HOWTO: Sopcast with GUI and sop:// URLs

[Walc]

ok guys
i followed the steps given in 1st post and heres the thing:

when adding the menu shortcut and tryin to run it i have:

couldnt launch menu item, failed to execute child process 'qsopcast' no such file or directory

any1?

[ryukent]

Looks like it can't find the qsopcast binary. Did "sudo make install" execute correctly?? It should have put the binary into the our bin dir, which should also have a path set to it. If you still have the source directory, go in there and check that there is a binary file. If running that works, it's simply a matter of copying it into a directory that is included in the environment path.

[steffega]

I know this setup was meant for Gutsy, but I'll try anyway..

The launching from Mozilla doesn't work anymore after I upgraded to Hardy.
As i click on a sop-link, it doesn't respond in any way.

The qsopcast command still works from the terminal, and the string in "about:config" is still there. Maybe it has something to do with the browser upgrade? (As of now I have firefox 3 beta 5)

Any ideas?

[bribri124]

I have been doing a little bit of research and apparently Windows users are experiencing the same issue with FF3 Beta 3. I've been using qsopcast for quite a while now without problem, so it must be a browser issue.

[bribri124]

I did discover no significant changes have been made to Opera, other than going to version 9.27. I have tested and can confirm sop links do work with this browser. To set that up, go to Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Programs, click Add, enter 'sop' for Protocol, 'qsopcast' for Open with other application, and click OK.

I know this isn't Firefox, but I also use Opera, and I do not want to keep typing the sop address until Firefox resolves this issue.

[ubunter1]

does anyone know if it will work in hardy yet? or can it be done?.

[mcgooie]

when i follow this and leave the channel to buffer to 100% and click player nothing happens, anyone got an idea?

thanks

[mcgooie]

when i follow this and leave the channel to buffer to 100% and click player nothing happens, anyone got an idea?

thanks

just solved it, i was just changing where it had mplayer instead of removing the entire lines and replacing with vlc and now it works

[frecon]

does anyone know if it will work in hardy yet? or can it be done?.

Yes, but I couldn't get it to work with this guide.

I found another guide that worked for me and was also really easy to install.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=728683

[guildofghostwriters]

I followed this and sopcast is working in Hardy but there's one more step required before it will launch a sop link from MyP2P in Firefox3 - even after adding the string in about:config, when you click on a sop link it pops up a dialog box asking the application to launch with sop streams, along with its location. It took me a while to find it in /usr/local/bin/ (being a total ubuntu noob) but now it works fine and it seems to be quicker than it was under Windows. Thanks for the guide!