Re: [ubuntu-uk] Podcast - Audio submission guidelines
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:32:10AM +0100, Colin McCarthy wrote: Do you have any guidelines for doing remote recordings, via Skype for instance? Instant reaction Ugh, Skype!. I'd recommend either trying Gizmo instead of Skype because it has a built in recording function, or alternatively use a real phone and one of these:- http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=YS78K During last weeks recording we tested out a modified SIP phone that Dave Walker has. It worked okay but it's quite a setup. I'll ask Dave to put some detail together about how he did it, so if someone else wants to try, they can. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] TV Nostalgia was: The BBC Launches Wiiplayer
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:31:07AM +0100, Andrew Oakley wrote: (Spot the broadcasting geek. I have a lovely selection of Test Cards for my X-Screensaver, and am working on broadening my selection of widescreen test cards for my new widescreen laptop. Test Card W is, of course, my favourite, and I plan to personalise it by mocking-up my daughter and her teddybear in front of her easel. Don't yawn - at least I managed to get this thread back on-topic!) http://625.uk.com/ is a great resource for this kind of nostalgia. :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The BBC Launches Wiiplayer??? WHAT!?
Hi James, On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 03:46:39PM +0100, Jmaes Edward Grabham wrote: Andy Smith wrote: On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 06:52:55PM +0100, Jmaes Edward Grabham wrote: The BBC is a socialist corporation - you HAVE to pay them BY LAW. [...] With no financial incentives, they won't do anything. So by this logic, Channel 4's and Sky's video on demand should better cater to Linux users since these profit-driven entities will be required to chase the penguin pound, right? ..right? Not really, as the cost of porting all the DRM stuff (which at present needs windows media player) to linux would be far to high, they wont bother as the cost of making it available will be several times the capital they will recieve back from us lot using it. ..which sounds like exactly the sort of situation that one would want a socialist institution then. You were complaining that the BBC would never cater to Linux people because they were socialist and lacked the capitalist incentives. Now you are saying that commercial entities also lack the incentives. Can you really have it both ways? Or is it your argument that Linux users can expect to never be catered for by either type of organisation? Cheers, Andy signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The BBC Launches Wiiplayer??? WHAT!?
Steve Cook wrote: Channel4 recieve some funds from the licence fee. Hmm, that's not strictly true. When Channel 4 moved from regional advertising (originally managed by the ITV regions) to national advertising (managed in-house), it did have an insurance scheme set up by the government (under the Broadcasting Act 1990) to provide a minimum income in case its advertising revenue didn't meet expectations. These insurance premiums were partially funded by the licence fee. The fear was that as the ITV-backed advertising was withdrawn, advertisers might stay away from Channel 4 due to its less populist programmes. The government tendering process for the fourth channel was for a high degree of minority and public service programming. Channel 4, as the winning tender, was bound by these restrictions. As things turned out, advertising revenue always stayed above this minimum, and thus: * The insurance never paid out. * Ergo Channel 4 never received any money. The insurance scheme was phased out in 1998. If you really want to stretch the definition, you could claim that all terrestrial broadcasters receive money from the licence fee due to the way that the BBC helps pay for the terrestrial transmitter network (it's not hard to argue that ITV, Ch4 Five get cheap access to terrestrial TV transmitters, both analogue and especially digital), but that argument isn't specific to Channel 4. Analogue terrestrial broadcasters also receive government/taxpayers' money for party political broadcasts and public information films (eg. try not to kill cyclists; don't dangle the kettle lead in front of your two-year-old; don't set your duvet on fire; if you're not going to get your boiler serviced then at least get a CO sensor before you poison yourself to death; put the fscking battery back in your smoke alarm you dimwit; remember to breathe; etc.); again this isn't specific to Channel 4. (Spot the broadcasting geek. I have a lovely selection of Test Cards for my X-Screensaver, and am working on broadening my selection of widescreen test cards for my new widescreen laptop. Test Card W is, of course, my favourite, and I plan to personalise it by mocking-up my daughter and her teddybear in front of her easel. Don't yawn - at least I managed to get this thread back on-topic!) -- Andrew Oakley -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Podcast - Audio submission guidelines
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, We've had a lot of great feedback about the podcast, and many suggestions, offers of help and even offers of audio submissions which is fantastic! One question that has cropped up a couple of times is that of audio guidelines. So we have put together a braindump of some things we think need to be considered when making an audio submission. http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/audio-submission-guidelines/ Comments/questions/suggestions welcome. Do you have any guidelines for doing remote recordings, via Skype for instance? I have been following this guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SkypeRecordingHowto to set up Skype recording, but of course due to the lovely Ubuntu updater I am now running Skype 1.4, which does not work with Skype-rec. I can't find Skype 1.3 or another solution anywhere on the internets. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The BBC Launches Wiiplayer??? WHAT!?
Hi Steve, On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 07:26:57PM +0100, Steve Cook wrote: Channel4 recieve some funds from the licence fee. so should be under they some obligations as the BBC. Not saying this is untrue but do you have a cite for it? The last I was aware on this issue was: http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entertainment/media/bbc+may+have+to+share+licence+fee/1986352 10 Apr 2008: An Ofcom report says the BBC may have to give some of its licence fee to the commercial broadcasters Channel 4, ITV and Channel 5. i.e. they don't already. Even if they did take this money, I don't see how this would obligate them to do anything but what it is agreed to be used for. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting Encrypted mail welcome - keyid 0x604DE5DB signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Podcast - Audio submission guidelines
Hi all, We've had a lot of great feedback about the podcast, and many suggestions, offers of help and even offers of audio submissions which is fantastic! One question that has cropped up a couple of times is that of audio guidelines. So we have put together a braindump of some things we think need to be considered when making an audio submission. http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/audio-submission-guidelines/ Comments/questions/suggestions welcome. Thanks all Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Sharing printer with Cups on Ubuntu server
Hi folks, My other half has recently got herself a new printer which she wants to use with her laptop (running Windows XP) although she doesn't want to be sat right next to the printer to use it. Now being a bit of a cheap skate and having lots of old bits lying around I thought I'd build a PC to share the printer on the network, and maybe also a USB hard drive too. I thought to keep the requirements down I would use Ubuntu server (possibly 7.10 to start with and then 8.04 when it's released in a couple of weeks). Now sharing the hard drive isn't a problem, I'm quite happy to setup Samba so the drive can be shared, the problem I'm anticipating is with CUPS. Now I've happily setup printers on Ubuntu (well it's fool proof for the printer I have, I just plug it in), but I've not tried it on Ubuntu Server. Is there any web interface built into CUPS that I can install the printer and setup sharing with? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sharing printer with Cups on Ubuntu server
On 11/04/2008, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any web interface built into CUPS that I can install the printer and setup sharing with? The CUPS web interface is installed by default at http://localhost:631 There are options under the the Administration tab to share the printer, although I've not tried it myself. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sharing printer with Cups on Ubuntu server
Lucy wrote: On 11/04/2008, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any web interface built into CUPS that I can install the printer and setup sharing with? The CUPS web interface is installed by default at http://localhost:631 There are options under the the Administration tab to share the printer, although I've not tried it myself. Even when I've setup up cups machines on localhost with a GUI, i've often just used the web-interface @ localhost. Your best bet is to create an ssh tunnel in from your own ubuntu machine like so: ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3456:loclahost:631 then, when you browse to localhost:3456 - it'll forward to localhost:631 on your printer server. That just makes the configuration options make sense (remote admin is disabled by default - but to the box you now look like a localhost user). Then it's pretty much a nice standard web-based GUI for configuration. Best of Luck! Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sharing printer with Cups on Ubuntu server
Rob Beard wrote: (possibly 7.10 to start with and then 8.04 when it's released in a 8.04 is as stable as damnit right now. I've been testing it since December, and as of about two weeks ago (Beta), I have had no instabilities. Is there any web interface built into CUPS that I can install the printer and setup sharing with? Lucy wrote: The CUPS web interface is installed by default at http://localhost:631 That means it can't be accessed from another machine on the network, only from the server itself. This can be changed to listen to all network interfaces (ie. so you can configure it from your laptop elsewhere on the network) by changing /etc/cups/cupsd.conf from: # Only listen for connections from the local machine. Listen localhost:631 to: # COMMENTED OUT: # Only listen for connections from the local machine. # COMMENTED OUT: Listen localhost:631 # Listen to all interfaces Listen *:631 You also need to add: Allow @LOCAL ...to the following sections: Location /admin Location /admin/conf ...then restart the service with /etc/init.d/cupsys restart . Then something like http://192.168.whatever.whatever:631 will work from another machine on the LAN. Note that this gives admin access to everyone on the LAN, which most people would consider as insecure. You'll probably want to return it to Listen localhost:631 and remove Allow @LOCAL from the admin and admin/conf sections once you have configured the system. Alternatively you could use an SSH tunnel to achieve remote access to localhost, without needing to change the conf file. -- Andrew Oakley -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The BBC Launches Wiiplayer??? WHAT!?
Not sure Channel 5 get access to these transmitters... surely that's why so much of the country still can't get it, because it relies on their own hardware? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The BBC Launches Wiiplayer??? WHAT!?
No linux users wont be catered for, but youre not paying c4/sky for something you cant use, you are with the beeb On 11/04/2008, Andy Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi James, On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 03:46:39PM +0100, Jmaes Edward Grabham wrote: Andy Smith wrote: On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 06:52:55PM +0100, Jmaes Edward Grabham wrote: The BBC is a socialist corporation - you HAVE to pay them BY LAW. [...] With no financial incentives, they won't do anything. So by this logic, Channel 4's and Sky's video on demand should better cater to Linux users since these profit-driven entities will be required to chase the penguin pound, right? ..right? Not really, as the cost of porting all the DRM stuff (which at present needs windows media player) to linux would be far to high, they wont bother as the cost of making it available will be several times the capital they will recieve back from us lot using it. ..which sounds like exactly the sort of situation that one would want a socialist institution then. You were complaining that the BBC would never cater to Linux people because they were socialist and lacked the capitalist incentives. Now you are saying that commercial entities also lack the incentives. Can you really have it both ways? Or is it your argument that Linux users can expect to never be catered for by either type of organisation? Cheers, Andy -- Mr JE Grabham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sharing printer with Cups on Ubuntu server
Andrew Oakley wrote: Rob Beard wrote: (possibly 7.10 to start with and then 8.04 when it's released in a 8.04 is as stable as damnit right now. I've been testing it since December, and as of about two weeks ago (Beta), I have had no instabilities. I guess, it seems fairly stable on my desktop and since it's not doing anything mission critical then I'm sure it'll be fine. I've just had a look at the printer, I didn't realise it's a printer/scanner/copier! It is supported on Linux (it's a Samsung CLX-2160 Colour Laser/Scanner/Copier) which is supplied with Linux drivers. Sods law though I bet installing the Linux drivers will only allow me to print from Windows and not scan from the Windows machine over the network. Saying that though, Samsung do have a networked version of the printer so maybe it's possible. I'll have a look at the Windows driver and see what it says. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The BBC Launches Wiiplayer??? WHAT!?
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 11:31 +0100, Andrew Oakley wrote: Steve Cook wrote: Channel4 receive some funds from the licence fee. Hmm, that's not strictly true. I've put 2 and 10 togetrher and got IV :-) I've obviously misunderstood the origin of this thanks for the enlightenment. Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sharing printer with Cups on Ubuntu server
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:F...indows_machinehttp://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_print_on_remote_Ubuntu_machine_from_a_Windows_machine http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:F...Ubuntu_machinehttp://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_print_on_remote_Ubuntu_machine_from_another_Ubuntu_machine Enjoy. I have a print server set up on Ubuntu server serving Mac OS Leopard, Ubuntu clients, XP and Vista. On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 6:56 PM, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Oakley wrote: Rob Beard wrote: (possibly 7.10 to start with and then 8.04 when it's released in a 8.04 is as stable as damnit right now. I've been testing it since December, and as of about two weeks ago (Beta), I have had no instabilities. I guess, it seems fairly stable on my desktop and since it's not doing anything mission critical then I'm sure it'll be fine. I've just had a look at the printer, I didn't realise it's a printer/scanner/copier! It is supported on Linux (it's a Samsung CLX-2160 Colour Laser/Scanner/Copier) which is supplied with Linux drivers. Sods law though I bet installing the Linux drivers will only allow me to print from Windows and not scan from the Windows machine over the network. Saying that though, Samsung do have a networked version of the printer so maybe it's possible. I'll have a look at the Windows driver and see what it says. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sharing printer with Cups on Ubuntu server
On top of that if you want a nice little script i have attached one here I found and have used. Simply add a bat extension at the end and it will map the printer automatically to your windows pc. If you need any help with writing it let me know. Works very well. Regards, Daniel On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 21:41 +0100, Mark Allison wrote: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:F...indows_machine http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:F...Ubuntu_machine Enjoy. I have a print server set up on Ubuntu server serving Mac OS Leopard, Ubuntu clients, XP and Vista. On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 6:56 PM, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Oakley wrote: Rob Beard wrote: (possibly 7.10 to start with and then 8.04 when it's released in a 8.04 is as stable as damnit right now. I've been testing it since December, and as of about two weeks ago (Beta), I have had no instabilities. I guess, it seems fairly stable on my desktop and since it's not doing anything mission critical then I'm sure it'll be fine. I've just had a look at the printer, I didn't realise it's a printer/scanner/copier! It is supported on Linux (it's a Samsung CLX-2160 Colour Laser/Scanner/Copier) which is supplied with Linux drivers. Sods law though I bet installing the Linux drivers will only allow me to print from Windows and not scan from the Windows machine over the network. Saying that though, Samsung do have a networked version of the printer so maybe it's possible. I'll have a look at the Windows driver and see what it says. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ :: Example XP CMD script to install a cups printer. :: 12 Oct 2006 I hereby place this script in the public domain, nyer. :: ~~ The Anonymous Author (yes, me!). :: The script will work happily from remote SAMBA shares even without :: mapping them to a drive letter. It expects the needed files to live :: in subdirectories with names that you can figure out, see below. :: Uses path variable %~dp0 documented at :: http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/parameters.html :: This is because CMD doesn't like using a UNC path as the current :: directory. :: Note that XCOPY doesn't like \\ in the middle of a path. :: %~dp0 includes \ at the end. :: But %~dp0somefile.ext is unreadable to humans. :: XCOPY doesn't mind \.\ in the middle of a path. :: %~dp0.\somefile.ext is more visually readable. :: Set some variables to make modifying this script easier. :: Substitute values here to match your CUPS server. SET SERVERNAME=cups SET PRINT_SERVER=http://%SERVERNAME%.example.com SET PRINT_BASE_URL=%PRINT_SERVER%:631/printers :: Set the CUPS printer name here for the (first) printer to install. SET PRINTERNAME=my_printer :: Set file locations here. (Tests if the file is accessible too.) SET INF=%~dp0.\cups_unified_driver\cups-windows-6.0\i386\cups6.inf IF NOT EXIST %INF% EXIT /b 1 :: This next value matches something in the .inf file. :: Easy to figure out what. :: Tip: Use notepad to open your .inf and guess it. SET STRING=CUPS Test Driver v6 :: You may want to shorten this a little, depends on your setup. SET BASENAME=%PRINTERNAME%_using_cups_driver_on_%SERVERNAME%_ipp :: This doesn't need change unless you have a wierd CUPS setup. SET URL=%PRINT_BASE_URL%/%PRINTERNAME% :: Now the action! Install the (first) printer. :: Install and configure printer driver. %WINDIR%\System32\RUNDLL32.EXE printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /b %BASENAME% /if /f %INF% /u /r %URL% /m %STRING% IF NOT ERRORLEVEL %ERRORLEVEL%==ERRORLEVEL 0 EXIT /b 1 :: You can add more printers in here... :: repeat from SET PRINTERNAME... onwards if you want ... :: Finally, once all printers added, restart the printer service. START /WAIT Stop spooler %WINDIR%\System32\SC.EXE STOP spooler IF NOT ERRORLEVEL %ERRORLEVEL%==ERRORLEVEL 0 EXIT /b 1 START /WAIT Start spooler %WINDIR%\System32\SC.EXE START spooler IF NOT ERRORLEVEL %ERRORLEVEL%==ERRORLEVEL 0 EXIT /b 1 ECHO Completed %100, no errors detected. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
