![]() ![]() ![]() Press Save to commit your changes and you’ll be ready to fire up Airvideo. You’ll need to add them so it’s FOLDERNAME:/PATH/TO/FOLDER and each entry should be separated by a comma – like this: ![]() In the folders section, we need to add some entries for the folders we want to serve. Open the file and it should look something like this: In this folder, you’ll find a file called AirVideoServerLinux.properties: ![]() Press the Open button, and browse File System (in the left hand bar), opt, airvideo server. You’ll be prompted for your password, and a big boy version of the Gedit text editor will start. In the terminal which appears, type sudo gedit and press enter. I know I promised as little terminal work as possible, and I’m hoping this isn’t too complex. Click the Applications button, go to the Accessories menu and open terminal. Click it, and all the required stuff to run Airvideo will download from the net and be installed on your machine.īefore we start Airvideo, we need to tell it which folders we want it to serve out to us. Mine says that it’s already installed, because I’ve already installed it (obviously), but yours should have an install button. When you search in Software Center for Airvideo, you should now see the following entry: It also means you can install things from that list, which we’ll do now. This means that when your software update checks for new versions of the programs you have installed, it’ll also check RubioJr’s list of apps. In the APT line field which appears, enter : deb main Go to the Other Software tab and click Add Source. For example, mine is Lucid as I’m using Ubuntu 10.04. Make a note of your system version in the first window of the sources screen. Go to Applications > Ubuntu Software Center. Once launched, click Edit and select Software Sources. We need to add this special list to the main one so that we can install stuff from it. Whenever you want to install a new app, or when the software update tool checks for updates, you’re looking at the remote version of this list and comparing it with yours. Basically, your software packages are all part of a big list of apps out on the net. Easy mode: Install Airvideo Server with (almost) no command line work.īefore we go to far, we’ll have to add RubioJr’s PPA. Same as last time, I’ll be doing all my work with Gnome, so if you’re afraid of heavy terminal work, there’s no need to run for the hills. Since then, I was contacted by RubioJr (Gracias, Rubio!), who has put together a PPA (a list of packages) to allow Ubuntu and Debian users to enjoy a super simple installation method of Airvideo, without the need to install Wine. The server software is free, and the client software is available on the App store for around $2, which is a phenomenal bargain considering what it does.Ī while ago I wrote a howto on installing the Windows version of the Airvideo server on Ubuntu using the Wine environment, because the Linux version of the Airvideo server was a little… well, confusing. It transcodes video (including MKV) into something your iDevice can play, then streams it out at the ideal bit rate for the available bandwidth. For those of you who don’t know what Airvideo is, it’s a little piece of software which runs on a server in your home and allows you to watch videos on your iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad both in your home via WiFi and when you’re out and about on a 3G network. ![]()
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