Wishlist [1.0.8]

We started a wish list for the RPi over here => [forum.piratebox.cc]
Soon the topics got a little mixed, therefore I am splitting the mentioned topic into this here.

This topic is meant for brainstorming ideas for the next release. It is open for everyone, so if you want to see a specific feature in 1.0.8, post it here. This discussion will be open until a certain point. At that point all features are freezed and will be the TODO list for the next release. We will add Features and Ideas to the list from your suggestions as I see fit:

Features:
* [general] Configure PHP "properly" (multiple caveats regarding security)
* [general] Thumbnail generation (should be no problem with ImageMagick on the RPi at least, there we also could have thumbs for movies)
* [general] Optional information about the device on the landing page (may expose information that some are not willing to expose)
* [general] Internationalisation
* ...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/29/2016 11:10AM by stylesuxx.

I would like to see a small API, this was mentioned in another Topic already. I would like to have an endpoint to query available files on the PirateBox that simply returns some JSON containing, filename, size mime type and URL to the file.

This way we would enable people to easily write Apps utilizing the PirateBox functionality. So far I only know of this one guy who would benefit from this, but hey - this should not be too hard to do, and if we have it, it doesn't hurt ;-)

Good idea to thumbnail gen. I would like to see such feature.
But the API and others started turning piratebox into bloatware, say no.
Like KISS method.

Another interesting idea is find some clever way to strip(redirect) version of HTTPS to HTTP, because most of the sites already on HTTPS and the user going on to a small confusion when the network is connected and nothing happens in the browser.

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Yet it is good to have the option of translation into various languages, as is done in the android version.

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Hello,
-I would like TRANSLATION or at least a way to do it simpler.
-I would like some kind of folder.jpg support, as it does on win7. For example this would easily allowing to select albums by cover
-I would like some Media Center feature, that cannot be complicated, obviously that cannot occur online, it's about having a poster, a background and a NFO for each movie. So we can imagine simply a page that will display that when detecting those bonus files: movie.mp4 movie.srt movie.poster.jpg movie.nfo ...

Translation sounds like a good idea, maybe one central file where we can dump translation strings - not sure if there were plans on implementing this. Matthias, maybe you can give some insight on this topic?
I do not know what folder.jpg support exactly means, can you explain this a bit in detail?
There is minidlna in place you can use as media center,... is there any special software you have in mind?

stylesuxx Wrote:
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> Translation sounds like a good idea, maybe one
> central file where we can dump translation strings
> - not sure if there were plans on implementing
> this. Matthias, maybe you can give some insight on
> this topic?
> I do not know what folder.jpg support exactly
> means, can you explain this a bit in detail?
> There is minidlna in place you can use as media
> center,... is there any special software you have
> in mind?

Hi he already answered me on my droopy translation yesterday, there's something about translation already, but I only found a solution using php.
My folder.jpg and media center request are basically the same thing, and not software related: it's just about displaying pictures in the directory listing. Picture for a folder, picture for a file. So i guess it's pretty easy to do with php too.

Hi,
the internationalization is done by a i9n javascript framework and ini files.
This is something, that should be released with a 1.1 or 2.0 version.

Matthias

I finally coded my own mediacenter in php, that's what i meant : detect folder.jpg, movie.nfo, posters and even the full XBMC movie folder structure

[forum.piratebox.cc]

I find useful to have a FTP server installed on the piratebox for administrative purposes. For example: deleting malware content that some evil/troll people may upload, OR... even worse: ILLEGAL PORNOGRAPHY / SHOCKING / RACIST content.
Any ideas on how to install a vsftpd or proftpd on piratebox (openwrt and why not, raspberry pi(rate) box) ?

Thanks