Dave Marshall
I just unearthed an old thread by Adam Boggs that sorted out my Spotter Network issues while running linux. This leaves me with only two issues that are preventing me from moving to Ubuntu on my screenless 'server' laptop.
The laptop has no screen due to an unfortunate mishap, so its going to live under a seat in the truck and handle some of the mindless tasks to take the load off my primary laptop. SpotterNetwork location reporting, video streaming, and the GRLevel3 screenshot publishing feature, as well as handling my 3G connection and GPS data distrobution to the other computers on the network.
Adobe FME has a linux client, but I haven't tinkered with it really extensively yet. I'm hoping some of the linux gurus on the forum might be able to clue me in here though. What I'd like to do is set FME up so that it automatically connects to ChaserTV and starts my stream in a 'paused' state when ever the laptop starts. I'll be interfacing with this laptop via VNC, so this will make the process of actually broadcasting the video very quick, a single button click. Has anyone messed with the linux FME client?
My other issue is the EasyCap card itself. EasyCap is famous for its terrible driver support. It seems I've coaxed my GPS to talk to linux via ndiswrapper and the windows driver. Anyone care to guess how likely this is to succeed, or maybe somebody has found a functional driver for linux?
The laptop has no screen due to an unfortunate mishap, so its going to live under a seat in the truck and handle some of the mindless tasks to take the load off my primary laptop. SpotterNetwork location reporting, video streaming, and the GRLevel3 screenshot publishing feature, as well as handling my 3G connection and GPS data distrobution to the other computers on the network.
Adobe FME has a linux client, but I haven't tinkered with it really extensively yet. I'm hoping some of the linux gurus on the forum might be able to clue me in here though. What I'd like to do is set FME up so that it automatically connects to ChaserTV and starts my stream in a 'paused' state when ever the laptop starts. I'll be interfacing with this laptop via VNC, so this will make the process of actually broadcasting the video very quick, a single button click. Has anyone messed with the linux FME client?
My other issue is the EasyCap card itself. EasyCap is famous for its terrible driver support. It seems I've coaxed my GPS to talk to linux via ndiswrapper and the windows driver. Anyone care to guess how likely this is to succeed, or maybe somebody has found a functional driver for linux?
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