The first release of the Java Emplode clone is out at http://www.experient.com/jemptool (just grab the jemptool.jar, it contains both emptool and emplode). I'll get the mac .sit up in a couple days -- I'm actually going to build an installer either this weekend or monday to make it a little more like a first-class citizen of an app.

There are still quite a few things to do, but the basic capabilities (upload, synch, move, edit, and delete) are there.

Please email any bugs to mschrag@experient.com . One thing in particular is drag-and-drop is not available in JDK 1.1, and I can't go 1.2 because of our Mac friends, so the implementation that is there is custom (and does not support native->java dnd), so there are some weirdnesses in there -- bear with me while I work them out.

Wow! This is the coolest alpha I've seen in a while. Bravo! It is surprisingly spiffy for a first attempt - almost as good as the Windows Emptool and it runs great under X!

If you want any help - just tell me an area and I'll bang on it too. Anyone who is stuck using emptool, I recommend you switch to this cool app.

Rob, If Empeg still needs a mac version of Emplode - try this! In a few more revisions I suspect it will be equivalent to the Windows app and it runs anywhere.

Have I raved enough? ;-)

PS: Today is the first day I've had my Empeg running in my car and I love it!

Wow -- Thanks for the great reviews :) There are definitely some kinks to be worked out... Make sure that you have access to a real emptool/emplode in case the Java one explodes on you (one nasty problem is that I don't do protocol retries, so I fail immediately if there is a problem -- this can leave a sync in a rather unforunate state).

I'll be releasing another version in a few days... I would have done one sooner, except that I'm caught up in my own tangled web -- I decided to port ID3Lib to Java too... A feat that turned out to be pretty annoying. So once I get past this stage of my life (hopefully in a couple days), I'll hook it up to Jemplode and release again (with some bugfixes).

Again, though, thanks for the raving :)

The first release of the Java Emplode clone is out

<keanu>Wwwwwwwwwwwhoa!<keanu>

Peter

Though I suspect you just missed off the / from the second keanu, I'm worried that Peter may now be in DOUBLE-KEANU mode.

Frightening. I'll keep an eye out for phoneboxes with infinity buttons and dark clothing.

Hugo

Just so long as he doesn't try any of that kung-fu stuff in the office....

Roger - not necessarily speaking for empeg

Just so long as he doesn't try any of that kung-fu stuff in the office....

That would be most atypical...

Don't you two have any work to do?

Peter

They must be on one of the following breaks:

ciggy, splff, coffee, surf, stress, boredom, lunch... these are just a few I.ve sen ;)

It's amazing anyone gets any work done....

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MK II, (Blue but should be Amber) SN: 118

Hey guys -- I just put up a new release of Jemptool/Jemplode. I also setup a JEmpeg site on sourceforge, so sometime this week I'll be switching everything over to that. I'll post on here when that happens.

This release basically fixes a few nasty JEmplode bugs (leaving files open, etc) and integrates a "mostly" port of id3lib (enough to get access to the tags).

If anyone has any MP3's with Unicode tags, please send me a copy, because I know there will be some nasty problems -- that's pretty much completely untested.

Enjoy!
ms

http://sourceforge.net/projects/jempeg/

WORK !!! what is that. I have fun for mony :-)

Mark
wait for mk III with a USB Host/slave
(USB->GPS)(USB->Bluetooth)(USB->You name it)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/jempeg/
Linked for your pleasure:) btw - compiles/runs great under Microsoft J++ w/ the microsoft destruc...extentions turned off...


-mark

MK2: 36gb
Tivo: 90gb
CPU: 120gb
...I think drive manufacturers love me!

Edited by dionysus on 18/10/00 09:48 PM.

:) Oops -- sorry -- I'm linkfully challenged.