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- illiac4 - 2011-05-15

You mean frontend running not on appletv but on other server?

- Sam.Nazarko - 2011-05-15

No. Frontend has to run on aTV to play back content on aTV. It is the backend that should be on a separate server

- illiac4 - 2011-05-15

Which one do you recommend?

wireless + bittorrent daemon, how to - h2sammo - 2011-05-15

ok, in case it will help others.

i used a my essentials usb wifi dongle http://www.myessentialssupport.com/product/?pid=ME1001-USB

it uses the zd1211rw driver which is built as a module in the kernel used in this release Smile so you dont have to install anything, just plug it in and it will be recognized. my largest complain is that the device is too bulky. it fist fine but if anyone finds a similar solution with a smaller USB dongle it would be nice.

i followed instructions here to set it up and try it: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHowTo then i modified /etc/network/interfaces as follows:
Code:
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid the_name_of_your_network
wireless-key FEFEFEFEFE
wireless-mode managed

you can google wep key generator if your router doesnt generate by itself. this is for 64 bit wep encryption. if you can make it work with wpa, please post how.

i then installed transmission-daemon according to this: http://www.webupd8.org/2009/12/setting-up-transmission-remote-gui-in.html. so now i can access it remotely with transgui remote or by browser.

- Hudson_Hawk04 - 2011-05-15

quick question, is it possible to run sopcast with this custom distro?

icefilms issues - ronald5 - 2011-05-15

after this update, I'm unable to load icefilms?
it just says error: fail script?

Thanks

- Sam.Nazarko - 2011-05-15

illiac4 Wrote:Which one do you recommend?
Neither. But you need to understand the difference between a frontend and a backend. You need both for operation - but whether you place the backend on aTV is your choice. See my blog for moans on why PVR isn't in Crystalbuntu
h2sammo Wrote:ok, in case it will help others.

i used a my essentials usb wifi dongle http://www.myessentialssupport.com/product/?pid=ME1001-USB

it uses the zd1211rw driver which is built as a module in the kernel used in this release Smile so you dont have to install anything, just plug it in and it will be recognized. my largest complain is that the device is too bulky. it fist fine but if anyone finds a similar solution with a smaller USB dongle it would be nice.

i followed instructions here to set it up and try it: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHowTo then i modified /etc/network/interfaces as follows:
Code:
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid the_name_of_your_network
wireless-key FEFEFEFEFE
wireless-mode managed

you can google wep key generator if your router doesnt generate by itself. this is for 64 bit wep encryption. if you can make it work with wpa, please post how.

i then installed transmission-daemon according to this: http://www.webupd8.org/2009/12/setting-up-transmission-remote-gui-in.html. so now i can access it remotely with transgui remote or by browser.

Just install Transmission through XBMC no? No point in using WEP -- it can be cracked so easily you may as well turn encryption off. Seriously. All it will do is slow down your network.

Hudson_Hawk04 Wrote:quick question, is it possible to run sopcast with this custom distro?

If it would work on XBMC with Ubuntu 8.0.4 then yes

ronald5 Wrote:after this update, I'm unable to load icefilms?
it just says error: fail script?

Thanks

Try reinstall the script

- h2sammo - 2011-05-15

we need someone to show steps for WPA encryption then.

i looked at the transmission addon available in the xbmc repos in the past and all i saw was a remote to an existing transmission client (but things may have changed now).

- Sam.Nazarko - 2011-05-15

My bad if it's just an extension to the client then.

- kar200 - 2011-05-16

Hi all,

Sam, thanks again for this great distro. While your main aim was to provide a good HTPC you have actually provided me with the best home server I could have got (I was looking for something similar for a while).

My issue is this, I have installed utorrent server, sabnzbd, a few other apps and everything was working fine.

Last night I went onto the next step and setup LAMP using tasksel. Everything works fine still and I installed a web based file manager.

I added on top of that webmin which is also working fine.

My issue is that I lost the remote function for some reason. I tried to run atvclient manually and still did not make any dfference.

My kids rely heavily on the apple TV and although I am using the mouse now to navigate I need to get it fixed.

I am happy to go through documentation to get this fixed (and even enhance the experience). I have a Harmony remote if that helps ( I tried the apple one and it did not work either).

WAF factor decreased as well HELLLP....Smile

K.

- pumkinut - 2011-05-16

My advice, if you want it fixed quickly, would be to reinstall.

You made the mistake of making things too complicated. Wanting everything you installed to run on something as anemic as the ATV is asking for trouble down the road. Have you gone through the process of having the ATV "learn" the remote again? IIRC, you have to go through that procedure to get it to recognize the Harmony in the first place. If you run atvclient via CLI does the process actually run or does it fail?

- kar200 - 2011-05-16

pumkinut Wrote:My advice, if you want it fixed quickly, would be to reinstall.

You made the mistake of making things too complicated. Wanting everything you installed to run on something as anemic as the ATV is asking for trouble down the road. Have you gone through the process of having the ATV "learn" the remote again? IIRC, you have to go through that procedure to get it to recognize the Harmony in the first place. If you run atvclient via CLI does the process actually run or does it fail?

I always have a USB stick for emergency and I am happy to troubleshoot. I never made the ATV learn anything as I setup the harmony rmote by selecting ATV remote in the first place.

The client runs fine and I can see it in the "ps" command. It does not do anything though.

I think the ATV is running perfectly with what I have setup. I cannot beleieve that even watching a 720p movie with having the SABnzbd decompressing a file did not affect the playback at all. Perfect machine with only 256mb RAM.

K.

- pumkinut - 2011-05-16

Try holding the Menu and Left arrow buttons together for about 6 seconds in front of the ATV's IR receiver. It sounds like the ATV no longer recognizes your remote. I had to do this with my Harmony when I first used it, in fact the Logitech desktop software specifically said to perform this procedure.

- kar200 - 2011-05-16

pumkinut Wrote:Try holding the Menu and Left arrow buttons together for about 6 seconds in front of the ATV's IR receiver. It sounds like the ATV no longer recognizes your remote. I had to do this with my Harmony when I first used it, in fact the Logitech desktop software specifically said to perform this procedure.


Thanks Pumkinut,

I will give that a try and see how I go.

K.

- illiac4 - 2011-05-16

Hi!

I'm trying to install tvheadend on this linux distribution for ATV.
I have few questions.

1. I have tried to add new repository, but the command below is for Ubuntu 9.10 and up. Can someone correct please the commands that will allow to install the tvheadend.

Quote:sudo apt-get install -y python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lars-opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install tvheadend xbmc

2. Do i have to install the new XBMC version or is current 10.1 compatible with tvheadend (with addon). I will be using it for IPTV and EPG, maybe recording if the ATV will be powerfull enought.


P.S.:
Maybe just a thought. Will be the seperate topic be suitable for PVR with Sams 8.04 image on ATV, because most of development is focused into this.