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trying to build thesound recorder with easy-i am a novice

1.i have downloaded it where is it listed in the system -i am using file manager and cannot open it

2,i will use the code on their website-anyone know how to go about building the recorder

any help appreciated

edward

If you downloaded it through the web browser, it asked you where to put it -- if you don't remember, just download it again.

There's no building involved; easy is Python, which is an interpreted language, so source code is object code. Just save the code in a file and run it should work, as:

WHEN YOU SAY RUN IT -WHERE DO YOU ENTER THE COMMAND LINE python audio_recorder.py-IN X TERMINAL OR WHERE

WHEN HE SAYS RUN IT HE MEANS IN X TERMINAL. IF YOU SAVED IT UNDER DOCUMENTS OPEN X TERMINAL AND TYPE:
IF YOU SAVED IT SOMEWHERE ELSE YOU NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT FOR YOURSELF MAYBE READ A BOOK ON THE LINUX COMMAND LINE (BASH) OR SOMETHING.

-JOHN

PS: IT'S REALLY ANNOYING TO READ WHEN SOMEONE TYPES IN ALL CAPS, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

i do not need to be told to read bash or elash or whatever-i paid my $400 and want the thing to work its that simply-whats the problem-download the app and it works-no messing around with blue pills and purple pills and what not-i downloaded easy and have no way of controlling where the download goes to-why is that

hi benson tried your code line in xterm-does not work -
-any ideas

ed

Three things, then I'll leave you alone to rant or whatever you want to do:
1) This isn't a Nokia support forum. We don't get paid to be here. A good rule of thumb here is that the more polite you are the more people will want to help you. Besides being polite it's also important to include as much information as you can, even if it might not seem important at the time.
2) But of course, if your device doesn't work you should talk to Nokia.
3) If a third party application doesn't work that's not really a problem with your tablet. It's a problem with that application.

That said, if all you want is a simple sound recorder maybe this would be a better bet: http://maemo.org/downloads/product/O...aemo-recorder/

Yes, I have some ideas. JohnX covered several of them, and I don't disagree with anything he said. (If you are interested in increasing your effectiveness in any future online interactions, ESR's excellent howto may be helpful.)

As for ideas on why things aren't working for you: the ideas are in much shorter supply due to very limited information about what you've actually done, and in what way it "does not work", but here's what I did. If you can respond with a similar level of detail, we may be able to see what's up, and get it working for you. (That is, if you're actually interested in getting the Easy recorder running; if you just want any audio recorder, go with maemo-recorder as JohnX suggested.)

• Go to http://easy.garage.maemo.org/, click on the "installation" tab, and click on the big green "Click to install!" arrow.
• In the "File download" dialog box, choose "Open".
• The App manager will come up, spin its wheels for a while, and then bring up an "Install" dialog box. Choose "Ok".
• Click through any warnings about non-Nokia software.
• It will show the status as it installs. When it's finished, close the App manager.
• Near the bottom of the installation web page, there's a link to the "Examples Page"; click there, scroll down, and click the "here" in "View audio_recorder.py code here".
• From the menu, choose "Web page" > "Save as..."; a "Save file" dialog will open. Here you can choose the location to save, the base filename, and the type. I used:
  • Name: audio_recorder_py
  • Location: Maer (That's the name of my device, and will be different on yours. Key point is it's the top-level folder.)
  • Type: HTML only
  That means the file will be saved as /home/user/MyDocs/audio_recorder_py.htm (/home/user/ is your home directory, and is where the shell starts when you open a terminal.)
• Open a terminal.
• Type:
  Code:

  python MyDocs/audio_recorder_py.htm

  • It seems to work fine for me.
• Because I don't like python files having an htm extension (it works, it's just bad form), I renamed it to it's "proper" name:
  
  Code:

  mv MyDocs/audio_recorder_py.htm MyDocs/audio_recorder.py

• Then calling it would be:
  Code:

  python MyDocs/audio_recorder.py

HTH

hi benson followed your instuctions-can see the htm file in mydocs but when i try to open it in xterm -no luck-tried all sorts of code -still no luck-when i open it in mydoce it comes up as a htm page -you can read the code lines but the app does not run-i wonder if you do not have to include run in the code
as in run audio_recorder_py.htm

fk it BENSON -you are the man -i got it to work -my mistake-i spelt MyDocs wrong-did not cap the d

much appreciated for you patience

1. finally learnt how to save to the top level -
2.learnt that the code from easy has got to be added-i was under the impression that it was included in the original install

as for the politics -most new users are coming over from windows which is brainless install-even the tweaks are done for you-i had a hp ipaq 4700 and it was about the best user experience out their

i changed to nokia for the screen size expecting the same windows -ease of use- experience but that has not been the case

if you have time to fiddle then maemo is great but if you are running a business and a family its time wasted

however the unit when you finally get the gps to work properly -by deleting the cache files every now and then-my start up is down to 1 minute 30 sec after having paid the extra $140 for wayfinder

get streamtuner and streamripper loaded and working after inserting the code to record-which should have been their in the first place

get canola to work after a few false starts

feed circuit is almost right

i have to admit that the n810
could be the best machine out their