Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

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Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

Zerosignal 12 Mar 2008 11:04

In vain I have been searching for a solution to my uShare problem not actually sharing anything…

Anyway I was poking around the twonky site specifically this page.

http://www.twonkyvision.com/Download/TwonkyMedia/TM4Technicians.html

It has the following ARM builds

1. Linux ARM big endian glibc 2.2.5
2. Linux ARM big endian uclibc 0.9.28
3. Linux ARM little endian glibc 2.2.5
4. Linux ARM little endian uclibc 0.9.28

My understanding is that the uclibc version 0.9.28 is the as used in the gumstix1151 builds we all use in the optware feeds.

I do not know enough about Linux to tell me if this will or will not function on this device yet - at least I don't know enough yet, I am learning quickly.

Some assistance from the gurus out there would be great.

Cheers

Chris

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

jontank 13 Apr 2009 06:55

I am stuck on the last part.
I have tried to do the /usr/local/TwonkyVision/twonkymedia, but i get no such file or directory.
here is an output

[root@Nas1 TwonkyVision]# ls -F
Linux-HowTo.txt resources/
RevisionHistory twonkymedia*
cgi-bin/ twonkymedia-armel-glibc-2.2.5-4.4.11-20090108.zip
licence-en.rtf twonkymedia-default.ini
plugins/ twonkymedia.sh*
radio.m3u twonkymediaserver*
[root@Nas1 TwonkyVision]# /usr/local/TwonkyVision/twonkymedia
-sh: /usr/local/TwonkyVision/twonkymedia: No such file or directory
[root@Nas1 TwonkyVision]#

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

Z80 12 Mar 2008 11:27

A possible alternative, in case you have problems installing TwonkyVision could be MediaTomb. It is a SourceForge project and completely freeware. Although the frontend is not very nice, it worked for me almost out of the box. There is an Optware stream for it, so the installation is really simple, once you have Optware running (not a big thing). You could use MediaTomb as an in-between solution, until you get your full TwonkyVision installation.
Z80

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

Zerosignal 12 Mar 2008 11:35

Thanks for the advice Z80.

I looked at mediatomb I do appreciate that they want to stay true to the original DLNA profile so they will not support the Xbox 360.

Just an FYI for yourself.

I downloaded "Linux ARM little endian uclibc 0.9.28" to my device and I have the twonkymedia server now running on my Western Digital MyBook, currently browsing the web interface right now.

I have done the following so far to install it.

created a directory under /usr/local/ called "TwonkyVision"

then the following

cd usr
cd local
cd TwonkyVision
wget http://www.twonkyvision.com/Download/4.4/twonkymedia-armel-uclibc-0.9.28.zip
/opt/bin/ipkg install unzip
/opt/bin/unzip twonkymedia-armel-uclibc-0.9.28.zip

wait till that completes then

/usr/local/TwonkyVision/twonkymedia

as far as streaming goes, so far my windows PC recognises the server so that is a start :)

Last edited on 14 Mar 2008 01:04 by Zerosignal Show more

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

wolfie_man 14 Oct 2008 21:24

hey, there's a new version now - may as well use that than having to upgrade later -

wget http://www.twonkyvision.com/Download/4.4.9/twonkymedia-armel-uclibc-0.9.28-20081002.zip

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

jontank 13 Apr 2009 05:13

I followed the steps to download TwonkyVision but I when I entered in /opt/bin/ipkg it said 'No such file or directory'
Please help.

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

Zerosignal 12 Mar 2008 11:37

Further good news.

I added some music to the server.

Windows Media Player successfully connects to the UPNP server and streams it!

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

Z80 12 Mar 2008 12:07

Thanks for the info.
I think I will still stick to MediaTomb, although the gui really sucks. But since I don't have an Xbox and only want to stream my music to a Denon receiver, I'm fine with it. What is the gui of TwonkyVision like? I didn't find any links to any screenshots at their site.

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

Zerosignal 12 Mar 2008 12:42

Further info.

Xbox 360 streaming works out of the box so to say it required no configuration from myself (both Xvid & MP3).

It looks as though the software correctly supports ID3 tags - however cannot be certain on that front until some more testing.

Downside of Twonky? It is not free it does costs $39.50 USD or 29.50EUR, but you do get a 30 day trial period in which to test the software.

If I am happy with it after 30 days I will be purchasing it.

Hope this has helped a few people.

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

cydine 13 Mar 2008 16:49

Nice job on finding this!

Works a lot better than ushare for streaming to xbox 360 - especially hi-def movies.

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

teros 14 Mar 2008 13:14

ummm i downloaded the torrent for this ages ago never bothered to play with it it's pretty cool anyone know how to get it to autostart?

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

Z80 14 Mar 2008 14:24

If by saing 'autostart' you mean: 'auto start each time I boot the device' then I have to tell you, there is no such a simple way as putting one file into the 'Autostart' folder.
The MBW is a GNU/Linux device and these devices follow the init routine while booting. While this is more or less a pretty advanced procedure, it all boils down to this:
There is a directory /etc/init.d where you can put a shell script to contain start and stop commands for anything you can think of. Have a look there, there are a lot of scripts there already. Additionaly, there are some scripts (or links to scripts) beginning with the letter S or K. All scripts beginning with 'S' are executed at startup with the first parameter containing 'start', all beginning with 'K' just before shutdown with the first parameter containing 'stop'.
Usually one makes one script for starting and stopping, containing different entries for the start and stop commands (look at /etc/init.d/mionet.sh for an example) and then puts two symbolic links into the directory: SXXmionet and KXXmionet, XX being a two-digit number. The numbers are used to enforce a certain sequence in which the scripts are called one after another.
Hope this helps.
For further information, refer to http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/sect_04_02.html
but bear in mind that there is apparently only one run level on the MBW.
Z80

Last edited on 14 Mar 2008 14:26 by Z80 Show more

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

wildandyc 21 Mar 2008 14:46

Hi there - please forgive my ignorance as a new user of SSH (I used PuTTy under Win32).

I have installed and can execute the TwonkyMedia Server, BUT - when I close putty on my PC the Twonky service stops on the server - how do i exit Putty and have Twonky remain open.

I don't mind starting twonky if the server has to be restarted, power cuts etc. but need to know how to keep the service going - please forgive my green-ness and lack of linux/ssh ability.

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

mozetti 21 Mar 2008 15:09

You should be able to just add "&" to the end of the command. That will keep a process running after you close the shell. So, if the command is:

usr/local/TwonkyVision/twonkymedia

Then just use:

usr/local/TwonkyVision/twonkymedia &

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

wildandyc 22 Mar 2008 12:35

Hi thanks for the suggestion but adding & to the command doesn't change it. I close the putty shell, and the process finishes too.

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

wildandyc 22 Mar 2008 14:43

Okay I solved it…………

I had to supress the hangup signal sent when you close PuTTy……….

nohup usr/local/TwonkyVision/twonkymedia &

Hope it can help others too

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

Cardinal 26 Apr 2008 17:37

don't worry about surpressing the nohup - run it as a daemon. if you use the startupscript, it will daemonise for you, else turn twonkymedia -D

HtH

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

ashworthacca 04 Nov 2008 09:42

Can you please expand on "run it as daemon" ot "turn twonkymedia -D" please. Could you give a laymans step by step guide as I can't get Twonkymedia to stay open when I close Putty.

Kind regards

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

frater 04 Nov 2008 14:43

Why are you running twonkymedia?
You should run the script. The one with the ".sh"
Best practice is to create a symbolic link in /opt/etc/init.d

ln -s /usr/local/TwonkyVision/twonkymedia.sh /opt/etc/init.d/S90twonky
ln -s /usr/local/TwonkyVision/twonkymedia.sh /opt/etc/init.d/K90twonky

The original script has some errors, but I've corrected those.
Look for it here:

http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/forum/t-72617/installing-twonky

If you run my script, you will have to daemonize it too as it waits 2 minutes in case your box has an uptime in minutes

/usr/local/TwonkyVision/twonkymedia.sh start &

If you create a symbolic link starting with a Capital 'S' (like S90twonky), the script will already know you want to start the service. If the symbolic link is a capital 'K', it means it will stop the service.

Normally, there's no need to end the script with an ampersand as your harddisk is probably running for a while…..
I only included it because my satellite-receive (a linux-box as well) is too busy when it just booted……

Last edited on 04 Nov 2008 18:23 by frater Show more

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

ashworthacca 04 Nov 2008 16:01

Many thanks I'll give it a go and post my results.

Regards

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

ashworthacca 05 Nov 2008 08:48

Brilliant, finally got it working…….understanding the vi editor is the hardest bit but got there in the end.

Regards

Last edited on 05 Nov 2008 15:07 by ashworthacca Show more

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

Redrocker 16 Apr 2008 00:43

Yes that last post was useful. But I'm having a hard time with the startup script. Can anybody be of help?

Ps: Nice work guy's

I ended up figuring it out. Very easy

THX Guy's

Last edited on 16 Apr 2008 11:32 by Redrocker Show more

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

wildandyc 19 Apr 2008 05:32

@Redrocker :

Have you managed to achieve autostart - do you wish to share your solution ?

Re: Twonkymedia on Mybook - Possible Clue?

glfp 22 Apr 2008 07:44

Hi there !

I also installed this software (after many tentative with ushare and similar to work correctly) and I'm quite happy.

I have only some troubles with photo made in past years that (in "by date" order) are displayed as 04/2008 !!! Very strange !!

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