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2009-08-20
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[*]Watch/Listen to media on my MythTV box. Canola gets almost there, but I am recording my MPEG2 video at too high a bitrate or wrong resolution for the internal player or mplayer to handle smoothly.
I use Jaffa's mediaserv for my myth recordings and videos. I have a single top level folder with the recordings and video folders symlinked in.
Canola does not really like the RSS feeds though, so for me the optimum was the microb-mplayer plugin, which launches mplayer playing the video directly from the link on the mediaserv web page, and transcodes on the fly. Upnp from Myth seems to be very hit and miss regardless of what client you use. I have the rss feed from mediaser set to show the last 15 recordings to save loading and scrolling though all the recordings.
Videocenter works really well as a frontend for mediaserv as well, and will launch mplayer with a bit of coaxing.
Don't forget that there is a port of mythfrontend for the tablets, although your media will need to be transcoded down first, and there are no plugins compiled.
Second Qole's suggestion about flipclock as well. very nice little app.
Gaz
I use Jaffa's mediaserv for my myth recordings and videos. I have a single top level folder with the recordings and video folders symlinked in.
Canola does not really like the RSS feeds though, so for me the optimum was the microb-mplayer plugin, which launches mplayer playing the video directly from the link on the mediaserv web page, and transcodes on the fly. Upnp from Myth seems to be very hit and miss regardless of what client you use. I have the rss feed from mediaser set to show the last 15 recordings to save loading and scrolling though all the recordings.
Videocenter works really well as a frontend for mediaserv as well, and will launch mplayer with a bit of coaxing.
Don't forget that there is a port of mythfrontend for the tablets, although your media will need to be transcoded down first, and there are no plugins compiled.
Second Qole's suggestion about flipclock as well. very nice little app.
Gaz
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2009-08-20
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Originally Posted by gazza_d
Just out of curiosity, did Knots 2 fail you then? It should support MythTV recordings.
I use Jaffa's mediaserv for my myth recordings and videos. I have a single top level folder with the recordings and video folders symlinked in.
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2009-08-20
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#54
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(speaking of the devs hanging around the forums... Hi ukki! 
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2009-08-20
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Not tried it to be honest - I have had mediaserv running almost since Jaffa released it, and it's always worked great for me. Just offering alternatives and what I know works well. Apologies if I inadvertantely dissed Knots - not intentional!
I'm intending to rebuild the myth box shortly (latest version of knoppmyth to go on) and may give knots a go then,
Don't use mediaserv that much these days as my N800 battery cannot cope with the decent caning that an hour or two of video gives it (must order a mugen!), and I have to sit next to a power socket, then I may as well use the laptop and save my eyes, although sometimes it's nice to leave the video on the NIT, whilst on the net on the Tosh
I'm intending to rebuild the myth box shortly (latest version of knoppmyth to go on) and may give knots a go then,
Don't use mediaserv that much these days as my N800 battery cannot cope with the decent caning that an hour or two of video gives it (must order a mugen!), and I have to sit next to a power socket, then I may as well use the laptop and save my eyes, although sometimes it's nice to leave the video on the NIT, whilst on the net on the Tosh
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2009-08-20
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knots2 and mediaserv look like they will work once I get around to upgrading the master backend from a 750 MHz Athlon. It handles the 4 PVR-150s without even breaking a sweat. I'm planning to replace it with a 2.6 MHz machine soon so I can transcode on the fly, but trying to do it now on the backend is hopeless. The family web/file-server is also out as it is only a 400 MHz machine. I think it has been reboot 2 times in the last 5 years, and thats just because of power outages.
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2009-08-23
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Okay, here's a post-newbie list of apps, after having used the N810 for a while in different situations.
In no particular order:
* Speedometer, because the speedometer is broken in my van and I'm too lazy to fix it.
* Carman, with a bluetooth OBD2 dongle, just in case. I don't bother with much of the other Carman functionality. Yeah, I fix cars for fun.
* Canola, to listen to podcasts (though the last-to-first order is annoying), the occasional bout of music, and recently, I'm using it to show off some pictures. I've watched movies, but it doesn't really interest me. I do use an audio to FM transmitter in my workshop (metal, wood, and automotive), so I can listen to podcasts while puttering. I like that. I've even got a set of FM radio ear defenders so I can keep up with the story while doing noisy things.
* Flipclock is now my bedside alarm clock.
* MaemoMapper got me around Japan on a rail pass, though I would have preferred a vector-based map-set that I could have downloaded all at once. I wound up in too many places without having detailed maps, and hanging around out on the street poaching wifi gets old really fast. I've tried/got-installed several vector-based mapping apps, but they're just not quite there yet. I remain hopeful as something vector and route-able but as polished as MaemoMapper would really complete the N810.
* Qicknotes, is awesome.
* OmWeather, for here and Japan.
* Advanced Backlight, or whatever that app that combines the brightness and audio icons together.
* Gizmo, because Skype couldn't do dialtones for calling trees (you know, press 1 to hear your messages). I used it to check my cellphone messages while I was in Japan. Cost me all of 2cents per call.
* I use the built-in Email client pointing to my Gmail account. It works well enough to check for mail occasionally, and reply once in a while.
* Numpty Physics is about the only game I bother with, though I've tried a bunch.
* Tides and Currents, because I kayak.
* mCalendar, synced to my google calendar.
* FullRecall, to learn Japanese (I managed to get that up and running on the plane back from Japan). I'm looking to replace this as soon as something FOSS comes out.
* Mamemopad+, for the occasional sketch or note, usually about some N810 config that I'm trying to remember.
* FBReader, though I'm not too partial to reading off such a tiny screen. I'm hoping I can convert some of the PDFs I have into text and run them through FBReader in a larger font. The problem with PDFs is that you can only zoom in so far before the line doesn't fit on the screen. Scrolling left-right-let-right to read just isn't going to happen for anything long.
* Notecase, because I have a home web server that I keep encrypted documents on.
* I've got StarDict and several reference books installed but almost never use them.
* I've started using Kerez to start some Perl scripts I wrote - though coding directly on the N810 is annoying, to say the least. I'm going to have to remap some keys to get the the curly-brackets, which are rather important in Perl.
* I've started using Geany too, for above.
So, while I've lots of applications installed, the ones above are the reason I carry the N810 around. At this point, I'd really miss it if I didn't have it with me.
While traveling in Japan, my wife carried her laptop while I had the N810. The problems I ran into included hotels without wifi (where I shared the laptop connection), and getting photos out of my camera. Other than that, I didn't need the laptop.
In no particular order:
* Speedometer, because the speedometer is broken in my van and I'm too lazy to fix it.
* Carman, with a bluetooth OBD2 dongle, just in case. I don't bother with much of the other Carman functionality. Yeah, I fix cars for fun.
* Canola, to listen to podcasts (though the last-to-first order is annoying), the occasional bout of music, and recently, I'm using it to show off some pictures. I've watched movies, but it doesn't really interest me. I do use an audio to FM transmitter in my workshop (metal, wood, and automotive), so I can listen to podcasts while puttering. I like that. I've even got a set of FM radio ear defenders so I can keep up with the story while doing noisy things.
* Flipclock is now my bedside alarm clock.
* MaemoMapper got me around Japan on a rail pass, though I would have preferred a vector-based map-set that I could have downloaded all at once. I wound up in too many places without having detailed maps, and hanging around out on the street poaching wifi gets old really fast. I've tried/got-installed several vector-based mapping apps, but they're just not quite there yet. I remain hopeful as something vector and route-able but as polished as MaemoMapper would really complete the N810.
* Qicknotes, is awesome.
* OmWeather, for here and Japan.
* Advanced Backlight, or whatever that app that combines the brightness and audio icons together.
* Gizmo, because Skype couldn't do dialtones for calling trees (you know, press 1 to hear your messages). I used it to check my cellphone messages while I was in Japan. Cost me all of 2cents per call.
* I use the built-in Email client pointing to my Gmail account. It works well enough to check for mail occasionally, and reply once in a while.
* Numpty Physics is about the only game I bother with, though I've tried a bunch.
* Tides and Currents, because I kayak.
* mCalendar, synced to my google calendar.
* FullRecall, to learn Japanese (I managed to get that up and running on the plane back from Japan). I'm looking to replace this as soon as something FOSS comes out.
* Mamemopad+, for the occasional sketch or note, usually about some N810 config that I'm trying to remember.
* FBReader, though I'm not too partial to reading off such a tiny screen. I'm hoping I can convert some of the PDFs I have into text and run them through FBReader in a larger font. The problem with PDFs is that you can only zoom in so far before the line doesn't fit on the screen. Scrolling left-right-let-right to read just isn't going to happen for anything long.
* Notecase, because I have a home web server that I keep encrypted documents on.
* I've got StarDict and several reference books installed but almost never use them.
* I've started using Kerez to start some Perl scripts I wrote - though coding directly on the N810 is annoying, to say the least. I'm going to have to remap some keys to get the the curly-brackets, which are rather important in Perl.
* I've started using Geany too, for above.
So, while I've lots of applications installed, the ones above are the reason I carry the N810 around. At this point, I'd really miss it if I didn't have it with me.
While traveling in Japan, my wife carried her laptop while I had the N810. The problems I ran into included hotels without wifi (where I shared the laptop connection), and getting photos out of my camera. Other than that, I didn't need the laptop.
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2009-08-23
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Wow, nice, Where are you in that picture? It looks like a great place to hike.
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2009-08-23
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Originally Posted by fixerdave
did you find the nokia map for japan lacking? the one for germany worked great for me.
Okay, here's a post-newbie list of apps, after having used the N810 for a while in different situations.
In no particular order:
* Speedometer, because the speedometer is broken in my van and I'm too lazy to fix it.
* Carman, with a bluetooth OBD2 dongle, just in case. I don't bother with much of the other Carman functionality. Yeah, I fix cars for fun.
* Canola, to listen to podcasts (though the last-to-first order is annoying), the occasional bout of music, and recently, I'm using it to show off some pictures. I've watched movies, but it doesn't really interest me. I do use an audio to FM transmitter in my workshop (metal, wood, and automotive), so I can listen to podcasts while puttering. I like that. I've even got a set of FM radio ear defenders so I can keep up with the story while doing noisy things.
* Flipclock is now my bedside alarm clock.
* MaemoMapper got me around Japan on a rail pass, though I would have preferred a vector-based map-set that I could have downloaded all at once. I wound up in too many places without having detailed maps, and hanging around out on the street poaching wifi gets old really fast. I've tried/got-installed several vector-based mapping apps, but they're just not quite there yet. I remain hopeful as something vector and route-able but as polished as MaemoMapper would really complete the N810.
* Qicknotes, is awesome.
* OmWeather, for here and Japan.
* Advanced Backlight, or whatever that app that combines the brightness and audio icons together.
* Gizmo, because Skype couldn't do dialtones for calling trees (you know, press 1 to hear your messages). I used it to check my cellphone messages while I was in Japan. Cost me all of 2cents per call.
* I use the built-in Email client pointing to my Gmail account. It works well enough to check for mail occasionally, and reply once in a while.
* Numpty Physics is about the only game I bother with, though I've tried a bunch.
* Tides and Currents, because I kayak.
* mCalendar, synced to my google calendar.
* FullRecall, to learn Japanese (I managed to get that up and running on the plane back from Japan). I'm looking to replace this as soon as something FOSS comes out.
* Mamemopad+, for the occasional sketch or note, usually about some N810 config that I'm trying to remember.
* FBReader, though I'm not too partial to reading off such a tiny screen. I'm hoping I can convert some of the PDFs I have into text and run them through FBReader in a larger font. The problem with PDFs is that you can only zoom in so far before the line doesn't fit on the screen. Scrolling left-right-let-right to read just isn't going to happen for anything long.
* Notecase, because I have a home web server that I keep encrypted documents on.
* I've got StarDict and several reference books installed but almost never use them.
* I've started using Kerez to start some Perl scripts I wrote - though coding directly on the N810 is annoying, to say the least. I'm going to have to remap some keys to get the the curly-brackets, which are rather important in Perl.
* I've started using Geany too, for above.
So, while I've lots of applications installed, the ones above are the reason I carry the N810 around. At this point, I'd really miss it if I didn't have it with me.
While traveling in Japan, my wife carried her laptop while I had the N810. The problems I ran into included hotels without wifi (where I shared the laptop connection), and getting photos out of my camera. Other than that, I didn't need the laptop.
Check out knots2 (streaming video transcoder) and flipclock (full screen alarm clock) for possible solutions to your wishlist items. They're both open source and the devs hang out on the forums, so if you don't like the apps, ask for what you want, you might just get it.
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Thank you all for your donations!