Direct File Streaming

[parrot]

Would it be possible to stream a file to and/or from a server? I've got some plans for some WiFi apps.

[Öhr GmbH]

and download them with "ds-download play"?

perhaps possible, but the games have to be smaller than 4MB(DS ram is just 4mb large).

But if you do this, u need a wificard with a ralink RT2500 chip.

 

theres no program avaible to do this now. firefly produced a ds-download server to boot flashcards in ds mode, perhaps he could help u

[parrot]

I was meaning stream a file from the DS and vice versa. I should have explained a bit better, I knew about WifiMe and WMB. Anyway, thanks for the answer.

[tssf]

It's very possible..infact, I'm using a program right now that's streaming assets from my PC to my DS

[parrot]

Could I do it by putting data into packets and sending them to a server on a PC?

[Sintax]

Yes, you could put the data into chunks and send it over UDP. Then you'd have to write your own error-handling and packet-checking code (which is what TCP/IP has built in). I think this is pretty much what bafio's file transfer program does.

[El_Hobito]

i think he might be referring to apps that use udp natively such as streamed audio. i might have a go at that myself when i finish my current project...but then again theres a thousand things i wanna do!

[parrot]

I'm trying to stream data from websites to the DS. It data is in XML which ties into my other question. What libs could I use to decode XML data? libxml has file I/O code incompatible with the DS, expat is a bit complex, TinyXML is dead hard to use and I don't know how to make my own XML parser.

[parrot]

Sorry for double posting but I've solved the XML decoding bit (Thanks to Gladius on the #dsdev IRC Channel) but I am still stuck with getting the data. Coudl someone please help me?