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Changes since v1.2:

Wrapping upp the Windows support.

Documentation in JavaDoc/Doxygen format.

Added NJB_Playlist_Deltrack_TrackID(playlist_t *pl, u_int32_t trackid);
for removing a track by track ID.

Fixed some bad codec string related things.

Added NJB_Send_Firmware() function which is totally and
disastrously dangerous. But it may be used if you have the
guts. It is not even tested!

Some internal cleanup of duplicate code in protocol3.c

Cleaned up the EAX API (much better) after remarks from
David.

Revamped the bitmap setting API into two functions, one
for getting the dimensions and one for setting the bitmap.

Fixed a bug renaming CODEC frame to "x.temp" to no avail
on series 3 devices.

Added a NJB_Get_NJB1_Libcounter() function to retrieve the
NJB1 library counter.

Fixed bug in WMA tag write.

EAX crash on reading the second time fixed.

New functionality:

Added a libusb-based check for correct endpoints. Using these to
determine how to talk to the device.

Added Jukebox Zen Micro support. It is said to work.

Added Dell Pocket DJ support too.

Added Generation 2 Dell DJ support. It is also said to work.

We have made massive documentation of the interface and library
using Doxygen, the docs will be published on the web.


NJB error report interface changes:

All functions need an extra NJB object pointer because error stacks
are no longer global but local to each device object. This makes us
thread safe, which is good.

The global external variable "extern int njb_error" is gone for
natural reasons. Remove any references from your source code.
If you want to see if an error has occured, do not check "njb_error"
anymore, instead use the NJB_Error_Penfing(njb_t *njb) function
which return non-zero if there is one or more queued errors.

Example:

if (NJB_Error_Pending(njb)) {
   NJB_Error_Dump(njb,stderr);
}

njb_error_reset_geterror() has been renamed NJB_Error_Reset_Geterror()
for clarity.

njb_error_geterror() has been renamed NJB_Error_Geterror() for clarity.

njb_error_string() has been removed from the public API. There is no
way for external applications to retrieve the error number anyway!
The EO_* error codes were moved into the njb_error.h file for the
same reason.

njb_error_dump() has been renamed NJB_Error_Dump() for clarity.


NJB playlist interface changes:

playlist_t has been renamed njb_playlist_t for clarity.

playlist_track_t has been renamed njb_playlist_track_t for
clarity.

playlist_new() has been renamed NJB_Playlist_New() for clarity.

playlist_destroy() has been renamed NJB_Playlist_Destroy() for
clarity.

playlist_addtrack() has been renamed NJB_Playlist_Addtrack()
for clarity.

playlist_reset_gettrack() has been renamed NJB_Playlist_Reset_Gettrack()
for clarity.

playlist_gettrack() has been renamed NJB_Playlist_Gettrack()
for clarity.

playlist_set_name() has been renamed NJB_Playlist_Set_Name()
for clarity.

playlist_deltrack() has been renamed NJB_Playlist_Deltrack()
for clarity.

playlist_dump() has been removed - see the sample program "playlists.c"
for a typical reference implementation.

playlist_pack() and playlist_unpack() has been removed from the
public interface, these are private.

playlist_track_new() has been renamed NJB_Playlist_Track_New() for
clarity.

playlist_track_destroy() has been renamed NJB_Playlist_Track_Destroy()
for clarity.


NJB basic types changes:

The callback type XferCallback() has been renamed
NJB_Xfer_Callback() for clarity.

njblibctr_t has been removed from the public types and made
internal. It should never have been public in the first place
and it is not likely that you have been using it.

These fields:

unsigned char id[16];
char idstring[33];
u_int8_t fwMajor;
u_int8_t fwMinor;
u_int8_t fwRel;

have been removed from njb_t and moved into njb_id_t, reflecting the
identity properties of the currently connected jukebox.

NJB_Ping() no longer returns a (njbid_t *) struct pointer. Dereference
njb instead, e.g. njb->njbid


Datafile handling changes:

datafile_t has been renamed njb_datafile_t for clarity. The two
msdw and lsdw 32-bit size words have been merged into a true 64-bit
unsigned "filesize" attribute. It also has a "folder" and "flags"
attribute, like so:

struct njb_datafile_struct {
char *filename;
char *folder;
u_int32_t timestamp;
u_int32_t flags;
u_int32_t dfid;
u_int64_t filesize;
njb_datafile_t *nextdf;
};

datafile_destroy() has been renamed NJB_Datafile_Destroy() for
clarity.

datafile_dump() has been retired. This functionality shall be
provided by the enduser. See the "files.c" sample program for
an example of how to achieve the same functionality.

NJB_Create_Folder() can be used to create a new, empty folder in
the jukebox datafilesystem.

NJB_Send_File() has an optional "folder" argument, which will
be set to "\" (root folder) if supplied with a NULL value.


The song data interface has been revamped:

songid_t has been renamed njb_songid_t for clarity. Replace on all
occurances in your code.

songid_frame_t has been renamed njb_songid_frame_t for clarity.
Replace on all occurances in your code. The frame format has
changed considerably for clarity and portability, the old frame:

          struct songid_frame_t {
u_int16_t type;
         u_int16_t labelsz;
         u_int16_t datasz;
         void *label;
         void *data;
         songid_frame_t *next;
  };

          has been changed to:

  struct njb_songid_frame_t {
char *label; /* terminated string */
union {
char *strval;
u_int8_t u_int8_val;
u_int16_t u_int16_val;
u_int32_t u_int32_val;
u_int64_t u_int64_val;
} data;
njb_songid_frame_t *next;
  }

songid_new() has been renamed into NJB_Songid_New() for clarity.
Replace on all occurances in your code.

songid_destroy() has been renamed NJB_Songid_Destroy() for clarity.
Replace on all occurances in your code.

songid_addframe() has been renamed NJB_Songid_Addframe() for clarity.
Replace on all occurances in your code.

songid_reset_getframe() has been renamed NJB_Songid_Reset_Getframe()
for clarity. Replace on all occurances in your code.

songid_getframe() has been renamed NJB_Songid_Getframe() for clarity.
Replace on all occurances in your code.

songid_findframe() has been renamed NJB_Songid_Findframe() for clarity.
Replace on all occurances in your code.

songid_dump() has been removed from libnjb: this functionality shall
be implemented by the using application. Code performing what was
previously done by songid_dump() now exists inside the "tracks" sample
program (tracks.c).

songid_frame_dump() has been removed, removed for the same reason
as the previous function.

songid_frame_new() has been replaced with NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Xxxx(). The
format of this function is different from what it used to be. It will
now only take the label and a value of the correct type as a parameter,
yielding the following five functions to us in its place:

NJB_Songid_Frame_New_String(char *label, char *value);
NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Uint8(char *label, u_int8_t value);
NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Uint16(char *label, u_int16_t value);
NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Uint32(char *label, u_int32_t value);
NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Uint64(char *label, u_int64_t value);

With the following 10 handy helper functions, which also help out in getting
the data types right:

NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Codec(char *codec);
NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Title(char *title);
NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Album(char *album);
NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Genre(char *genre);
NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Artist(char *artist);
NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Length(u_int16_t length);
NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Filesize(u_int32_t filesize);
NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Tracknum(u_int16_t tracknum);
NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Year(u_int16_t year);
NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Fname(char *fname);
NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Protected(u_int16_t protect);

The following two are used with NJB1 only and are ignored on series 3 devices.

NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Bitrate(u_int32_t bitrate);
NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Comment(char *comment);

All macros such as songid_title(foo) have been retired. Use the above
functions instead.

songid_frame_destroy() has been renamed NJB_Songid_Frame_Destroy()
for clarity. Replace on all occurances in your code.

The NJB_Send_Track() and NJB_Replace_Track_Tag() functions only
take a njb_songid_t* struct as argument. The njb_songid_t struct
shall be created with other functions.

        int NJB_Send_Track (njb_t *njb, const char *path, njb_songid_t *songid
                    XferCallback *njb_callback, void *data, u_int32_t *trackid);

        int NJB_Replace_Track_Tag(njb_t *njb, u_int32_t trackid, njb_songid_t *songid);

Example: whereas you would earlier do something like:

if (NJB_Send_Track (njb, "foo.mp3", NJB_CODEC_MP3, "Title", "Album", "Genre",
                    "Artist", 123, 1, "2004", 0, NULL, NULL, &id) == -1) {
    njb_error_dump(stderr);
}

You will nowadays write the following (notice that setting the filesize and
filename is optional - if these are left out, libnjb will fill them in):

njb_songid_t *songid;
njb_songid_frame_t *frame;

songid = NJB_Songid_New();
frame = NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Codec(NJB_CODEC_MP3);
NJB_Songid_Addframe(songid, frame);
// This one is optional - libnjb will fill it in if not specified
frame = NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Filesize(12345678);
NJB_Songid_Addframe(songid, frame);
frame = NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Title("Title");
NJB_Songid_Addframe(songid, frame);
frame = NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Album("Album");
NJB_Songid_Addframe(songid, frame);
frame = NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Artist("Artist");
NJB_Songid_Addframe(songid, frame);
frame = NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Genre("Genre");
NJB_Songid_Addframe(songid, frame);
frame = NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Year(2004);
NJB_Songid_Addframe(songid, frame);
frame = NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Tracknum(1);
NJB_Songid_Addframe(songid, frame);
frame = NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Length(123);
NJB_Songid_Addframe(songid, frame);
// This one is optional - libnjb will fill it in if not specified
frame = NJB_Songid_Frame_New_Filename("Foo.mp3");
NJB_Songid_Addframe(songid, frame);
if (NJB_Send_Track (njb, "foo.mp3", songid, NULL, NULL, &id) == -1) {
    njb_error_dump(stderr);
}
NJB_Songid_Destroy(songid);

When using NJB_Replace_Track_Tag() filesize and filename will have to
be specified in the songid tag.

The new, lengthy style is made to make the tags more extensible without
having to change the NJB_Send_Track() interface, and more closely
resemple the interface used when reading tracks or updating tags.

The Old EAX API has been retired. The following changes apply:

NJB_Adjust_Sound() has been retired. Use NJB_Adjust_EAX()
instead.

NJB_Get_EAX () has been retired. Use NJB_Get_EAX_Type() instead.

NJB_Refresh_EAX () has been retired. Use NJB_Get_EAX_Type() instead.

void eax_destroy() has been retired. Use NJB_Destroy_EAX_Type()
instead.

eax_t had been retired. Use njb_eax_t with the functions above
instead.

Changes since v1.1:

Fixed a bug that was subtracting three characters from
all files transfered to NJB1.

Added support for the Nomad Jukebox Zen Touch.

New EAX API based on the NJB_Reset_Get_EAX_Type()
and NJB_Get_EAX_Type() calls returning
(njb_eax_type_t *) records. See the "dumpeax" sample
program for an example.

More error handling for series 3-devices.

A number of endianness issues on the Mac were fixed.

Fixed cancel for transfer from host to NJB3 series:
partial file is deleted on cancelled transfer.

Support for Unicode on NJB1, using UNI_* tags, as
used by some other software. (Only reading.) We still
don't know what program it is that write these tags.

Libnjb builds successfully under Microsoft Windows
using the MinGW32 compiler and libusb-win32.

Added support for the pkg-config script by adding a
libnjb.pc entry in $(prefix)/lib/pkgconfig. To
compile a libnjb program, just write:

gcc -o foo `pkg-config --cflags --libs libnjb` foo.c

This also simplifies compilation using autoconf and
pkg-config: just write e.g.

PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NJB, libnjb)
AC_SUBST(NJB_CFLAGS)
AC_SUBST(NJB_LIBS)

To have libnjb LIBS and CFLAGS defined. Needless to say,
this will only work if you have pkgconfig installed on your
system, but most people have nowadays.

Removed the use of temporary file when retrieveing a file
from the device: retrieved file is written immediately to
target, and target is deleted on failure. The NJB_Set_TmpDir()
and NJB_Get_TmpDir() removed in accordance with this change.

Changes since v1.0.1:

Fixed a bug in the njb3_set_time() function - it wasn't
reading back the status value after the operation.

Rewrote the metadata scanner to make it more generic, also
unified the NJB1 and NJB3-series code for sending files,
and allowing for short writes to occur on NJB3-series
devices.

Added reading of device keys by default. Probably useful
for something yet to be disclosed.

Changed the playlist fill-in routine so that track ID:s
less than 0 are not returned. The typical value
0xfffffffe (-2) is a placeholder for lost tracks.

Unicode length detection feature for extended character
sets was bugged. Fixed by Friso Brugmans.

Refactored metadata handling code for series 3 devices
yet once more. This time it is even closer to the way it
should work, and rid even more bugs. Notably libnjb could
not handle a very large collection of playlists before this.

Added MacOS X compilation support under GCC. Switched to
libtool to handle this efficiently.

Long awaited bug fix that handles corrupted playlists. These
appear when you create a playlist and remove all the tracks
that were part of this playlist from the jukebox. It will
then report as "a playlist containing tracks" whereas indeed
it is not.

Added support for Dell Digital DJ

Improved track transfer routines JB -> Host direction to be
more archaic.

Changes since v0.9b:

Updated the build documentation for BSD.

Updated source code to compile under FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE and
higher (accounting for struct changes in dev/usb/usb.h)

Added basic stuff for slowly emerging Nomad Jukebox 3
integration: added a property njb_t so that you can check
which jukebox is connected with njb->device_type (possible
values NJB_DEVICE_NJB1 and NJB_DEVICE_NJB3) where appropriate.

Added support for NJB_Discover, NJB_Open, NJB_Close,
NJB_Handshake so that integration with older programs will
work seamlessly.

Added support for NJB_Ping, NJB_Get_Owner_String,
NJB_Set_Owner_String, NJB_Get_Disk_Usage and NJB_Get_Time
to have something to start with.

Device specific code goes into protocol.c and protocol3.c.
Function specific code goes into eg time.c, and generic
callbacks in procedure.c. Commands that differ subtantially
may be defined as NJ3_Foo in procedure.c, eg for track
listing and metadata change this may be necessary. The user
may then write jukebox-specific code by detecting the
value in njb->device_type.

I decided against a specific njb3.c file as it is better to
put everything njb3 protocol related into protocol3.c as
of now, as static functions.

Added support for reading the tracklist, NJB_Get_Track_Tag()
now works beutifully on NJB3.

Added support to NJB_Get_Track with some kind of callback
which does not give access to any buffer (what was that
actually for?). Getting tracks off the jukebox now actually
works, though it's a bit hacky.

Getting tracks is finished, and so is NJB_Send_Track().
You may start using libnjb for putting and getting tracks
on NJB3 devices. The first track ever transferred using
the NJB3 part of the library was "Covenant - Call the ships
to port".

Fixed NJB_Delete_Track() and NJB_Replace_Track_Tag()
NJB_Get_Playlist() and a bug in NJB_Get_Track_Tag().
Fixed NJB_Delete_Playlist(), NJB_Rename_Playlist(). All
for NJB3.

Added full unicode support, that will be enabled by calling
the library function NJB_Set_Unicode() with (preferably)
the argument NJB_UC_UTF8, or any other character mode that
you want to implement. (UTF8 should be good for all.)

Implemented datafile transfer functions for NJB3 more or
less - still some problems left. Transfering data files
off the jukebox will still not work.

Only playback functions and EAX remain to be fixed for the
NJB3.

Added detection for NJB2. Assuming its protocol to be
identical to NJB3's.

Added detection for NJB ZEN. Assuming its protocol to
be identical to NJB3's.

Uncertain of the BSD part of these device detections.
The detection code in base.c is especially ugly in the
BSD case.

Added a set time patch for NJB3/2/ZEN from Ben Levitt.

Added detection and preliminary support for NJB Zen NX.

Added detection and preliminary support for NJB Zen Xtra.

INTERFACE INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
------------------------------

Added several patches from David A. Knight adding
a void data pointer to several calls, for suppling a
user-defined pointer, so that a user program may
determine which device provided a particular callback
call. Those who do not want to use it may use
NULL in this placeholder. Affected functions:

NJB_Get_Track
NJB_Send_Track
NJB_Get_File
NJB_Send_File

Another incompatibility comes from adding YEAR and
PlayOnly metadata tags in the following functions:

NJB_Send_Track
NJB_Replace_Track_Tag

PlayOnly set to "1" means that the track is protected
and cannot be copied off the jukebox.

2003-01-11

ZEN patches from Dwight Engen, suspect that these will
be the same for NJB2/3, but keeping them separate as of
now.

2003-03-18

Several NJB2 patches from Bernie.

2003-10-10

Previously added Nomad Zen USB 2.0 support
Added Nomad Zen NX support

Changes since v0.8b:

Fixed memory leaks in protocol.c - raw EAX data was not
freed, dangerous freeing of null pointer on error removed
things should be OK now.

Added the commands NJB_Get_Time() and NJB_Set_Time() which
are currently undocumented in the protocol spec. Added
the sample programs "dumptime" and "settime" to illustrate
the new functionality.

Added shared library (.so) support.

Added NJB_Refresh_EAX command support, which is currently
undocumented in the protocol spec.

Added an explict NJB_Ping() command that e.g. can provide
the user with firmware revision number and power connection
status.

Added -Wall and -Wmissing-prototypes to Makefiles and tweaked
code to build cleanly with these options.

Changes since v0.7b:

Added CHANGES file.  This was long overdue.

Added suport for "queue already empty" error (submitted by Linus
Walleij).

Added NJB_Replace_Track_Tag (Linus Walleij, with modifications).

Fixed boundary errors in njb_get_track_tag and njb_get_playlist.

Updated sample programs to support runtime debug output via -D.

Added "tagtr" sample program (changes the tag of a track stored
on the NJB).

Fixed memory leaks in procedure.c

Patches from Linus Walleij (2002-03-26):

Added NJB_Adjust_Sound() for full EAX and volume control

Rewrote the old eax_t into a struct that parses the EAX
data into meaningful chunks and makes it easy to maintain.
also added eax_destroy() to rid this structure.

Added fully functional NJB_Send_File() and NJB_Delete_File()
NJB_Get_File() still poses problems. Added sample programs
that illustrate usage of these functions.

Removed small bug in sendtr.c, usage() was missing
parentheses.

Patches from Linus Walleij (2002-03-29):

Fixed bugs with filesize and string termination in
tag pack/unpack routines in datafile.c

Bug fixes in protocol.c regarding datafiles.