Anton Loyed antonl-dev

An collection of documents about icecast/shoutcast streaming.

icy_meta.md contains the basics of metadata within the stream. The document where I got this information from (http://www.smackfu.com/stuff/programming/shoutcast.html) is not available any more.
spec.md is a copy of this gist https://gist.github.com/ePirat/adc3b8ba00d85b7e3870 just to prevent the informtation from disappearing. You may find the discussion beneath the original gist interresting as well.
icy.rb is the most simple icy metadata parser written in Ruby.
Some information can be found here: https://cast.readme.io/docs/icy

Compiling GBA programs on Linux with GCC

There is a strange lack of guides and tools online for compiling Gameboy Advance homebrew programs on Linux. I didn't want to use devkitpro - their installation method of requiring you to use a forked version of pacman is extemely strange and I didn't want to install all of that on my system just to complile some programs.

The only other guides I found for Linux were this one and this one which both involve compiling custom versions of GCC and assosicated libraries. This lead me down a road of pain, after spending multiple hours fixing compiler errors only to create new errors I gave up. I thought that their had to be a simpler way, and there is!

The solution

Debian already has a version of GCC that can compile ARM programs in the repos, no manual compiling necessary! The package is called arm-none-eabi-gcc.

In the past few years, it seems that, as retro gaming has grown in popularity, programming for older platforms has also gained traction. A popular platform is the Game Boy, both for its nostalgia and (relative) ease to program for.

When someone wants to make their own game, one of the first problems they will encounter is picking the tools they will use. There are two main options: either use GBDK (Game Boy Development Kit) and the language C, or RGBDS (Rednex Game Boy Development System) and the Game Boy's assembly language.

The purpose of this document is to provide my insights and experience, and help you make the better choice if you're starting a new project. I will also provide some "good practice" tips, both for C and ASM, if you have already made up your mind or are already using one of these.

	import std / asyncdispatch

	type TimeoutError* = ref object of CatchableError
	timeout*: int

	proc timeoutFuture*[T](future: Future[T], timeout: int): Future[T] {.async.} =
	let timeoutFuture = sleepAsync(timeout * 1000)
	timeoutFuture.callback = proc =
	if not future.finished:
	future.fail(TimeoutError(msg: "The future didn't complete in time", timeout: timeout))

	Taken from : https://www.smackfu.com/stuff/programming/shoutcast.html
	Webarchive: https://web.archive.org/web/20190521203350/https://www.smackfu.com/stuff/programming/shoutcast.html
	Shoutcast Metadata Protocol
	How To Parse Titles from MP3 Streams
	I wanted to add the ability to show titles from Shoutcast streams on the SliMP3, like Winamp does. The protocol isn't documented anywhere officially (of course). So I ended up cobbling together info from google caches, xmms source code, and mailing lists. Hopefully, this document will save others from the same fate.

	## Step 0: Overview picture

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	[ audio data ][metadata.length][metadata][ audio data ]

	#!/bin/bash

	cd ~/Downloads/

	if [ ! -x /usr/bin/curl ]; then
	echo "Didn't find curl at /usr/bin/curl. Install with 'sudo apt-get install curl'."
	exit 1
	fi

	echo -n "Determining latest build... "

Anton Loyed antonl-dev

Compiling GBA programs on Linux with GCC

The solution

Overview