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Installation issues / Re: very basic hard drive question
« on: March 11, 2010, 07:04:46 am »
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I don't recall selecting the option to ignore it permanently, but just in case I did, is there a way to reset that choice?

I think (which means you can try it at your own risk or wait for someone to confirm) that the list of devices permanently ignored is in the web admin page at 'Advanced > Configuration > Unknown devices' from here just unlock the device and it will be re-added

hope this helps


Yeah, there was a device in there, and when I removed it, it did prompt me afresh, but it wasn't the USB drive. It's apparently a wireless camera, not mine, though, I don't have one. Not sure how this could be. I have a wifi router, but it's locked down. Otherwise there is no way LinuxMCE could be detecting it. Curiouser, and curiouser. Perhaps LinuxMCE is mistaken as to what the device is. LOL, I installed it. No picture though. Weird. Sometimes I feel like, someone is watching me.

Edit, it's probably my DLink print server.

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Installation issues / Re: very basic hard drive question
« on: March 11, 2010, 05:28:15 am »
firstlt check every option that is there in ur system. try to search each and every option that u seee. by doing this way u can excel the hardware

I have no idea what you mean by this, savithri0254. Maybe you should learn every option for writing in English before posting? Just kidding.

Thanks Techstyle your information combined with getting my network setup got me going in the right direction. For some reason there are multiple similar directory structures on the Core, so it was a little confusing. Plus I thought I would see those directories configured somewhere in the options, you know, the full paths, but I didn't yet. Also, when I went to KDE mode and used the file browser UI app there, a couple things did not work for me. One, the directory structure you mentioned, which is in fact the right one, would not allow me to put files in there, even though I was able to connect from the LMCE machine to my Win machine and see my Win files, it acted like those data folders were read only or something. However when I connected from Windows, I could paste the files in fine. Also, when I connect my USB drive, it shows connected, but when I click on it in the KDE file browser it won't open it up for viewing. And the "plug and play" from MCE seems to have stopped recognizing the USB drive. I don't recall selecting the option to ignore it permanently, but just in case I did, is there a way to reset that choice?

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Users / Re: iPhone/iPod Touch Orbiter?
« on: March 10, 2010, 04:43:09 pm »
What's the status for this? I'm in for $20 if the features are rich. In other words nothing like the web orbiter. I'm interested in working on one myself, a smart phone AJAXy solution that would work on the finger touch screens on the iPhone like devices. That would be more bang for the effort. No app store, no device specific, except for possibly what's necessary for streaming. By that's for a media center not an orbiter.   

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Users / Re: Audio system options 101
« on: March 10, 2010, 07:06:43 am »
I am not the best person to answer some if not all of these questions. With that out of the way, you by no means need a high end receiver to get GREAT sound. Just my opinion, but electronics are so cheap and advanced now-a-days, you really get decent quality from medium to cheaper items. You should still do some component research to find out what are the best items for the price. I bought a cheap 5.1 speaker setup of 6 years ago. I can't remember the price, but it was a no-name brand for I think $300. It's been great and still is. You could definitely get better sound, then again, it's miles above PC speakers like you said and it sounds great with movies and music. I'm a big fan of digital, but I think most everything supports digital sound now. Don't by any Monster cables. You can get perfect cables supper cheap off the web. That's one type of item you can almost never get a decent deal on in a store, but the Monster cables, which are popular for some reason, have been shown repeatedly to be undetectable as far as quality goes in blind taste tests. And they taste awful, too.

I'm not sure about the sound card. I'm trying out the one on my moboard. You gotta make sure it's Ubuntu compatible, for sure.

Oh no, blue tooth sound is digital and perfect. I use it in my car. It's undetectable in difference from direct sound, unlike broadcast or radio transmitter setups.

Not sure I understand the full scope of the streamed music question. Do you mean off the Internet? That comes in lots of flavors. I think some places give free lower quality streams, and better ones for pay. I've been using Pandora (free) on my iPhone and it's around analog FM radio quality. Been meaning to check and see if a paid membership will get my higher quality. Any high speed internet has the bandwidth for perfect HD music, it's just a matter if whether the delivering site supports it. I just realized I hadn't noticed any reference to Internet streaming music in Lmce. That'd be a good feature. Wonder why it's not there? That being said, you probably just meant streaming your own music. The stream will be the quality of your files. CD will be top quality. If you rip to Ogg or Mp3, I suggest a minimum of 192kbps. I like 256, it's slightly over what I can detect.

In summary, SonicWind says: 256kbps (MP3 format), as many channels as you can, but probably stereo source is all you will have? digital outputs->yeah!, bluetooth->yeah!

I thinks someone else could give you more detailed input on specific sound cards and speaker brands and setups since my ears are kind of slutty.

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Installation issues / Bug? Windows Orbiter
« on: March 10, 2010, 05:57:52 am »
Not sure if this is a bug, but seems like it is. When I follow the instructions from here: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Control_LinuxMCE_using_a_Windows_device_as_an_Orbiter The file downloaded is 0kb and obviously not usable.

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Installation issues / very basic hard drive question
« on: March 09, 2010, 06:50:31 pm »
I went to the hard drive section in the configuration wizard, and nothing is listed. Was it supposed to automatically pick up the hard drive in the core in hear? My question is how do I set up or find out where to put media files? I've got a 1TB drive in there and the operating system is on it. There didn't seem to be any option on that page for configuration. Can someone point me to the instructions for setting up the harddrive and configuring where media goes?

Secondarily, I want to copy a bunch of media from a windows computer on the same network. How do I do that? I can either push from the windows machine or pull from the LMCE machine.

Thanks.

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Users / Re: LinuxMCE best hardware suggestion
« on: March 08, 2010, 05:32:22 am »
Hey Sonicwind... I noticed you got a big chunk of your parts from Directron. You would not happen to be near Houston. TX (Directron HQ)? I'm in Pearland (or will be soon, close on a new house in a couple of weeks).

I sure am. In in the Galleria area. Why don't you drop by hear and help me configure my misbehaving hybrid? ha ha

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Users / Re: installing LinuxMCE 8.1
« on: March 05, 2010, 07:25:13 pm »
cool. thanks. I can do that. for 5 more seconds.

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Users / installing LinuxMCE 8.1
« on: March 05, 2010, 07:14:10 pm »
I'm using the DVD. Kubuntu appeared to install fine. I hit the shortcut to start the MCE install. It's reboot a couple of times, now the screen is blank, and the harddrives been going crazy like it's working. But it's been at least 20 minutes like that.What's it doing? What should I do. I thought I read the whole install takes 20 minutes.

Thanks.

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Users / Re: LinuxMCE best hardware suggestion
« on: March 05, 2010, 05:17:10 pm »
Well, I booted with the KUbuntu 8.10 disk and both the onboard nic and the addon nic work, and the sound works, and I didn't see any significant errors. So that's a pretty good start. Started the LinuxMCE install (the first attempt, anyhow). Automation stuff doesn't come in until next week. It's OK to add that stuff and configure it later, right?

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Users / Re: requesting security camera suggestions
« on: March 03, 2010, 07:28:17 pm »
Will this one work with LinuxMCE? Not sure what all the necessary pieces are.

http://www.x10.com/promotions/xx11a_wireless_security_cameras_home_burst.html

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Users / requesting security camera suggestions
« on: March 03, 2010, 07:11:39 pm »
I'm reading and researching this, using the search and all, but if anyone has some good up-to-date suggestions, I'd appreciate it.

I'd like to put one camera outside to view my outside carport area, so it needs to be weather proof. Wiring will probably a problem here, so wireless would also be helpful. I'm not sure what people do about power in these situations. Battery operated? I live in a condo and the carport lights are all on one daylight scheduled/triggered system. Any suggestions for working with this? I'd also like it to be motorized if possible.

And then I'd like 1 or more internal cameras.

So concerns are:
cost
motorized
motion triggered/trigerable
wired/wireless

What works well with LinuxMCE?

Thanks for any input.

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Users / Re: LinuxMCE best hardware suggestion
« on: March 02, 2010, 06:03:21 am »
I would recommand again, Asus Xonar series sound card.

Really? Not a Creative Labs product? That's interesting. I've been sorely lacking in sound quality for a while. My motherboard's digital sound is whack somehow so I've been stuck with plain old stereo for a while.

Looks like I'm going to pull the rest of the trigger on Insteon products. This endeavor has become a proof of concept for a local home automation business, and it sounds like Insteon is the only thing you'd want to sell to someone else and stand behind what you sell. Having X10 have time delays and inconsistent response, and ZWave not support 2 way or status comm, leaves Insteon as the quality product.

Am I wrong, but is LinuxMCE the choice for home brewed home automation and potentially the best base software for an integrated home automation/media center solution? I know there are other commercial products, but they aren't open source and therefore less configurable. I know I'm asking the cat where he hid the cheeze, but is there another software source that has more current support? Being a Windows junky, I'd rather work with Windows. Mister House appears not to have had an update in years, and I don't think has Insteon support. My 2 biggest concerns using LinuxMCE is that it doesn't look like it has full Insteon product support (thermostat, USB Controller etc) and that it doesn't look there is any BlueRay support. The Insteon thermostat support should be programmable. I'll have to learn at least Pearl first, then I'll have to learn "Insteon", but the existing modules should be a good starting point. I'll not be programming Blue Ray support into Linux any time soon.

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Users / Re: LinuxMCE best hardware suggestion
« on: March 02, 2010, 02:02:24 am »
Here's what I ended up after painstaking research, LOL. I didn't follow all advice completely, but I cut a good $300 off the price by lowering specs. I basically looked for LinuxMCE, MythTV or just plain linux support of the parts. The motherboard + Nic support (want gigabit, but then realized at the end that I only really need 1 gigabit, the internet side need not be gigabit, I guess):

Directron      
Processor   Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93GHz 1066MHz Socket 775   
      http://store.yahoo.com/directron/bx80571e7500.html
CPU Cooler   Zalman CNPS7500-AlCu LED CPU Cooler   
      http://store.yahoo.com/directron/cnps7500alcule.html
Video Card   XFX GT240XYAFC GeForce GT240 512MB PCI Express 2.0 Video Card   
      http://store.yahoo.com/directron/gt240xyafc.html
Case   SilverStone HTPC Computer ATX Case LC17-B   
      http://store.yahoo.com/directron/sstlc17b.html
DVD Burner   Lite-On 24X SATA DVD Burner   
      http://store.yahoo.com/directron/ihas12404.html
Power Supply   Black CoolMax 600W ATX12V / EPS12V Computer Power Supply   
      http://store.yahoo.com/directron/cu600b.html
HDD   Western Digital Caviar Green 3.5in 1TB SATA 3Gb/s Internal Hard Drive WD10EARS, 7200RPM, 64MB Cache   
      http://store.yahoo.com/directron/wd10ears.html
Nic #2   Intel PWLA8391GTBLK Pro 1000 GT Gigabit Copper Desktop NIC 32-bit 66MHz PCI   
      http://store.yahoo.com/directron/pwla8391gtblk.html
$573.63       

NewEgg      
Motherboard   Intel BOXDP43TF LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail    
      http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121351
Memory   Kingston 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model KVR800D2N5/1G - x2   
      http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134114
$146.34       
Total $719.97       

I already have an HDHomerun card, so it appears there is already support for that. After some more reading I'll order initial home automation parts.

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Users / Re: LinuxMCE best hardware suggestion
« on: March 01, 2010, 09:55:49 pm »
I just priced some components and researched compatibility. Still unsure about a few things, but a quad core i5 kit with 4gb ram, 2tb hdd and nVidia GTX260 is running about $1000. This is for a hybrid. I'm not sure if this is way overkill. I want a good strong system, but I really only want to meet minimum requirements for a LinuxMCE system. Is 2gb ram, a base model video card with HD support and core 2 processor plenty? (I don't really like AMD processors, been disapointed too many times.) Those seem to be plenty for my Windows based media center, so surely a Linux system doesn't need more. I think I'm answering my own question here. Plus older hardware will likely be more compatable. Dang I like buying new stuff, though. But I still have the cost of all the home automation stuff. So... I kind of wanted to keep my current Windows system intact so I don't miss out on any shows while I build the LinuxMCE system. Thanks for all the input so far.

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