Mediaserv being strange/not working
 

I've got it running on Ubuntu Hardy, but whenever I load the server it adds a '-desktop.local' at the end of the server IP:
When I attempt to connect to 192.168.1.100:8090, it redirects to 192.168.1.100-desktop.local:8090, which it cannot load. I have edited the config to force it to use 192.168.1.100, but that doesn't work. Not sure what else to look for. Any ideas?

Re: Mediaserv being strange/not working
 

Okay, I figured it out. There was another option for 'URL' in the config. Just had to set that, works great now. So if anybody else has that problem, that's what to do!

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I tried to run media serv and all seemd to be running well until I tried to load a video. MediaPlayer said codec not supported and the transcoded file had been named with a .mp4.avi extension.

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That's odd... Have you tried any other videos? Does mencoder launch and do its thing on your desktop? How are you accessing the server.. via web?

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I access the server via the web. As far as I know mencode, et al is running. I am not seeing anything on my desktop though. I have mplayer/mencoder installed on the desktop as thats what i primarily use for video.

When I start mediaserv it says it cannot find 770-encode in (paths) (I use tablet encode) the starts with the rest of the regular script.

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That sucks. I don't know what to tell you. I will say that on mine, whenever I load a video from mediaserv on the Nokia, a terminal window pops up on my desktop and begins to encode the video. Hopefully someone else will show up with more knowledge on the situation.

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Maybe its my Compile? I am compiling it on openSuse and using the script generated in the /src directory under the /mediaserv directory the tar file creates.

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Ahh.. yes, it could be. I've just been using the precompiled binary. It seems to run fine even though I'm running 64-bit Hardy.

I'm a wuss, I tend to go for the binaries first and then compile src if that doesn't work.

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problem is that openSuse doesn't handle .debs very well, so I had to compile. Its a simple enough app that I thought it'd be fine... lol

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Hmm.. I wasn't aware there were any .debs... This is where I dl'd mediaserv/tablet-encode: https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=455
The bins are in the tar.gz's.

Edit: upon closer inspection, they actually appear scripts... not sure what you compiled

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I guess compiling was the wrong word. :) I was doing three things at once and I thought mediaserv had a makefile, but it was another app.

I finally got it working. It was in the configs of the script.

Its a great lightweight mediaserver. I have had just one issue. It seems to randomly disconnect itself, usually just after serving a video to the n810. Its almost as if the transcoding gets hung up. watching the window shows the transcoding, then it finishes, and will just not serve up anything anymore saying something like "unable to connect to server" on the n810.

I kill it and restart and all is well.

Any plans to incorporate pass through of MP3/OGG, etc and photos? Then it would be a great little UPnP server.

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Any specific problems you had, I'd like to hear about so I could make the instructions clearer.

The disconnect issue is annoying, unfortunately the Perl threading and mencoder forking model isn't an easy one to debug - but repeatable steps and as much version info as possible would be appreciated.

Currently no plans to integrate photos or music, as I've got direct access to those from Apache, however feel free to lodge a couple of issues in the issue tracker and maybe they'll get done (by me - or, even better, someone else).