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kissdx

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: February, 2009
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NAME

kissdx - KiSS PC-Link Daemon

SYNOPSIS

kissdx [-d] [-c] [-v]
kissdx [-s] [-m] [-p] [-v]
kissdx [-h] [-v]

DESCRIPTION

kissdx is an open source daemon which enables a Linux, Macosx or Windows box to stream videos, audio and pictures to a KiSS 15xx/5xx/6xx/16xx DVD/media player.

kissdx can also act as a KiSS Markup Language (KML) forwarder, enabling access to external sites like http://tinystocks.com/k/docs/kiss.html from your KiSS player.

kissdx is an enhanced version of kissd with multiple added functions, including ISO and VIDEO_TS folder streaming.

OPTIONS

-c, --config FILE: Use the specified configuration file instead of searching for kissdx.conf in $HOME/ and /etc/ (*)
-d, --daemon: Start in daemon mode (fork into background and redirect all logs to syslog.
-h, --help: Print the on-line help.
-v, --verbose level: Set verbose logging level. With level in {1..5}|{Error|Warning|Protocol|Information|Debug}.
-s, --send ADMCOMMAND: Send administration COMMAND to a running kissdx daemon. Refer section below for details.
-m, --mediacenter HOST: Send administration command to a running kissdx daemon on HOST.
-p, --port PORT: Send administration command to a running kissdx daemon on PORT.

FILES

$HOME/.kissdx
/etc/kissdx.conf (*) configuration file for kissdx (searched in this order)

(*): A different directory may be used instead of /etc/ depending on your distribution. Examples: /opt/etc/ on Optware, /usr/local/etc/ on FreeBSD.

ADMCOMMAND

s Trigger a server stop and finish current streaming
frs Trigger a forced stop of server and all streaming
rlc Trigger a configuration reload from kissdx.conf
gtc Retrieve current in-memory configuration in text format.br

gksv Retrieve kissdx version
gksvd Retrieve kissdx version date
gdic Retrieve dictionary of supported admin commands
glarg Retrieve command line argument at launch time
gldt Retrieve timestamp at launch time
glcus Retrieve command line custom option

gcal Retrieve current configuration autoload setting
gdsn Retrieve current media list prefix sequence numbers mode
gverbose Retrieve current verbose loglevel
glisthidden Retrieve current setting for listing of hidden entries

sv(1..5) Set a new value for Verbose log level
scal.yes Enable or (.no)disable automatic configuration reload
sdsn.yes Enable or (.no)disable prefix sequence numbers media names
slisthidden.yes Enable or (.no)disable listing of hidden entries

(PCLINK command)
lau List audio from root mediacenter
lpi List picture
lvi List video
lvi /video/kids/ List media from a subdirectory of the mediacenter

NETWORK

kissdx use TCP:8000+ TCP:8888+ TCP:8003+ UDP:8000 to serve all features.
Refer to online verbose help (-vh options) for a full network description on these ports.

AUTHOR

kissdx: Vidar Tysse <kissdx@vidartysse.net> based on kissd
kissd: Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net> based on kiss4lin
kiss4lin: Jacob Kolding <dacobi@users.sourceforge.net>.

REPORTING BUGS

Please use the bug tracking system: http://www.vidartysse.net/BUGS/

COPYRIGHT SPECIFIC TO GD CODE

Parts of kissdx is graphics code from gd, in line with the following copyright notice.
Portions copyright 1994--2004 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Funded under Grant P41-RR02188 by the National Institutes of Health.
Portions copyright 1996--2004 by Boutell.Com, Inc.
Portions relating to GD2 format copyright 1999--2004 Philip Warner.
Portions relating to PNG copyright 1999--2004 Greg Roelofs.
Portions relating to gdttf.c copyright 1999--2004 John Ellson (ellson@graphviz.org).
Portions relating to gdft.c copyright 2001--2004 John Ellson (ellson@graphviz.org).
Portions relating to JPEG and to color quantization copyright 2000--2004, Doug Becker
and copyright (C) 1994--2004 Thomas G. Lane.
This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.
Portions relating to GIF compression copyright 1989 by Jef Poskanzer and David Rowley, with modifications for thread safety by Thomas Boutell.
Portions relating to GIF decompression copyright 1990, 1991, 1993 by David Koblas, with modifications for thread safety by Thomas Boutell.
Portions relating to WBMP copyright 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Maurice Szmurlo and Johan Van den Brande.
Portions relating to GIF animations copyright 2004 Jaakko Hyvtti (jaakko.hyvatti@iki.fi )
Permission has been granted to copy, distribute and modify gd in any context without fee, including a commercial application, provided that this notice is present in user-accessible supporting documentation.
This does not affect your ownership of the derived work itself, and the intent is to assure proper credit for the authors of gd, not to interfere with your productive use of gd. If you have questions, ask. "Derived works" includes all programs that utilize the library. Credit must be given in user-accessible documentation.
This software is provided "AS IS." The copyright holders disclaim all warranties, either express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to this code and accompanying documentation.
Although their code does not appear in the current release, the authors also wish to thank Hutchison Avenue Software Corporation for their prior contributions.

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