HP ProLiant MicroServer

mcuco said:
Bullzeye, Thank You!

It was so easy! Now everything works fine

There's another detail that you can check before upload, It seems that you have a network mapped drive (crystal...) and the system try to load it at boot

Once again, THANKS, I'll tell you how it goes with the amd64 version
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An absolute pleasure :)

Also, that crystal mount is to do with encrypted swap space, which I will get rid of as well at some point, but it's just a few seconds on boot that it takes up, so it's not high on my priorities list ^_^

I'm uploading 0.8.2 at the moment ( and have edited my original post to reflect ) - The only change is that I've set the support password properly, so it's of no consequence to you :)

Let me know how it goes, I'm developing this on an older N36 model with only 1gb of RAM, and making it as smooth as butter there, so anything more beefy would be a little overkill IMO, but I do advise that you add more RAM if your storage increases and the like.

Note that at the moment the system will store the media library database on the flashdisk, which becomes a problem when you have in excess of 800 000 media files ( flashdisk runs out of space ) , I am going to make it attempt to store the database on any hard internal disk that is detected in future.

I'll post a three step guide to move it yourself when I get it working 100%, alternatively I'll set up a script that you can load from my web server and execute easily.
 
It's time for this question again:

I have a Logitech Harmony 700 remote, what sort of IR reciever should I be looking for? Or is the one from page ~50 still the most highly recommended?
 
bullzeye.za said:
It's time for this question again:

I have a Logitech Harmony 700 remote, what sort of IR reciever should I be looking for? Or is the one from page ~50 still the most highly recommended?
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I also got the 700. Going to use the receiver I gut with my widows media centre remote.
Well report back...
 
Bullzeye, I just want to tell you my "progress"

After a few tests I found that the 64bit version is still buggy, the nvidia driver is not as stable as it is in the 32 bit version.

I only need to use all my RAM and it was easier than I imagined, Physical Address Extensions (PAE), the Proliant MicroServer family supports it and you only have to do this:

sudo apt-get install linux-generic-pae linux-headers-generic-pae

I also installed minidlna, for me is a better solution than the UPNP server integrated in xbmc if you want to consider it you can see this:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1866520

I found the line of the encrypted swap and commented it in /etc/fstab

Finally if you want to test another point of view (this is what I had before) there is a FreeNAS multimedia solution here:

http://protosd.blogspot.com.es/2012/01/freenas-803-release-p1-multimedia-with.html

This solution has also minidlna and transmission but it is not a HTPC (no xbmc at all)

Thank you!

Greetings from Spain
 
mcuco said:
Bullzeye, I just want to tell you my "progress"

After a few tests I found that the 64bit version is still buggy, the nvidia driver is not as stable as it is in the 32 bit version.

I only need to use all my RAM and it was easier than I imagined, Physical Address Extensions (PAE), the Proliant MicroServer family supports it and you only have to do this:

sudo apt-get install linux-generic-pae linux-headers-generic-pae

I also installed minidlna, for me is a better solution than the UPNP server integrated in xbmc if you want to consider it you can see this:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1866520

I found the line of the encrypted swap and commented it in /etc/fstab

Finally if you want to test another point of view (this is what I had before) there is a FreeNAS multimedia solution here:

http://protosd.blogspot.com.es/2012/01/freenas-803-release-p1-multimedia-with.html

This solution has also minidlna and transmission but it is not a HTPC (no xbmc at all)

Thank you!

Greetings from Spain
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Excellent feedback, thanks so much!

I'll take a look at the freenas option, but I specifically went with ubuntu because it's just about universal. I also went with 32 bit because it's a lot easier to get right for multiple system configs. ( And the zfs-fuse package gives you the option for using it as a NAS already )

I think that I'll include the PAE option in the base package, though I'll have to test stability on hardware that doesn't support it first ( This is designed for use on regular pcs as well )

Regarding the cryptswap line, I dont want to get rid of it entirely, it'd be nice to have a little swap space, perhaps on an included hard disk? - More on that another time :)

I did spot the download from spain on my analytics page, I was wondering where that went :P

I hope it keeps working for you, I'll probably post the next update with Eden, and a few other tweaks ( Have you spotted that when video is resumed, there's a slight delay? )
 
Has anyone checked the PVR capabilities of eden yet? is it functional?
afaik that was what the devs were working on mostly and is the main feature of eden?
 
Ok, so I've not been able to keep up with all of Linux mumbo jumbo or most of what's going on :p
If I wanted one of these HP Proliant servers; How do I go from buying it, to getting xbmc running on it with a remote?
The dumbed down version please? :o

Google has had me hitting up forums - but I'm still not clear on OS, flash drive startup or what have you.

Just want to hookup to a monitor and speakers or tv via HDMI.
No downloads, no networking at this moment.
Just to throw in a 2TB for starters and be able to copy media over via external drive.
Scraping essential and then perhaps at a later stage setting up of downloads and "your real world application" of the hardware to its full potential - later, much later.
 
bullzeye.za said:
It's time for this question again:

I have a Logitech Harmony 700 remote, what sort of IR reciever should I be looking for? Or is the one from page ~50 still the most highly recommended?
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I use the Hauppauge receiver with my harmony 900.

Even the remote that it comes with is pretty good.

About R300 from takealot...
 
Shake&Bake said:
Ok, so I've not been able to keep up with all of Linux mumbo jumbo or most of what's going on :p
If I wanted one of these HP Proliant servers; How do I go from buying it, to getting xbmc running on it with a remote?
The dumbed down version please? :o

Google has had me hitting up forums - but I'm still not clear on OS, flash drive startup or what have you.

Just want to hookup to a monitor and speakers or tv via HDMI.
No downloads, no networking at this moment.
Just to throw in a 2TB for starters and be able to copy media over via external drive.
Scraping essential and then perhaps at a later stage setting up of downloads and "your real world application" of the hardware to its full potential - later, much later.
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Ok buy it + low profile graphics card. Install graphics card, hdd's if any.

Then download Openelec. Follow instructions on openelec site. You'll have to create a bootable usb drive from which to install openelec - like a normal installation disk. The microserver should automatically boot from the usb. Install onto the 250gb hdd that came with the microserver.

Takes about 5-10 minutes to install. Reboot into xbmc.

Then the basic setup. Add tv and movie sources. videos>files> add sources. Don't forget to choose scrapers after adding the directories.

Also externals will be mounted under /media.

Last thing, you'll want to change the audio output under system settings>video to hdmi. But some trial and error here.
 
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Shake&Bake said:
Ok, so I've not been able to keep up with all of Linux mumbo jumbo or most of what's going on :p
If I wanted one of these HP Proliant servers; How do I go from buying it, to getting xbmc running on it with a remote?
The dumbed down version please? :o

Google has had me hitting up forums - but I'm still not clear on OS, flash drive startup or what have you.

Just want to hookup to a monitor and speakers or tv via HDMI.
No downloads, no networking at this moment.
Just to throw in a 2TB for starters and be able to copy media over via external drive.
Scraping essential and then perhaps at a later stage setting up of downloads and "your real world application" of the hardware to its full potential - later, much later.
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If you're feeling extra lazy, toss in an nvidia card and follow this:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...-MicroServer?p=7889351&highlight=#post7889351

It will boot and load XBMC out of the box, I've already configured it for proper playback and whatnot - At the end of the day, you can also install skype or browse the web with firefox if you like.

As a remote, the Esquire remote works 100%, though it's a little too keyboard-y for me.
 
bullzeye.za said:
If you're feeling extra lazy, toss in an nvidia card and follow this:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...-MicroServer?p=7889351&highlight=#post7889351

It will boot and load XBMC out of the box, I've already configured it for proper playback and whatnot - At the end of the day, you can also install skype or browse the web with firefox if you like.

As a remote, the Esquire remote works 100%, though it's a little too keyboard-y for me.
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I'm going to try this eventually when you get the ati version going. Just spent a whole day setting Ubuntu up so I'm not up for it yet.

Re the remote. If you have an Android, the Android official remote works awesomely. My wife uses this as well, testimony to it's user friendliness.
 
nadimm said:
I'm going to try this eventually when you get the ati version going. Just spent a whole day setting Ubuntu up so I'm not up for it yet.

Re the remote. If you have an Android, the Android official remote works awesomely. My wife uses this as well, testimony to it's user friendliness.
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I have the android remote, but for the rest of the world, it's a bit of a schlep to have to pull their phone out to control the tv.

I'm going to see if I can find that Hauppauge remote somewhere in-store, I'd like to be able to fiddle with everything together this weekend.

Any ideas?
 
What do you plan on using the remote and the ir emitter for?
 
nadimm said:
Maybe. But i reckon it's a good start.

Plus the YouTube integration, and autopause on call seal the deal for me.
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No doubt that it's a great app, I use it myself.

I still do want a physical dedicated remote to let guests use and etc though.
 
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