LinuxMCE - User contributions [en]

Folder lock

2008-03-21T08:12:06Z

Kir: switch contents with redirect

When you are copying some folder with files to the LinuxMCE box, [[UpdateMedia]] can start scanning contents of the folder not waiting for the copy process to finish (for example when you are copying large files). Normally it does no harm, but in certain cases, such as when you are copying folder containing the ripped DVD, you may want to tell [[UpdateMedia]] to avoid scanning the contents of the folder. There is a way to create the 'folder lock' file that will tell [[UpdateMedia]] to skip the given folder. See the example below

'''At the beginning''':

- You have folder named DVD_Movie containing VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders from the original DVD

- You want to copy this folder to the LinuxMCE, for example to the location /home/public/data/videos

'''To mark folder as locked before copying''':

- Create file /home/public/data/videos/DVD_Movie.folderlock -- this will tell [[UpdateMedia]] to ignore folder /home/public/data/videos/DVD_Movie and don't scan it contents. You can simply run the command
touch /home/public/data/videos/DVD_Movie.folderlock

'''Copy the folder "DVD_Movie" to the /home/public/data/videos folder as usually, wait until copying completes'''

'''To tell [[UpdateMedia]] that it can now scan the folder'''

- Delete the folder lock file /home/public/data/videos/DVD_Movie.folderlock
rm /home/public/data/videos/DVD_Movie.folderlock

The [[UpdateMedia]] will scan the DVD_Movie folder and (if it contains VIDEO_TS or AUDIO_TS folder, mark it as a "Ripped DVD" (MediaType = 3).

Folder lock

2008-03-21T08:08:37Z

Kir: Redirecting to Prevent UpdateMedia from scanning certain folder

#REDIRECT [[Prevent UpdateMedia from scanning certain folder]]

Known Issues 0710 Beta4

2008-03-21T07:14:01Z

Kir: formatting

* "Failed to get IVTV video driver" message on status window on Orbiter. This is because IVTV package fails to install.This can probably be safely ignored as the IVTV driver is now built into the Linux kernel.

* VIA video support is a bit lame at the moment: Cursor leaves dandruff with OpenChrome drivers (fix is to enable SWCursor in xorg.conf, need to make default), MythTV menu text not always drawn with VIA proprietary drivers

* nVidia 7150 + and some 6150 and 7050 systems have high cpu problem. This causes high Xorg usage with MythTV + Xine, unless V-Sync disabled. On machines with SSE (most modern CPUs), the solution is to install nvidia drivers 169.12 and add
Option "UseEvents" "true"
to the video device section of the /etc/xorg.conf file. Then you can fully enable v-sync in nvidia-settings without drowning the CPU.

* Zwave children have the device data's and room reseted after reload router. A fixed was committed (svn rev #19914) in General Info Plugin for this. To fix this on your machine, follow the steps:
''- cd /usr/pluto/bin''

''- mv General_Info_Plugin.so General_Info_Plugin.so.orig''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/GIP-beta4-fix/i386/General_Info_Plugin.so '' (for i386)

''or''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/GIP-beta4-fix/x86_64/General_Info_Plugin.so '' (for amd64)

''- reload router''

* Sorting by genre, performed etc. doesn't work correctly. A fixed was committed (svn rev #19953) in Media Plugin for this. Also, now you can rip audio cd and play it in track order (the track number attribute will be attach to audio files). To fix this on your machine, follow the steps:

''- cd /usr/pluto/bin''

''- mv Media_Plugin.so Media_Plugin.so.orig''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/Media_Plugin-beta4-fix/i386/Media_Plugin.so '' (for i386)

''or''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/Media_Plugin-beta4-fix/x86_64/Media_Plugin.so '' (for amd64)

''- reload router''

* MythTV affects performance of system because of too verbose logging, sometimes even freezing. The fix was commited (svn rev #19965). To fix it on your machine, follow the steps

''- cd /usr/pluto/bin''

''- mv MythTV_Player MythTV_Player.orig''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/MythTV_Player-beta4-fix/i386/MythTV_Player '' (for i386)

''or''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/MythTV_Player-beta4-fix/x86_64/MythTV_Player '' (for amd64)

''- chmod +x MythTV_Player''

''- reload router''

* Asterisk/FreePBX (automatic) configuration seems to be broken. It fails to accept incoming calls, the following error is logged:
[Mar 6 23:11:25] WARNING[19471] pbx.c: Channel 'SIP/0878700000-081dffa8' sent into invalid extension '102' in context 'custom-linuxmce', but no invalid handler

* Support disked MD was dropped completely in 0710

* DVDs fail to play on the M/D but play OK on the Core.
This is caused by the bug in the mounting script which is fixed already in the SVN. See the instruction how to patch your M/Ds in this post: http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=4585.msg27572#msg27572

Known Issues 0710 Beta4

2008-03-21T07:12:42Z

Kir: added info about the DVD playback failure on the M/Ds and link to forums post with fix

* "Failed to get IVTV video driver" message on status window on Orbiter. This is because IVTV package fails to install.This can probably be safely ignored as the IVTV driver is now built into the Linux kernel.

* VIA video support is a bit lame at the moment: Cursor leaves dandruff with OpenChrome drivers (fix is to enable SWCursor in xorg.conf, need to make default), MythTV menu text not always drawn with VIA proprietary drivers

* nVidia 7150 + and some 6150 and 7050 systems have high cpu problem. This causes high Xorg usage with MythTV + Xine, unless V-Sync disabled. On machines with SSE (most modern CPUs), the solution is to install nvidia drivers 169.12 and add
Option "UseEvents" "true"
to the video device section of the /etc/xorg.conf file. Then you can fully enable v-sync in nvidia-settings without drowning the CPU.

* Zwave children have the device data's and room reseted after reload router. A fixed was committed (svn rev #19914) in General Info Plugin for this. To fix this on your machine, follow the steps:
''- cd /usr/pluto/bin''

''- mv General_Info_Plugin.so General_Info_Plugin.so.orig''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/GIP-beta4-fix/i386/General_Info_Plugin.so '' (for i386)

''or''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/GIP-beta4-fix/x86_64/General_Info_Plugin.so '' (for amd64)

''- reload router''

* Sorting by genre, performed etc. doesn't work correctly. A fixed was committed (svn rev #19953) in Media Plugin for this. Also, now you can rip audio cd and play it in track order (the track number attribute will be attach to audio files). To fix this on your machine, follow the steps:

''- cd /usr/pluto/bin''

''- mv Media_Plugin.so Media_Plugin.so.orig''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/Media_Plugin-beta4-fix/i386/Media_Plugin.so '' (for i386)

''or''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/Media_Plugin-beta4-fix/x86_64/Media_Plugin.so '' (for amd64)

''- reload router''

* MythTV affects performance of system because of too verbose logging, sometimes even freezing. The fix was commited (svn rev #19965). To fix it on your machine, follow the steps

''- cd /usr/pluto/bin''

''- mv MythTV_Player MythTV_Player.orig''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/MythTV_Player-beta4-fix/i386/MythTV_Player '' (for i386)

''or''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/MythTV_Player-beta4-fix/x86_64/MythTV_Player '' (for amd64)

''- chmod +x MythTV_Player''

''- reload router''

* Asterisk/FreePBX (automatic) configuration seems to be broken. It fails to accept incoming calls, the following error is logged:
[Mar 6 23:11:25] WARNING[19471] pbx.c: Channel 'SIP/0878700000-081dffa8' sent into invalid extension '102' in context 'custom-linuxmce', but no invalid handler

* Support disked MD was dropped completely in 0710

* The DVDs fail to play on the M/D but play OK on the Core.
This is caused by the bug in the mounting script which is fixed already in the SVN. See the instruction how to patch your M/Ds in this post: http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=4585.msg27572#msg27572

UpdateMedia

2008-03-10T12:05:08Z

Kir: document extra parameter

UpdateMedia is a daemon that constantly scans for media files in the /home/public and each /home/user_xxx folder which is created for each family member, and any media is added to the pluto_media database, File table, and attributes and cover art go into the Attribute and Picture tables. Under /home/public and /home/users_xxx is a data subfolder which contains the actual video, audio, pictures folders. The /home/user_xxx directories themselves will contain system files for each user, like email boxes, and the main login for that user. That's why there's a 'data' subfolder.

* Learn more about [[How are media files organized? | media files are organized]].

You can start/stop the UpdateMedia daemon from a console with this command:
/usr/pluto/bin/UpdateMediaDaemonControl.sh -enable|-disable

'''fixDVDKeys.sh'''

There is helper script fixDVDKeys.sh, located at the /usr/pluto/bin/fixDVDKeys.sh that extracts DVD CSS keys for each ripped DVD if the DVDCSS library is installed. This can significantly speedup the first playback of such DVDs, because the necessary keys will be already extracted. Additionally, this script can warn you if some keys cannot be extracted from the ripped DVD image (usually this means you cannot rip this DVD image directly - and should re-rip it with the latest version of LinuxMCE - post-beta4, so extract keys during the ripping). This script can be executed from the console:

/usr/pluto/bin/fixDVDKeys.sh

Additionally you can pass to the script the name of folder - keys for all *.dvd files in that folder will be extracted

/usr/pluto/bin/fixDVDKeys.sh /mnt/device/125

[[Category: LinuxMCE Devices]]

UpdateMedia

2008-03-10T11:06:44Z

Kir: described fixDVDKeys.sh

Backup and Restore

2008-03-10T08:23:42Z

Kir: fix menu location

[[Category: Tutorials]]
{{NeedsToBeFixed}}

LinuxMCE 0704 includes a new update mechanism which will make it automatically update itself in the future. If you are currently using LinuxMCE 1.0 or a recent Pluto version they cannot be upgraded to LinuxMCE 0704. However you can follow the process below to make a backup of your settings and configuration in LinuxMCE 1.0 or Pluto .44 '''before''' you install LinuxMCE 0704. Save this backup on a CD or on another PC. Then install 0704, which will clean out the hard drive and do a fresh install, and then restore the backup. LinuxMCE 0704 will see that it is restoring a backup from a prior version and import the data into the new format.

'''Backup and Restore process'''

You can back-up your system and later restore it to that earlier configuration. The process works by saving a file and then later restore it. That file contains icons for users, rooms, scenarios and floor plans, devices list and settings for each; which are restored using a database dump.


'''How it works'''

Using web-admin site go to the Upper menu > Advanced > Configuration > Backups

To create a restore point you have to press 'Backup' and then save the file somewhere safe. Remember: download the backup and save it to another pc. Don't let it on your Linux MCE machine because you'll lose it.

Later after reinstalling the system or in case of failure you can restore the system to that previous state.


Use 'Browse' button to locate the backup file and then press 'Restore'.


At this time there is a note what tells me that I have to reboot the system i order to install my configuration.
'Backup file uploaded, please reboot the machine and be patient, since it will take longer than a normal reboot.'


Reboot the machine and wait for the whole process to finish. After the interface loads you should see your icons and floor plans.


I used the restore successfully from a '''Pluto 2.0.0.44''' to a '''LINUX MCE 1.1'''.
What it didn't restore was the bookmarks created for media and the play lists.


The restore from '''LINUX MCE 1.0''' to '''LINUX MCE 1.1''' was not complete. I have all the devices working but it didn't restore my icons for users, rooms and floor plans; and neither the bookmarks and play lists.

'''Note'''
 
If you use 192.168.80.1 for Pluto 2.0.0.44 or Linux MCE 1.0 internal network address and you later installed Linux MCE 1.1 with 192.168.80.1 you don't need to do anything else.
 If you use on internal network an address not like '''192.168.80.1''', (i.e. 192.168.86.1) you need to go to Upper menu > Advanced > Network > Settings and hit 'update' button. I installed Pluto 2.0.0.44 and Linux MCE 1.0 with 192.168.80.1 but I used 192.168.86.1 instead when I installed the Linux MCE 1.1 and I got TFTP timeout when booting the media directors.

Internet Radio

2008-03-07T14:14:59Z

Kir:

[[Category: Tutorials]]
Currently there is no direct support for the Internet Radio stations list, etc. in LinuxMCE. However, you can create the scenario shortcut to quick-start your favorite station.

'''Follow these steps''':

1. Go to Web Admin: open internet browser and type your LinuxMCE CORE IP address in the address field.

2. Login with your LinuxMCE user and password.

3. Go to "Advanced -> Configuration -> Scenarios -> Media Scenarios" and press "Add My Scenario" button.

4. Under "Add My Scenario" type a description, like "DI - Lounge", check on which entertainment area (room) you want this scenario to appear. Then press "Save" button.

5. Then click on the description of the scenario that you've just added.

6. In "Scenario commands" select "Media Plug-in" from the "Device:" drop-down and "MH Play Media" from the "Command:" drop-down, then press the "Add" button.

7. In the "#13 Filename (string)" field type the URL of your online radio station ( e.g.: http://scfire-chi0l-1.stream.aol.com/stream/1009 ), in the "#29 PK_MediaType (int)" type 4. In the "#45 PK_EntertainArea (string)" put the number of Entertain Area (it usually starts from 1, see the note below). Press the "Save" button and "Test Command" to see if it works.

8. Do a Quick Reload & Regen and you'll be able to see on the media menu of your orbiter, your radio. Click on the button and it should start playing.

'''Notes and troubleshooting''':

1) The media type "4" does correspond to the MEDIATYPE_pluto_StoredAudio_CONST. It is a current workaround, when all stuff will be working OK, it will be changed to the "6" (MEDIATYPE_pluto_LiveRadio_CONST)

2) If radio station playback doesn't start - try play it couple of times more: there is an issue in xine-lib which causes it sometimes to fail first time.

3) Be sure not to put the URL of playlist in "#13 Filename" parameter - it should be the URL of station itself. Playlist URLs usually end with ".m3u" and ".pls". Download the playlist and get the URL of station from it (there can be many entries, representing mirrors).

4) If you have issues identifying your Entertain Area ID, you can query the DB directly: at the terminal, start the mysql commandline too:
mysql -u root -p pluto_main <enter>
then issue the following query
mysql> SELECT PK_EntertainArea, Description FROM EntertainArea;
and select the ID of the desired area from the list:
+------------------+------------------+
| PK_EntertainArea | Description |
+------------------+------------------+
| 1 | Bedroom (Master) |
+------------------+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
type 'quit' to exit:
mysql> quit <enter>

Internet Radio

2008-03-07T14:02:33Z

Kir:

Known Issues 0710 Beta4

2008-03-07T11:05:30Z

Kir: added fix for MythTV player

* "Failed to get IVTV video driver" message on status window on Orbiter. it's because IVTV package fails to install.
* VIA video support is a bit lame at the moment: Cursor leaves dandruff with OpenChrome drivers (fix is to enable SWCursor in xorg.conf, need to make default), MythTV menu text not always drawn with VIA proprietary drivers
* nVidia 7150 + and some 6150 systems have high cpu problem. This causes high Xorg usage with MythTV + Xine, unless V-Sync disabled.

* Zwave children have the device data's and room reseted after reload router. A fixed was committed (svn rev #19914) in General Info Plugin for this. To fix this on your machine, follow the steps:
''- cd /usr/pluto/bin''

''- mv General_Info_Plugin.so General_Info_Plugin.so.orig''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/GIP-beta4-fix/i386/General_Info_Plugin.so '' (for i386)

''or''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/GIP-beta4-fix/x86_64/General_Info_Plugin.so '' (for amd64)

''- reload router''

* Sorting by genre, performed etc. doesn't work correctly. A fixed was committed (svn rev #19953) in Media Plugin for this. Also, now you can rip audio cd and play it in track order (the track number attribute will be attach to audio files). To fix this on your machine, follow the steps:

''- cd /usr/pluto/bin''

''- mv Media_Plugin.so Media_Plugin.so.orig''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/Media_Plugin-beta4-fix/i386/Media_Plugin.so '' (for i386)

''or''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/Media_Plugin-beta4-fix/x86_64/Media_Plugin.so '' (for amd64)

''- reload router''

* MythTV affects performance of system because of too verbose logging, sometimes even freezing. The fix was commited (svn rev #19965). To fix it on your machine, follow the steps

''- cd /usr/pluto/bin''

''- mv MythTV_Player MythTV_Player.orig''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/MythTV_Player-beta4-fix/i386/MythTV_Player '' (for i386)

''or''

''- wget -c ftp://builder32.linuxmce.com/Download/MythTV_Player-beta4-fix/x86_64/MythTV_Player '' (for amd64)

''- chmod +x MythTV_Player''

''- reload router''

Axis Network Cameras

2008-03-06T22:17:12Z

Kir: Undo revision 9545 by Kir (Talk)

[[Category: Hardware]]
[[Category: Cameras]]
{{stub}}

==Manufacturer==
[[http://www.axis.com/ Axis Communications]]

==Default Camera Settings==
MAC Address starts with 00:40:8C

IP Address = ''Please use the manufacturer's website for directions on how to find/set the IP address''

==Configuration Settings==
'''Most model Axis Cameras'''

Path = /axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi

'''Axis 2100'''

Path = /cgi-bin/video320x240.mjpg (for low resolution)

Path = /cgi-bin/video640x480.mjpg (for higher resolution)

Axis Network Cameras

2008-03-06T22:16:20Z

Kir: boldify titles

[[Category: Hardware]]
[[Category: Cameras]]
{{stub}}

==Manufacturer==
[[http://www.axis.com/ Axis Communications]]

==Default Camera Settings==
MAC Address starts with 00:40:8C

IP Address = ''Please use the manufacturer's website for directions on how to find/set the IP address''

==Configuration Settings==
'''Most model Axis Cameras'''

Path = /axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi
'''
Axis 2100'''

Path = /cgi-bin/video320x240.mjpg (for low resolution)

Path = /cgi-bin/video640x480.mjpg (for higher resolution)

LinuxMCE:Site support

2008-03-06T10:32:31Z

Kir: Removing all content from page

Disable autoplay

2008-03-04T14:48:58Z

Kir:

[[Category:Tutorials]]
When you insert the DVD or AudioCD, LinuxMCE starts playing it automatically. In most cases this is the desired behavior, but sometimes it needs to be disabled. One of such examples is when you are doing the ripping of disks inserting them one by one, while someone is watching stored media on the same M/D.

It is possible to disable autoplay for given drive using the following steps:

1. Start browser and open LinuxMCE web UI there by entering IP address of your LinuxMCE Core

2. Login with your username and password

3. Switch to the "Show devices tree" view

4. Find in the tree the required "Disk_Drive" device for that M/D (note: if you have more than one drive connected, you will need to find the correct one)

5. For this Disk_Drive device, in "Device data" section, uncheck the "Send Events" checkbox. Press "Save" button

6. Do a quick reload router to apply new settings

'''Note''': when you will finish your ripping session, you will probably want to revert this modification back

''This feature is available starting from 0710 beta4''

Disable autoplay

2008-03-04T14:48:15Z

Kir:

[[Category:Tutorials| ]]
When you insert the DVD or AudioCD, LinuxMCE starts playing it automatically. In most cases this is the desired behavior, but sometimes it needs to be disabled. One of such examples is when you are doing the ripping of disks inserting them one by one, while someone is watching stored media on the same M/D.

It is possible to disable autoplay for given drive using the following steps:

1. Start browser and open LinuxMCE web UI there by entering IP address of your LinuxMCE Core

2. Login with your username and password

3. Switch to the "Show devices tree" view

4. Find in the tree the required "Disk_Drive" device for that M/D (note: if you have more than one drive connected, you will need to find the correct one)

5. For this Disk_Drive device, in "Device data" section, uncheck the "Send Events" checkbox. Press "Save" button

6. Do a quick reload router to apply new settings

'''Note''': when you will finish your ripping session, you will probably want to revert this modification back

''This feature is available starting from 0710 beta4''

ChangeLog 0710 Beta4

2008-03-04T14:47:48Z

Kir:

• Added subtitles support in Xine_Player

• Support for ocg files in OrbiterSDL

• Telecom, UpdateMedia improvements and fixes

• Latest fixes for MythTV

• Media playback and ripping fixes

• Added support for ELO and 3M touchscreen

• Improvements for gc100

• Webadmin Screensaver page improvements

• Fixes for dynamic providers list in phone lines.

• Fixes for sqlCVS client webpage to allow the user to commit DB changes

• Ripped DVDs with ISO extension now have DVD menu available

• Ported support of 24-bit FLAC from recent FFMPEG

• Fixed possible issue with Xine - seeking behind the end of movie

• Fixed broadcasting for bookmarked media

• Cleaning list of installed Add Software applications if M/D was reinstalled

• Launch Manager on Media Station will retry attempts to connect Core forever now - preventing timeout if Core is starting slower

• It is now possible to [[disable autoplay]] for DVDs/AudioCDs

CD Installer:

• Fix installation of nvidia drivers when installing without internet

• Fix composite manager when running UIDiag

Storage Devices:

• Fixed issues with raid status not reporting correctly on MDs

• Fixed disk free space detection

• Fixed samba/nfs shares offline detection

• Switched default from cifs to smbfs for samba shares

• Wrapper for mount to workaround a bug in umount.smbfs that left /etc/mtab unsync’d

• Improved password detection for samba shares

• Fixed internal drive detection for MDs

Other:

• Began adding support to change the internal network address after install

'''Note''': these are changes between SVN revisions 19409 (0710 beta3) and 19829 (0710 beta4)

Disabling autoplay

2008-03-04T14:47:26Z

Kir: Disabling autoplay moved to Disable autoplay

#REDIRECT [[Disable autoplay]]

Disable autoplay

2008-03-04T14:47:26Z

Kir: Disabling autoplay moved to Disable autoplay

When you insert the DVD or AudioCD, LinuxMCE starts playing it automatically. In most cases this is the desired behavior, but sometimes it needs to be disabled. One of such examples is when you are doing the ripping of disks inserting them one by one, while someone is watching stored media on the same M/D.

It is possible to disable autoplay for given drive using the following steps:

1. Start browser and open LinuxMCE web UI there by entering IP address of your LinuxMCE Core

2. Login with your username and password

3. Switch to the "Show devices tree" view

4. Find in the tree the required "Disk_Drive" device for that M/D (note: if you have more than one drive connected, you will need to find the correct one)

5. For this Disk_Drive device, in "Device data" section, uncheck the "Send Events" checkbox. Press "Save" button

6. Do a quick reload router to apply new settings

'''Note''': when you will finish your ripping session, you will probably want to revert this modification back

''This feature is available starting from 0710 beta4''

Disable autoplay

2008-03-04T14:46:52Z

Kir: New page: When you insert the DVD or AudioCD, LinuxMCE starts playing it automatically. In most cases this is the desired behavior, but sometimes it needs to be disabled. One of such examples is whe...

ChangeLog 0710 Beta4

2008-03-04T14:44:39Z

Kir: added info about revisions for beta3 and beta4

• Added subtitles support in Xine_Player

• Support for ocg files in OrbiterSDL

• Telecom, UpdateMedia improvements and fixes

• Latest fixes for MythTV

• Media playback and ripping fixes

• Added support for ELO and 3M touchscreen

• Improvements for gc100

• Webadmin Screensaver page improvements

• Fixes for dynamic providers list in phone lines.

• Fixes for sqlCVS client webpage to allow the user to commit DB changes

• Ripped DVDs with ISO extension now have DVD menu available

• Ported support of 24-bit FLAC from recent FFMPEG

• Fixed possible issue with Xine - seeking behind the end of movie

• Fixed broadcasting for bookmarked media

• Cleaning list of installed Add Software applications if M/D was reinstalled

• Launch Manager on Media Station will retry attempts to connect Core forever now - preventing timeout if Core is starting slower

CD Installer:

• Fix installation of nvidia drivers when installing without internet

• Fix composite manager when running UIDiag

Storage Devices:

• Fixed issues with raid status not reporting correctly on MDs

• Fixed disk free space detection

• Fixed samba/nfs shares offline detection

• Switched default from cifs to smbfs for samba shares

• Wrapper for mount to workaround a bug in umount.smbfs that left /etc/mtab unsync’d

• Improved password detection for samba shares

• Fixed internal drive detection for MDs

Other:

• Began adding support to change the internal network address after install

'''Note''': these are changes between SVN revisions 19409 (0710 beta3) and 19829 (0710 beta4)

Internet Radio

2008-03-04T11:43:22Z

Kir:

Internet Radio

2008-03-04T11:42:50Z

Kir:

[[Category: Tutorials]]
Currently there is no direct support for the Internet Radio stations list, etc. in LinuxMCE. However, you can create the scenario shortcut to quick-start your favorite station. Follow these steps:

1. Go to Web Admin: open internet browser and type your LinuxMCE CORE IP address in the address field.

2. Login with your LinuxMCE user and password.

3. Go to "Advanced -> Configuration -> Scenarios -> Media Scenarios" and press "Add My Scenario" button.

4. Under "Add My Scenario" type a description, like "DI - Lounge", check on which entertainment area (room) you want this scenario to appear. Then press "Save" button.

5. Then click on the description of the scenario that you've just added.

6. In "Scenario commands" select "Media Plug-in" from the "Device:" drop-down and "MH Play Media" from the "Command:" drop-down, then press the "Add" button.

7. In the "#13 Filename (string)" field type the URL of your online radio station ( e.g.: http://scfire-chi0l-1.stream.aol.com/stream/1009 ), in the "#29 PK_MediaType (int)" type 4. In the "#45 PK_EntertainArea (string)" put the number of Entertain Area (it usually starts from 1, see the note below). Press the "Save" button and "Test Command" to see if it works.

8. Do a Quick Reload & Regen and you'll be able to see on the media menu of your orbiter, your radio. Click on the button and it should start playing.

'''Notes and troubleshooting''':

1) The media type "4" does correspond to the MEDIATYPE_pluto_StoredAudio_CONST. It is a current workaround, when all stuff will be working OK, it will be changed to the "6" (MEDIATYPE_pluto_LiveRadio_CONST)

2) If radio station playback doesn't start - try play it couple of times more: there is an issue in xine-lib which causes it sometimes to fail first time.

3) Be sure not to put the URL of playlist in "#13 Filename" parameter - it should be the URL of station itself. Playlist URLs usually end with ".m3u" and ".pls". Download the playlist and get the URL of station from it (there can be many entries, representing mirrors).

4) If you have issues identifying your Entertain Area ID, you can query the DB directly: at the terminal, start the mysql commandline too:
mysql -u root -p pluto_main <enter>
then issue the following query
mysql> SELECT PK_EntertainArea, Description FROM EntertainArea;
and select the ID of the desired area from the list:
+------------------+------------------+
| PK_EntertainArea | Description |
+------------------+------------------+
| 1 | Bedroom (Master) |
+------------------+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
type 'quit' to exit:
mysql> quit <enter>

Internet Radio

2008-03-04T11:42:35Z

Kir: categorized

[[Category: Tutorials]]

Currently there is no direct support for the Internet Radio stations list, etc. in LinuxMCE. However, you can create the scenario shortcut to quick-start your favorite station. Follow these steps:

1. Go to Web Admin: open internet browser and type your LinuxMCE CORE IP address in the address field.

2. Login with your LinuxMCE user and password.

3. Go to "Advanced -> Configuration -> Scenarios -> Media Scenarios" and press "Add My Scenario" button.

4. Under "Add My Scenario" type a description, like "DI - Lounge", check on which entertainment area (room) you want this scenario to appear. Then press "Save" button.

5. Then click on the description of the scenario that you've just added.

6. In "Scenario commands" select "Media Plug-in" from the "Device:" drop-down and "MH Play Media" from the "Command:" drop-down, then press the "Add" button.

7. In the "#13 Filename (string)" field type the URL of your online radio station ( e.g.: http://scfire-chi0l-1.stream.aol.com/stream/1009 ), in the "#29 PK_MediaType (int)" type 4. In the "#45 PK_EntertainArea (string)" put the number of Entertain Area (it usually starts from 1, see the note below). Press the "Save" button and "Test Command" to see if it works.

8. Do a Quick Reload & Regen and you'll be able to see on the media menu of your orbiter, your radio. Click on the button and it should start playing.

'''Notes and troubleshooting''':

1) The media type "4" does correspond to the MEDIATYPE_pluto_StoredAudio_CONST. It is a current workaround, when all stuff will be working OK, it will be changed to the "6" (MEDIATYPE_pluto_LiveRadio_CONST)

2) If radio station playback doesn't start - try play it couple of times more: there is an issue in xine-lib which causes it sometimes to fail first time.

3) Be sure not to put the URL of playlist in "#13 Filename" parameter - it should be the URL of station itself. Playlist URLs usually end with ".m3u" and ".pls". Download the playlist and get the URL of station from it (there can be many entries, representing mirrors).

4) If you have issues identifying your Entertain Area ID, you can query the DB directly: at the terminal, start the mysql commandline too:
mysql -u root -p pluto_main <enter>
then issue the following query
mysql> SELECT PK_EntertainArea, Description FROM EntertainArea;
and select the ID of the desired area from the list:
+------------------+------------------+
| PK_EntertainArea | Description |
+------------------+------------------+
| 1 | Bedroom (Master) |
+------------------+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
type 'quit' to exit:
mysql> quit <enter>

Internet Radio

2008-03-04T11:41:31Z

Kir: added notes and troubleshooting

Currently there is no direct support for the Internet Radio stations list, etc. in LinuxMCE. However, you can create the scenario shortcut to quick-start your favorite station. Follow these steps:

1. Go to Web Admin: open internet browser and type your LinuxMCE CORE IP address in the address field.

2. Login with your LinuxMCE user and password.

3. Go to "Advanced -> Configuration -> Scenarios -> Media Scenarios" and press "Add My Scenario" button.

4. Under "Add My Scenario" type a description, like "DI - Lounge", check on which entertainment area (room) you want this scenario to appear. Then press "Save" button.

5. Then click on the description of the scenario that you've just added.

6. In "Scenario commands" select "Media Plug-in" from the "Device:" drop-down and "MH Play Media" from the "Command:" drop-down, then press the "Add" button.

7. In the "#13 Filename (string)" field type the URL of your online radio station ( e.g.: http://scfire-chi0l-1.stream.aol.com/stream/1009 ), in the "#29 PK_MediaType (int)" type 4. In the "#45 PK_EntertainArea (string)" put the number of Entertain Area (it usually starts from 1, see the note below). Press the "Save" button and "Test Command" to see if it works.

8. Do a Quick Reload & Regen and you'll be able to see on the media menu of your orbiter, your radio. Click on the button and it should start playing.

'''Notes and troubleshooting''':

1) The media type "4" does correspond to the MEDIATYPE_pluto_StoredAudio_CONST. It is a current workaround, when all stuff will be working OK, it will be changed to the "6" (MEDIATYPE_pluto_LiveRadio_CONST)

2) If radio station playback doesn't start - try play it couple of times more: there is an issue in xine-lib which causes it sometimes to fail first time.

3) Be sure not to put the URL of playlist in "#13 Filename" parameter - it should be the URL of station itself. Playlist URLs usually end with ".m3u" and ".pls". Download the playlist and get the URL of station from it (there can be many entries, representing mirrors).

4) If you have issues identifying your Entertain Area ID, you can query the DB directly: at the terminal, start the mysql commandline too:
mysql -u root -p pluto_main <enter>
then issue the following query
mysql> SELECT PK_EntertainArea, Description FROM EntertainArea;
and select the ID of the desired area from the list:
+------------------+------------------+
| PK_EntertainArea | Description |
+------------------+------------------+
| 1 | Bedroom (Master) |
+------------------+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
type 'quit' to exit:
mysql> quit <enter>

Internet Radio

2008-03-04T11:35:14Z

Kir:

Currently there is no direct support for the Internet Radio stations list, etc. in LinuxMCE. However, you can create the scenario shortcut to quick-start your favorite station. Follow these steps:

1. Go to Web Admin: open internet browser and type your LinuxMCE CORE IP address in the address field.

2. Login with your LinuxMCE user and password.

3. Go to "Advanced -> Configuration -> Scenarios -> Media Scenarios" and press "Add My Scenario" button.

4. Under "Add My Scenario" type a description, like "DI - Lounge", check on which entertainment area (room) you want this scenario to appear. Then press "Save" button.

5. Then click on the description of the scenario that you've just added.

6. In "Scenario commands" select "Media Plug-in" from the "Device:" drop-down and "MH Play Media" from the "Command:" drop-down, then press the "Add" button.

7. In the "#13 Filename (string)" field type the URL of your online radio station ( e.g.: http://scfire-chi0l-1.stream.aol.com/stream/1009 ), in the "#29 PK_MediaType (int)" type 4. In the "#45 PK_EntertainArea (string)" put the number of Entertain Area (it usually starts from 1, see the note below). Press the "Save" button and "Test Command" to see if it works.

8. Do a Quick Reload & Regen and you'll be able to see on the media menu of your orbiter, your radio. Click on the button and it should start playing.

'''Notes and troubleshooting''':

1) The media type "4" does correspond to the MEDIATYPE_pluto_StoredAudio_CONST. It is a current workaround, when all stuff will be working OK, it will be changed to the "6" (MEDIATYPE_pluto_LiveRadio_CONST)

2) If radio station playback doesn't start - try play it couple of times more: there is an issue in xine-lib which causes it sometimes to fail first time.

3) Be sure not to put the URL of playlist in "#13 Filename" parameter - it should be the URL of station itself. Playlist URLs usually end with ".m3u" and ".pls". Download the playlist and get the URL of station from it (there can be many entries, representing mirrors).

4) If you have issues identifying your Entertain Area ID, you can query the DB directly: issue the following query on the "pluto_main" db:
"SELECT PK_EntertainArea, Description FROM EntertainArea;" and select the ID of the desired area from the list.

Internet Radio

2008-03-04T11:34:53Z

Kir:

Currently there is no direct support for the Internet Radio stations list, etc. in LinuxMCE. However, you can create the scenario shortcut to quick-start your favorite station. Follow these steps:

1. Go to Web Admin: open internet browser and type your LinuxMCE CORE IP address in the address field.

2. Login with your LinuxMCE user and password.

3. Go to "Advanced -> Configuration -> Scenarios -> Media Scenarios" and press "Add My Scenario" button.

4. Under "Add My Scenario" type a description, like "DI - Lounge", check on which entertainment area (room) you want this scenario to appear. Then press "Save" button.

5. Then click on the description of the scenario that you've just added.

6. In "Scenario commands" select "Media Plug-in" from the "Device:" drop-down and "MH Play Media" from the "Command:" drop-down, then press the "Add" button.

7. In the "#13 Filename (string)" field type the URL of your online radio station ( e.g.: http://scfire-chi0l-1.stream.aol.com/stream/1009 ), in the "#29 PK_MediaType (int)" type 4. In the "#45 PK_EntertainArea (string)" put the number of Entertain Area (it usually starts from 1, see the note below). Press the "Save" button and "Test Command" to see if it works.

8. Do a Quick Reload & Regen and you'll be able to see on the media menu of your orbiter, your radio. Click on the button and it should start playing.

'''Notes and troubleshooting''':

1) The media type "4" does correspond to the MEDIATYPE_pluto_StoredAudio_CONST. It is a current workaround, when all stuff will be working OK, it will be changed to the "6" (MEDIATYPE_pluto_LiveRadio_CONST)

2) If radio station playback doesn't start - try play it couple of times more: there is an issue in xine-lib which causes it sometimes to fail first time.

3) Be sure not to put the URL of playlist in "#13 Filename" parameter - it should be the URL of station itself. Playlist URLs usually end with ".m3u" and ".pls". Download the playlist and get the URL of station from it (there can be many entries, representing mirrors).

4) If you have issues identifying your Entertain Area ID, you can query the DB directly: issue the following query on the "pluto_main" DB:
"SELECT PK_EntertainArea, Description FROM EntertainArea;" and select the ID of the desired area from the list.

Internet Radio

2008-03-04T11:27:50Z

Kir:

Internet Radio

2008-03-04T11:27:39Z

Kir: created page

ChangeLog 0710 Beta4

2008-03-03T12:02:07Z

Kir:

• Added subtitles support in Xine_Player

• Support for ocg files in OrbiterSDL

• Telecom, UpdateMedia improvements and fixes

• Latest fixes for MythTV

• Media playback and ripping fixes

• Added support for ELO and 3M touchscreen

• Improvements for gc100

• Webadmin Screensaver page improvements

• Fixes for dynamic providers list in phone lines.

• Fixes for sqlCVS client webpage to allow the user to commit DB changes

• Ripped DVDs with ISO extension now have DVD menu available

• Ported support of 24-bit FLAC from recent FFMPEG

• Fixed possible issue with Xine - seeking behind the end of movie

• Fixed broadcasting for bookmarked media

• Cleaning list of installed Add Software applications if M/D was reinstalled

• Launch Manager on Media Station will retry attempts to connect Core forever now - preventing timeout if Core is starting slower

CD Installer:

• Fix installation of nvidia drivers when installing without internet

• Fix composite manager when running UIDiag

Storage Devices:

• Fixed issues with raid status not reporting correctly on MDs

• Fixed disk free space detection

• Fixed samba/nfs shares offline detection

• Switched default from cifs to smbfs for samba shares

• Wrapper for mount to workaround a bug in umount.smbfs that left /etc/mtab unsync’d

• Improved password detection for samba shares

• Fixed internal drive detection for MDs

Other:

• Began adding support to change the internal network address after install

Source Code

2008-02-28T12:42:42Z

Kir: added information about official SVN repository

'''LinuxMCE''' is a pretty big project. Not counting [[GSD]] devices, LinuxMCE's own code is already well over a million lines in hundreds of modules, with over 1,000 pages of online documentation, and in addition LinuxMCE also incorporates lots of other big open source projects like [[Asterisk]], [[Xine]], [[MythTV]], [[Firefox]], [http://www.videolan.org/ VideoLan], [http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_features.html SlimServer], [http://www.kubuntu.org/ Kubuntu Linux] itself, etc., all of which have special LinuxMCE 'wrappers' to allow them to work together seamlessly as a total home solution. For the brave of heart, you can also download modules by hand, and see all the dependencies and compatibility for each module.

=SVN repository (always up-to-date)=

Current source is available here:
http://svn.linuxmce.com/pluto/trunk - you can browse it using web browser or use Subversion tool to check out code and fetch further updates:

<pre>
svn checkout http://svn.linuxmce.com/pluto/trunk linuxmce
</pre>

[[FOSS 0710]] contains information about auto-built debs and binaries

=Charon Media snapshot of sources (older)=

You can browse the [http://svn.charonmedia.com/trac.cgi/browser LinuxMCE source] at the [http://svn.charonmedia.com/ Charon Media Trac website]. Or you can download it from SVN:
<pre>
# Download snapshot (391MiB)
wget http://www.charonmedia.org/lmce-1465.tbz

# Test checksum to ensure it was downloaded intact.
md5sum lmce-1465.tbz # should be b3d4b3f6b33ff5e6c4641390f2314095

# Update snapshot (uncompressed: 1823MiB either snapshot or updated).
tar xfj lmce-1465.tbz
cd lmce
svn update

# Build from source (optional) to 3692MiB, total source+build = 5515MiB.
./configure
make
</pre>

The old version of the source code description (of the old SVN) could be a good starting point for identifying what each of the code in the current SVN does, but it's no guarantee. An updated version of that description would be very useful.

=Obsolete Source=
This section refers to the obsolete sourcecode stored at SourceForge. The current (recent 0704 and all 0710) source is stored at Charon Media, as mentioned in [[#Current_Source]]. The descriptions of the obsolete code might also be wrong descriptions of the current structure and content of the source code, but it could be a clue where none others exist, because that's where the current source code evolved from. (- [[User:Matthew|Matthew]] 08:51, 10 January 2008 (MST))

You can browse the [http://linuxmce.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/linuxmce/trunk/ web based repository viewer]. Or you can do an anonymous svn checkout as follows:

svn co <nowiki>http://</nowiki>linuxmce.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/linuxmce/trunk/''modulename''

You can checkout all the software with if you use http://linuxmce.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/linuxmce/trunk/ as the repository location for the module name, or go to the [http://linuxmce.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/linuxmce/trunk/ repository viewer] to find the name of the SVN directory for the module you are interested in.

Here are short instructions if you want compile your module with svn sources : [[Building_From_Source|Building from source]].

----

I've made a start at some pointers to finding your way around the code. [Note, I'm a noob here, so I may have got this wrong, so feel free to add/change. Also, it's by no means complete yet!]

'''''trunk/config-pkgs/''''' contains ...
* ''intel8x0/'' -
'''''trunk/installers/''''' contains ...
* ''CD_Installer/'' -
* ''Installers/'' -
* ''PhoneInstall/'' -
* ''WindowsInstaller/'' -
'''''trunk/libs/''''' contains ...
* ''CrossPlatform/'' -
* ''Libraries/'' -
'''''trunk/src/''''' contains ...
* ''ANSI-to-HTML/ '' -
* ''AVWizard/ '' -
* ''Add_Software/ '' -
* ''App_Server/ '' -
* ''AptUtils/ '' -
* ''Asterisk/ '' -
* ''BD/ '' -
* ''Basic_XML_Data_Source_Plugin/ '' -
* ''Bluetooth_Dongle/ '' -
* ''BootScripts/ '' -
* ''CDDB_Identifier/ '' -
* ''CM11A/ '' -
* ''CheckDependencyScript/ '' -
* ''CliUtils/ '' -
* ''Climate_Plugin/ '' -
* ''ColorSplitter/ '' -
* ''ConfirmDependencies/ '' -
* ''ConfirmDependencies_Script/ '' -
* ''ConfirmDependencies_Script_Offline/ '' -
* ''CreateDevice/ '' -
* ''Crystal_Fontz_USBRS232/ '' -
* ''DCE/ '' -
* ''DCEGen/ '' -
* ''DCERouter/ '' -
* ''Datagrid_Plugin/ '' -
* ''Dhcpd-Plugin/ '' -
* ''DiskMonitor/ '' -
* ''Disk_Drive/ '' -
* ''Disk_Drive_Functions/ '' -
* ''Diskless-Add-Ons/ '' -
* ''DynamicDNS/ '' -
* ''EIB/ '' -
* ''Event_Plugin/ '' -
* ''FakeEPG/ '' -
* ''File_Grids_Plugin/ '' -
* ''Firewire2Video4Linux/ '' -
* ''FirewireVideo/ '' -
* ''GalleryViewer/ '' -
* ''Gen_Devices/ '' -
* ''General_Info_Plugin/ '' -
* ''Generic_Serial_Device/ '' -
* ''GyrationMouse/ '' -
* ''HAL/ '' -
* ''HAL_DeviceFinder/ '' -
* ''HDHomeRun/ '' -
* ''Hooks_rcS/ '' -
* ''IR/ '' -
* ''IRBase/ '' -
* ''IRTrans/ '' -
* ''Infrared_Plugin/ '' -
* ''JobHandler/ '' -
* ''LIRC_DCE/ '' -
* ''Lighting_Plugin/ '' -
* ''Linphone/ '' -
* ''MaemoOrbiterLauncher/ '' -
* ''MakeRelease/ '' -
* ''MakeRelease_PrepFiles/ '' -
* ''Media_Live_LCDButtons/ '' -
* ''Media_Plugin/ '' -
* ''MessageSend/ '' -
* ''MessageTranslation/ '' -
* ''Motion_Wrapper/ '' -
* ''MythTV_Backend_Proxy/ '' -
* ''MythTV_Player/ '' -
* ''MythTV_PlugIn/ '' -
* ''Network_Storage/ '' -
* ''NewMD_interactor/ '' -
* ''Orbiter/ '' -
* ''OrbiterGen/ '' -
* ''Orbiter_Plugin/ '' -
* ''OutlookSync/ '' -
* ''Photo_Screen_Saver/ '' -
* ''Plug_And_Play_Plugin/ '' -
* ''PlutoDHCP/ '' -
* ''PlutoMO/ '' -
* ''PlutoRaidTools/ '' -
* ''PlutoStorageDevices/ '' -
* ''PlutoUpdateSystem/ '' -
* ''PlutoUpgradeHelper/ '' -
* ''PlutoUtils/ '' -
* ''PlutoVIP/ '' -
* ''Powerfile_C200/ '' -
* ''Proxy_Orbiter/ '' -
* ''Qos/ '' -
* ''RA/ '' -
* ''RemoteAssistance/ '' -
* ''SDL_Helpers/ '' -
* ''SMPTE_Fountain/ '' -
* ''STEngine/ '' -
* ''SVNLog/ '' -
* ''SambaScan/ '' -
* ''ScreenGen/ '' -
* ''Security_Plugin/ '' -
* ''Serial/ '' -
* ''SerializeClass/ '' -
* ''Setup_CaptureCards/ '' -
* ''Setup_SoundCards/ '' -
* ''SimplePhone/ '' -
* ''SlimServer_PlugIn/ '' -
* ''Slim_Server_Streamer/ '' -
* ''SoundScripts/ '' -
* ''Speech/ '' -
* ''Splitter/ '' -
* ''Telecom_Plugin/ '' -
* ''TestSerialPort/ '' -
* ''Test_Treo/ '' -
* ''Text_To_Speech/ '' -
* ''Tira/ '' -
* ''Tribune/ '' -
* ''Tribunexml/ '' -
* ''UPnP/ '' -
* ''USB_PNP/ '' -
* ''USB_UIRT_0038/ '' -
* ''UbuntuDiskless/ '' -
* ''Ubuntu_Helpers/ '' -
* ''UpdateEntArea/ '' -
* ''UpdateMedia/ '' -
* ''VDR/ '' -
* ''VDRPlugin/ '' -
* ''VFD_LCD/ '' -
* ''VIPDesign/ '' -
* ''VIPEstablishment/ '' -
* ''VIPServer/ '' -
* ''VIPShared/ '' -
* ''VideoLan_Client/ '' -
* ''VideoLan_PlugIn/ '' -
* ''VideoLan_Server/ '' -
* ''VoiceMailMonitor/ '' -
* ''WinBluetooth/ '' -
* ''Windows_Share_Scanner/ '' -
* ''X-KbLayout/ '' -
* ''X-Resolution/ '' -
* ''XML_Data_Handler_Plugin/ '' -
* ''XinePlayerTest/ '' -
* ''Xine_Player/ '' -
* ''Xine_Plugin/ '' -
* ''bin/ '' -
* ''convert_color/ '' -
* ''convert_mac/ '' -
* ''convert_time/ '' -
* ''database/ '' -
* ''database_audi/ '' -
* ''database_marbella/ '' -
* ''designer/ '' -
* ''docs/ '' -
* ''drivers/ '' -
* ''fakepkgs/ '' -
* ''gc100/ '' -
* ''inotify/ '' -
* ''kernel-upgrade/ '' -
* ''lib/ '' -
* ''mce-installer/ '' -
* ''mce-launcher/ '' -
* ''pluto-ati-drivers/ '' -
* ''pluto-nvidia-drivers/ '' -
* ''pluto_gcs-2.6_module/ '' -
* ''pluto_main/ '' -
* ''pluto_media/ '' -
* ''pluto_media_updater/ '' -
* ''pluto_security/ '' -
* ''pluto_speech/ '' -
* ''pluto_telecom/ '' -
* ''pnp_detection_scripts/ '' -
* ''shift_state/ '' -
* ''skins/ '' -
* ''so_postinst/ '' -
* ''sql2cpp/ '' -
* ''sqlCVS/ '' -
* ''ussp-push/ '' -
* ''utilities/ '' -
* ''BuildWinBinaries.bat '' -
* ''Construct '' -
* ''MakeRelease_All.bat '' -
* ''MakeRelease_Symbian_S60.bat '' -
* ''MakeRelease_Windows.bat '' -
* ''MakeRelease_WindowsCE.bat '' -
* ''Makefile '' -
* ''Makefile_all '' -
* ''SwitchToLinuxMCE.bat '' -
* ''SwitchToPluto.bat '' -
* ''build.xml '' -
* ''pluto.sln '' -
'''''trunk/ubuntu''''' contains ...
* ''asterisk/'' -
* ''libsdl1.2-1.2.10/'' -
* ''libsdl1.2-1.2.7+1.2.8cvs20041007/'' -
* ''lirc-pluto-0.1/'' -
* ''lshwd-2.0-rc4/'' -
* ''mtx-1.3.10/'' -
* ''tee-pluto/'' -
* ''xine-lib-1.1.3/'' -
'''''trunk/web''''' contains the two web-based configuration programs:
* ''Amp'' - The Asterisk (IP Phone exchange) management program
* ''pluto-admin'' - LinuxMCE Web Admin

[[Category:Development]]

Add Web Orbiter

2008-02-26T12:52:04Z

Kir: fixed button name

{| align="right"
| __TOC__
|}
== Web Orbiter ==

[http://linuxmce.com LinuxMCE] - open source home automation system supports many devices to control house. These devices are called Orbiters. There is a Windows-based Orbiter for XP UMPC, SDL Orbiter for Linux-based devices, Simbian-based Orbiter etc. But to provide flexible functionality to control your home LinuxMCE has a Web Orbiter. It works fine with IE, Firefox and Opera and allows to connect to the home automation system from any PC.

Procedure to setup the Web Orbiter is simple but the order of steps is important:
===Creating Web Orbiter===
# First of all we should add a new Generic Web Device as a Child Device for your Core. Press "Show devices tree" and then "CORE". The Core detailed page should appear.
# On this page press a link 'Create Child Device' and press the button 'Pick device template' in the Add child device window. The new pop-up window contained device templates will be opened.
# Choose a category 'Peripherals', find and select Generic Web Device in the right list box and press the button 'Pick device template'. Generic Web Device will be added to the Core. Also new Generic Proxy Orbiter will be created automatically on this stage.
===Web Orbiter Generated===
[[Image:OrbiterGenerationFinished.jpg|thumb|150px]]
We can watch the Orbiter generation process on the Orbiters page: Wizard --> Devices --> Orbiters.
# Wait until generation procedure finishes

===Quick Reload Router===
# Don't forget Quick reload router. It's important because otherwise the Orbiter won't work properly
===Accessing New Web Orbiter===
# We can access to the Web Orbiter just typing URL ''<nowiki>http://core_ip/pluto-admin/weborbiter.php</nowiki>'' in the browser address bar.
# We should input existing user name and password and choose Generic Web Device from the dropdown list. As result we should have something similar:

[[Image:Web_Orbiter.jpg|center|450px]]
===Troubleshooting===
If you try to connect to the Web Orbiter and see this message :
<code>"Connect to proxy orbiter failed, please try again"</code>
this means that the procedure of Orbiter generation doesn't finish yet or you forgot to quick restart of router.

[[Category: Orbiters]]

Hiding LinuxMCE windows from KDE desktop

2008-02-26T11:02:30Z

Kir:

[[Category:Tutorials]]
By default, there are 3 LinuxMCE windows from desktop #5 displayed in taskbar even when you are on desktops 1-4. You can adjust the settings to not display them in task bar (and avoid occasional clicking on them): right click on the task bar, then "Configure Panel => Taskbar => unmark tick 'Show windows from all
desktops'".

[[Image:Kicker-snapshot.jpg]]

Hiding LinuxMCE windows from KDE desktop

2008-02-26T10:55:45Z

Kir: assign category

[[Category:Tutorials]]
By default, there are 3 LinuxMCE windows from desktop #5 displayed in taskbar even when you are on desktops 1-4. You can adjust the settings to not display them in task bar (and avoid occasional clicking on them): right click on the panel, then "Configure Panel => Taskbar => unmark tick 'Show windows from all
desktops'".

[[Image:Kicker-snapshot.jpg]]

Hiding LinuxMCE windows from KDE desktop

2008-02-26T10:54:41Z

Kir:

By default, there are 3 LinuxMCE windows from desktop #5 displayed in taskbar even when you are on desktops 1-4. You can adjust the settings to not display them in task bar (and avoid occasional clicking on them): right click on the panel, then "Configure Panel => Taskbar => unmark tick 'Show windows from all
desktops'".

[[Image:Kicker-snapshot.jpg]]

File:Kicker-snapshot.jpg

2008-02-26T10:54:00Z

Kir: Snapshot of Kicker configuration window

Snapshot of Kicker configuration window

Hiding LinuxMCE windows from KDE desktop

2008-02-26T10:53:02Z

Kir: New page: By default, there are 3 LinuxMCE windows from desktop #5 displayed in taskbar even when you are on desktops 1-4. You can adjust the settings to not display them in task bar (and avoid occa...

Setting Region of DVD Drive

2008-01-30T13:14:34Z

Kir:

====Introduction====
In some situations, the DVD drive may refuse to play DVDs because of the region ID not set in drive. This also can affect the ripping of DVD disks on this drive.

====Verification of currently set DVD region====
To verify the settings of your DVD drive, you should use the '''dvd_region''' tool: by default it tries to open the drive /dev/dvd but in recent LinuxMCE installations, the different numbering schema is used, e.g. /dev/dvd1 , /dev/dvd2 , etc. Use the "-d" option to change the drive to query:

root@dcerouter:~# /usr/pluto/bin/dvd_region -d /dev/dvd1

If the region ID is set, you should see the similar output:

Drive region info:
Type: Drive region is set
4 vendor resets available
4 user controlled changes available
Region: 1 playable
RPC Scheme: The Logical Unit _shall_ adhere to the specification and all requirements of the CSS license agreement concerning RPC

====Setting DVD region====
If you see the message about not set region ID, you can set it using combination of options "-s" and "-r", for example, to set region to 1 (which corresponds to the US and Canada), you should run:

root@dcerouter:~# /usr/pluto/bin/dvd_region -s -r 1 -d /dev/dvd1

And press enter when you will be asked if you really want to set DVD region.

====Extra information====
1. There is an article in Wikipedia on DVD region code: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code

Subtitles Support

2008-01-28T15:41:13Z

Kir: /* External subtitles for video files (AVI, etc.) */

=DVD subtitles=

Xine Player supports DVD subtitles for a long time, you can change the subtitles language (or switch them off) via the DVD options in Orbiter.

=External subtitles for video files (AVI, etc.)=

Starting from 0710 release, Xine Player supports also loading of external subtitles (i.e. for stored video, there can be a separate subtitles file). The external subtitles support is basic for now: Xine Player always loads external subtitles file if it is present, there is no option to switch subtitles off and Xine Player uses first found subtitles file if multiple subtitle files are present.

Xine Player search for the following files presence if user plays file Movie.avi:
*Movie.avi.'''asc'''
*Movie.avi.'''txt'''
*Movie.avi.'''sub'''
*Movie.avi.'''srt'''
*Movie.avi.'''smi'''
*Movie.avi.'''ssa'''

The subtitles file should be stored in the same folder as the Movie.avi file. Note, search '''is''' case-sensitive.

=Customizing subtitles font, size, encoding properties=

Currently, there is no subtitles properties editor in the LinuxMCE. To modify subtitles properties, you need to open file "/etc/pluto/xine.conf" at your Hybrid or M/D system and adjust the following parameters (here goes the extract from the xine configuration file):

<code><pre>
# subtitle size
# { tiny small normal large very large huge }, default: 1
#subtitles.separate.subtitle_size:small

# subtitle vertical offset
# numeric, default: 0
#subtitles.separate.vertical_offset:0

# font for subtitles
# string, default: sans
#subtitles.separate.font:sans

# encoding of the subtitles
# string, default: iso-8859-1
#subtitles.separate.src_encoding:iso-8859-1

# use unscaled OSD if possible
# bool, default: 1
#subtitles.separate.use_unscaled_osd:1

# default duration of subtitle display in seconds
# numeric, default: 4
#subtitles.separate.timeout:4
</pre></code>

If you don't have these options in your /etc/pluto/xine.conf file, then copy the snippet above, change and uncomment the necessary options ( subtitles.something.something_else lines)

Subtitles Support

2008-01-28T15:39:30Z

Kir:

=DVD subtitles=

Xine Player supports DVD subtitles for a long time, you can change the subtitles language (or switch them off) via the DVD options in Orbiter.

=External subtitles for video files (AVI, etc.)=

Starting from 0710 release, Xine Player supports also loading of external subtitles (i.e. for stored video, there can be a separate subtitles file). The external subtitles support is basic for now: Xine Player always loads external subtitles file if it is present, there is no option to switch subtitles off and Xine Player uses first found subtitles file if multiple subtitle files are present.

Xine Player search for the following files presence if user plays file Movie.avi:
*Movie.avi.asc
*Movie.avi.txt
*Movie.avi.sub
*Movie.avi.srt
*Movie.avi.smi
*Movie.avi.ssa

The subtitles file should be stored in the same folder as the Movie.avi file. Note, search '''is''' case-sensitive.

=Customizing subtitles font, size, encoding properties=

Currently, there is no subtitles properties editor in the LinuxMCE. To modify subtitles properties, you need to open file "/etc/pluto/xine.conf" at your Hybrid or M/D system and adjust the following parameters (here goes the extract from the xine configuration file):

<code><pre>
# subtitle size
# { tiny small normal large very large huge }, default: 1
#subtitles.separate.subtitle_size:small

# subtitle vertical offset
# numeric, default: 0
#subtitles.separate.vertical_offset:0

# font for subtitles
# string, default: sans
#subtitles.separate.font:sans

# encoding of the subtitles
# string, default: iso-8859-1
#subtitles.separate.src_encoding:iso-8859-1

# use unscaled OSD if possible
# bool, default: 1
#subtitles.separate.use_unscaled_osd:1

# default duration of subtitle display in seconds
# numeric, default: 4
#subtitles.separate.timeout:4
</pre></code>

If you don't have these options in your /etc/pluto/xine.conf file, then copy the snippet above, change and uncomment the necessary options ( subtitles.something.something_else lines)

Known Issues 0710 Beta3

2008-01-21T12:02:20Z

Kir: /* Other issues */

== Data loss on upgrade and reinstall with keeping the settings ==

* Losing AMP/FreePBX database contents

To overcome the data loss so you don't have to remake the telecom settings, follow these steps:

:- Before you upgrade, download this script:
ftp://upgrade.linuxmce.com/Upgrade/KnownIssuesBeta3/pre-upgrade.sh
:and run it:
bash pre-upgrade.sh
:- Upgrade the system, then, after the upgrade completes, download this script:
ftp://upgrade.linuxmce.com/Upgrade/KnownIssuesBeta3/post-upgrade.sh
:and run it:
bash post-upgrade.sh
:- At this point you should have your original telecom settings working

== Other issues ==

* Using Video Wizard and switching from mythtv to vdr and back doesn't work correctly. We recommend you to decide when using Video Wizard first time what pvr software are you going to use and stick to that option.

* When upgrade installation finishes and you are prompted to press enter to reboot, you'll have to reboot manually.

* HD-DVD and Bluray playback

:- currently it is only possible for ripped disks

:- some disk may play not smoothly, experience varies on whole system parameters and given disk codec parameters

:- no menu support is available

:- no chapters/titles is available

:- some movies can start from the middle of the movie (workaround: select the correct file with start of the movie and make bookmark "Start Position")

:- audio tracks switching is not implemented yet, some movies can start in wrong language

:- in some movies there is no audio: the audio support depends on availability of codecs in the mplayer media player

:- disks are not identified (name is set to "Unknown")

* Media Playback issue; it happens when you have some audio playing and arm the house. Xine plays the song for one second and pauses, plays and the stream can't be controlled. Workaround: only a reload router set Xine right again.

* CD's installation can fail because mysql won't restart. This happened once (installing 32b CD's) at 10+ installations, so it's rare.

Download Instructions

2007-08-09T11:58:46Z

Kir:

Before installing, check out the [[Known_Issues]]. There is an issue with the Quick Install DVD that may effect most users, but there is an easy work around.

There are 2 installers.

1. There Quick Install DVD, installs both Kubuntu and LinuxMCE at the same time in 20 minutes with only 3 keystrokes. You only pick the hard drive you want it to install onto, and it will partition it, format it, and install everything with default options, and uses an IP2Location service to set your location and regional settings. The DVD installer essentially takes a pre-installed image and copies it to the hard drive. This is why it is so fast and easy. But you also don't the low-level control over the installation process. '''Note''': this way will erase all existing data from selected hard drive when doing installation.

2. The CD installer comes on 2 CD's and requires you to first install Kubuntu 0704 using [http://kubuntu.org/download.php Kubuntu's Live CD], and then to install LinuxMCE on top. The CD installer can only be installed on a Kubuntu 0704 installation that has not already been upgraded, since LinuxMCE has its own update mechanism that updates both Kubuntu and LinuxMCE in parallel. The CD installer gives you a lot more options. After answering the setup questions, it takes a couple hours to install since everything is stored in .deb packages which must be decompressed and installed. The [[Installation_Guide]] explains how to install with the CD installer.

Both installers are on the [[Mirrors]]. You can [[Backup_and_Restore|upgrade from LinuxMCE 1.0 or Pluto to LinuxMCE 0704]]

The new demo [[Video]] is the best way to get oriented and see what LinuxMCE can do and how to do it.

Please indicate if the installation went ok here so we know what still needs fixing here: http://linuxmce.org/troubles.php

==Also read==

The short [[Architecture_Intro|Architecture Intro]] which explains what pc's you'll need to install software on and how they all work together.
Then there's a [[QuickStart_Guide|Quick Start Guide]] which explains how to set the video and audio settings using the AV Wizard, and to add devices to LinuxMCE with the Setup Wizard.
The [[Usage_Intro|Usage Intro]] is a quick primer on how to use LinuxMCE once it's installed.

LinuxMCE is a huge program with lots of features that you won't even notice right away, and the wiki already has a ton of pages which I imported from existing sources when I launched LinuxMCE, such as the original [[User's_Manual|User's Manual]] and [[Programmer's_Guide|Programmer's Guide]]. I found most of these docs weren't well organized and some of the data isn't up to date. But it's a wiki and all pages are open for editing, so hopefully this will improve.

== Getting the source code ==
Instructions on getting the source code and compiling it are located on [[Building From Source]] page.

Version 0704

2007-08-09T11:57:44Z

Kir: /* August 6, 2007 Version 0704 is released */

==August 6, 2007 Version 0704 is released==

Before installing, check out the [[Known_Issues]]. There is an issue with the Quick Install DVD that may effect most users, but there is an easy work around.

LinuxMCE 0704 is a major improvement over the original 1.0 release. According to a poll, 86% now report LinuxMCE installs and starts up without problems, versus 27% with the original release.

There's a new demo [[Video]] that's much more polished and is actually a full walk-through you can follow starting with a clean PC, showing all setup, and all the major features.

All major features are now working. LinuxMCE is integrated into the KDE desktop and runs on Kubuntu Feisty 0704. The installer is completely redone, and there are now 2 versions. The CD installer, which comes on 2 cd's and installs on top of a clean Kubuntu install, or the new DVD installer which only requires key presses and setups up your hard drive (erasing all previous data from it) and installs Kubuntu with LinuxMCE in about 20 minutes.

See also:

[[Backup_and_Restore|Upgrade from LinuxMCE 1.0 or Pluto to LinuxMCE 0704]]

[[Download_Instructions]]

[[Installation_Guide]]

[[ChangeLog]]

[[FOSS_0704]] for the FOSS and development community explains what happened with the open source development after 1.0, and the current plans to develop a FOSS community

[http://linuxmce.com/feedback.php Feedback] please report the results of your installation and be sure to describe any problems you have, and if possible, include contact information.

AVWizard Step by Step

2007-07-20T15:34:45Z

Kir:

AV Wizard can be accessed by pressing the Shift key when the LMCE boots up. If you connected a speaker you’ll hear some beeps and then you’ll enter in AV Wizard. If instead of AV Wizard you see black screen or "no signal" message on display, try to switch the connector type as it is described in section '''II'''.

'''I.'''

1. This is the first screen of AV Wizard.

[[Image:Avw1.jpg]]

Here, you can choose the desired output from your video card to TV or monitor. If you’ll choose '''VGA''', there are many available resolutions and refresh rates. If you have a LCD TV or LCD monitor there is no need to choose a refresh rate. This is helpful only if you have a CRT monitor.

'''DVI/HDMI''' means that you can use a special cable from the DVI/HDMI output of your video card to DVI/HDMI input of LCD TV/monitor.

[[Image:300px-DVI Connector.jpg]]

[[Image:Avw2.jpg]]

You have the same range of resolutions like at VGA. Choose one that is suitable for your display device.

'''''Component''''' uses another special cable which is consisting at every extremity of three jacks (red, blue and green). The display and the video card must have these three jacks.

[[Image:180px-Component video RCA.jpg]]

[[Image:Avw3.jpg]]

The resolutions for component are made for using with wide screen monitors and TV’s. Choose the one that is best suited to your display device.

'''''Composite''''' is something like a TV out from your video card to the monitor/LCD TV. It uses another special cable with a yellow jack. Like at component, the video card and the display must have this kind of input connector.

[[Image:300px-Composite.jpg]]

[[Image:Avw4.jpg]]

If you are choosing Composite, you can also choose one TV standard from the list, supported by your display.

'''''S-Video''''' is another way to send the signal from the video card to monitor/TV. The jack for the cable looks like in the image below.

[[Image:300px-SVideoConnector.jpg]]

The screen for setting up S-Video looks like this:

[[Image:Avw5.jpg]]

As you can see in the picture above, you will choose one of the TV standards in the list.

2. After choosing a resolution, a counter will appear on your screen which will stay 15 seconds. In this time, you can decide if the resolution is good for your monitor or not. If you like it, press Continue. If not, press Back.

[[Image:Avw6.jpg]]

3. Step 2 of the A/V wizard refers to the graphical aspect of user experience. Here, you have three options:

• Static images, no overlay (lightweight) – It uses only static images and works on nearly all graphics platforms.

• OpenGL with overlay (medium)

• OpenGL with alpha blending (high-end) - In this case your media is always first and foremost, and the media is always full-screen. If you're not watching any media, Pluto downloads the 'most interesting' photos from flickr.com and presents smooth sliding, cross-fading gallery art as your media.

[[Image:Avw8.jpg]]

4. Step 4 of the wizard will guide you to the adjustment of the image size. The keys + and – from the keyboard will help you to adjust the size of the image. The cursor keys, Up, Down, Left and Right will help you to center the image to the desired position. Once you made the correct setup press OK and go the next screen.

[[Image:Avw9.jpg]]

5. Step 5 will set up the audio system. Again, you have to look at the sound card to see where is connected the cable which goes to the sound system. If you connected the cable to the correct output you have only to click the choice on the screen. FIIRE will test the sound. If you will hear a melody, then everything is ok, you made the correct setup.

[[Image:Avw10.jpg]]

[[Image:Avw11.jpg]]

6. The final screen of the AV Wizard will show you the settings that you’ve chosen for the FIIRE system. If agree these setting press Agree, if not, press I do not Agree and you’ll be able to make the settings again.

[[Image:Avw12.jpg]]

'''II.'''

Another method to choose the resolutions and the connector is by pressing some keyboard keys. By default, the AV Wizard has the resolution 640x480 on VGA. To choose the connector you have to press the keys from 1 to 5 (1=DVI, 2=VGA, 3=Component, 4=Composite, 5=S-Video). To choose a resolution you have to press the keys from 6 to 0 (6=640x480, 7=1024x768, 8=720p, 9=1080i, 0=1080p). For choosing the resolution and connector you have to be in the initial screen of AV Wizard.

[[Image:Avw13.jpg]]

When you are in this screen press the key the desired connector. The screen will flicker and will return to this initial screen. Then, press the key for the desired resolution. Again, the screen will flicker and will return to the initial screen, using the resolution that you chose. After you made the setup, you can continue with the next settings.

* '''Note''':

''1080i and 1080p are not fully supported because of some factory issues of NVidia drivers''.

Main Page

2007-03-31T09:24:45Z

Kir: /* Versions */

==What is LinuxMCE?==
[http://LinuxMCE.com LinuxMCE] is the only solution seamlessly combining:
# media & entertainment with a server for music, movies and tv shows, plus a PVR and DVD Player,
# a home automation system to control everything in the home with touch-screen tablet and Bluetooth mobile phone controllers,
# a phone system with video conferencing,
# a security system that feeds you live video on your mobile phone when something happens, and lets you speak to visitors through your stereos, and
# a home PC solution.

A typical LinuxMCE system consists of a '''Core''': one PC acting as a dedicated server and interface with all the sub-components. The Core includes our own plug-and-play back-end so it listens for and auto configures all sorts of devices like network audio players (such as Squeeze Box), IP phones and cameras. The Core automatically exposes a network boot for any other PC's or thin clients you want to use as '''Media Directors''', which you hook up to your TV/Stereo's to use as set top boxes, complete with a media player, PVR, video conferencing, intercom, and a GUI to control everything in the home. All Media Directors work together seamlessly as a total whole-house solution.

In addition to the usual infrared remote controls, LinuxMCE includes remote control software that runs on Symbian Bluetooth mobile phones as well as Linux, Windows and Windows CE devices like webpads and pda's. They all feature cover art, interactive maps and floor plans, and let you control any device in the house. The UI is skinnable and multi-language. The mobile phone has a "follow-me" feature so your media and other settings follow you from room to room. It switches from Bluetooth to cellular gprs/wap when you leave the house you're always in control.

__TOC__

==News==
==Features==

LinuxMCE is an all-in-one solution for your home that seamlessly combines media & entertainment, home automation, security, telecommunications and computing. Browse the [[Features|features page]], along with [[What can I do with LinuxMCE?]] to see the possibilities available from LinuxMCE.

==Screenshots==
[[Image:MainMenu2.jpg|left|thumb|UI2 Main Menu]]
[[Image:FileBrowserUI1.jpg|left|thumb|UI1 Media Files Browser]]
[[Image:DialNumberUI1.jpg|none|thumb|UI1 Phone Dial Pad]]
-

==Download==

To get Linux MCE, please download and install Linux MCE installer from the main page of website. After this, please start the "Linux MCE Installer" application - it will download and install required packages.

==Getting Started==

This section has moved to [[Getting Started]].

==Support==

===User's Manual===

This section has moved to [[User's Manual]].

===Mailing List===

Support beyond that contained in this wiki can be found via the official LinuxMCE [http://LinuxMCE.com/support/index.php?section=forum forums] and through the available [http://LinuxMCE.com/support/index.php?section=mail mailing lists].

===Configuring LinuxMCE===

[[LinuxMCE Admin Website|Configuring LinuxMCE]]

[[Users_Page | Users' Documentation]]

===FAQ===
*[[What Hardware i will need ?]]
*[[Development status for all modules]]
*[[What does an appliance solution like LinuxMCE cost?]]
*[[Is LinuxMCE an appliance or software solution?]]
*[[Why buy a licensed LinuxMCE product? What's the difference?]]
*[[Do I need LinuxMCE? Can I use the projects by themselves?]]
*[[How do I login to a Linux console?]]
*[[How are media files organized?]]
*[[I can't access my media files over the network]]
*[[Reset the password for the LinuxMCE Admin site]]
*[[What if you don't have a driver for my home automation device]]
*[[What scenarios are created automatically?]]
*[[I'm a Linux user already. Should I use LinuxMCE's distribution]]
*[[Encrypted DVD's|Why doesn't LinuxMCE support encrypted DVD's?]]

===Troubleshooting===
* [[svn default properties]]
* [[Adding new computing apps]]
* [[Installing on a new platform]]
* [[Windows|Installer for Windows]]
* [[Installer Problems]]

==Development==

===Author's Information===

Information regarding author information can be found on the [http://LinuxMCE.com/support/index.php?section=authors author's] portion of the commercial website.

===Programmer's Guide===

There is a great deal of documentation on the LinuxMCE platform available in the [[Programmer's Guide]]. This guide provides an overview of the LinuxMCE architecture,

===Software Used by LinuxMCE===

LinuxMCE is often called a platform for developing smart home modules constructed by a variety of open source projects. The integration of these open source projects, such as [http://xinehq.de Xine], [http://www.mythtv.org Mythtv], and [http://www.asterisk.org Asterisk], can be found in the LinuxMCE Software Documentation.

[[Documentation by Device Templates]]

[http://LinuxMCE.com/support/doxygen/ doxygen diagrams]

LinuxMCE is an open source project and uses open source software. More information regarding LinuxMCE's relationship to open source can be found on the [[Open Source Info|open source information]] page, the [http://LinuxMCE.com/support/index.php?section=license&package=0 license information] page, what to do if you're an [http://LinuxMCE.com/index.php?section=developer open source developer], and LinuxMCE's [http://LinuxMCE.com/index.php?section=letter open source strategy].

===Report Bugs===

Bugs may be [http://www.linuxmce.com/mantis/ reported] via the bug tracking system, [http://www.mantisbugtracker.com/ Mantis].

===Source===

LinuxMCE is a pretty big project. Not counting [[GSD]] devices, LinuxMCE's own code is already well over a million lines in hundreds of modules, with over 1,000 pages of online documentation, and in addition LinuxMCE also incorporates lots of other big open source projects like Asterisk, Xine, MythTV, Firefox, VideoLan, SlimServer, etc., all of which have special LinuxMCE 'wrappers' to allow them to work together seamlessly as a total home solution. For the brave of heart, you can also download [http://LinuxMCE.com/support/index.php?section=mainDownload&package=0 modules by hand], and see all the dependencies and compatibility for each module.

You can browse the [http://svn.plutohome.com/pluto/trunk/ web based repository viewer]. Or you can you do an anonymous svn checkout as follows:

svn co <nowiki>http://</nowiki>svn.plutohome.com/pluto/trunk/''modulename''

You can checkout all the software with if you use http://svn.plutohome.com/pluto/trunk/ as the repository location for the module name, or go to the [http://svn.plutohome.com/pluto/trunk/ repository viewer] to find the name of the SVN directory for the module you are interested in.

Here are short instructions if you want compile your module with svn sources : [[Building_From_Source]].

=== Versions ===

The current version of Linux MCE is 1.0, as of March 15, 2007.

== Short Howto on Wiki ==

This section has been moved to [[Short Howto on Wiki]].

Building From Source

2007-03-29T23:02:11Z

Kir: /* Source Code Location */

== Before You Begin==
The build script is tested and designed to run on Ubuntu 6.10 x86 but it can be changed to work on various platforms or at least to give others a starting point on how to do it. It'll be harder to port it to non deb based distributions since the software depends on many debian specific stuff but this i hope to be change over time.

Also since this script was written with a single goal in mind, to get everything done, i might left by mistake some lines of code that may not run on your computers (hardcoded paths and stuff like this) but i relay on you to at lease try to fix them before asking for help but if the problem is not so obvious i would gladly give you advices.

== The Build Scripts ==
The build scripts are in sourceforge svn so to get them you will need subversion installed.
sudo apt-get install subversion
svn co https://linuxmce.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/linuxmce/trunk/src/Ubuntu_Helpers

Before running the build script, i insist that you take a look over it so that you know what is doing and not run it blindly.

The main script that you need to run would be BuildUbuntu.sh. This script should checkout the svn for you, compile the source, build the packages, build an iso and everything else so you can end up with a usable linuxmce build. In this script you can find some functions that are called one by one to perform several operations, here's a short description:

*''Install_Build_Needed_Packages'': This will install all the deb packages that you will need to build the sourcecode. Probably you will only need to run it once and comment it after the first run on BuildPackages.sh.
*''Create Diskless Archive'': Runs a debootstrap to create a base filesystem for Diskless Media Directors. It's needed later when it'll be packed in a deb packages. You also don't need to run this every time but is safer to leave it uncommented so that the diskless archive will have the latest ubuntu updates.
*''Import_Skins'': Since linuxmce uses a lot of pngs for the all sort of skins, you won't find them in the svn. This function will download a tar.bz2 archive with all the skins and unpack it so that the package builder will now where to take it from.
*''Checkout_Svn'': Will do a svn checkout on sourceforge to get all the needed sources
*''Build_Replacements'': LinuxMCE needs some 3rd party some packages that are not part of ubuntu distribution. This function will build / get them for you.
*''Build_MakeRelease_Binary'': This function compiles the building tools that will do the compilation / package creation of all the other packages by using information stored in the pluto_main_build database.
*''Import_Build_Database'': Imports a fresh copy of the pluto databases needed at build time.
*''Create_Fake_Windows_Binaries'': Orbiter and other aplications don't only run on Linux. Usually the pluto guys compile their applications on windows and put the binaries on the linux build machine so that package creating application will know where to get them. Since we can't compile windows binaries on linux i made this function that creates some fake binary files with a touch so that the package builder won't fail to run.
*''Build_Pluto_Stuff'': Uses MakeRelase to compile the sources and build packages out of them
*''Create_Local_Repository'': Optional you can create a local repository so that you can easily test your debs.

There is also the get-packages.sh script that is called by BuildUbuntu.sh and has the goal to create and iso with all the needed packages for a linuxmce installation.

== Source Code Location ==

Our source code is located on sourceforge and you can get it by svn from : https://linuxmce.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/linuxmce/

The png used for the skins are located here : http://www.linuxmce.com/linuxmce-skins-1.0.tar.bz2

The sql dumps of the databases needed for the build : http://www.linuxmce.com/linuxmce-databases-1.0.tar.gz

Main Page

2007-03-29T22:59:50Z

Kir: /* Source */

==What is LinuxMCE?==
[http://LinuxMCE.com LinuxMCE] is the only solution seamlessly combining:
# media & entertainment with a server for music, movies and tv shows, plus a PVR and DVD Player,
# a home automation system to control everything in the home with touch-screen tablet and Bluetooth mobile phone controllers,
# a phone system with video conferencing,
# a security system that feeds you live video on your mobile phone when something happens, and lets you speak to visitors through your stereos, and
# a home PC solution.

A typical LinuxMCE system consists of a '''Core''': one PC acting as a dedicated server and interface with all the sub-components. The Core includes our own plug-and-play back-end so it listens for and auto configures all sorts of devices like network audio players (such as Squeeze Box), IP phones and cameras. The Core automatically exposes a network boot for any other PC's or thin clients you want to use as '''Media Directors''', which you hook up to your TV/Stereo's to use as set top boxes, complete with a media player, PVR, video conferencing, intercom, and a GUI to control everything in the home. All Media Directors work together seamlessly as a total whole-house solution.

In addition to the usual infrared remote controls, LinuxMCE includes remote control software that runs on Symbian Bluetooth mobile phones as well as Linux, Windows and Windows CE devices like webpads and pda's. They all feature cover art, interactive maps and floor plans, and let you control any device in the house. The UI is skinnable and multi-language. The mobile phone has a "follow-me" feature so your media and other settings follow you from room to room. It switches from Bluetooth to cellular gprs/wap when you leave the house you're always in control.

__TOC__

==News==
==Features==

LinuxMCE is an all-in-one solution for your home that seamlessly combines media & entertainment, home automation, security, telecommunications and computing. Browse the [[Features|features page]], along with [[What can I do with LinuxMCE?]] to see the possibilities available from LinuxMCE.

==Screenshots==
[[Image:MainMenu2.jpg|left|thumb|UI2 Main Menu]]
[[Image:FileBrowserUI1.jpg|left|thumb|UI1 Media Files Browser]]
[[Image:DialNumberUI1.jpg|none|thumb|UI1 Phone Dial Pad]]
-

==Download==

To get Linux MCE, please download and install Linux MCE installer from the main page of website. After this, please start the "Linux MCE Installer" application - it will download and install required packages.

==Getting Started==

This section has moved to [[Getting Started]].

==Support==

===User's Manual===

This section has moved to [[User's Manual]].

===Mailing List===

Support beyond that contained in this wiki can be found via the official LinuxMCE [http://LinuxMCE.com/support/index.php?section=forum forums] and through the available [http://LinuxMCE.com/support/index.php?section=mail mailing lists].

===Configuring LinuxMCE===

[[LinuxMCE Admin Website|Configuring LinuxMCE]]

[[Users_Page | Users' Documentation]]

===FAQ===
*[[What Hardware i will need ?]]
*[[Development status for all modules]]
*[[What does an appliance solution like LinuxMCE cost?]]
*[[Is LinuxMCE an appliance or software solution?]]
*[[Why buy a licensed LinuxMCE product? What's the difference?]]
*[[Do I need LinuxMCE? Can I use the projects by themselves?]]
*[[How do I login to a Linux console?]]
*[[How are media files organized?]]
*[[I can't access my media files over the network]]
*[[Reset the password for the LinuxMCE Admin site]]
*[[What if you don't have a driver for my home automation device]]
*[[What scenarios are created automatically?]]
*[[I'm a Linux user already. Should I use LinuxMCE's distribution]]
*[[Encrypted DVD's|Why doesn't LinuxMCE support encrypted DVD's?]]

===Troubleshooting===
* [[svn default properties]]
* [[Adding new computing apps]]
* [[Installing on a new platform]]
* [[Windows|Installer for Windows]]
* [[Installer Problems]]

==Development==

===Author's Information===

Information regarding author information can be found on the [http://LinuxMCE.com/support/index.php?section=authors author's] portion of the commercial website.

===Programmer's Guide===

There is a great deal of documentation on the LinuxMCE platform available in the [[Programmer's Guide]]. This guide provides an overview of the LinuxMCE architecture,

===Software Used by LinuxMCE===

LinuxMCE is often called a platform for developing smart home modules constructed by a variety of open source projects. The integration of these open source projects, such as [http://xinehq.de Xine], [http://www.mythtv.org Mythtv], and [http://www.asterisk.org Asterisk], can be found in the LinuxMCE Software Documentation.

[[Documentation by Device Templates]]

[http://LinuxMCE.com/support/doxygen/ doxygen diagrams]

LinuxMCE is an open source project and uses open source software. More information regarding LinuxMCE's relationship to open source can be found on the [[Open Source Info|open source information]] page, the [http://LinuxMCE.com/support/index.php?section=license&package=0 license information] page, what to do if you're an [http://LinuxMCE.com/index.php?section=developer open source developer], and LinuxMCE's [http://LinuxMCE.com/index.php?section=letter open source strategy].

===Report Bugs===

Bugs may be [http://www.linuxmce.com/mantis/ reported] via the bug tracking system, [http://www.mantisbugtracker.com/ Mantis].

===Source===

LinuxMCE is a pretty big project. Not counting [[GSD]] devices, LinuxMCE's own code is already well over a million lines in hundreds of modules, with over 1,000 pages of online documentation, and in addition LinuxMCE also incorporates lots of other big open source projects like Asterisk, Xine, MythTV, Firefox, VideoLan, SlimServer, etc., all of which have special LinuxMCE 'wrappers' to allow them to work together seamlessly as a total home solution. For the brave of heart, you can also download [http://LinuxMCE.com/support/index.php?section=mainDownload&package=0 modules by hand], and see all the dependencies and compatibility for each module.

You can browse the [http://svn.plutohome.com/pluto/trunk/ web based repository viewer]. Or you can you do an anonymous svn checkout as follows:

svn co <nowiki>http://</nowiki>svn.plutohome.com/pluto/trunk/''modulename''

You can checkout all the software with if you use http://svn.plutohome.com/pluto/trunk/ as the repository location for the module name, or go to the [http://svn.plutohome.com/pluto/trunk/ repository viewer] to find the name of the SVN directory for the module you are interested in.

Here are short instructions if you want compile your module with svn sources : [[Building_From_Source]].

=== Versions ===

The current version of Linux MCE is 1.2, as of March 07, 2007.

== Short Howto on Wiki ==

This section has been moved to [[Short Howto on Wiki]].

Upcoming Features

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Visit the [http://linuxmce.com/smf/index.php?board=350.0 Upcoming features forum] to discuss new features or changes. If you are willing to offer some cash or other compensation to a developer to get something done right away, visit the [http://linuxmce.com/smf/index.php?board=349.0 Help Wanted forum].

When a developer has decided to implement some new feature or change, please edit this wiki to add a brief summary including a link to the original forum topic for this new idea, so other users can post to that topic to discuss this, and where you will post updated progress info. Visit the [http://linuxmce.com/wiki/index.php/Contacts Contacts Page] to find developers who can commit your work to the main LinuxMCE branch, or to request svn write access.

This page lists the features which developers we are working to implement in the next release. There is also a forum dedicated to discussing features here . Please post to this page only those features which have been decided to be included. 

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== Google Summer of Code Ideas: ==

'''internet radio'''
Integrate internet radio into the existing media menu option so radio stations can be browsed the same way local media can.

'''internet tv / videos.google / youtube'''
Integrate these online video sources into the existing media menu option so this video can be browsed the same way local media can.

'''gsd events'''
The embedded Ruby interpretor presently only handles controlling devices; ie processing commands. The same code could be adapted in reverse to respond to events.

'''Standardized to be included in Ubuntu'''
LinuxMCE still has a lot of non-standard scripts that Pluto wrote for use in commercial, black-box systems, which need to be rewritten in a more standard manner so that LinuxMCE plays nicely by Ubuntu's rules and be accepted into Ubuntu's main repository and included in their build.

'''Download audio podcast/video podcast'''
A way with the GUI to subscribe to podcasts, and have them automatically downloaded and aggregated with the media in the home.

'''Capture video from firewire camera'''
The current plug and play detection engine already recognizes firewire digital camcorders. There should be a very rudimentary, simple 'capture' option that appears on screen to do basic video capture and save it to the managed media. Users can use a video editor like Kino for real editing; this is just for quick capture.

'''Better organize and manage photos'''
The current UI could use some optimization to make it work better for managing photos.

Main Page

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<table width="100%"> <tr><td bgcolor="#FFCFCF">This page was written by Pluto and imported with their permission when LinuxMCE branched off in February, 2007. In general any information should apply to LinuxMCE. However, this page should be edited to reflect changes to LinuxMCE and remove old references to Pluto.</td></tr> </table>
==What is Pluto?==
[http://plutohome.com Pluto Home] is the only solution seamlessly combining:
# media & entertainment with a server for music, movies and tv shows, plus a PVR and DVD Player,
# a home automation system to control everything in the home with touch-screen tablet and Bluetooth mobile phone controllers,
# a phone system with video conferencing,
# a security system that feeds you live video on your mobile phone when something happens, and lets you speak to visitors through your stereos, and
# a home PC solution.

A typical Pluto system consists of a '''Core''': one PC acting as a dedicated server and interface with all the sub-components. The Core includes our own plug-and-play back-end so it listens for and auto configures all sorts of devices like network audio players (such as Squeeze Box), IP phones and cameras. The Core automatically exposes a network boot for any other PC's or thin clients you want to use as '''Media Directors''', which you hook up to your TV/Stereo's to use as set top boxes, complete with a media player, PVR, video conferencing, intercom, and a GUI to control everything in the home. All Media Directors work together seamlessly as a total whole-house solution.

In addition to the usual infrared remote controls, Pluto includes remote control software that runs on Symbian Bluetooth mobile phones as well as Linux, Windows and Windows CE devices like webpads and pda's. They all feature cover art, interactive maps and floorplans, and let you control any device in the house. The UI is skinnable and multi-language. The mobile phone has a 'follow-me' feature so your media and other settings follow you from room to room. It switches from Bluetooth to cellular gprs/wap when you leave the house & mdash; you're always in control.

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==News==
==Features==

Pluto Home is an all-in-one solution for your home that seamlessly combines media & entertainment, home automation, security, telecommunications and computing. Browse the [[Features|features page]], along with [[What can I do with Pluto?]] to see the possibilities available from Pluto Home.

==Screenshots==
[[Image:MainMenu2.jpg|left|thumb|UI2 Main Menu]]
[[Image:FileBrowserUI1.jpg|left|thumb|UI1 Media Files Browser]]
[[Image:DialNumberUI1.jpg|none|thumb|UI1 Phone Dial Pad]]
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==Download==

To get Linux MCE, please download and install Linux MCE installer from the main page of website. After this, please start the "Linux MCE Installer" application - it will download and install required packages.

==Getting Started==

This section has moved to [[Getting Started]].

==Support==

===User's Manual===

This section has moved to [[User's Manual]].

===Mailing List===

Support beyond that contained in this wiki can be found via the official Pluto Home [http://plutohome.com/support/index.php?section=forum forums] and through the available [http://plutohome.com/support/index.php?section=mail mailing lists].

===Configuring Pluto Home===

[[Pluto Admin Website|Configuring Pluto Home]]

[[Users_Page | Users' Documentation]]

===FAQ===
*[[Development status for all modules]]
*[[What does an appliance solution like Pluto cost?]]
*[[Is Pluto an appliance or software solution?]]
*[[Why buy a licensed Pluto product? What's the difference?]]
*[[Do I need Pluto? Can I use the projects by themselves?]]
*[[How do I login to a Linux console?]]
*[[How are media files organized?]]
*[[I can't access my media files over the network]]
*[[Reset the password for the Pluto Admin site]]
*[[What if you don't have a driver for my home automation devic]]
*[[What scenarios are created automatically?]]
*[[I'm a Linux user already. Should I use Pluto's distribution]]
*[[Encrypted DVD's|Why doesn't Pluto support encrypted DVD's?]]

===Troubleshooting===
* [[svn default properties]]
* [[Adding new computing apps]]
* [[Installing on a new platform]]
* [[Windows|Installer for Windows]]

==Development==

===Author's Information===

Information regarding author information can be found on the [http://plutohome.com/support/index.php?section=authors author's] portion of the commercial website.

===Programmer's Guide===

There is a great deal of documentation on the Pluto Home platform available in the [[Programmer's Guide]]. This guide provides an overview of the Pluto Home architecture,

===Software Used by Pluto Home===

Pluto Home is often called a platform for developing smart home modules constructed by a variety of open source projects. The integration of these open source projects, such as [http://xinehq.de Xine], [http://www.mythtv.org Mythtv], and [http://www.asterisk.org Asterisk], can be found in the Pluto Home [[Pluto Home Software|Software Documentation]].

[[Documentation by Device Templates]]

[http://plutohome.com/support/doxygen/ doxygen diagrams]

Pluto Home is an open source project and uses open source software. More information regarding Pluto Home's relationship to open source can be found on the [[Open Source Info|open source information]] page, the [http://plutohome.com/support/index.php?section=license&package=0 license information] page, what to do if you're an [http://plutohome.com/index.php?section=developer open source develper], and Pluto Home's [http://plutohome.com/index.php?section=letter open source strategy].

===Report Bugs===

Bugs may be [http://www.linuxmce.com/mantis/ reported] via the bug tracking system, [http://www.mantisbugtracker.com/ Mantis].

===Source===

Pluto is a pretty big project. Not counting GSD devices, Pluto's own code is already well over a million lines in hundreds of modules, with over 1,000 pages of online documentation, and in addition Pluto also incorporates lots of other big open source projects like Asterisk, Xine, MythTV, Firefox, VideoLan, SlimServer, etc., all of which have special Pluto 'wrappers' to allow them to work together seamlessly as a total home solution. For the brave of heart, you can also download [http://plutohome.com/support/index.php?section=mainDownload&package=0 modules by hand], and see all the dependencies and compatibility for each module.

You can browse the [http://svn.plutohome.com/pluto/trunk/ web based repository viewer]. Or you can you do an anonymous svn checkout as follows:

svn co <nowiki>http://</nowiki>svn.plutohome.com/pluto/trunk/''modulename''

You can checkout all the software with if you use http://svn.plutohome.com/pluto/trunk/ as the repository location for the module name, or go to the [http://svn.plutohome.com/pluto/trunk/ repository viewer] to find the name of the SVN directory for the module you are interested in.

Here are short instructions if you want compile your module with svn sources : [[Building_from_source]].

=== Versions ===

The current version of Linux MCE is 1.2, as of March 07, 2007.

== Short Howto on Wiki ==

This section has been moved to [[Short Howto on Wiki]].