Hopefully somebody can help me with this one.
One of sons has given the other son a Shuttle PC. He installed a couple of discs, set up LVM to make them appear as one and installed Linux Mint 17.1. All good so far. He couldn't do all the updates as his broadband wasn't quick enough so I offered to do those as number 2 son is staying with me for a few days.
Next I thought I'd install all the usual stuff as he's going to be using the machine to feed content to his tv. That's where the fun begins.
VLC went on fine. But If I run get_iplayer (latest version 2.91) it doesn't convert the files to mp3 as my own does. I can't find ffmpeg anywhere so after googling, I found a site that told me to add a repo. Tried doing that but get an error about aptsources which can't find a distribution template for LinuxMint/rebecca.
I then tried the solution posted here http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=183099 to add a couple of lines to /etc/apt/sources but I'm still getting the same error.
I'm now going round in circles trying to fix various errors so thought it best to ask those who have greater knowledge than I. Hence, here I am!
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 06:57:25PM +0000, Chris Walker wrote:
VLC went on fine. But If I run get_iplayer (latest version 2.91) it doesn't convert the files to mp3 as my own does. I can't find ffmpeg anywhere so after googling, I found a site that told me to add a repo. Tried doing that but get an error about aptsources which can't find a distribution template for LinuxMint/rebecca.
Haven't the BBC changed iPlayer recently such that it doesn't work trying to do half the things it used to do?
On Wed, 31 Dec 2014 10:01:37 +0000 Chris Green cl@isbd.net wrote:
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 06:57:25PM +0000, Chris Walker wrote:
VLC went on fine. But If I run get_iplayer (latest version 2.91) it doesn't convert the files to mp3 as my own does. I can't find ffmpeg anywhere so after googling, I found a site that told me to add a repo. Tried doing that but get an error about aptsources which can't find a distribution template for LinuxMint/rebecca.
Haven't the BBC changed iPlayer recently such that it doesn't work trying to do half the things it used to do?
Certainly the BBC seem intent on doing things to disrupt some people's usage of the service but others have done the work necessary to restore that functionality. Version 2.91 of get_iplayer is available which does everything I want it to do.
On 30 December 2014 at 18:57, Chris Walker alug_cdw@the-walker-household.co.uk wrote:
VLC went on fine. But If I run get_iplayer (latest version 2.91) it doesn't convert the files to mp3 as my own does. I can't find ffmpeg anywhere so after googling, I found a site that told me to add a repo. Tried doing that but get an error about aptsources which can't find a distribution template for LinuxMint/rebecca.
In the absence of any good advice here I would recommend the get_iplayer mailing list; they're a helpful bunch and are more likely to know the innards of GiP than ALUGers.
Mark
On Mon, 5 Jan 2015 09:43:40 +0000 Mark Rogers mark@more-solutions.co.uk wrote:
On 30 December 2014 at 18:57, Chris Walker alug_cdw@the-walker-household.co.uk wrote:
VLC went on fine. But If I run get_iplayer (latest version 2.91) it doesn't convert the files to mp3 as my own does. I can't find ffmpeg anywhere so after googling, I found a site that told me to add a repo. Tried doing that but get an error about aptsources which can't find a distribution template for LinuxMint/rebecca.
In the absence of any good advice here I would recommend the get_iplayer mailing list; they're a helpful bunch and are more likely to know the innards of GiP than ALUGers.
That was the only problem I did manage to fix. I was unable to add any ppa repositories for some reason so I wiped the discs, removed the LVM as that seemed to be preventing me from reinstalling, and installed from a DVD whereas my eldest son had done a net install. I can't for the life of me see why that would stop things working but anyway, having reinstalled it, I could then add a ppa and do a proper install of get_iplayer. I never did manage to stop the thing locking up with a white screen whenever certain operations were performed like web browsing though.
My youngest has now left for home and taken the box with him. So I no longer have the thing to play with.
One thing I did notice is that wifi would stop working after a time. If I removed the USB adapter I could feel that it was very warm. Allowing it to cool down would restore its functionality until a repeat performance a few minutes later. As my youngest son prefers the box to use wifi rather than to wire it in, I don't see that the box has much of a future with him so I think he'll go back to using the laptop I gave him a few months ago. The only advantage the shuttle has over the laptop is that of noise. It's much quieter.
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