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Developers / Re: QML Light Switch

« on: June 22, 2011, 03:31:06 am »

Is QML similar to XAML(I'm guessing the Qt parallel to it)?

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Feature requests & roadmap / netflicks

« on: October 12, 2010, 02:30:39 am »

Is there any chance a plugin for netflicks will come into being similar to hulu?

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Installation issues / Re: Initial create of diskless md

« on: March 18, 2010, 10:34:07 pm »

New install with the latest DVD, from March 1st:  LinuxMCE-8.10-22812-i386.iso

Finally got everything installed and working and ran Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh

Got:

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  pluto-orbiter: Depends: pluto-avwizard (>= 2.0.0.44) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: pluto-avwizard (< 2.0.0.45) but it is not going to be installed
                 PreDepends: xine-ui but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
#### Package pluto-orbiter failed (/tmp/tmp.kGzVe19952) - We wait 10sec and try again - to stop retrying press Ctrl-C.
^C


I had the same problem, and the same etc/apt/sources.list as you!

I added the line, "deb http://www.avenard.org/files/ubuntu-repos/ intrepid release testing" , and everthing seems to be working now.

I'm not sure why myth is screwing up the pluto-orbiter, but apparently it's essential!  Hope this helps!

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Installation issues / Re: DVI problems on core installation

« on: March 18, 2010, 10:30:06 pm »

For what ever reason pressing 5 (svideo) seems to let me into the menus regardless of connection or connected device.



Tim

Thanks for the advice Tim.  I appreciate it.

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Installation issues / Re: DVI problems on core installation

« on: March 18, 2010, 09:03:00 pm »

That board works fine.

Try the hdmi port.


I actually got it working on the DVI.  Pulled it off by using a dual feed monitor! (Both DVI and vga).  This let me edit the AVwizard, and set for the DVI.

btw, I tried the numbers thing, and it didn't have any impact whatsoever.

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Installation issues / Re: Initial create of diskless md

« on: March 18, 2010, 12:21:16 am »

New install with the latest DVD, from March 1st:  LinuxMCE-8.10-22812-i386.iso

Finally got everything installed and working and ran Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh

Got:

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  pluto-orbiter: Depends: pluto-avwizard (>= 2.0.0.44) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: pluto-avwizard (< 2.0.0.45) but it is not going to be installed
                 PreDepends: xine-ui but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
#### Package pluto-orbiter failed (/tmp/tmp.kGzVe19952) - We wait 10sec and try again - to stop retrying press Ctrl-C.
^C

Ran an apt-get update and upgrade and rebooted for hell of it...  ran again and got the same error.

Here's my sources.list which has not been modified:

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more sources.list
deb file:/usr/pluto/deb-cache/ ./ 
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid  main restricted universe mult
iverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid  main restricted universe
multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates  main restricted unive
rse multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates  main restricted u
niverse multiverse
deb http://deb.linuxmce.org/ubuntu/ intrepid  beta2
deb http://debian.slimdevices.com/ stable  main
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ intrepid  free non-free
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security  main restricted univer
se multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security  main restricted un
iverse multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid  main universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ universe  main non-free contrib
deb http://deb.linuxmce.org/ubuntu/ replacements_ubuntu  main
deb http://deb.linuxmce.org/ubuntu/ 20dev_ubuntu  main

Also, out of curiosity, what's the quickest way to get a new media file added to a nas recognized by lmce?  I know the update media daemon is running all the time, but 20 minutes after adding a new file to my nas it still was not picked up by lmce.

And before I try, I saw a post from awhile back stating that getting cover art from Amazon is broken.  Is that still the case?

Thanks

I have exactly the same problem.  I thought maybe it was that "deb http://deb.linuxmce.org/ubuntu/ 20dev_ubuntu  main "  Should have been "deb http://deb.linuxmce.org/ubuntu/dists/ 20dev_ubuntu  main"  But it didn't seem to make any difference!

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Installation issues / Re: DVI problems on core installation

« on: March 18, 2010, 12:05:09 am »

Have you seen this: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/AVWizard?  In the section "What to do if A/V Wizard does not start" it basically says to press buttons 1-5 waiting to see if the screen shows up.  I don't think the buttons are labeled correctly on that page though.

Thank for the advice. I'd rather use DVI, I'll give it a try

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Installation issues / Re: DVI problems on core installation

« on: March 18, 2010, 12:04:04 am »

Which videocard do you have?
You know that LinuxMCE is very picky with the choice of videocards.
Nvidia models work best, where newer is better.

It's an onboard nVidia 8200 I believe.  I bought an ASUS m3N78-vm and it has been nightmarish!  Not sure how much of this is just my lack of experience

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Installation issues / DVI problems on core installation

« on: March 17, 2010, 12:01:52 am »

I'm not certain why, but I've had a hell of a time with installation on my core, and I blame it on me using the DVI connection for a monitor.

I know this sounds silly, but the AV wizard doesn't seem to like the DVI connection.  I switched to a vga cable connection, and it worked right out of the box.

Can anyone explain why this is?

If I missed something in the wiki relating to this, I apologize in advance!

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Installation issues / Re: Finally trying 8.10

« on: March 16, 2010, 11:52:18 pm »

I'm having the same problem with beta 2.  No avwizard comes up, and when I try to use the avwizard under advanced options, my linuxmce reboots, and doesn't come back correctly.  I have the feeling I'm missing some packagaes somewhere in the install, but not sure where.

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Installation issues / Re: Endless reboots 8.10 network install

« on: March 08, 2010, 05:30:02 am »

I'm getting the same problem off the DVD install

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Installation issues / Re: Brand New Home...Brand New Installation 5k (US) Budget

« on: February 17, 2010, 06:29:49 pm »

This is where your choices start getting furry.  If you want true surround sound out of these PC's you really need something that is at least 4.1 capable, and better yet with an optical output on it.  Depending on your computer selection almost any surround sound system will work.  The only requirement is that your receiver have an input that will correspond with an output from your computer.  If your computer has a coaxial S/PDIF jack then your receiver should have one too.  A standard headphone jack on any computer can be converted into 2 RCA audio ports.  Some motherboards allow up to 10 channels out in this manner on their motherboard.  Of your selections the First is only capable of stero as far as I can tell.  The second looks like it can do 6 channel, and the last is probably the best at possibly 8 channels.  The MSI (last option) also does not remap the ports using a driver, which will make it more likely to work in a linux environment without the availability of a separate driver option.   I am looking into pricing a Media Director with the whole package, but it is proving time consuming.  I will post when I come up with something to be reviewed by the masses.

Is there anyway to get the audio to travel through hdmi?  What are the limitations in audio quality through hdmi (if that's even possible)?

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Installation issues / Re: Solid state harddrives

« on: June 26, 2009, 10:58:36 pm »

So the core provides the central configuration database for the whole house, Internet access and firewalling for the whole house, the house "PABX", the security centre functionality and coordinates the media streams around the house that allow you to move a stream from one MD to another. But the individual tasks like playing a specific piece of media in a particular room is all MD, so they are in no sense "dumb", even if they are in a sense "slaves" to the core and bereft of HDDs (normally)!

Is the pxe boot all taken care of by linuxmce in the core?  I plan on running my core system in the basement where it's cooler (and where noise isn't an issue)!  Would/could all of those other functionalities (lighting controllers, z-wave controllers, security controllers) all be hooked in with that core system, or does it matter where in the network they hook into?

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Installation issues / Re: Solid state harddrives

« on: June 24, 2009, 06:10:05 am »

Thanks for all the advice guys.  I'm extremely new, and appreciate it greatly! 

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Installation issues / Re: Solid state harddrives

« on: June 24, 2009, 06:04:54 am »

Actually, if it is there, and formatted/partitioned correctly the MD OS will use it as a swap. Theoretically this should improve the performance of the MD, but probably only slightly and only if you have very little RAM in it!

Yes, a DVD drive has no connection with the HDD. Either on a core, hybrid or MD. If you have a DVD drive then you can use it for that or even any other MD. You will still, of course, need a HDD for your core/hybrid to put LinuxMCE on, just not for any other MDs. But that doesn't impact your DVD players.

For instance, you can have a Hybrid (Core + MD) in your entertainment centre, which has a system HDD and a DVD player. Then have any number of MDs around the house, all with neither HDD nor DVD player. And still play DVDs on any MD/Hybrid around the house. (to play a DVD on an MD, you pop the DVD in the Hybrid in your entertainment centre, then go to the remote MD and select it for play)

Perfect!  That's almost exactly what I was getting at.  The MD will feed video to my amp?  Is it pretty much just a dumb terminal?  I'm looking to make the unit in the entertainment centre as quiet as possible.  The core feeds video to the MD through networking I assume!  Do I still need to translate it for my amp?