KATG iPhone App Take 2

[Willeth]

How in-depth is the Twitter support? TwitterFon just got updated with some of those obnoxious ads, and I don't want to go ahead and buy a Twitter client if I can donate to this app instead. Does it only display tweets from KATG folks or will it display them from all the people I'm following?

[hayroob]

Originally Posted by Willeth

How in-depth is the Twitter support? TwitterFon just got updated with some of those obnoxious ads, and I don't want to go ahead and buy a Twitter client if I can donate to this app instead. Does it only display tweets from KATG folks or will it display them from all the people I'm following?

Just KATG. Just throw down the 4 bucks for twitterific. It's excellent and the pay version is add free.

[hayroob]

OK so I am waffling between using audiostreamer and mpmovieplayer for past shows.

AudioStreamer:
Pros: Plays in background so you can use the rest of the app

Cons: Scrubbing around in show is not available (or at least a pain to code)
Pause is unavailable.
Unable to function without a current internet connection
Poor error handling (I'll fix this eventually, but not soon)
Only good for audio, would use MPMoviePlayer for KATGTV eps

MPMoviePlayer:
Pros: Very easy to code/maintain
Once file is done downloading, internet can be disconnected
Scrubbing around episode is easy
Responds to ipod controls (home screen, earbud buttons, etc)

Cons: Plays mp3s full screen so rest of app is unavailable




A separate problem I need to solve:
When I use audiostreamer on mp3s from the show it takes a fat shit.
If I take one of the files and reencode it at the same settings its currently at, with LAME, which I think is what they use, it streams like a champ.
I'm stumped.

MPMoviePlayer will play either with no hiccups.

Example:
Fails Miserably
http://media.libsyn.com/media/shitec...2009-05-14.mp3
Streams no problem:
http://whywontyoudie.com/959Test.mp3

[hypercrypt]

Haven't tested it yet, will do in a second, but could it be die to the redirects of the first one?

$ curl -IL "http://media.libsyn.com/media/shitecom/KATG-2009-05-14.mp3"
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.1.4
Location: http://traffic.libsyn.com/wa1shitecom/KATG-2009-05-14.mp3
Content-type: text/html
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 05:24:57 GMT
Server: lighttpd/1.4.15

HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 05:24:57 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.5 with Suhosin-Patch
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.5
location: http://cdn1.libsyn.com/shitecom/KATG-2009-05-14.mp3?nvb=20090516052457&nva=20090517052457&t=092ee74e9c4a273401d03
Content-Type: text/html

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Cache-Control: max-age=3600
Content-Length: 186552863
Content-Type: audio/mpeg
ETag: "9d62c84-b1e921f-469eb0a9af0c0"
Expires: Sat, 16 May 2009 06:03:33 GMT
Last-Modified: Fri, 15 May 2009 03:28:43 GMT
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Server: Footprint Distributor V4.4
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 05:24:57 GMT
Connection: keep-alive

[hayroob]

Originally Posted by hypercrypt

Haven't tested it yet, will do in a second, but could it be die to the redirects of the first one?

$ curl -IL "http://media.libsyn.com/media/shitecom/KATG-2009-05-14.mp3"
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.1.4
Location: http://traffic.libsyn.com/wa1shitecom/KATG-2009-05-14.mp3
Content-type: text/html
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 05:24:57 GMT
Server: lighttpd/1.4.15

HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 05:24:57 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.5 with Suhosin-Patch
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.5
location: http://cdn1.libsyn.com/shitecom/KATG-2009-05-14.mp3?nvb=20090516052457&nva=20090517052457&t=092ee74e9c4a273401d03
Content-Type: text/html

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Cache-Control: max-age=3600
Content-Length: 186552863
Content-Type: audio/mpeg
ETag: "9d62c84-b1e921f-469eb0a9af0c0"
Expires: Sat, 16 May 2009 06:03:33 GMT
Last-Modified: Fri, 15 May 2009 03:28:43 GMT
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Server: Footprint Distributor V4.4
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 05:24:57 GMT
Connection: keep-alive

I saved a local copy to my webserver and it behaves the same.

Just as a side note
The encoding is done with
mp3
mono
128kbps
44.1k
lame 3.97 in quicktime

I match the settings of the original exactly.

[hypercrypt]

http://cdn1.libsyn.com/shitecom/KATG...e9c4a273401d03 works fine for me using a (very slightly) modified version of AudioStreamer. Do you have a link to the file on your server?

[hayroob]

Originally Posted by hypercrypt

http://cdn1.libsyn.com/shitecom/KATG...e9c4a273401d03 works fine for me using a (very slightly) modified version of AudioStreamer. Do you have a link to the file on your server?

http://whywontyoudie.com/959_Lolz.mp3

It is the redirect, there was a space in the filename on the local copy and it was making apache barf.

Gotta fiddle with how to solve the redirect business.

[hypercrypt]

So http://whywontyoudie.com/959_Lolz.mp3 works fine for you?

If so, the problem is should be, indirectly, due to the redirect. The final URL does not end in a file extension, so the code does not know the format. You'll need to tell AudioStreamer that it is an MP3 file.

[hayroob]

Originally Posted by hypercrypt

So http://whywontyoudie.com/959_Lolz.mp3 works fine for you?

If so, the problem is should be, indirectly, due to the redirect. The final URL does not end in a file extension, so the code does not know the format. You'll need to tell AudioStreamer that it is an MP3 file.

The file extension isn't a problem. The url after the redirect works fine. I just have to follow the redirect. Thanks, solved that one double quick. Duped by a redirect and a space in a file name. Today I am double dumb.

[yoav]

Originally Posted by hayroob

OK so I am waffling between using audiostreamer and mpmovieplayer for past shows.

AudioStreamer:
Pros: Plays in background so you can use the rest of the app

Cons: Scrubbing around in show is not available (or at least a pain to code)
Pause is unavailable.
Unable to function without a current internet connection
Poor error handling (I'll fix this eventually, but not soon)
Only good for audio, would use MPMoviePlayer for KATGTV eps

MPMoviePlayer:
Pros: Very easy to code/maintain
Once file is done downloading, internet can be disconnected
Scrubbing around episode is easy
Responds to ipod controls (home screen, earbud buttons, etc)

Cons: Plays mp3s full screen so rest of app is unavailable




A separate problem I need to solve:
When I use audiostreamer on mp3s from the show it takes a fat shit.
If I take one of the files and reencode it at the same settings its currently at, with LAME, which I think is what they use, it streams like a champ.
I'm stumped.

MPMoviePlayer will play either with no hiccups.

Example:
Fails Miserably
http://media.libsyn.com/media/shitec...2009-05-14.mp3
Streams no problem:
http://whywontyoudie.com/959Test.mp3

from a user perspective i'd be happy to have episodes play full screen, if i'm listening on my iphone i'm probably on the go somewhere and can't listen and browse and do whatever else at the same time. plus i love pausing/resuming with the headphone mic click.

from a developer perspective if you're already using mpmovie player for video i'd just use it all round. the fewer things to maintain the better.