Web site issues

SysTech_Larry · Post by **SysTech_Larry** » Fri Mar 07, 2025 4:54 pm

It sounds like a good time to archive our favorite pages...

Barf · Post by **Barf** » Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:42 am

SysTech_Larry wrote:It sounds like a good time to archive our favorite pages...

Yup. I am a bit disappointed that, with very few exceptions, people are talking about how cool the past was, and almost no-one is lookin forward.

I listed 6 points in a previous post.

Barf wrote: 1. Software and its source code shoud be maintained on a platform like GitHub or SourceForge. Not as zip-files in a file section of a forum. (I once said that zip files in software development is like adhesive tape in wood works.) We have a working Sourceforge repository, and the active projects, mainly RMIR, are handled there. Also some effectively discontinues projecs, like DecodeIR, makehex, irscope,... have been checked in there. Remains some ancient versions in the file area, packed in zip files. It would be sensible to shove them over to Sourceforge, just in a directory called for example old_versions. I would volunteer to do that.

I have completed this, in that I have checked in "all" source coded and relevant programs to SourceForge. The new directories are, as children of trunk, misc, decodeir/old, irscope/old, jp12serial/old. (No, nothing needed for rmir.)

Barf wrote: 4. The wiki is presently quite a wild collections of documents of documents, not very consistent. It should not be that hard to find a new host and software.

With the help of this tool, I have made a dump of the current Wiki. So for a new (Media-) Wiki host, I see (at least) two immediate possibilities: GitHub has a Wiki feature, unfortunately it appears to have problems with the MediaWiki format images (the existing JP1 wiki is Mediawiki). Secondly, I think depoying a MediaWiki server on my site would be simple and not cause ans more costs.

I have a problem with the current wiki license "GNU Free Documentation License 1.3 or later"; this appears to be crafted for program documentation and the like, not for "pages". Wikipedia for example is licensed under the "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License". Possibly a change would be possible?

The forum is snapshotted at archive.org, see for example this for a snapshot from February 11. However, only page 1 of the threads are archived, and also not the downloads.

So there is some components still missing. In particular, the device upgrades, my #2 above.

SysTech_Larry · Post by **SysTech_Larry** » Sat Mar 08, 2025 11:40 am

That archive.com page is helpful.

Barf · Post by **Barf** » Sun Mar 09, 2025 1:17 pm

I have created a Github "organization" hifiremote. To participate, just register on GitHub, and let me know that you want to be added.

I have created a half-finished repository deviceupgrades. The jp1-master1.**.xsl files have been checke in as one, versioned file jp1-master.xsl. The checkins have been tagged with the original version numbers.

I have also checked in the A/C files; the rest are planned to follow.

Feedback, opinions? Accusations of copyright violation?

SysTech_Larry · Post by **SysTech_Larry** » Sun Mar 09, 2025 4:10 pm

Thanks for making that. Can we add our own upgrades, or is it read-only?

Barf · Post by **Barf** » Mon Mar 10, 2025 2:16 am

@SysTech_Larry (and others):
Just register by GitHub (unless you are already there), and send me a request containing your Github username.

SysTech_Larry · Post by **SysTech_Larry** » Mon Mar 10, 2025 6:28 pm

I am there as SysTech-Larry. I do not see how or where to send such a request.

mike.s · Post by **mike.s** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 7:04 am

Thanks for all the work over the years, Rob.

One ask - if you end up taking the site down, would it be possible to archive the files section (in a .zip?, I'm not sure what the internal structure is) so it could be made available elsewhere (github?)? archive.org doesn't archive the files.

Barf · Post by **Barf** » Wed Mar 12, 2025 3:38 pm

I have checked in all the device upgrades to the previously descibed hifiremote (without hyphen!).

@mike.s: Does this answer your question?

SysTech_Larry · Post by **SysTech_Larry** » Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:16 pm

Awesome job. Thank you!

Barf · Post by **Barf** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 5:33 am

On GitHub/hifiremote I have created the repositories Extenders, Miscellaneous-JP1 (calling a repository Miscellaneous would sound silly), ReplayTV, Tools, HelpFiles, Protocols and Slingbox, all with the content of the corresponding JP1 file section.

Lurker · Post by **Lurker** » Fri Mar 14, 2025 4:54 pm

Loss of this site would be sad for me. I use my JP1 remotes every single day, although I only check in here on rare occasions when something isn't working right, or I need to change something and have forgotten how.

Don't discount the site's worth based on the number of days between posts. My usage has always been 99% reading and 1% posting. And my reading is usually searching for solutions to a problem, or reminding myself how to do something.

I like that some of you are taking the initiative to make sure all this doesn't suddenly vanish. I hope that a master list of where everything can be found is compiled and prominently displayed.

dtrump · Post by **dtrump** » Sun Mar 23, 2025 4:55 pm

I'd like to add my thanks to Rob and all those that have contributed over the years. I came here today to possibly send a link and recommendations to a friend that could benefit. So it is a disappointment to see this wonderful resource disappear.

Fortunately, I have collected enough 3660's (6) and one 3680 to serve my needs for some time to come. At my advanced age (80), my systems are unlikely to change much. But I do use RMIR regularly to "touch up" my systems.

FWIW, I disagree that streaming has made remotes less important. We are an all Roku house and I have developed a number of macros that I would not want to do without.

Thanks again Rob and the rest of you.
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Lurker · Post by **Lurker** » Sun Mar 30, 2025 4:33 pm

"Most users ever online was 3174 on Wed Mar 05, 2025 4:20 pm."

What was that all about?

HamburgerHelper1 · Post by **HamburgerHelper1** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:58 am

Lurker wrote:"Most users ever online was 3174 on Wed Mar 05, 2025 4:20 pm."

What was that all about?

I observed that on that day and I assumed it was people looking for answers to
Remote Central being down from this thread

http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewt ... &&start=15