Installed ZoneMinder ( https://zoneminder.com ) for some IP and WiFi cameras, and the first thing to remember is to not use the Fedora version! This is due to the lack of ffmpeg and vlc support in that version, which makes the software somewhat less than useful.. Fortunately, there is good Fedora support, with a fully-functional version – … Continue reading →
After some problems with uvcvideo / usb under 3.13 producing non-working camera and audio, and producing a ‘tombstone’, I have reverted to 3.12.8 for the time being.. More research is needed, and I have set up a 3.13 ‘guest’ under VMware to conduct further tests, without the ‘kernel taint’ of NVIDIA drivers, etc.. [50677.696508] cannot submit urb … Continue reading →
After noting the success of the XBMC team in getting high-quality video playback on the Raspberry Pi, I tried to see what was currently possible with the latest version of the APC kernel.. Sadly, the XBMC player is only available for the proprietary Pi Broadcom chipset.. I did try installing the binary-only Android APC player, but it … Continue reading →
After compiling the latest release of the APC-8750 kernel source code, I am pleased to find that video/HDMI output to an hdmi-attached monitor now works! So… I now have XFCE Desktop running on the APC under Fedora 13, and Kernel 2.6.32.9-apc.. A bit old, but – it works! … Continue reading →
Just announced – XBMC (native) for Android.. Should be useful when I (eventually) get my APC… http://xbmc.org/theuni/2012/07/13/xbmc-for-android/ … Continue reading →
Found that the ‘latest’ (11.2.x) Adobe Flash Plugin for Linux (x86_64) makes YouTube videos look like something from a bad trip.. Tried different browsers, but the fault was still there.. Videos from news sites (BBC etc.) seemed to be OK.. So – reverted to 11.1 version of Flash Plugin (from Adobe archives) and all is well, again.. … Continue reading →