Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sony Walkman Enticing Again?

[Stephen Garton]

I've just got a magic too, so am very pleased to hear about it's ogg
support!

(First email sent from it, and it looks like it's going to top post by
default, the compose screen is different to 'normal'. If so, apologies in
advance!)

On Jun 8, 2009 9:28 PM, "Michael G Fletcher" 
wrote:

> > (admittedly, I don't know if ogg support is standard in Android but at >
> least the potential t...
My HTC-Magic (the second Android phone) plays ogg files
"out-of-the-box", so hopefully will not too difficult unless sony make
it difficult :-)

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations

[Sean Miller]

The "no LLU" requirement seriously limits your chances of getting 24mbps.

A BT Exchange is a BT Exchange.  Doesn't matter who your ISP is,
you're still physically connected to the same wire and the same
equipment at the exchange.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Networking question: Ps3 or Xbox 360

[HippyChick]

Our PS3 is using upnp, it seems to play most things, and our server is
transcoding on the fly for those that dont using mediatomb, we are still
musing over the thought of putting ubuntu on the PS3 but heard it doesnt
make full use of the cores so if anyone can confirm that, that would be
great :)

HC

On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 00:00 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> William Anderson wrote:
> > Rob Beard wrote:
> >   
> >> javadayaz wrote:
> >> 
> >>> I mean primarily to view stuff/media thats stored on the ubuntu pc! 
> >>> sorry should have made that a bit clearer
> >>>   
> >> Yeah no problem.
> >>
> >> Well I don't have either console (I have an original XBOX, PS2 and 
> >> Wii).  I know the PS3 has Linux support and I'm pretty certain there is 
> >> a version of Ubuntu available (if I'm right it's the PowerPC version 
> >> that runs on the PS3) so you could run your media that way with 
> >> something like MythTV.  I'm not sure if the default operating system on 
> >> 
> >
> > that's not really an easy way to do things :)
> >
> >   
> >> the PS3 (XMB is it?) can connect to Samba shares but I believe it does 
> >> support uPNP which I understand there are servers available for this on 
> >> Ubuntu, I've also read it supports Divx video files.
> >> 
> >
> > No, neither the PS3 or Xbox 360 can connect to smb shares.
> >
> >   
> >> With regards to the XBOX 360, I really don't know.  I know it can 
> >> connect to a Windows machine which is running Windows Media Centre and 
> >> play stuff from that, and I would assume it can play WMA/WMV files 
> >> (being Microsoft format files) but as far as connecting to a Samba share 
> >> or uPNP server I just don't know.  Doing a quick Google search pointed 
> >> to a post about someone running Windows XP Media Centre edition in 
> >> something like VirtualBox.
> >> 
> >
> > That's overkill, and expensive.  Both the PS3 and Xbox 360 can connect
> > to any OS's or device's uPnP server to grab media from, e.g. XBMC/Plex,
> > Connect360, TVersity, FUPPES, ushare, MediaTomb, etc.  If your uPnP
> > server can transcode unsupported media, all the better (e.g. the 360
> > won't be able to play things like mkv without some assistance), but both
> > can do the basics.  For the fastest working system, but least out the
> > box features, you can at least apt-get install ushare :)
> >
> >   
> I thought running through Virtualbox might be a bit overkill.  As I 
> mentioned, I don't have a PS3 or XBOX360 and I haven't used either 
> (although I am looking at getting an XBOX 360 Premium system in the near 
> future).
> > So to answer the OP's question, both are pretty amenable to streaming
> > media from an Ubuntu box, dependent on your choice of uPnP source.  The
> > PS3 has WiFi built in, you'll need to purchase an Xbox 360 Wireless
> > Adapter (retail cost £59.99), e.g. http://tinyurl.com/ldhexr
> >
> >   
> Bit pricey that is for a wireless adapter.  Does the Elite console come 
> with a wireless adapter?
> 
> I personally don't mind the lack of wireless as I have a switch right 
> near the TV for my existing PS2 and Media Centre PC but I can see how 
> for some putting cables in might not be an option (my other half 
> occasionally moans about the rats nest of cables behind our TV).
> > I'd say your other requirements will come into play as to which one you
> > should buy, e.g. cost, joypad comfortability, onboard storage space,
> > available games, types of games[1], bluray capability, etc.  Both
> > consoles have their strengths and weaknesses (tho I prefer the 360 at
> > the moment), so choose wisely :)
> >
> >   
> I was leaning towards a PS3 mainly for the Bluray capabilities and the 
> Linux support but considering they aren't dropping the price yet (I was 
> hoping for an announcement of a price cut at E3) then I've decided to 
> get an XBOX 360 instead.  There are one or two games that I am 
> interested in with a couple of XBOX exclusives (that Alan Wake game 
> looks good).  I think as far as Bluray is concerned for now I'll just 
> fork out for a Bluray drive (I've seen a BD-ROM drive for about £50 
> retail boxed with software) which will pretty much cover my HD movie 
> playback needs until eventually I can afford a PS3.
> 
> Does ushare support transcoding of media on the fly?
> 
> Rob
> 
> 


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu and wireless routers

[Rob Beard]

norman wrote:
> I fear that my router will soon die and, as it is a number of years
> since I installed my present one, I wondered if any one had any pearly
> words of wisdom they could cast in my direction. I am running Ubuntu
> 9.04 if that makes any difference, thanks.
>
> Norman 
>
>   
You don't mention if you have cable or ADSL so I can't really advise on 
specific models, but I have not had any problems with Netgear routers I 
have a DG834G v2 which I used for 3 years or so without any problems 
which was recently retired and replaced with a BT Home Hub, and I also 
have a Netgear cable router (not sure of the model number off the top of 
my head) which was provided by Virgin Media for my cable broadband and 
this also works fine although I found the firmware to be a little bit 
more restrictive on it (I also found this on a newer Netgear ADSL router).

I've also had pretty good results with Buffalo and Linksys but had no 
end of problems with a Belkin router when I first invested in a wireless 
router.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Networking question: Ps3 or Xbox 360

[Rob Beard]

William Anderson wrote:
> Rob Beard wrote:
>   
>> javadayaz wrote:
>> 
>>> I mean primarily to view stuff/media thats stored on the ubuntu pc! 
>>> sorry should have made that a bit clearer
>>>   
>> Yeah no problem.
>>
>> Well I don't have either console (I have an original XBOX, PS2 and 
>> Wii).  I know the PS3 has Linux support and I'm pretty certain there is 
>> a version of Ubuntu available (if I'm right it's the PowerPC version 
>> that runs on the PS3) so you could run your media that way with 
>> something like MythTV.  I'm not sure if the default operating system on 
>> 
>
> that's not really an easy way to do things :)
>
>   
>> the PS3 (XMB is it?) can connect to Samba shares but I believe it does 
>> support uPNP which I understand there are servers available for this on 
>> Ubuntu, I've also read it supports Divx video files.
>> 
>
> No, neither the PS3 or Xbox 360 can connect to smb shares.
>
>   
>> With regards to the XBOX 360, I really don't know.  I know it can 
>> connect to a Windows machine which is running Windows Media Centre and 
>> play stuff from that, and I would assume it can play WMA/WMV files 
>> (being Microsoft format files) but as far as connecting to a Samba share 
>> or uPNP server I just don't know.  Doing a quick Google search pointed 
>> to a post about someone running Windows XP Media Centre edition in 
>> something like VirtualBox.
>> 
>
> That's overkill, and expensive.  Both the PS3 and Xbox 360 can connect
> to any OS's or device's uPnP server to grab media from, e.g. XBMC/Plex,
> Connect360, TVersity, FUPPES, ushare, MediaTomb, etc.  If your uPnP
> server can transcode unsupported media, all the better (e.g. the 360
> won't be able to play things like mkv without some assistance), but both
> can do the basics.  For the fastest working system, but least out the
> box features, you can at least apt-get install ushare :)
>
>   
I thought running through Virtualbox might be a bit overkill.  As I 
mentioned, I don't have a PS3 or XBOX360 and I haven't used either 
(although I am looking at getting an XBOX 360 Premium system in the near 
future).
> So to answer the OP's question, both are pretty amenable to streaming
> media from an Ubuntu box, dependent on your choice of uPnP source.  The
> PS3 has WiFi built in, you'll need to purchase an Xbox 360 Wireless
> Adapter (retail cost £59.99), e.g. http://tinyurl.com/ldhexr
>
>   
Bit pricey that is for a wireless adapter.  Does the Elite console come 
with a wireless adapter?

I personally don't mind the lack of wireless as I have a switch right 
near the TV for my existing PS2 and Media Centre PC but I can see how 
for some putting cables in might not be an option (my other half 
occasionally moans about the rats nest of cables behind our TV).
> I'd say your other requirements will come into play as to which one you
> should buy, e.g. cost, joypad comfortability, onboard storage space,
> available games, types of games[1], bluray capability, etc.  Both
> consoles have their strengths and weaknesses (tho I prefer the 360 at
> the moment), so choose wisely :)
>
>   
I was leaning towards a PS3 mainly for the Bluray capabilities and the 
Linux support but considering they aren't dropping the price yet (I was 
hoping for an announcement of a price cut at E3) then I've decided to 
get an XBOX 360 instead.  There are one or two games that I am 
interested in with a couple of XBOX exclusives (that Alan Wake game 
looks good).  I think as far as Bluray is concerned for now I'll just 
fork out for a Bluray drive (I've seen a BD-ROM drive for about £50 
retail boxed with software) which will pretty much cover my HD movie 
playback needs until eventually I can afford a PS3.

Does ushare support transcoding of media on the fly?

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations

[Rob Beard]

David King wrote:
> After examining the ADSL24 site more closely, I will pass on switching 
> to them as they appear to be just another Entanet reseller.
>
>
> Anyone else got any good suggestions for a good broadband ISP that 
> offers up to 24 Mbit/s, no LLU, not Entanet, TalkTalk-related or Virgin?
>
>
> David King
>   
You could have a look at TitanADSL.org.uk, I believe they do 
non-LLU/non-Enta services (they are Enta resellers but like a lot of 
Enta resellers they DO offer alternatives to Enta).

Are you on an exchange which has been enabled for the ADSL2+ service?  
 From what I understand some of the bigger exchanges have been enabled 
by BT but a lot of the smaller exchanges have Wholesale Broadband 
Connect & ADSL2+ dates of 2010 or possibly later.

You could look at Plusnet, Zen, Andrews & Arnold to name a few.  I 
believe PlusNet do throttle their connections but do clearly state what 
they do and what they don't throttle.  To be honest I think the days of 
all you can eat broadband (i.e. truely unlimitied unthrottled broadband 
for under £30 a month) are over.

Rob


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations

[David King]

After examining the ADSL24 site more closely, I will pass on switching 
to them as they appear to be just another Entanet reseller.


Anyone else got any good suggestions for a good broadband ISP that 
offers up to 24 Mbit/s, no LLU, not Entanet, TalkTalk-related or Virgin?


David King





David King wrote:
> I also use UKFSN for my broadband ISP, and lately the service has been 
> rubbish. I am getting much slower speeds, sometimes down to less than 
> 1 Mbit/s. And the technical support is currently non-existent. I think 
> it is a one-man show, who means well, wanting to support free open 
> source software, but he obviously does not have the manpower to deal 
> with queries and EntaNet are badly letting down the customers, for 
> which UKFSN is a reseller.
>
> I have always heard many bad things about Tiscali, Pipex, and 
> TalkTalk. Now they are all part of the same ISP, I will avoid them 
> like the plague. I also hear that Virgin is very bad too, although if 
> you can get cable and it works, and you do not have to deal with their 
> helplines, it might be okay, but after many bad experiences with NTL 
> in the past I will never go with them again, even though they are now 
> rebranded as Virgin Media.
>
> I had a look at the http://adsl24.co.uk website, and according to 
> that, I can get up to 24 Mbit/s where I live. Although their site 
> suggests I would only get 3.2 Mbit/s, which is rather poor, 
> considering I am only 2 km from the exchange. Maybe the routing of the 
> BT cables is so not straight that it is a lot more than 2 km along the 
> wires? I measured the distance on Google Earth, it was less than 2 km 
> in a straight line, so about 2 km along the main roads. Elsewhere I 
> read that at 2 km I should get 15 Mbit/s.
>
> I was considering BE but I do not like 12-month contracts, and their 
> site does not give any details that I could find about cancelling. But 
> they do allow for unlimited bandwidth, which is helpful when 
> downloading updates to Ubuntu or various distro ISO files to try out, 
> as well as the various free movies on 
> http://www.archive.org/details/movies or free music from 
> http://freealbums.blogsome.com/
>
> ADSL24 have more limited bandwidth, the same as UKFSN currently offers 
> (£18.90 for 30 GB peak, unlimited at weekends and 00:00-08:00).
>
>
> As for hosting, I use 1&1 Internet Ltd. 
> 
>
> They have been very good for hosting overall, and I can have as many 
> domain names there as I like (all paid for of course), so it's good 
> for hosting multiple sites in one hosting space. I once had a problem 
> with using FTP, they password they supplied contained a / character, 
> and the FTP worked fine in Windows, but when I switched to using Linux 
> it would not work, until I changed the password to something without 
> any unusual characters in.
>
>
> David King
>
>
> John Levin wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking for reccomendations for broadband suppliers and hosting.
>>
>> First off, I'm getting rid of Entanet (via UKFSN) as they've seen fit to 
>> more than double their charges! (Getting ready for long phone session to 
>> customer services today) Don't have cable, so looking for a 
>> geek-friendly adsl service.
>>
>> Secondly, I'm looking for a second hosting service. I use evohosting
>> http://www.evohosting.co.uk/
>> and am very happy with them, but in case of failure want to have (and to 
>> be able to reccomend to others) a secondary web/email system. Plus I'd 
>> like ubuntu-based servers, just for fun. Any suggestions?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> John
>>
>>   


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sony Walkman Enticing Again?

[Michael G Fletcher]

> > (admittedly, I don't know if ogg support is standard in Android but at
> > least the potential to easily install it should be there)
> >

My HTC-Magic (the second Android phone) plays ogg files
"out-of-the-box", so hopefully will not too difficult unless sony make
it difficult :-)

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sony Walkman Enticing Again?

[LeeGroups]

> For me, at least, if the following report is true:
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/sony-building-android-based-walkman-and-pnd-for-2010-launch/
>
> Sony could well become sexy again. A mainstream PMP that easily plays 
> mp3 and ogg?
>
> Sign me up!
>
> (admittedly, I don't know if ogg support is standard in Android but at 
> least the potential to easily install it should be there)
>
> Regards
>
> Bruce
>
If it can be rooted, I'm interested... :)

Lee


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom Intuos4 - how to install?

[daveg]

I know very little about such things.  However, I'm not too bad at reading
and there is a reasonable article in the July edition of LINUX Format
covering a little about this sort of problem.  Apparantly on the
accompanying DVD there is a copy of the article writers xorg.conf which
gets the erasure, buttons and circular pad working.  Also within GIMP
these features must be mapped to keystrokes which is done using wacompcpl
tool, included apparantly in the linuxwacom package or available at
http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net




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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can anyone get USB "C-Media ... CM106 Like Sound Device" to work?

[Adam Funk]

On 2009-06-03, Rob Beard wrote:

> Adam Funk wrote:
>> I bought Maplin's "5.1 USB Multimedia Sound Card" [1], which has the
>> lsusb output listed below [2], and I'm at my wit's end trying to get
>> it to work (on Intrepid and Jaunty).  All I want to do is plug the
>> line-out from my hi-fi into the line-in on this device and record with
>> Audacity.  I know sound is going into the device because when I plug
>> earphones into its output I hear what the hi-fi is playing.

> I've not got one of these specific devices (although I have had one in 
> the past) but this might help if you haven't already tried it...
>
> Click on the Volume Control icon next to the clock and then select 
> Volume Control.

I'll have another go.  Are you using the GNOME volume control applet
or the PulseAudio one?


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sony Walkman Enticing Again?

[Matthew Daubney]

On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 11:55 +0100, Sean Miller wrote:
> Will it pick up Medium Wave?
> 
> I don't want all that music rubbish... I need Radio 5 Live...
> 
> Sean
> Founder Memory (just now ;-)): Society for the preservation of AM Radio.


you get radio 5 live on digital radio, as well as 5 live sports extra :)

-Matt Daubney


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sony Walkman Enticing Again?

[Sean Miller]

Will it pick up Medium Wave?

I don't want all that music rubbish... I need Radio 5 Live...

Sean
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[ubuntu-uk] Sony Walkman Enticing Again?

[Bruce Beardall]

For me, at least, if the following report is true:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/sony-building-android-based-walkman-and-pnd-for-2010-launch/

Sony could well become sexy again. A mainstream PMP that easily plays mp3
and ogg?

Sign me up!

(admittedly, I don't know if ogg support is standard in Android but at least
the potential to easily install it should be there)

Regards

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations

[Dave Morley]

On Sun, 2009-06-07 at 16:52 +0100, William Anderson wrote:
> John Levin wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm looking for reccomendations for broadband suppliers and hosting.
> > 
> > First off, I'm getting rid of Entanet (via UKFSN) as they've seen fit to 
> > more than double their charges! (Getting ready for long phone session to 
> > customer services today) Don't have cable, so looking for a 
> > geek-friendly adsl service.
> 
> Be - http://www.bethere.co.uk/
> Web Tapestry - http://www.webtapestry.net/
> 
> > Secondly, I'm looking for a second hosting service. I use evohosting
> > http://www.evohosting.co.uk/
> > and am very happy with them, but in case of failure want to have (and to 
> > be able to reccomend to others) a secondary web/email system. Plus I'd 
> > like ubuntu-based servers, just for fun. Any suggestions?
> 
> Bitfolk - http://www.bitfolk.com/
> Bytemark - http://www.bytemark.co.uk/
> 
> -n
> 
http://www.intermip.net/

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and I can't fault it.
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