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to help me make a video. To show at SCALE. Whats this video of? Well, its quite simple really. All I ask is one of two options, or both if your game.

So what is it of? Well, simply put, its about you and LinuxMCE. Make a video of how you use your system or why you use LinuxMCE. Thats it. Simple right. Post it to the ole youTube or I can arrange some other method of transfer and I will compile it into a video which is going to be shown on the MD facing out into the convention floor.

So please, dont make me look like an ass and only have myself. Lol. But seriously, I think it would be a great way to involve the community.

So come on down, the water's fine!
golgoj4

Good Day Ladies and Gentlemen.

I am happy to announce that LinuxMCE will be presenting on the exhibition floor this year at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE).  It will be held  January 20, 2012 - January 22, 2012 in Los Angeles, Ca very near LAX.

This is my official call for people who would like to be present in the booth to help show off LinuxMCE to the lovely Southern California area.

Benefits include:
*Trips to In n Out
*Trips to Pinks
*Traffic

More to come, but I just wanted to give a heads up as soon as possible. Cheers.

Hello again kids, its time for a fun discussion!

Lets get this out of the way from the start: There is no right answer. So there is no reason to bash other peoples views. Since ive become part of the LinuxMCE project, both as a user and a sort of jr developer, Ive noticed marked difference from what used to be my day job as an construction operations specialist (read: guy who cracks whip to make sure schedules are met). And Its been quite the learning process, both in learning linux, and the associated culture in the F / OSS world. So im a bit of a newbie around here.

Thom asked an interesting question the other day in IRC:
'If you knew it would take you 50 years to do what a commercial entity could do in 10, would you still do it?'

Everyone has their own answer to this, as for the most part, we are all driven by some selfish aspect that drove us to try and work on something like tagging in the 1st place.

But, it led to an interesting discussion on what is our Vision. It was pointed out that uniting under a singular vision generally has positive results, and my experience in life tends to agree. But, but the nature of open source, design is by committee. Which isn't a bad thing, and shouldn't be taken as a negative. But what im getting at here is that we as developers should come to an agreement on what our vision is, and attack it with laser-like focus.  

I feel like that will lead us to a clearer path of where we all want the project to go, what we want it to be, and how we can get there without wanting to murder each other

So, in conclusion, NO im not trying to manage stuff. But i do think that having something we can point to and say 'THAT. Thats what we want to be' and go at it until we cant. So, let the discussion begin! I only ask that we keep it civil and not dump on others views. Im guilty of that myself sometimes, admittedly, but im really trying hard not to be. For the good of the project, I feel that its a good idea. But, also a little selfish as part of what i do want to contribute is not only code, but something in the way of a banner that allows us to draw more developers and help us fix/ evolve faster.

Btw: My vision of linuxmce is the 0704 video i saw combined with a little hal-9000 level ai. Plus some kinda anti-monolith patch. Jus sayin.

Also, i plan to make some dumb shiny graphics that can hopefully be included on the home page or somewhere that make it easier for people with a specific skillset to contribute.

Good DaY!
-golgoj4

Since you feel the need to send me messages and block the response, here it is for everyone to read. 

I would prefer to be foul mouthed than being a dumbass that cant think his way out of a paper bag. Ever wonder why YOU have so many problems? This foul mouth jerk put more effort into trying to help than you have ever even pondered trying. So next time, do the smart thing and check with other people before you post things that could be detrimental to other users. Both of which you've deleted so at least something got through that thick skull

Normally I dont do this, but you pissed me off and arent man enough to take the response you earned.


meanwhile, in productive people land - Qorbiter progress continues, but we still need other UI designers because you dont want to be looking at my ugly artwork!

If you are so inclined to join all the other people who can work with this 'foul mouthed jerk' who spends his free time trying to improve the small slice of linuxmce he can, all are welcome. Even Marrandy.

-golgoj4

[The Mandate]

Progress update: Feb 1st 2012
http://i.imgur.com/4VZnN.png
http://i.imgur.com/mHRr2.png



Good day gentlemen (and ladies?)


The Mandate
The old orbiter must go, and so, a new one must take its place. After much searching for the right tools, we have landed upon QML as the solution to what ails us. And that has led to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqZxCVgnS9k edit: also this too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zsfR76Hp5k . A very, very early version of a skinnable orbiter that can run on desktops, linux machines, windows machines, phones, tablets, maybe iSomething or others (still looking into it). Anyways, this is a heads up. Change is in the wind.

if you want to stay up to date on whats developing, stop by irc, take a look at http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Qml_Ui and generally say hello. There are all kinds of areas to look at from skins to raw implementation. And remember, its not impossible or un-feasable to help. Theres something for everyone in this one!

Working Docs
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Qml_Ui#Initial_Findings
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/QOrbiter

*update*
How to get Started with QT and Linuxmce
http://www.youtube.com/user/TridentConstruction?feature=mhee#p/a/u/2/TjSuE1KQGTg

Please note, we doing some advanced, very undocumented things in qOrbiter. So far, this is one of the most complex implementations ive found. And i dont say that to brag, its because I find myself needing to extend basic concepts and really dig into api documentation and pure experiments. For that reason, its my opinion that before you start skinning qOrbiter, you learn/play/turorialize yourself in qml. It will be helpful to you in a big way!

And stop by irc with specific questions if you get hung up on a step.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqZxCVgnS9k&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKYfg4gj8EM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv8vnY05_Kk - July 3rd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwav5e9IG-I AND http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hz-InWQX4U - july 25th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjSuE1KQGTg -july 26th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ3uz23cNLI - July 28th - skinning engine implemented!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0ZDokHT5zg - August 4 - Media Filters, part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v2FsXj4OPc - August 5 - Media Filters, part II and heavy handed note about development.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8htEkUTwkY&NR=1 - who handles the protagonist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pf-9PbneXE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wPn3LkZmfM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdvfnDO_dpo - December 1st NEWhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EQeImzTuzo - Feb 4 - qOrbiter running on an android device.
http://youtu.be/5j7JSOuXItY - Feb 10 running on droid with some beginning skin work

At this point, if you want to be in on designing skins, you NEED to be not only paying attention but just trying out qml. trust me, its not that painful!

What Not Working
-All the by-room scenarios
-tons of missing screens
-datagrid call backs
-on screen orbiter setup
-pin based security
-room based security
-alerts
-skinning
-floorplans

What is Working
-it doesnt segfault  
-dynamic button generation with placeholders for commands and callbacks partially implemented
-User and room selection
-playing media, and controlling it (more functions!)
-skinning
-single view security camera
-livetv and cablebox watching (mostly)


-golgoj4

So we've got all these open programming tasks...yet i seem to be the only guy taking a shot at them. Im slightly confused by this. I have basically learned this stuff for linuxmce, no programming background. So um...where is everyone else? Yeah its an open source project and nobody is gettin paid and people have lives, but with all the discussion around 'collaboration' or 'improvement' there seems to be very little interest in putting in the work.

Currently in the svn there's the DCE Browser, and the QML light switch. Both examples of DCE devices that work and were created recently. Combine that with the documentation on the process and im really just confused. I have no intention of stopping my drive to constantly improve the system. It would just be nice if others jumped in to assist. And seriously, please dont tell me your not a coder. Neither am i. Yet im almost done with my 1st pass of a QML based orbiter. All it takes is ganas as my HS history teacher used to say.

We have more than a couple bugs which are being squashed thanks to a dedicated few who have been squashing the crap out of em day in and day out for 810, we could use the help. I say 'we' when i've only fixed like one thing, so please dont think im filing myself under the list of people who get things done in that area. I just would like more involvement from more than the 5 people that do the majority of the lifting now. C'mon guys, jump in!

So, whats up with that guys?
*put on fire retardant suit*

-golgoj4

Hello again boy and girls

Im here to explain about an exciting new bit of code, the QML Light switch. Why is it exciting you ask? well because it marries the power of the DCE architecture with the slickness and portability of QML

What is QML?
A Javascript-esque markup language for designing and creating user interfaces, thats what!

How was this done
The process to create this device involved more than a few steps, which i will be outlining in the wiki very soon.
-Starting by reading this
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Developing_a_DCE_Device <--it outlines the process to creating a device, from creating a template to dce gen and sqlcpp
-create your device. Easier said than done.
-test.

So, what we have is a DCE device that started as a device template which we then
-created device stubs for
-wrote c++ code for (based on the qt toolkit 4.7 and creator 2.0.1)
-this included (badly written) QML
-integrated the two based on lmce_launch_manager_old

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Qml - more specifics


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KefqZgDFIRU

Im posting all of this in the hope that we can get more people involved in the creation of this new user interface. Tschak has been instrumental in guiding me through the creation of the device and navigating the DCE connection, and i feel that once more people can overcome this obstacle, we can really move forward on a lot of things on our wish lists

-golgoj4

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Snapshot_overview This page is doing it wrong.

Testing need to be more indepth that 'it installs'

At a minimum before you list a snapshot as functional, shouldn't

(1) Video
(2) Audio
(3) Network
(4) Storage Devices
(5) Telecom
(6) Automation
(7)Myth / VDR

Be tested before they are listed on a wiki? I appreciate people taking the time, but more complete information needs to accompany these 'tests' otherwise they dont really do much.

-my 2 cents
golgoj4

So i got this gt210 because it supposedly was a good card. Guess not.
vdapu : non functional

hdmi audio: non functional.

Does anyone here have this exact card and have it working with hdmi audio?

Second. When before this previous install of linuxmce over the last few days (yes days thanks to sound problems) i had NO issues with onboard sound. Heck I never have had issues with the onboard sound. So while I know this is bad to ask, is there a fucking sledgehammer i can use to get rid of alsa and all its problems for ANYTHING else so I can move on with my life. Looking at my address bar, ive got over 20 windows open of sites with supposed fixes, but nothing works. So the question is

(1) do i keep wasting my life away with alsa?
(2) do i just try and clone my slowly going bad drive and go back to my old install?
(3) but all new hardware and hope it works? (yeah not happening)

Seriously, i know this may come of bitchy, but its frustrating to think your going forward only to have all the shiny new stuff be pretty much useless and a waste of time.

Ive tried the alsa upgrade script
ive tried god knows how many tweaks to /etc/modprobe/alsa-whateverthefuckitscalled.conf. no luck.

The only thing thats worked is removing the gt210 entirely from the system and relying on the onboard video and sound (which i can get to work without the 210 around) This is not ideal. But if its what I have to deal with, fine. I would just like a definite answer on what does and doesn't work. And please dont direct me to the hdmi audio wiki page. not really much there besides anecdotal experience and not much in the way of actual troubleshooting. Assume i have crawled over this forum already as linuxmce specific tweak take priority over the general ubuntu information ive found.

who knew in 2011 sound cards would still be a pain in the ass.

[Change #1:]

Hello again fellow hobbyists,

So as another component that needs to be wrapped together in the media part of linuxmce, I have made some changes to the database and im not sure how to submit them.

Change #1: Adding 'Program' to the list of filters
Purpose: To quickly bring up a listing of tv shows and associated episodes
Change made:
In the 'MediaType_AttributeType' table of pluto_media, i inserted a new record similar to the others only specifying the media_type as 5, the FK_AttributeType as 12 ('Program') with MediaSortOption set to 4.

Now I can browse tagged television shows by the show and because they are tagged with the release dates, go in chronological order when presented in Orbiter.

Change #2 is simply to add another attributetype to the existing ones called seriesID.
Purpose: This is a unique identifier that helps differentiate between say Battlestar Galactica and Battlestar Galactica of 2003. While this generally isnt an issue as the series are noted with a year in case of a remake, but i like to be complete.
Change Made: Added 'seriesID' to the 'AttributeType' table in pluto_media.

Any suggestions on how I submit this cleanly are greatly appreciated.
-golgoj4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Bt4A7NR_g - maybe this clarifies what i mean?

So, its time for SoCal Linux Epxo (S.C.A.L.E.).

We have been invited to showoff LinuxMCE. What does this mean? Well, it means we need some bodies! The convention is going to be located near LAX in Los Angeles and we're going to need more than one person (i.e. me) in the booth to talk to people over the course of the day. Its coming up soon, Feburary 25-27. I realize that not a lot of time to check schedules and whatnot but if anyone can come down to Los Angeles to donate some time in the booth talking to people, it would be awesome. It was a bit of a challenge for me last time however I did have one user show up.

Equipment im bringing
1x core
1 x x10 lighting interface and modules  (i have an inseton plm but no modules. dont ask)
usb-uirt
stereo receiver
(tv if i can find one. lugging mine back and forth is not really an option) other wise monitors

So, if you'd like to come out and meet other LinuxMCE users, please come by and donate some time. There might be free Pinks Chili dogs in it for you.

-golgoj4

Hello All,

If your interested in compiling or just checking out the code (warning - im very new to c++) it can be found @ http://gitorious.org/linuxmce-autotagger. Whenever i push it to the server, it should be able to compile and run. There is also a binary called 'autotagger' that should be ready to go stand alone.

Beta version 1.1
-Takes 2 different command line arguments:
    -The path in quotes "/home/public/data/videos/test/"
    -The file number of the directory. This can be located in mediaFilesSync in the webadmin. Whenever you mouse over a link to a file, it shows you the file number (as its part of the link)

Test if you have a chance on a smaller media set (or large if your brave). In my testing the biggest impact is sustained db activity over %50 while running over larger lists of files. And this is the reason its specifically NOT recursive. So wherever you direct it, files should be there and not in a subdir.


Thanks for taking the time to read and test. Hopefully this can be integrated in the near future so our media will get tagged automagically.
-golgoj4

Changing the names of your files?

As i get a little better with c++, and a little more understanding of updateMedia, im considering extending updateMedia to work with theTVDB.com and imdb.com. The main issue i see however, is filenames. There would be a general format like for tv something along the lines of Show.season.episode.extension (ex SGU.S01.E19.avi) and movies like name.year.extenson (ex Top.Gun.1986.avi). I dont really know how people have their collections organized, how big the collections are on average or really anything else about people's libraries so please provide some feedback. Im more than likely going to try my damnedest to integrate this into updateMedia somehow, and i'd like to get an idea of how people store and categorize their libraries outside of the way i normally do it. For me, this would require a lot of file re-naming, but im up to it for metadata that will be automatically grabbed instead of needing to do it from the webadmin (although its a lot simpler now to do so).

thanks in advance
golgoj4.

Nothin major, just added to the 'edit directory attributes' screen in the webadmin to allow

setting of mediasubtype (std def, 720, 1080)
setting of fileformat (movies, dvd, tv shows)

this should make tagging larger amounts with these attributes of file a bit easier.

-golgoj4

file gets copied to '/var/www/lmce-admin/operations/mediaBrowser/'

created a trac ticket - http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/705

So this morning, im trying to access my resume's stored on the core. And I cant. From any system in the house. Or anything stored under my specific user or anything at all. These files still appear to be there because i can browse to them via the webadmin. I seriously need help on this because pretty much anything useful to me is stored there and now its completely inaccessible except to make sure its still there. The only major system change i've made was to try and fix mythtv...which im regretting now.

suggestion or anything would really be helpful because right now i dont even know how im going to try and get what i need.

golgoj4

[Installation:]

Hello all,

Latest Version
-Multi-language support
-Sets Media type 'Tv Shows' and media subtype. Subtype is selectable between: Standard Def, HD 720, and HD 1080
-Single File, Batch, and Tv Specials

If no-one else can think of any bugs, im planning on opening a trac ticket and ask possy nicely to add it.

Zips are located here
http://langstonball.com/linuxmce-topmenu-31/25-software/59-tvdb-addition-to-the-webadmin

Installation:
unzip in the root directory, files should land in the appropriate place.

Also. please, pretty please:
if you hit an error, please let me know 3 things:
1. what language you are using
2. what the filename is
3. the error reported.

Thank you to the folks who have been providing feedback so far! Keep it coming and thanks for taking the time.
there is a limit to filesize, so i posted elsewhere:

This should run on 0710 and 0810

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Broadvoice

Can this article be re-written to seperate the experiences from the setup? With them being intertwined, it may be difficult for new users to figure out the proper steps.

Also, if you could include the need for the gen-sip device in addition to any broadvoice branded boxes and why thats VERY important. If we inform our users properly, the shouldn't need broadvoice tech support to get up and running. Tschak was actually the one that set me straight on proper setup as broadvoice tech support was useless.

Thanks
golgoj4

[What I can do:]

Hello All,

I was recently contacted by someone from the SoCal Linux Expo that was interested in having us (the LinuxMCE project) put together a booth.

This sounds like an awesome idea to me as I wasnt able to participate in linuxTag and this is in my backyard (the location is only about 15 min away from me)

The main reason im posting this topic is that i'd like to see who else would be interested in this. Im contacting the organization committee to find out what is needed from us in addition to the specifics.

What I can do:
-Supply a MD (or core) with TV (tube not flatscreen)
-Supply an extra av device to demonstrate streaming to and from other devices.
-Supply an ata for voip
-free time

Once I get the information back from organizers, I will hopefully have a better idea of whats needed. In the mean time, anyone who has an interest please let me know if your interested here.

Please keep in mind, there is less than a month from now until the expo. Something to keep in mind. Also, if any of the linuxTag vets have any suggestions, im ALL ears.

Issue started yesterday after my core was reset. Didnt notice any update but then i wasnt looking for them. But for some reason now, myth doesnt record anything other than what I am watching.

-Cant record from mythweb
-can do it from the myth gui on screen -just says 'record' then forgets about it
-cant do it from UI2 either with gyr mouse. red dot  dissapears

needless to say im a bit miffed because i *HAVE NOT* been messing with the system for a while now. Anyone have any ideas on what i should look at as a possible cause?

i get this in the dce router log when i press record twice, pressing once only shows up on myth gui, pressing twice shows up on dce router and myth on screen gui

Code Select Expand

08 06/20/08 11:17:21.779 Received Message from 28 (USB UIRT 0038 / Langstons Room) to 10 (Media Plug-in / Langstons Room), type 1 id 102 Command:Record, retry none, parameters: <0xab027b90>
08 06/20/08 11:17:21.780 Received Message from 28 (USB UIRT 0038 / Langstons Room) to 44 (MythTV Player / Langstons Room), type 1 id 102 Command:Record, retry none, parameters: <0xa0bf6b90>
08 06/20/08 11:17:21.780   Parameter 41(StreamID): 1002 <0xa0bf6b90>

thoughts?

[now]

Hey all,

So im making a new playlist editor. And I would like the community's input.

This started when LON22 created the batch assign script. I liked it because it let me organize the media a little bit faster than go through every single file.

Which brings us to the playlist editor. I wanted to add some functionality to it as well as make it run just a little faster.

blah blah blah.

The 1st incarnation is done* and I was looking on some input from the community on a couple things:

• Colors and layout. I am not a graphic designer. Nor do I claim to be. So if any suggestions on the look and feel would be awesome.  My main goal was to get it working first, make it pretty second.
• Coding. This isnt as important right now but by the time this is done, it will need to be added into the webadmin so its organized with the rest webadmin. Problem is, im having some difficulty there, so if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

I dont see how to add a file here so i'll just post the link to where it is. The instructions are on that page, but i'll say them here too.

   1. Copy into the /var/www/  directory
   2. Unzip
   3. Point browser to the directory on your core. EX: http://dcerouter/DDMB/
   4. All files need to be in the same folder.
   5. After that,  flame me for bad coding. 

Thats about it.

Note: This should'nt break your system or existing playlists. If anything, there may be an issue with the playlist ordering. If you recieve an error, its because it was fixing something in the background. Performing the same action that gave an error should would the second time because any issues with playlist order will have been fixed. There is one error that i have yet to track down which involves funky characters in the filename. Nothing breaks, just tells you there was an error.

Also, it was updated on 4-16-08, minor issue with adding playlists.

Link http://langstonball.com/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,33/Itemid,37/