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Comment on Android + Mediatomb + UPnPlay = Music Anywhere by Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:11:46 +0000

this is just brilliant m8 thanks!

Comment on Android + Mediatomb + UPnPlay = Music Anywhere by Jack

Jack — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:35:25 +0000

The user part is likely your Linux box user (most likely ‘dan’). The external-hostname part is whatever you setup in the External Connection Setup section. So, if you got a dynamic host dans-server.dyndns.org, then you’d use `dan@dans-server.dyndns.org`

Alternatively, you could just use an IP for the hostname part, from whatsmyip.org, but just beware that unless your ISP guarantees that you have a static IP, that’s like to change (which is why a dynamic hostname with ddclient refreshing it is a better solution if you don’t have a static IP).

Comment on Android + Mediatomb + UPnPlay = Music Anywhere by dan

dan — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:39:45 +0000

Hey thanks for the tutorial!
I’m having a problem though. I’m kind of a noob and need help with this.
What exactly am I suppose to put for user@external-hostname in connectbot?

Comment on Android + Mediatomb + UPnPlay = Music Anywhere by Dave

Dave — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:05:43 +0000

Thanks for this. I’d previously setup my Sheevaplug with MediaTomb and a USB hard drive. Now I can stream our MP3 collection remotely from my phone! Network bandwidth’s a killer at times, but this’ll be a lifesaver at Christmas with the in-laws (when I can use their wireless connection)!

Comment on Android + Mediatomb + UPnPlay = Music Anywhere by Jack

Jack — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:16:39 +0000

No, sorry I can’t. Windows software really isn’t my thing =).

Comment on Android + Mediatomb + UPnPlay = Music Anywhere by Ben

Ben — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:45:49 +0000

Wow! This is exactly what I was trying to achieve. I managed to get halfway there on my own – but the port forwarding over SSH and UPNPPlay WAN option really helped me.

One question : can you recommend a Windows client that performs the same job as UPNPlay (In terms of the WAN server option) ?

Great work..

Comment on A fan’s review of Deus Ex: Human Revolution by Jack

Jack — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:48:53 +0000

I dunno about the PS3 graphics, but the PC graphics I thought were pretty awesome. If you play the original without any improvement patches or texture packs, etc. it still looks ok, but we forgive it because of nostalgia and, more importantly, because immersion is always more important than polygons.

I agree though that it’s nice to see the franchise at least make a solid step into the future… even if it wasn’t perfect.

Also, yeah, I think it’s pretty bogus to have DLC that actually takes place in the middle of the game we already bought. DLC is almost 100% bullshit and most of it should’ve been included in the first place. Remember when games had things you could unlock, and/or more than 10 hours of gameplay? This is why the indie scene is doing so well these days.

Comment on A fan’s review of Deus Ex: Human Revolution by Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:26:53 +0000

Thanks, this was a really good review and it’s pretty similar to how I feel about Deus Ex: HR. I played the original multiple times and it’s one of (if not my singular) favorite game all time. A lot of the criticisms, such as about skills vs. augmentations (and being forced to choose a tree) made this game less fun. Same thing about the forced boss fights.

I wanted to play more stealthy or less lethal, but found that using up my energy knocking out players (and constantly running out of energy and having to wait for it to regenerate) was annoying…would have preferred melee weapons as well (oh the prod…).

It’s funny because the graphics aren’t all that much better than the original (went from PC to PS3), the AI isn’t that greatly improved…..it’s not a game that should have been released 10 years after the original, although I guess the original was just ahead of it’s time. Regardless, it was a good step in the right direction. I wouldn’t mind seeing more aspects of the first game worked into another potential sequel.

Also, do you find it annoying that they’re going to release a downloadable content level where you’re on the boat between China and Singapore? This feels like something that should have been a part of the original game and not an ‘extra’ should you choose to pay. In any case it’s a good game. I recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the original but have a hard time recommending it (or explaining it) to others who are used to more regular FPS like Call of Duty. It’s really a unique game…which is why there are so many die-hard fans out there despite limited commercial success.

Comment on Android + Mediatomb + UPnPlay = Music Anywhere by Taking Personal Notes

Taking Personal Notes — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:01:11 +0000

[...] that run on Android and the desktop, like Evernote, which would get the job done but as some of my previous work attests, I really prefer to keep my data out of the cloud and on my home servers if at all possible [...]

Comment on Android + Mediatomb + UPnPlay = Music Anywhere by Jack

Jack — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:53:00 +0000

Not sure how doing this is any more secure than NFS over SSH would be since it’s still an encrypted transport. I don’t put much faith into the DLNA authentication scheme. Also, I’d strongly advise against carrying around a private key on your phone, especially if you’re worried about losing it. To be honest, a thief probably wouldn’t know what to do with an SSH private key, but with my luck I’d end up with the only thief in the world savvy enough to `rm -rf ~/` =)

Really, the only reason I didn’t use NFS is that I didn’t have root at the time so I couldn’t mount (as far as I know). That and the whole interoperability thing, of course.