Hi Tom, On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 05:48:02PM -0500, Tom Metro wrote: > Richard Kay wrote: >> The logs also show copies of the Windows dongle.bin and dongle.bin.ver... > > What do you mean by "Windows dongle.bin"? The dongle supplied by Hauppauge?
Yes. Since my earlier message I seem to have got to the next stage, having found and downloaded dongle.bin.mvpmc-0.3.4 and extracted the .ver 40 byte file from it using dd and replaced this. > > >> The display on the MVP it suggests that it is downloading the application >> and then it seems to fail to contact the servers ( I guess for >> the servers/services configured in the Windows specific dongle.bin ). > > My expectation is that the stock Hauppauge dongle would boot up normally, > regardless of what server supplied it, but then complain later when it > couldn't contact the media server. Perhaps that's just what you're seeing. I can now telnet to it thanks. > > >> Attempts to contact 192.168.1.112 using telnet fail... > > As one would expect, if you aren't booting the mvpmc dongle that has an > telnet daemon running. > > >> Would supplying another dongle.bin and dongle.bin.ver from >> Linux be likely to work ? > > Probably. > > >> If so does a set of precompiled files which work on the H3 exist... > > Yes. Follow the links from mvpmc.org and you should find both a release > version as well as a nightly build, both precompiled and drop-in > replacements for the Hauppauge dongle.bin. See the wiki for instructions on > generating the dongle.bin.ver file. > > >> ...prior to my exploring the next stage which will involve supplying >> a NFS aware client from Linux to the MVP ? > > What do you plan to use NFS for? I already have a vast collection of MP3s and photos on my Linux server. I already have NFS. Intend to do a lot more exploring of what mvpmc can do tomorrow. Thanks, Richard. > > -Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
