Thanks for that information posde. That is great to see how that gets handled. On that subject, is the intention for lmce to continue using xine with 12.04?

Thanks

Hi ranpow

Please follow the directions on this page http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Installing_1004

Grab the latest snapshot from here http://linuxmce.iptp.org/snapshots/

Like I mentioned before use the DVD method. Then post your issues along with the steps that you took to get there and also the specific hardware you have ie cpu family and model etc..

As for the id3 tagging info. All my music is mp3 so I cannot comment on CDs but on the mp3s we build the id3 information ourselves in the web admin. I pretty sure that there is nothing in place right now to grab the track info off the input stream.

ranpow

Could you please explain what bugs you are referring to in the orbiter? I have orbiters running on all sorts of hardware using UI1 and UI2 and have never experienced any problems. As for the screensaver LMCE comes with a screen saver. It is a picture viewer that randomly displays pictures downloaded from flicker. That I feel is truly wonderful.

If I may suggest do a fresh install from the latest dvd snap. Do the dvd install not the internet. Meaning burn a dvd or install onto a stick. Follow the onscreen prompts then let us know if you still experience any problems or difficulties. A lot of the problems you are experiencing may be due to your desire to "hack" where it may not be needed.

ranpow

When you are asked if you want to use the device just answer no never. Device will be ignored from then on.

Hi Polly/ochorocho

I get that on all my machines now.

Hi ranpow,

This appears to be an installation question. Take a look at http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Network_Setup. This will show you a typical layout. Feel free to browse the wiki. There is a wealth of information there.

To answer your questions;
Any switch or router (wifi or not) installed on eth1 should just pass through. So the dhcp server on that switch should be turned off. If you have a ipad on the network connected to eth1 (192.168.80.1) you should enter the server address 192.168.80.1 and the port into the orbiter config and connect. You may need to setup the orbiter 1st. Follow these directions http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Web_Orbiter_2.0 which are mostly still relevant. http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Orbiters has some more information.

You can setup an orbiter outside the internal network. You would need to forward the port used by the orbiter in the web admin page and your outside firewall if needed.

ranpow

LinuxMCE (lmce) wants to use 2 nics. It sets up an internal network on the 2nd nic under eth1 with a network address of 192.168.80.1. Most orbiters and MDs (media directors) are located on this internal network. So your orbiters... say your iPad will get an address of say 192.168.80.131 from lmce. You would connect the orbiters running on the iPad to lmce at 192.168.80.1 at port #3461.

Hi ranpow

May I ask what your using as an orbiter?

What is your core hardware setup?

Thank you!!!

I think

Code:

ppa:team-iquik/alsa

is only going to install 1.24 Alsa

Yea. I use the X10 for the cheap RF.

I got tired of trying to get the CMA15 to work. It might have been just hardware but it did work ok in AHP.

Insteon CMA does interpret the signal from my X10 transceiver fine. I did have to make some substantial changes to the code in the device template to get it to work with X10 though. If this is the way you want to go let me know and I can get the changes to you. Some day when I clean it up I will update that sqlCVS.

Ok I have completed putting this together so we can use it.

Right now it is kind of tied to Squeezeslave and then to a SqueezeBox player. Theoretically it could be setup to work as the primary output on an MD but it is a long way from there. What it does do is create a sound device out of unused sound ports or sound cards. Right now it is limited to 1-2 channels. I am wondering if there is any desire to use this as multichannel (more than 2) or surround sound. This is possible but I do not see, for my purposes, a use for this so I left it out. It can be used on any MD. Meaning any available audio output hardware, usb or any jack, attached to any md can be mapped to a Squeeseslave then to a SqueezeBox player. The great thing about this is that it is persistant. Meaning the Virtual device is mapped to a PCI location so if you add or remove sound hardware the virtual device resolves fine at squeezeslave restart.

With this setup the Squeezeslave template has changed a bit. The launcher is different and there are two additional methods of choosing the audio output device. The old method of entering a squeezeslave -L device number (kept to maintain backward compatibility), selecting via pull down list a sound card listed by hardware, or by entering the device number of a Virtual Audio Device. This last option is tied to a newer version of Squeezeslave (1.2-xx).

I have not added anything for the new squeezeslave code in my ticket. It is a little large to upload. If someone could, let me know if the new verison can or will be added to the repository. If needed I can add some code to use the version currently in lmce.

I've tested it. But more would be nice.

Thanks

Hi Riggs,

I had this issue as well. Is your pc, that the hardware is attached to, newer? I found I could get it to work on an older machine. I also had luck with a powered usb hub but very inconsistently. I could not get to the bottom of it and gave up. I picked up an insteon. They send/recieve x-10 just fine and you can start using insteon devices. Plus the insteon is serial...

Radu any chance of adding your virtual sound card template?

I ran into this problem as well. Have you added new media directors recently? I found that if there is a hard drive in the md lmce trys to add all the various media files, mostly junk. Make sure the partitions that lmce is using on them only contains stuff you are using with lmce. I also had to set to ignore all media files that are not in my media file directories to keep them from getting on my orbitor.