Sopcast for Linux

[DEAD_MAN_WALKING]

The Ubuntu distributions´ Software Center is now offering the Sopcast Engine. Just wanted to post this. Sorry in case it has been announced, yet.

Thanks mate.

Also here is the SopCast installer(.pet) for Puppy Linux...

SopCast.pet - http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/vie...99bbf66a2d5ddf
More info on Puppy Linux - http://puppylinux.org/main/Overview ...ng Started.htm

This is the Linux distro i now use which is very fast and small and also runs from a CD/USB drive...

[Kendrick Perkins]

The Ubuntu distributions´ Software Center is now offering the Sopcast Engine. Just wanted to post this. Sorry in case it has been announced, yet.

I don't see it in there

It's easy to install via terminal anyway

[smerz]

I've used this PPA in 11.10 AMD64 to setup sopcast

http://ppa.launchpad.net/ferramroberto/sopcast/ubuntu
Works brilliant. And also I fell in love with bloodzeed. Awesome streams

[edit]
DEAD MAN WALKING made a much better guider rather than posting the PPA like I did.
http://forum.wiziwig.eu/threads/6-So...97#post1130497

Good job .
And sopcast works really well (I'm well impressed. Especailly on bloodzeed's streams I can watch a p2p stream that's higher bitrate than my own upload).
Loads of cable/fiber users must be using(watching) bloodzeeds' streams to have this excess capacity
[/edit]


Looks like the PPA also works for 12.04, for anyone who wants the easy setup

(it's not my PPA!)

[ulizinho]

If using with VLC you need to un-tick "Use hardware YUV->RGB conversions" and "Window decorations" under Video preferences...

Ubuntu 12.04. Finally got it working with VLC and even made a screenshot
Next problem: there oddly is no VLC menu and as well no sopcast menu if vlc is running

[Bunkertor]

Soo, i have a problem. Managed to install the 2 missing libs and extracted the sp-auth. First qustion. Which is the recommended folder to extract Sopcast to. I at first chose the download folder, because i did not know the right place.
After having typed the channel number into the terminal i start via an .asf command in the browser and it starts downloading but the VLC does not open. Where is the problem and how can i set up the Sopcast stand-alone engine ?

[DEAD_MAN_WALKING]

Here is another option for Linux users - sopcast-runner

SopCast Runner is ruby command line script for running streaming video in external player

INSTALL

For Ubuntu Precies 12.04 LTS:

add ppa repository

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sabotatore/sopcast

install sopcast-runner package

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install sopcast-runner

USAGE

$ sopcast-runner [ChannelURL]

or

$ sopcast-runner [ChannelId]

INTEGRATE

Already has integration with internet browsers. Stream runs automatically after clicking by sop:// links.

CONFIG

You can change default player

$ sudo gedit /etc/sopcast_runner/sopcast_r

[Bunkertor]

I finally managed to get Sopcast up on a Red-Hat Distri. Wooot ! Going to post a little tut for Dummies morrow.

[Bunkertor]

Install on Mageia 2

1) Binary
Go to http://code.google.com/p/sopcast-player/downloads/list
and get sopcast-player-0.8.5.tar.gz and sp-auth-3.2.6.tar.gz

- tar out sp-auth and copy sp-sc-auth to usr/bin

2) Library
Go www.sopcast.com/download/libstdcpp5.tgz and extract libstdc++.so.5 and libstdc++.so.5.0.1. Change to the Console and
become root; # cp -a libstdc++.so.5* /usr/lib. Exit root. There might be newer versions 6 in the folder, but you need the old ones.

3) Engine
Create a folder in home (Sopcast), Copy sopcast-player-0.8.5.tar.gz and extract. Use the console and move to the new created folder. Stay user $ and type make and Enter. Become root and type make install then Enter. Sopcast is now on your machine and you can start it via console sopcast-player or you can find a starting icon in the start-menu.

The following packages are needed

-python
-libvlc-dev
-sp-auth ( OK )
-hicolor-icon-theme
-python-glade2
-python-gobject
-python-gtk2

4 ) libvlc-devel
Check urpmq libvlc-devel. Unlock media sources Testing and Backports and install : urpmi libvlc-devel. Deactivate the sources.

5) Python
Get Python. That could look like this

[root@localhost bin]# urpmi -a pygtk
Paket pygtk2.0-2.24.0-3.mga2.i586 ist installiert
pygtk2.0 wird als manuell installiert markiert, es wird von der auto-orphan-Funktion ignoriert
writing /var/lib/rpm/installed-through-deps.list
Um die Abhängigkeiten zu erfüllen, werden die folgenden Pakete installiert:
Paket Version Release Arch
(Medium »Core Release (distrib1)«)
pygtk2.0-demos 2.24.0 3.mga2 i586
pygtk2.0-devel 2.24.0 3.mga2 i586
pygtk2.0-libglade 2.24.0 3.mga2 i586
python-cairo-devel 1.10.0 1.mga2 i586
python-gobject-devel 2.28.6 6.mga2 i586
(Medium »Core Updates (distrib3)«)
libpython-devel 2.7.3 2.3.mga2 i586
(Medium »Core Release Debug (distrib32)«)
pygtk2.0-debug 2.24.0 3.mga2 i586
54MB zusätzlicher Speicher wird benötigt
7.2MB an Paketen wird geholt
Fortfahren mit der Installation der 7 Pakete? (J/n) J

Goal

[Bunkertor]

I need some advisory. How to make a screenshot of the Sopcast full screen ? When i toggle full-screen, i can not enter snapshot.

[DEAD_MAN_WALKING]

Print Screen keyboard button(Prt Sc or Fn & Prt Sc) should work...?

Or lookup the snapshot software's hotkeys...?

[Bunkertor]

Print should work.

[Bunkertor]

Works. PrtScr connects with Ksnapshot.


I have an urgent question. I can connect Sop with cannels from the static list, but neither with direct links nor via fed in urls. Where´s the problem.

And i´d like to know, how to limit Sopcast to only one instace, please ?

[DEAD_MAN_WALKING]

Should work mate you can also config firefox to open them for you i posted about it some time ago.

[Bunkertor]

Fun stuff. My system linked the wizi links with sop automatically. I did not have to adjust anything. That was good.
@ Probably not the best time to review the capability of the Linux-Sop-Engine. We have to wait. Today i watched bril quality. Sop went full speed ahead within 10 seconds on a 1,7k stream. 3,2 Mhz and 2 GB RAM PC with 256 grafic device. So there is no reason to complain here.

[Troll]

Fun stuff. My system linked the wizi links with sop automatically

@Bunkertor

Achtung Baby !

http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Firefox/P...#about-plugins

Today, my first Linux boot after many weeks.
I do not believe I am up to date and still the player works well XD


my Linux :

2.6.32-42-generic
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
Codename: lucid


#show sopcast-player

Paket: sopcast-player
Neu: ja
Zustand: Installiert
Automatisch installiert: nein
Version: 0.8.5~ppa~lucid1
Priorität: extra
Bereich: misc
Verwalter: Jason Scheunemann <jas*.scheunemann@yahoo.com>
Unkomprimierte Größe: 2.523k
Hängt ab von: python (>= 2.4), vlc (>= 1.1.0), libvlc-dev, sp-auth (>= 3.0.1),
hicolor-icon-theme, python-glade2, python-gobject, python-gtk2
Schlägt vor: python-gnome2
Beschreibung: A GUI front-end to SopCast
SopCast Player is designed to be a complete GUI front-end for the SopCast
streaming program. SopCast Player allow users easy access to p2p intenet TV
channel streams.