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Users / Re: Commercial installation questions.

« on: March 14, 2008, 11:04:26 pm »

OK, giving certain people the benefit of the doubt about my possible lack of effort, I believe I have exhausted every possible resource in trying to figure this out.

To Recap:
What I want to do is be able to sit at one computer or MD and be able to see what is currently playing on other MD's.  I don't think I was clear enough in the original post when I say "see", I mean actually view the media.  I see where I can choose the MD at the bottom of the orbiter screen but it doesn't actually show me the media.  Yes, it tells me via the remote the name of the media that's playing, but I want to actually see the video as if I were looking at the MD in question.

Before anybody calls me "lazy" again, I've searched the Wiki, this Forum, and the internet at large exhaustively with no success.  I've tried every possible setting/configuration on the core and on my PC (acting as a remote orbiter) that seems relevant to what I'm trying to do and I have had no success.

Is what I'm trying to do possible?

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Users / Not a complaint, just curious.

« on: March 14, 2008, 09:34:54 pm »

As the title states, I'm not complaining, I'm just curious as to the reason.

How come the Fiire hardware drivers aren't included in the LMCE distribution?  It seems to me that since these boxes are specifically designed for LMCE that it would be a given that they'd be included.  I also realize that when you get a Fiire engine they give you a copy of LMCE with the drivers, but in my case for instance, I need to go to 0710 for some of the fixes and now I have to install 0710 then manually copy the Fiire drivers to the core everytime.

I was just curious why they're not already a part of the downloaded OS.

Thanks

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Users / Re: Network Configuration Question

« on: March 14, 2008, 09:23:14 pm »

Works beautifully, thanks.

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Users / Re: Fiire's SureFiire Guarantee

« on: March 14, 2008, 06:26:16 pm »

I've got a Fiire Engine running 0710B4 and it seems to run well. 

I also have one each of the 3 Fiire Stations and I'm getting an error that a device didn't start properly whenever I boot them.  They continue to come up but when I go to the add software screen to add DVD CSS on the MD, it's blank.  I have the bars that would normally have the name of the software to install but no text inside them and they are unresponsive when I click on them.

I haven't looked into a fix at all yet.

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Users / Network Configuration Question

« on: March 14, 2008, 05:56:26 pm »

How do I open the external interface on the core for file sharing?

My core is on our internal network.  I have the external interface obtaining an address from our router and the internal interface connected to an independant switch that all the MD's are connected to.

External IP:  192.168.1.66 (Which is the subnet that our internal workstations are connected to.)
Internal IP:  192.168.80.1  (The subnet all MD's are on.)

I want to be able to browse the public share from the workstations on the 192.168.1.xx subnet, however being the External interface of the Core, it seems to be blocking this traffic.  How do I open that up?  I'm not concerned about security as our perimeter firewall then the internal router are protecting the Core from outside traffic.

Thanks

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Users / Re: Commercial installation questions.

« on: February 24, 2008, 04:12:10 pm »

What a rediculous question. 

Why don't you install the system and try a few things out yourself if you're planning to make money off it, or is that to much effort?

A: Was that comment necessary?  I was under the impression that these forums are where you go for assistance.

B: I have the system installed (note my reference to trying scenarios), yet I still needed some help.  I guess I'm a terrible person.

C: Try to remember that not everyone here is a Linux guru, I've stated in previous posts that I'm a Windows guy and have little to no working knowledge of Linux and I'm sure there are others like me.  But the LinuxMCE system seems to offer many features that we can't find in another integrated system so here I am giving it a shot.  Doin the best I can with the aid of the people of this community, with a few exceptions.

You sig says "Needs to work for LinuxMCE".  I'm curious as to what capacity you'd like to work, it certainly isn't support or customer relations.

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Users / Re: Commercial installation questions.

« on: February 24, 2008, 04:03:28 pm »

and for controlling other MDs - yes, of course, that's the whole point of Orbiters, they can control any MD. You can just use an on-screen orbiter in your office, choose the room you want to control at the bottom - then that orbiter is controlling that room, not the room/screen that it is actually on. All orbiters are general like this - you could even get a Nokia770/800 with an orbiter and WiFi, then control any room from any location...

Thanks, I'll give that a shot.  It didn't occur to me to use the on screen orbiter, I generally have a Windows mentality and I'm still adjusting to this environment.

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Users / Re: Commercial installation questions.

« on: February 24, 2008, 04:01:30 pm »

assuming you have an MD or the core in your office you should, at a minimum, be able to load up the media you want and then using the Follow functionality in the floorplan send that media to the MD you want it playing at.  You can do that for each MD.

Thanks for the reply.

Is there a way to do that with entire entertainment areas?  We have a showroom that has 8 TV's in it.  I'd like to define that whole area and pipe media to them simultaneously.  I tried using the method you describe but the media plays at different intervals which doesn't work for us.

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Users / Commercial installation questions.

« on: February 22, 2008, 09:19:34 pm »

Is there any kind of control interface that can be used to monitor/control MD's?

Specifically, let's say I have multiple entertainment areas with multiple MD's in them and I want to play different infomercial vids or DVD's on them as I choose.  Is there an interface that I can sit down in my office and choose MediaX play on Entertainment area 1 and MediaZ play on Entertainment area 2, etc.  I've explored the scenarios but that seems extremely cumbersome, I'd just like to select the media and it's destination as many times it will be a one off thing.  (Current promos and the like)

Also, is it possible to, from my office, view what is currently playing on a given MD?

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Users / Re: Cable box and MythTV interface.

« on: February 05, 2008, 05:52:45 pm »

Again, I'm completely new to linux so I'm sure this is my ignorance but isn't the install process a Linux thing?  I understand the app is from Adobe but the process to install seems to be a condition of the OS.  Are you saying that this is not typical and that Adobe was just lazy in their packaging?

I'm seriously not antagonizing, just trying to make sure I'm informed.

Thanks

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Installation issues / Cable box not showing up on MD

« on: February 04, 2008, 06:14:32 pm »

I've got my cable box installed on the Core/Hybrid and MythTV setup and it works as expected.  When running through the wizard I said to enable the box for all users.  Upon bringing my diskless MD online I don't see the cable box in the media menu.

First: Should I see it and if so, what am I missing?

Second: Should I be able to use MythTV from my MD and how do I set that up?

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Users / Re: Cable box and MythTV interface.

« on: February 04, 2008, 05:59:55 pm »

And on another sidenote: God forbid you'd actually know what you're talking about... 

I do and have in the past freely admitted that I don't know linux at all, but I went to view the linuxmce video and Firefox tells me that I need the Flash plugin, cool, I click the link and it throws an error.  There's another link to manually download and install the plugin, OK, let's do that.  Then I get this:

nstallation instructions
.tar.gz installation

   1. Click the "Download .tar.gz" link. A dialog box will appear asking you where to save the file.
   2. Save the .tar.gz file to your desktop and wait for the file to download completely.
   3. Unpackage the file. A directory called install_flash_player_9_linux will be created.
   4. In terminal, navigate to this directory and type ./flashplayer-installer to run the installer. Click Enter. The installer will instruct you to shut down your browser(s).
   5. Once the installation is complete, the plug-in will be installed in your Mozilla browser. To verify, launch Mozilla and choose Help > About Plug-ins from the browser menu.

.rpm installation

   1. Click the "Download .rpm" link. A dialog box will appear asking you where to save the file.
   2. Save the .rpm file to your desktop and wait for the file to download completely.
   3. In terminal, navigate to the desktop and type # rpm -Uvh <rpm_package_file>. Click Enter. (Note: This must be done as a root user). The installer will instruct you to shut down your browser(s).
   4. Once the installation is complete, the plug-in will be installed in your Mozilla browser. To verify, launch Mozilla and choose Help > About Plug-ins from the browser menu.

YUM repository installation

   1. Click the “Download .rpm” link. A dialog box will appear asking you where to save the file.
   2. Save the .rpm file to your desktop and wait for the file to download completely.
   3. In terminal, navigate to the desktop and type # rpm -Uvh <rpm_package_file>. Click Enter. (Note: This must be done as a root user).
   4. Once the installation is complete, in terminal, type # yum install flash-plugin. Click Enter. (Note: This must be done as a root user).
   5. To verify the plugin is installed in Mozilla, launch Mozilla and choose Help > About Plug-ins from the browser menu.
   6. To get the most up-to-date Flash Player in the future, simply type # yum update flash-plugin in terminal. You will not need to repeat steps 1-4.

I attempt the first one and upon typing the command I'm told that the rpm crap isn't installed and to run some other command.  OK, fine, I run that one and all seems well so I go back to my flash installation and run that command again and I get a list of about 10 libxxx or whatever that are missing and pretty much you're F'd in the A mister.  This is the point at which I just took out my Windows laptop and watched the damn video.

Again, I admit that I don't know Linux and I'm sure there was some easier way to get the flash plugin, but the solution that presented itself was to say the least cumbersome and aggravating.

I, unlike many other people, am NOT an operating system biggot.  I believe Linx, just like Windows has it's place and function (MCE for example).  However, I really don't see how it can be touted as a "desktop" operating system as long as it isn't idiot friendly because that's what most of us are.

That's all my comment, albeit born of frustration, was intended to express.

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Users / Re: Cable box and MythTV interface.

« on: February 04, 2008, 12:02:02 am »

OK, what am I missing?  Here's what I have and I believe it's correct.

MythTV is setup and working with the exception of the channel changing thing.  I've got the correct program guide showing up.

I have my cable box setup with a template and USBUIRT controlled by infrared.  When I select the cable box on the Media tab the remote works, channel change, power on/off.  This indicates to me that the box and template are setup correctly.  However I have sound but no video when i select the box.

If I select "TV", the TV comes up fine, vid and audio, the guide is correct, but changing channels through myth does nothing to the  picture.  It says it changed on screen and shows the info for what is supposed to be on that channel but the cable box stays on the channel it was on and that's the show I can see on the screen.  If I change the cable channel with the cable box remote it changes fine and I can watch any channel I want.

Is there some setting I'm missing in the Myth setup that tells it to send channel changes to the UIRT?

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Users / Re: Cable box and MythTV interface.

« on: February 03, 2008, 10:59:24 pm »

OK, but how do I get it to change the channel on my cable box?

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Users / Re: Cable box and MythTV interface.

« on: February 03, 2008, 10:46:30 pm »

My cable box only has Composite and Cable I've tried both with the same results.

On a side note: God forbid linux have install files you can just click on instead of "Type this command in Aramaic at a console prompt with these 8 million switches which you will have absolutely no knowledge of what they are for. Oh and don't forget to make sure you're running it as root, we wouldn't want the actual user of this computer to be able to install anything as that would be too convenient."

I can't imagine why every desktop in America isn't running Linux.  Grrrrr