Re: [PLUG] Eee PC 701
On 03/08/2014 02:42 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: >Earlier versions of Slackware were designed for processors without PAE and > run in small systems. I had Slackware-9.x (I think that's the version) on a > Toshiba model whose name I forget with 96M RAM and a small hard drive. Ran > xfce3, too. > > Rich > FYI, from Slackware.com change logs: # NOTICE OF INPENDING EOL (END OF LIFE) FOR OLD SLACKWARE VERSIONS # # # # Effective August 1, 2012, security patches will no longer be # # provided for the following versions of Slackware (which will all # # be more than 5 years old at that time): # # Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0. # # If you are still running these versions you should consider # # migrating to a newer version (preferably as recent as possible). # # Alternately, you may make arrangements to handle your own# # security patches. If for some reason you are unable to upgrade # # or handle your own security patches, limited security support# # may be available for a fee. Inquire at secur...@slackware.com. # ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] set-top streaming media devices
On 03/08/2014 03:03 PM, Rigel Hope wrote:
> I bought one of these Roku doohickeys recently, in spite of the
> potential security nightmares i suspect it will eventually cause,
> because others in the home wanted to be able to watch the various pay
> streaming video services on the main screen -- you know the ones, the
> ones with all the DRM nonsense.
>
> Anyway, I was unable to figure out how to stream audio or video from
> my linux box without installing some proprietary closed source
> nonsense ("Plex Media Server" -- the clients are GPL, but the server
> is not, yecch).
>
> There is an SDK that uses some Basic-derived interpreted language
> called BrightScript (conveniently abbreviated BS), but i suspect that
> coding an NFS client in BS is going to be beyond the limits of my
> available time, or ability.
>
> Has anyone run into this problem and found a solution? I was unable to
> find one using the googles.
>
> Thanks in advance.
Since I "cut the cord", I'm been toying with various mutimedia s/w
(XBMC, MythTV, ...) and poking around the specs of the Chromcast - which
led me to Roku's little copy-cat dongle announced recently. Your post
then brought me here:
http://wilddtech.com/roksbox/home/
Its a one-time pay channel you add to the Roku which will allow
streaming from a local web server, NAS, USB drive (for Roku's with USB
ports), or plain network file share. No plex server BS needed. In
fact, it doesn't look like you need to do anything but configure a
standard Linux box - no added software! (except maybe for
transcoding..). It will even do music and photos.
As a turn-key solution, it's worth checking out.
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[PLUG] Fwd: Re: Eee PC 701
Rich, Rod Mark & King Thanks for your input. I used to use Slackware for anything serious, but for this thing, I think I'll see if I can stick on Linux Mint 13 Mate. My wife (the BigDog) has it on her desktop and really likes it. Wayne Original Message Subject:Re: [PLUG] Eee PC 701 Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 18:49:07 -0700 From: King Beowulf Reply-To: Portland Linux/Unix Group To: plug@lists.pdxlinux.org On 03/08/2014 02:42 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: >Earlier versions of Slackware were designed for processors without PAE and > run in small systems. I had Slackware-9.x (I think that's the version) on a > Toshiba model whose name I forget with 96M RAM and a small hard drive. Ran > xfce3, too. > > Rich > FYI, from Slackware.com change logs: # NOTICE OF INPENDING EOL (END OF LIFE) FOR OLD SLACKWARE VERSIONS # # # # Effective August 1, 2012, security patches will no longer be # # provided for the following versions of Slackware (which will all # # be more than 5 years old at that time): # # Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0. # # If you are still running these versions you should consider # # migrating to a newer version (preferably as recent as possible). # # Alternately, you may make arrangements to handle your own# # security patches. If for some reason you are unable to upgrade # # or handle your own security patches, limited security support# # may be available for a fee. Inquire at secur...@slackware.com. # ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] set-top streaming media devices
paying additional monies just to access my own server?
the hell you say.
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:11 PM, King Beowulf wrote:
> On 03/08/2014 03:03 PM, Rigel Hope wrote:
>> I bought one of these Roku doohickeys recently, in spite of the
>> potential security nightmares i suspect it will eventually cause,
>> because others in the home wanted to be able to watch the various pay
>> streaming video services on the main screen -- you know the ones, the
>> ones with all the DRM nonsense.
>>
>> Anyway, I was unable to figure out how to stream audio or video from
>> my linux box without installing some proprietary closed source
>> nonsense ("Plex Media Server" -- the clients are GPL, but the server
>> is not, yecch).
>>
>> There is an SDK that uses some Basic-derived interpreted language
>> called BrightScript (conveniently abbreviated BS), but i suspect that
>> coding an NFS client in BS is going to be beyond the limits of my
>> available time, or ability.
>>
>> Has anyone run into this problem and found a solution? I was unable to
>> find one using the googles.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> Since I "cut the cord", I'm been toying with various mutimedia s/w
> (XBMC, MythTV, ...) and poking around the specs of the Chromcast - which
> led me to Roku's little copy-cat dongle announced recently. Your post
> then brought me here:
>
> http://wilddtech.com/roksbox/home/
>
> Its a one-time pay channel you add to the Roku which will allow
> streaming from a local web server, NAS, USB drive (for Roku's with USB
> ports), or plain network file share. No plex server BS needed. In
> fact, it doesn't look like you need to do anything but configure a
> standard Linux box - no added software! (except maybe for
> transcoding..). It will even do music and photos.
>
> As a turn-key solution, it's worth checking out.
>
> -Ed
>
>
>
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Re: [PLUG] set-top streaming media devices
Then write it yourself?
On Mar 9, 2014 12:19 PM, "Rigel Hope" wrote:
> paying additional monies just to access my own server?
>
> the hell you say.
>
> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:11 PM, King Beowulf
> wrote:
> > On 03/08/2014 03:03 PM, Rigel Hope wrote:
> >> I bought one of these Roku doohickeys recently, in spite of the
> >> potential security nightmares i suspect it will eventually cause,
> >> because others in the home wanted to be able to watch the various pay
> >> streaming video services on the main screen -- you know the ones, the
> >> ones with all the DRM nonsense.
> >>
> >> Anyway, I was unable to figure out how to stream audio or video from
> >> my linux box without installing some proprietary closed source
> >> nonsense ("Plex Media Server" -- the clients are GPL, but the server
> >> is not, yecch).
> >>
> >> There is an SDK that uses some Basic-derived interpreted language
> >> called BrightScript (conveniently abbreviated BS), but i suspect that
> >> coding an NFS client in BS is going to be beyond the limits of my
> >> available time, or ability.
> >>
> >> Has anyone run into this problem and found a solution? I was unable to
> >> find one using the googles.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Since I "cut the cord", I'm been toying with various mutimedia s/w
> > (XBMC, MythTV, ...) and poking around the specs of the Chromcast - which
> > led me to Roku's little copy-cat dongle announced recently. Your post
> > then brought me here:
> >
> > http://wilddtech.com/roksbox/home/
> >
> > Its a one-time pay channel you add to the Roku which will allow
> > streaming from a local web server, NAS, USB drive (for Roku's with USB
> > ports), or plain network file share. No plex server BS needed. In
> > fact, it doesn't look like you need to do anything but configure a
> > standard Linux box - no added software! (except maybe for
> > transcoding..). It will even do music and photos.
> >
> > As a turn-key solution, it's worth checking out.
> >
> > -Ed
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [PLUG] set-top streaming media devices
I'm currently using Plex with my Chromecast. Yes, it bothers me that Plex
Server is proprietary - but I figure, eventually the XBMC and the MythTV
people will add Casting support, especially now that Google has finally
released the SDK for public consumption (although, I'm not following the
issue very closely). On my wish-list is Chromecast support for VNC. I'm
pretty sure that would cover all my needs.
I don't have a Roku (but my roommate does)... so I don't know first hand.
It's KINDA cool that Plex supports Roku and Chromecast equally. I am
holding out hope that XBMC gains the same ability with Chromecast this
year... but reading a few comments on the Roku, I'm not very encouraged...
I suspect Big Media has enough influence over Roku development that they
will never allow massive development of an open source "channel."
I know none of this is really want to hear... but I'm largely in the same
boat. I WANT to run open source solutions... but Plex was the only thing I
found that filled the need.
On Mar 8, 2014 3:07 PM, "Rigel Hope" wrote:
> I bought one of these Roku doohickeys recently, in spite of the
> potential security nightmares i suspect it will eventually cause,
> because others in the home wanted to be able to watch the various pay
> streaming video services on the main screen -- you know the ones, the
> ones with all the DRM nonsense.
>
> Anyway, I was unable to figure out how to stream audio or video from
> my linux box without installing some proprietary closed source
> nonsense ("Plex Media Server" -- the clients are GPL, but the server
> is not, yecch).
>
> There is an SDK that uses some Basic-derived interpreted language
> called BrightScript (conveniently abbreviated BS), but i suspect that
> coding an NFS client in BS is going to be beyond the limits of my
> available time, or ability.
>
> Has anyone run into this problem and found a solution? I was unable to
> find one using the googles.
>
> Thanks in advance.
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Re: [PLUG] set-top streaming media devices
thanks for your helpful suggestion!
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Ronald Bynoe wrote:
> Then write it yourself?
> On Mar 9, 2014 12:19 PM, "Rigel Hope" wrote:
>
>> paying additional monies just to access my own server?
>>
>> the hell you say.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:11 PM, King Beowulf
>> wrote:
>> > On 03/08/2014 03:03 PM, Rigel Hope wrote:
>> >> I bought one of these Roku doohickeys recently, in spite of the
>> >> potential security nightmares i suspect it will eventually cause,
>> >> because others in the home wanted to be able to watch the various pay
>> >> streaming video services on the main screen -- you know the ones, the
>> >> ones with all the DRM nonsense.
>> >>
>> >> Anyway, I was unable to figure out how to stream audio or video from
>> >> my linux box without installing some proprietary closed source
>> >> nonsense ("Plex Media Server" -- the clients are GPL, but the server
>> >> is not, yecch).
>> >>
>> >> There is an SDK that uses some Basic-derived interpreted language
>> >> called BrightScript (conveniently abbreviated BS), but i suspect that
>> >> coding an NFS client in BS is going to be beyond the limits of my
>> >> available time, or ability.
>> >>
>> >> Has anyone run into this problem and found a solution? I was unable to
>> >> find one using the googles.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > Since I "cut the cord", I'm been toying with various mutimedia s/w
>> > (XBMC, MythTV, ...) and poking around the specs of the Chromcast - which
>> > led me to Roku's little copy-cat dongle announced recently. Your post
>> > then brought me here:
>> >
>> > http://wilddtech.com/roksbox/home/
>> >
>> > Its a one-time pay channel you add to the Roku which will allow
>> > streaming from a local web server, NAS, USB drive (for Roku's with USB
>> > ports), or plain network file share. No plex server BS needed. In
>> > fact, it doesn't look like you need to do anything but configure a
>> > standard Linux box - no added software! (except maybe for
>> > transcoding..). It will even do music and photos.
>> >
>> > As a turn-key solution, it's worth checking out.
>> >
>> > -Ed
>> >
>> >
>> >
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Re: [PLUG] Eee PC 701
I have an EeePC 701 with Ubuntu 8.01 that I haven't used in years. It was great for what it was back in the day. But now it's a pretty low-powered system and Ubuntu 8.01 was EOF last year. Other than a novelty item, the EeePC 701 may be not worth your time. But be sure to let us know either way. Regards, - Robert On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > My neighbor brought over a Eee PC 701 the other day. It had been > purchased for his sister-in-law but she went kind of weird and had to be > moved in some sort of weird care facility. He doesn't like the operating > system on it and was wondering if some variant of Linux might coexist > with the little 4 GB SSD (solid state drive) and 1 GB ram. > > He has seen Linux Mint 13 Mate and was hopeful. Looking around on line, > I see that some of the newer distributions will not install on CPUs that > do not have PAE (Physical Address Extension) and apparently some > distributions are tuned to avoid wearing out the SSD. > > I also don't want to spend a bunch of time on this. Does anyone have a > good experience / recommendation? > > Wayne > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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Re: [PLUG] set-top streaming media devices
You already bought a Roku, so what's another 10 bucks to access your
media? Obviously upi didn't read the "fine print" on the Roku
specifications - its a closed proprietary box. Besides, you are
coughing up $$ for netflix, et al. so stop being such a damn cheapskate.
If you don't what to pay for decent software that supports Linux, then
sell the Roku, and build your own HTPC with MythTV or XBMc, etc.
[OT]
Linux might be F/OSS but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to support
the devs is some way - the have to eat too. If Linux users weren't such
cheap ass sponges, M$ would have been relegated to the dust bin of
history long ago
[OT]
On 03/09/2014 12:30 PM, Rigel Hope wrote:
> thanks for your helpful suggestion!
>
> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Ronald Bynoe wrote:
>> Then write it yourself?
>> On Mar 9, 2014 12:19 PM, "Rigel Hope" wrote:
>>
>>> paying additional monies just to access my own server?
>>>
>>> the hell you say.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:11 PM, King Beowulf
>>> wrote:
On 03/08/2014 03:03 PM, Rigel Hope wrote:
> I bought one of these Roku doohickeys recently, in spite of the
> potential security nightmares i suspect it will eventually cause,
> because others in the home wanted to be able to watch the various pay
> streaming video services on the main screen -- you know the ones, the
> ones with all the DRM nonsense.
>
> Anyway, I was unable to figure out how to stream audio or video from
> my linux box without installing some proprietary closed source
> nonsense ("Plex Media Server" -- the clients are GPL, but the server
> is not, yecch).
>
> There is an SDK that uses some Basic-derived interpreted language
> called BrightScript (conveniently abbreviated BS), but i suspect that
> coding an NFS client in BS is going to be beyond the limits of my
> available time, or ability.
>
> Has anyone run into this problem and found a solution? I was unable to
> find one using the googles.
>
> Thanks in advance.
Since I "cut the cord", I'm been toying with various mutimedia s/w
(XBMC, MythTV, ...) and poking around the specs of the Chromcast - which
led me to Roku's little copy-cat dongle announced recently. Your post
then brought me here:
http://wilddtech.com/roksbox/home/
Its a one-time pay channel you add to the Roku which will allow
streaming from a local web server, NAS, USB drive (for Roku's with USB
ports), or plain network file share. No plex server BS needed. In
fact, it doesn't look like you need to do anything but configure a
standard Linux box - no added software! (except maybe for
transcoding..). It will even do music and photos.
As a turn-key solution, it's worth checking out.
-Ed
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Re: [PLUG] set-top streaming media devices
Hi, go fuck yourself.
*plonk*
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:03 PM, King Beowulf wrote:
> You already bought a Roku, so what's another 10 bucks to access your
> media? Obviously upi didn't read the "fine print" on the Roku
> specifications - its a closed proprietary box. Besides, you are
> coughing up $$ for netflix, et al. so stop being such a damn cheapskate.
> If you don't what to pay for decent software that supports Linux, then
> sell the Roku, and build your own HTPC with MythTV or XBMc, etc.
>
> [OT]
> Linux might be F/OSS but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to support
> the devs is some way - the have to eat too. If Linux users weren't such
> cheap ass sponges, M$ would have been relegated to the dust bin of
> history long ago
> [OT]
>
>
> On 03/09/2014 12:30 PM, Rigel Hope wrote:
>> thanks for your helpful suggestion!
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Ronald Bynoe wrote:
>>> Then write it yourself?
>>> On Mar 9, 2014 12:19 PM, "Rigel Hope" wrote:
>>>
paying additional monies just to access my own server?
the hell you say.
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:11 PM, King Beowulf
wrote:
> On 03/08/2014 03:03 PM, Rigel Hope wrote:
>> I bought one of these Roku doohickeys recently, in spite of the
>> potential security nightmares i suspect it will eventually cause,
>> because others in the home wanted to be able to watch the various pay
>> streaming video services on the main screen -- you know the ones, the
>> ones with all the DRM nonsense.
>>
>> Anyway, I was unable to figure out how to stream audio or video from
>> my linux box without installing some proprietary closed source
>> nonsense ("Plex Media Server" -- the clients are GPL, but the server
>> is not, yecch).
>>
>> There is an SDK that uses some Basic-derived interpreted language
>> called BrightScript (conveniently abbreviated BS), but i suspect that
>> coding an NFS client in BS is going to be beyond the limits of my
>> available time, or ability.
>>
>> Has anyone run into this problem and found a solution? I was unable to
>> find one using the googles.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> Since I "cut the cord", I'm been toying with various mutimedia s/w
> (XBMC, MythTV, ...) and poking around the specs of the Chromcast - which
> led me to Roku's little copy-cat dongle announced recently. Your post
> then brought me here:
>
> http://wilddtech.com/roksbox/home/
>
> Its a one-time pay channel you add to the Roku which will allow
> streaming from a local web server, NAS, USB drive (for Roku's with USB
> ports), or plain network file share. No plex server BS needed. In
> fact, it doesn't look like you need to do anything but configure a
> standard Linux box - no added software! (except maybe for
> transcoding..). It will even do music and photos.
>
> As a turn-key solution, it's worth checking out.
>
> -Ed
>
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Re: [PLUG] Eee PC 701
Robert Citek wrote: > I have an EeePC 701 with Ubuntu 8.01 that I haven't used in years. It > was great for what it was back in the day. But now it's a pretty > low-powered system and Ubuntu 8.01 was EOF last year. Other than a > novelty item, the EeePC 701 may be not worth your time. > > But be sure to let us know either way. > > Regards, > - Robert > > On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. > wrote: >> My neighbor brought over a Eee PC 701 the other day. It had been >> purchased for his sister-in-law but she went kind of weird and had to be >> moved in some sort of weird care facility. He doesn't like the operating >> system on it and was wondering if some variant of Linux might coexist >> with the little 4 GB SSD (solid state drive) and 1 GB ram. >> >> He has seen Linux Mint 13 Mate and was hopeful. Looking around on line, >> I see that some of the newer distributions will not install on CPUs that >> do not have PAE (Physical Address Extension) and apparently some >> distributions are tuned to avoid wearing out the SSD. >> >> I also don't want to spend a bunch of time on this. Does anyone have a >> good experience / recommendation? >> >> Wayne >> ___ Wayne, I have a eeePC 1000 I am using to view the Digital Oregonion. Works just fine with Fedora 19. Small foot print makes it work nicely on the breakfast table. Ken ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] set-top streaming media devices
Last month my gf and I were house sitting for a friend who happened to have
a roku device connected to his television.
I used plex ( http://plex.tv ) to stream videos I had on my hardrive to the
roku device. This required adding the Plex "channel" to the device via the
channels browser.
After the connection between the roku and the plex server was configured I
was able to stream 1080p video to the TV from my laptop. There was a
learning curve around getting the indexing engine on the laptop to notice
new videos, but after that all appeared to fall in line.
I used a Mythbox a few years back as a PVR (with a tv tuner card) and I
always enjoyed that experience. Perhaps libre firmware for the roku will
become available and we'll be able to hack on the roku hardware some and
make the TV in that setup just the viewing portal of a central server (I'm
excited to setup a freenas home backup and media server tp serve this
function for the tv and all other thin clients).
Or perhaps there's a raspberrypi or beaglebone setup that should be
considered.
Looks like someone's already there: http://www.rasplex.com/
Benjamin Foote
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503-313-5379
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On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Rigel Hope wrote:
> Hi, go fuck yourself.
>
> *plonk*
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:03 PM, King Beowulf
> wrote:
> > You already bought a Roku, so what's another 10 bucks to access your
> > media? Obviously upi didn't read the "fine print" on the Roku
> > specifications - its a closed proprietary box. Besides, you are
> > coughing up $$ for netflix, et al. so stop being such a damn cheapskate.
> > If you don't what to pay for decent software that supports Linux, then
> > sell the Roku, and build your own HTPC with MythTV or XBMc, etc.
> >
> > [OT]
> > Linux might be F/OSS but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to support
> > the devs is some way - the have to eat too. If Linux users weren't such
> > cheap ass sponges, M$ would have been relegated to the dust bin of
> > history long ago
> > [OT]
> >
> >
> > On 03/09/2014 12:30 PM, Rigel Hope wrote:
> >> thanks for your helpful suggestion!
> >>
> >> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Ronald Bynoe wrote:
> >>> Then write it yourself?
> >>> On Mar 9, 2014 12:19 PM, "Rigel Hope" wrote:
> >>>
> paying additional monies just to access my own server?
>
> the hell you say.
>
> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:11 PM, King Beowulf
> wrote:
> > On 03/08/2014 03:03 PM, Rigel Hope wrote:
> >> I bought one of these Roku doohickeys recently, in spite of the
> >> potential security nightmares i suspect it will eventually cause,
> >> because others in the home wanted to be able to watch the various
> pay
> >> streaming video services on the main screen -- you know the ones,
> the
> >> ones with all the DRM nonsense.
> >>
> >> Anyway, I was unable to figure out how to stream audio or video from
> >> my linux box without installing some proprietary closed source
> >> nonsense ("Plex Media Server" -- the clients are GPL, but the server
> >> is not, yecch).
> >>
> >> There is an SDK that uses some Basic-derived interpreted language
> >> called BrightScript (conveniently abbreviated BS), but i suspect
> that
> >> coding an NFS client in BS is going to be beyond the limits of my
> >> available time, or ability.
> >>
> >> Has anyone run into this problem and found a solution? I was unable
> to
> >> find one using the googles.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Since I "cut the cord", I'm been toying with various mutimedia s/w
> > (XBMC, MythTV, ...) and poking around the specs of the Chromcast -
> which
> > led me to Roku's little copy-cat dongle announced recently. Your
> post
> > then brought me here:
> >
> > http://wilddtech.com/roksbox/home/
> >
> > Its a one-time pay channel you add to the Roku which will allow
> > streaming from a local web server, NAS, USB drive (for Roku's with
> USB
> > ports), or plain network file share. No plex server BS needed. In
> > fact, it doesn't look like you need to do anything but configure a
> > standard Linux box - no added software! (except maybe for
> > transcoding..). It will even do music and photos.
> >
> > As a turn-key solution, it's worth checking out.
> >
> > -Ed
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Re: [PLUG] set-top streaming media devices
this is "a companion to the Plex Media Server" -- the client. as
noted, the plex client is open source, the server is not. if there
were a raspi binary i might even consider running the server despite
it being closed source, but it appears to me it's only for x86 linux,
win, and osx. I have no desire to keep an additional x86 server
powered all the time for media.
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Benjamin Foote wrote:
> Last month my gf and I were house sitting for a friend who happened to have
> a roku device connected to his television.
>
> I used plex ( http://plex.tv ) to stream videos I had on my hardrive to the
> roku device. This required adding the Plex "channel" to the device via the
> channels browser.
>
> After the connection between the roku and the plex server was configured I
> was able to stream 1080p video to the TV from my laptop. There was a
> learning curve around getting the indexing engine on the laptop to notice
> new videos, but after that all appeared to fall in line.
>
> I used a Mythbox a few years back as a PVR (with a tv tuner card) and I
> always enjoyed that experience. Perhaps libre firmware for the roku will
> become available and we'll be able to hack on the roku hardware some and
> make the TV in that setup just the viewing portal of a central server (I'm
> excited to setup a freenas home backup and media server tp serve this
> function for the tv and all other thin clients).
>
> Or perhaps there's a raspberrypi or beaglebone setup that should be
> considered.
>
> Looks like someone's already there: http://www.rasplex.com/
>
> Benjamin Foote
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>
> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Rigel Hope wrote:
>
>> Hi, go fuck yourself.
>>
>> *plonk*
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:03 PM, King Beowulf
>> wrote:
>> > You already bought a Roku, so what's another 10 bucks to access your
>> > media? Obviously upi didn't read the "fine print" on the Roku
>> > specifications - its a closed proprietary box. Besides, you are
>> > coughing up $$ for netflix, et al. so stop being such a damn cheapskate.
>> > If you don't what to pay for decent software that supports Linux, then
>> > sell the Roku, and build your own HTPC with MythTV or XBMc, etc.
>> >
>> > [OT]
>> > Linux might be F/OSS but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to support
>> > the devs is some way - the have to eat too. If Linux users weren't such
>> > cheap ass sponges, M$ would have been relegated to the dust bin of
>> > history long ago
>> > [OT]
>> >
>> >
>> > On 03/09/2014 12:30 PM, Rigel Hope wrote:
>> >> thanks for your helpful suggestion!
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Ronald Bynoe wrote:
>> >>> Then write it yourself?
>> >>> On Mar 9, 2014 12:19 PM, "Rigel Hope" wrote:
>> >>>
>> paying additional monies just to access my own server?
>>
>> the hell you say.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:11 PM, King Beowulf
>> wrote:
>> > On 03/08/2014 03:03 PM, Rigel Hope wrote:
>> >> I bought one of these Roku doohickeys recently, in spite of the
>> >> potential security nightmares i suspect it will eventually cause,
>> >> because others in the home wanted to be able to watch the various
>> pay
>> >> streaming video services on the main screen -- you know the ones,
>> the
>> >> ones with all the DRM nonsense.
>> >>
>> >> Anyway, I was unable to figure out how to stream audio or video from
>> >> my linux box without installing some proprietary closed source
>> >> nonsense ("Plex Media Server" -- the clients are GPL, but the server
>> >> is not, yecch).
>> >>
>> >> There is an SDK that uses some Basic-derived interpreted language
>> >> called BrightScript (conveniently abbreviated BS), but i suspect
>> that
>> >> coding an NFS client in BS is going to be beyond the limits of my
>> >> available time, or ability.
>> >>
>> >> Has anyone run into this problem and found a solution? I was unable
>> to
>> >> find one using the googles.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > Since I "cut the cord", I'm been toying with various mutimedia s/w
>> > (XBMC, MythTV, ...) and poking around the specs of the Chromcast -
>> which
>> > led me to Roku's little copy-cat dongle announced recently. Your
>> post
>> > then brought me here:
>> >
>> > http://wilddtech.com/roksbox/home/
>> >
>> > Its a one-time pay channel you add to the Roku which will allow
>> > streaming from a local web server, NAS, USB drive (for Roku's with
>> USB
>> > ports), or plain network file share. No plex server BS needed. In
>> > fact, it doesn't look like you need to do anything but configure a
>> > standard Linux box - no added software! (except maybe for
>> > transcoding..). It will even do music and photos.
>> >
>> > As a turn-key solution, it's worth checking out.
>> >
>>
Re: [PLUG] Eee PC 701
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 10:53 PM, Ken Stephens wrote: > Wayne, > > I have a eeePC 1000 I am using to view the Digital Oregonion. Works > just fine with Fedora 19. Small foot print makes it > work nicely on the breakfast table. > > Ken > Agreed. My 1005HAB works good enough with Ubuntu 10.04. Been thinking about upgrading it to a newer version, just haven't had a need, yet. Regards, - Robert ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] SD cards that enable wifi
I understand they exist. I have a medical device that has an SD card. Currently to view the data I must schlep the SD card back and forth from the device to my computer every day. If I could replace the SD card in the device with a wifi-SD card, I could just access the data over the wireless network. Has anyone used one of these cards? ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
