think a VMplayer solution could introduce its own >headaches. For one thing, we'd be pushing the target audience onto a >new OS that, by definition, they're not necessarily knowledgeable about.
I suppose where I'm going with this is a VirtualBox holding only a CLI (command line - shell) Ubuntu/*nix being accessed on the command line from the host system where you do something like ">virtbox client shell get_iplayer --pid=w343rft" and it writes mp4s to the host file system So in effect no new OS for the user. > Sure, the process could be reduced to a cookbook of sorts, but we'd >still be putting get_iplayer into an unfamiliar box for Windows users. >Plus, we'd be introducing another dependency (and potential source of >problems) in the shape of VMplayer. I think that puts the entry barrier >a bit higher than an average Windows user would rightfully expect. >Also, we would have to take on the process of maintaining helper >applications, at least for the near future (mainline repos lag behind), >though luckily Jon Davies currently fills that role in the Ubuntu >universe with his PPA. At the moment we can still utilise the Windows >builds of helper apps provided by other developers. Not nearly as good >as proper package management, but essentially free. A further "advantage" (if this approach works at all) is you'd only need to maintain one or two (i386, 64 bit, ...ARM ? ) versions of get_iplayer - and all the tools it uses for ALL host flavours of *nix JC _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
