11
November 2005 - I now
have a new ISP. I have
re-enabled the links for
downloading PonkTV for both
BitTorrent and eDonkey.
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7
September 2005 - All
downloads are halted.
My ISP decided to switch to
DHCP without informing me.
Looking at other options
available to host PonkTV
downloads.
In other News, I'm reworking
the ed2k program to use
ed2k gui edonkeyc core
routines. This should help by
reducing my need to code as
much.
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15 July
2005 - Server Up.
PonkTV iso CDs downloads are
available again. Help out by
sharing your download.
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12 July
2005 - Server Down.
My edonkey/bittorrent server
has maxed from uploading the
PonkTV iso CDs. I'm having to
reconfigured my network to
handle the load. It should be
back up in a couple of days.
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8 July
2005 - PonkTV 2.1
Released.
I've recieved an ok from
MetaMachine, eDonkey, to
release a binary version of the
eDonkey Linux command line
client with PonkTV. Since
eDonkey is not GPL/Open Source
I've included an eDonkey
copyright splash screen durning
boot.
With this I can now release a
binary install CD - PonkTV 2.1
Install CD. To use just put
the PonkTV Install CD into the
CD drive, turn the TV to
channel 3, and turn on the
computer. The PonkTV Install CD
will guide you the rest of the
way. To find out what hardware
you need and how to connect a
PonkTV System read the FAQ.
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5 June
2005 - PonkTV 2.0
Released.
I've been using it for over a
week as my setup. I use the
remote interface to add the
ed2k links and monitor my
downloads. When a download is
complete I view it on the TV.
If I wish to keep the video I
use the remote interface to
copy it to a second computer.
I have not unblocked my
firewall to the eDonkey ports.
When I do I should get an
increase in download speed.
I'll post the results in my log
below.
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6 May
2005 - Finished the
install scripts and the new
install cd. Should be releasing
PonkTV 2.0 soon. I had to write
a custom dialog progam called
TVDialog. Its been released on
the File Release page of the
Sourceforge Project page.
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15 Jan
2004 - Moving along in
porting PonkTV to LFS 6.0.
Looks like all the major issues
with porting to FireFox have
been resolved. The next
undertaking is to rewrite the
install scripts. Some tentative
changes to the source packages
are:
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15 Dec
2004 - New alpha release
for PonkTV, alpha-r3. You can
download the source from the
sourceforge project pages,
PonkTV Alpha Release. There
are 2 major install errors.
They are explained in the
release notes with
workarounds.
My plans for the next release
is to have PonkTV ported to
LFS 6.0 and BLFS/SYN with
support for AGP cards.
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3 Dec
2004 - I had some
problems resolving a security
issue but I found the solution.
Again I'm testing the next
alpha release - a full up
PonkTV system. This version has
all user interfaces defined
using HTML, making it easy to
customize and add new
functionality. To add a new P2P
program all that is needed is a
HTML interface either though
its own http server or using an
Apache module.
I've ordered a new AGP video
based system from Wal-Mart.
This will be the final hardware
platform for PonkTV.
I'm targeting the follow on
alpha release to be based on
LFS/BLFS 5.1 and the AGP based
hardware.
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22 Oct
2004 - Have made the first
install cd for the next alpha
release. Testing it today and
with luck will be releasing it
soon. It will be a full up PonkTV
system - including a remote
interface.
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23 Sep
2004 - Released a 2nd
alpha release. This release can
be configured to boot up into a
mozilla xul application
(ponktv.xul). You can download it
from the
SourceForge project page.
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29 Aug
2004 - Released an alpha
version of PonkTV. This
release is not fully configured
but it would allow one to
configure their own TV
application. You can download it
from the
SourceForge project
page. Also updated CVS
with the alpha release of PonkTV.
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17 Aug
2004 - Sourceforge
accepted the PonkTV project. you
can visit the project page
here
(sourceforge.net/projects/ponktv/).
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15 Aug
2004 - Submited project
request for a sourceforge.org
site.
SourceForge Project
Description
PonkTV is a basic computer
with hard-drive, CD-ROM, sound,
and network connection (without
keyboard, mouse, monitor, or
speakers) running PonkTV software
connected to your TV. PonkTV
downloads videos from file
sharing networks and plays them
on a TV controlled with a TV
remote.
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Developement Log
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28 June
2006 - Taking a small
break and working on a side
project associated with PonkTV:
Automation From Scratch (AFS).
You can read about AFS on the
AFS Project Site.
Next for PonkTV, I will be:
- opening and closing
bug reports,
- investigating and fixing
some of the major bugs,
- writing more documentation,
- and soon porting PonkTV to
LFS 6.2 to start on PonkTV 4.0.
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18 June
2006 - PonkTV 3.0 is
released.
I have renamed the PonkTV 2.2
release to PonkTV 3.0. As per
PonkTV 2.2, PonkTV has several
new features. The best is the
new TV interface.
The new interface brings its
share of problems, there are a
number of bugs. This is partly
because I am re-evaluating the
back-end , the PHP code. I did
not want to holdup the release
any longer so I decided to
release PonkTV 3.0 with the
current buggy back-end.
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21 March
2006 - PonkTV 2.2 is in
testing.
The PonkTV 2.2 test version and
its associated packages
(tvdilaog, ed2k, pktvutils)
have been added to the cvs.
Some of the changes for PonkTV
2.2.
- A new user interface.
- New graphics and icons.
- Based on Linux From Scratch
(LFS) 6.1.1 and Beyond Linux
From Scratch (BLFS) 6.1
packages.
- Linux Kernel 2.6.11.12.
- Mozilla based browser.
- Mozilla plugins for
MozPlugger, RealPlayer, and
Java.
- Fcron.
- MPlayer.
- Subversion.
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8 July
2005 - PonkTV 2.1
Released!
Still working on the new
HTML/PHP interface to
implements channels. Also I've
started to transition the web
site to this new PonkTV
release. You might see mention
of items that are not part of
PonkTV 2.1, such as PonkTV
Stations and Channels.
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5 June
2005 - PonkTV 2.0
Released!
I'm currently working on a new
HTML/PHP interface that
implements channels. The idea
being that when you press
CHANNEL-UP/DOWN on the
TV-Remote you are able to play
a list of links or videos in a
linear format like you do a
standard TV station.
The new interface requires me
to reassign the TV-Remote
buttons, which are too few
already, so I had to add a
TV-Remote menu that is
displayed when you press the
MENU button. Currently I'm
adding Page Up, Add Bookmark,
and Page Down to the menu. Also
to implement the playback I'm
having to insert a page after
video playback to keep the list
of links in synch. This is not
ideal but when I get the new
interface done I'll evaluate it
and make changes.
I will miss the simplicity of
the old interface. Give eDonkey
the link, monitor the progress,
view when downloaded, and
delete when done.
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6 May
2005 - Currently testing
PonkTV 2.0
There are a some issues I'm
debating on fixing before
release.
- Firefox Channel Box is
larger than the input box
creating a gray area under it.
- Bootscripts halt on
maintenance and errors
requiring keyboard input.
- Title option for TVDialog
for a more understandable TV
remote dialog.
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23 Sep
2004 - Currently working
on:
- PonkTV mozilla xul
application.
- PonkTV remote web
application.
- Further configuration of
various programs.
The next release should have
the above and possibly be able to
use, if you are familiar with
linux so you can correct any
problems that come up during
operation.
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29 Aug
2004 - Working on a TV
formatted version of the PonkTV
site and configuration of
Mozilla.
- Released source code for an
alpha version on SourceForge.
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22 Aug
2004 - Working on PonkTV
demo web sites and testing the
PonkTV build script and
instructions.
- Created PonkTV web site
index - PonkDex.
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19 Aug
2004 - Working on the
initial files to add to the CVS
repository.
- Updated the wget list of
package locations that make up
PonkTV.
- Successfully built the
initial LFS 5.0 base used to
build PonkTV.
- Currently building a PonkTV
development system.
- Writing instructions on how
to build PonkTV.
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17 Aug
2004 - Sourceforge
accepted the PonkTV project.
Continuing work on the
Sourceforge PonkTV web site.
- PonkTV web site up -
ponktv.sourceforge.net.
- Sourceforge site is
configured.
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16 Aug
2004 - Continuing work on
the Sourceforge PonkTV web
site.
- Snaped some
photo-screenshots.
- Created simple PonkTV logo
- rounded square with
circle.
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15 Aug
2004 - Submited project
request for a sourceforge.org
site. Should know in a couple
of days.
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