HOWTO install sopcast tv over p2p on Ubuntu

[ingo]

I had that problem too, then I installed qsopcast and it is working perfectly. (Except now I'm having trouble with sound in VLC, but that's another issue.)

wow - it is working!!! I can now paste sop://broker... addresses into the bottom bit without getting segmentation faults (most of the time).

When I first did it, nothing happened. After some 10 minutes or so I decided to click on "player" after I noticed that "record" was selected - doh! mplayer came up a treat This might also be the solution to one of the problems mentioned earlier (somebody who could do everything but watch - click on "player").

Soooo happy to be able to watch footy at last
Thanks to all!

[yoburtu]

Hello,

is there a ubuntu 64 bits version of gsopcast package?.

Best regards.

[h0me5k1n]

EDITED THREAD BY h0me5k1n
FOLLOW TOMBOTTS INSTRUCTIONS IN POST 48 OF THIS THREAD

These instructions will install the GUI and then update the Sopcast executable to the latest version

# Get the sopcast GUI deb file
wget http://linuxtoy.org/files/deb/gtk-so...2.8-1_i386.deb
# Install the deb
sudo dpkg -i gtk-sopcast_0.2.8-1_i386.deb
# get the newest version of sopcast
wget http://sopcast.referencias.tv/download/sp-auth.tgz
# extract it
tar xzf sp-auth.tgz
# move the sopcast executable to the directory where the GUI requires it to be and renaming it (the newest version from sopcast is named sp-sc-auth and not sp-sc)
sudo cp sp-auth/sp-sc-auth /usr/bin/sp-sc
# root should own the sp-sc executable - probably not required
chown root:root /usr/bin/sp-sc

To run it either type gsopcast at the commandline or select "applications" - "sound & video" then "Sopcast TV Player". You need to wait a few seconds for the channel list to fill. If you have any problems run gsopcast from a terminal and you can see any errors in the terminal output.

[h2z]

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

This is what I get when trying to play a channel (not showing in the channel list as I changed that URL and lost the original so no list now) and when trying to play it with the command line option (sp-sc)

[h2z]

OK so I got it to work without segmentation faults What ports do I need to forward on my router (and firewall) to enable it incomming connections on it?

The official FAQ has this:

For SopClient, recommends open 3900-13900 ports for inbound connections.

But thats just silly I don't want to open so many ports! Isn't there a way to restrict it to maybe just a few ports? opening 10k ports doesn't sound very secure

[vector]

whats the latest on this package?

I tired the wget howto above and it dont work

wget http://linuxtoy.org/files/deb/gtk-so...2.8-1_i386.deb
--18:33:58-- http://linuxtoy.org/files/deb/gtk-so...2.8-1_i386.deb
=> `gtk-so...2.8-1_i386.deb'
Resolving linuxtoy.org... 208.113.198.67
Connecting to linuxtoy.org|208.113.198.67|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
18:34:09 ERROR 404: Not Found.

[tombott]

whats the latest on this package?

I tired the wget howto above and it dont work

wget http://linuxtoy.org/files/deb/gtk-so...2.8-1_i386.deb
--18:33:58-- http://linuxtoy.org/files/deb/gtk-so...2.8-1_i386.deb
=> `gtk-so...2.8-1_i386.deb'
Resolving linuxtoy.org... 208.113.198.67
Connecting to linuxtoy.org|208.113.198.67|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
18:34:09 ERROR 404: Not Found.

Try
wget http://linuxtoy.org/files/deb/gtk-so...2.8-1_i386.deb

Note that the link is different from the displayed text

Or just browse to via Firefox, download and install - http://linuxtoy.org/files/deb/gtk-sopcast_0.2.8-1_i386.deb

[tombott]

These instructions will install the GUI and then update the Sopcast executable to the latest version

# Get the sopcast GUI deb file
wget http://linuxtoy.org/files/deb/gtk-so...2.8-1_i386.deb
# Install the deb
sudo dpkg -i gtk-sopcast_0.2.8-1_i386.deb
# get the newest version of sopcast
wget http://sopcast.referencias.tv/download/sp-auth.tgz
# extract it
tar xzf sp-auth.tgz
# move the sopcast executable to the directory where the GUI requires it to be and renaming it (the newest version from sopcast is named sp-sc-auth and not sp-sc)
sudo cp sp-auth/sp-sc-auth /usr/bin/sp-sc
# root should own the sp-sc executable - probably not required
chown root:root /usr/bin/sp-sc

To run it either type gsopcast at the commandline or select "applications" - "sound & video" then "Sopcast TV Player". You need to wait a few seconds for the channel list to fill. If you have any problems run gsopcast from a terminal and you can see any errors in the terminal output.

Seems to be a problem with the second link, I have downloaded the latest release from Sopcast's site and upped to my server. This will be a quicker download for all Europeans.
I have also added instructions for installing the QSopcast GUI.
QSopcast handles manually adding Sopcast channels much better than GSopcast, in my opinion.

This will install the latest version of Sopcast, GSopcast GUI and the QSopcast Gui and set-up Firefox to open Sopcast Channels with Sopcast

# Get the GSopcast GUI deb file
wget http://freetowatchtv.co.uk/images/ub...2.8-1_i386.deb
# Install the deb
sudo dpkg -i gtk-sopcast_0.2.8-1_i386.deb
# get the newest version of sopcast
wget http://freetowatchtv.co.uk/images/ubuntu/sp-auth.tgz
# extract it
tar xzf sp-auth.tgz
# move the sopcast executable to the directory where the GUI requires it to be and renaming it (the newest version from sopcast is named sp-sc-auth and not sp-sc)
sudo cp sp-auth/sp-sc-auth /usr/bin/sp-sc
# root should own the sp-sc executable - probably not required
sudo chown root:root /usr/bin/sp-sc

#Download the QSopcast GUI and Extract
wget http://freetowatchtv.co.uk/images/ub...sopcast.tar.gz
tar xzf qsopcast.tar.gz
#Copy to /usr/bin and change ownership
sudo cp qsopcast /usr/bin/
sudo chown root:root /usr/bin/qsopcast
#Create shortcut to qsopcast
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/qsopcast.desktop

Enter the following into the blank text document, then save and close

[Desktop Entry]
Name=QSopcast
Comment=Sopcast TV Player
Exec=/usr/bin/qsopcast
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gsopcast.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;AudioVideo;

You should now have QSopcast and Sopcast TV Player icons under Sound & Video in your menu.

I find that QScopast is much better if you want to manually add in sopcast channels.

To get Firefox to open Sopcast links with QSopcast do the following:

Go into firefox and enter URL: "about:config".
Right click, select new and string.

Set string name to:
network.protocol-handler.app.sop

Set value to:
qsopcast

Now when clicking on a Sopcast url (from http://www.myp2p.eu/ for example) Qsopcast should launch

If you prefer to use GSopcast follow the above steps but substitute qscopast with gsopcast

Some people will also need to install the following (If you don't already have and KDE applications installed)

sudo apt-get install qt3-apps-dev vlc build-essential

sudo apt-get install libqt3-mt

Thanks to h0me5k1n

Tom.

[wataboutbob]

@tombott

thanks for the instruction. and yes, QSopcast does seem better than gsopcast.

[maxxum]

tombott, your instructions worked like a charm! many thanks!