Ubuntu SC on Popcorn Sources screen? - 2008/09/09 16:48Over the weekend, Windows decided that it didn't want to boot on my media server and I decided I'd had enough of XP's shenanigans. I rebuilt my server using Ubuntu 8.04, migrated my SC settings and library over, and fired everything up. SC works as expected with my PopcornHour, except that it no longer shows up on the Sources screen.
To get to SC I have to use Web Services, which is ok, but for the WAF to go up it'd be nice for it to be on the Sources screen. Is there some way to get it back (other than reinstalling Windows)?Player: PopcornHour A-100 Server: Ubuntu 8.04, Swisscenter latest SVN Spec: AMD Athlon64 3200+, 1GB Dual-Channel DDR, 1.4TB Storage
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Pernod
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Re: Ubuntu SC on Popcorn Sources screen? - 2008/09/09 18:50When you were using Windows I presume you used Simese as the server, now you are using Ubuntu and are using Apache as the server.
Simese is a dedicated media server which broadcasts itself to UPnP devices, and so it showed up in media sources. Apache is basically a web server and so you have to point the PCH to the source.
To summarize Simese will broadcast and Apache will not.Player : Netgear EVA700 & Popcorn A-100 (081106) Server : Vista SP1 Home Premium (Simese 2.07, SwissCenter current SVN) Spec : Intel C2Q Q6600, 2GB RAM, 1Tb storage.
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ksolomon
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Re: Ubuntu SC on Popcorn Sources screen? - 2008/09/09 19:12I understand Apache's a general web server. I just thought maybe there was a way to make it work the same way under Apache as it does under Simese.
Either way, doesn't matter to me...I'll just program a new sequence into my Harmony remote... Player: PopcornHour A-100 Server: Ubuntu 8.04, Swisscenter latest SVN Spec: AMD Athlon64 3200+, 1GB Dual-Channel DDR, 1.4TB Storage
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Re: Ubuntu SC on Popcorn Sources screen? - 2008/09/10 14:20There's a perl script (<swisscenter>/Data/ext/broadcast/broadcast.pl) which you can run in the background to respond to the broadcast message. You could set this to run in the background at system startup.
As neither Pernod or myself run on linux it's not actively supported, but it should do the trick.
Rob Player : Pinnacle Showcenter 200 and 1000 (wired ethernet) Server : Windows XP Pro running on an Athlon XP 2200, 768 Mb RAM, 1.8 Tb storage.
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ksolomon
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Re: Ubuntu SC on Popcorn Sources screen? - 2008/09/11 21:11I finally managed to get the broadcast script to work. I have written up my findings and put a package with the updated broadcast.pl script and an init script (with instructions for use) here.
If you have any questions, please leave a comment, and I'll try to help out.Player: PopcornHour A-100 Server: Ubuntu 8.04, Swisscenter latest SVN Spec: AMD Athlon64 3200+, 1GB Dual-Channel DDR, 1.4TB Storage
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Joe_999
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Re: Ubuntu SC on Popcorn Sources screen? - 2008/09/14 05:55@ksolomon
Is guess your link beyond "http://www.swisscenter.co.uk/reciprocity.be/swisscenter-broadcast-script/" is not working, correct?
JoeClients: Popcorn A-100, Mozilla Firefox on MS Vista Business SP1.0 Media storage on NAS: Synology DS207+ 1st SC 1.21.1 SVN1117 installed on DS207+ with FW 7.22 utilizing: Apache 2.2.8 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.8, MySQL 5.0.51b, OpenSSL 0.9.8g, PHP 5.2.6 2nd SC 1.21.1 SVN1117 installed on WIN-XP, Simese 2.07, PHP 4.4.4, mySQL 4.0.21 GbE network with Zyxel GS-108A PCH-A100 connected via HDMI in 1920x1080p to display.
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Re: Ubuntu SC on Popcorn Sources screen? - 2008/09/14 06:48It's the crappy forum software - I've fixed ksolomon's link above. It should have been "http://www.reciprocity.be/swisscenter-broadcast-script/" Player : Pinnacle Showcenter 200 and 1000 (wired ethernet) Server : Windows XP Pro running on an Athlon XP 2200, 768 Mb RAM, 1.8 Tb storage.
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dsy
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Re: Ubuntu SC on Popcorn Sources screen? - 2008/09/15 22:21hello, my english is not so good, i come from germany.
perl -MCPAN -e 'install HTTP::Lite' - i canīt install
install breaks with errors and there is no package to install it other way (or i have it not found)Player : Popcorn A-100 Server : Ubuntu 8.10 - server edition - SwissCenter Latest Spec : Intel D945GCLF -Atom 1.6Ghz CPU , 1GB RAM, 3Tb storage.
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ksolomon
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Re: Ubuntu SC on Popcorn Sources screen? - 2008/09/15 22:26Not that I know of.
I managed to get HTTP::Lit e to install by using the CPAN "shell" (typing "cpan" at the command line) and installing it that way. It's the only one of the three required packages that I could get to install via CPAN.Player: PopcornHour A-100 Server: Ubuntu 8.04, Swisscenter latest SVN Spec: AMD Athlon64 3200+, 1GB Dual-Channel DDR, 1.4TB Storage
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dsy
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Re: Ubuntu SC on Popcorn Sources screen? - 2008/09/15 22:42it shows like - i have to wait for the stable version - or wait of a version that i can install over apt-get.
install seems impossiblePlayer : Popcorn A-100 Server : Ubuntu 8.10 - server edition - SwissCenter Latest Spec : Intel D945GCLF -Atom 1.6Ghz CPU , 1GB RAM, 3Tb storage.
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ksolomon
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Re: Ubuntu SC on Popcorn Sources screen? - 2008/09/16 09:48Hmmm...looks like I might have found a solution. I installed the following packages via apt-get on another machine, and I was able to install HTTP::Lite with no problems:
build-essential autoconf automake libtool gdb
Give it a shot.Player: PopcornHour A-100 Server: Ubuntu 8.04, Swisscenter latest SVN Spec: AMD Athlon64 3200+, 1GB Dual-Channel DDR, 1.4TB Storage
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dsy
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Re: Ubuntu SC on Popcorn Sources screen? - 2008/09/16 13:43good and bad news
i http lite now installed (old files in directory deleted and it works)
next error ..
Can't locate HTTP/Lite.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /var/www/swisscenter/ext/broadcast/broadcast.pl line 16. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/www/swisscenter/ext/broadcast/broadcast.pl line 16.
http lite says all ok ??
edit:
solved...
there was a directory in /root/.cpan after deleting... broadcast works now
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