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Which Flavor of Linux Are You Running (and how do you use MC)?
scttgrd:
I am running Linux Mint on a media server. Have the ipad app and use that as a remote. Windows finally went that one step too far for me so now everything is Linux. Will keep buying that master license as long as you offer it. Almost 20 years now.
antenna:
If I may pop in here, yes, I have a concern about the about the video-rendering ability of MC on Linux-based hardware. My video needs are minimal, 1080-HD at best.
But then, I also have a concern about how well a Linux distribution will support other aspects of what I need in the MC client residing in the entertainment center.
I fully know, and do understand, that this aspect is not something that MC is charged with supporting.
I only ask because of the knowledge that is here on this forum.
OK, all that said...
The current MC client in my entertainment center is on Windows 10.
When Windows 10 expires, I'd like to move over to a Linux distribution.
Note my experience level, I've been running OpenBSD and FreeBSD servers from the command line for a couple of decades. I first used Linux in the late 1990's.
Again, that aside...
A couple of my main concerns are:
1) I currently plug an IR receiver into the USB port of the MC client, and my universal remote is able to navigate and control MC (mostly in Theater mode). Will I be able to have that same level of functionality in a Linux distribution? (for the record, here's what I use: ( https://flirc.tv/ ) iI not, what is the alternative?
2) I currently use a LogiTech wireless keyboard for the more mundane functions of MC. (wanderings into Options, for example). Will that wireless keyboard work on Linux? I don't see any Linux support on the LogiTech website. Is there an alternative?
So far, my current explorations indicate that the answers to the questions I ask are: no and no.
So, through no fault of JR at all, I may not be able to move to a Linux box as my main MC client. Only because Linux does not seem to support the devices I need/want to use on the main MC client here.
bob:
--- Quote from: antenna on March 21, 2024, 12:47:07 am ---If I may pop in here, yes, I have a concern about the about the video-rendering ability of MC on Linux-based hardware. My video needs are minimal, 1080-HD at best.
But then, I also have a concern about how well a Linux distribution will support other aspects of what I need in the MC client residing in the entertainment center.
I fully know, and do understand, that this aspect is not something that MC is charged with supporting.
I only ask because of the knowledge that is here on this forum.
OK, all that said...
The current MC client in my entertainment center is on Windows 10.
When Windows 10 expires, I'd like to move over to a Linux distribution.
Note my experience level, I've been running OpenBSD and FreeBSD servers from the command line for a couple of decades. I first used Linux in the late 1990's.
Again, that aside...
A couple of my main concerns are:
1) I currently plug an IR receiver into the USB port of the MC client, and my universal remote is able to navigate and control MC (mostly in Theater mode). Will I be able to have that same level of functionality in a Linux distribution? (for the record, here's what I use: ( https://flirc.tv/ ) iI not, what is the alternative?
2) I currently use a LogiTech wireless keyboard for the more mundane functions of MC. (wanderings into Options, for example). Will that wireless keyboard work on Linux? I don't see any Linux support on the LogiTech website. Is there an alternative?
So far, my current explorations indicate that the answers to the questions I ask are: no and no.
So, through no fault of JR at all, I may not be able to move to a Linux box as my main MC client. Only because Linux does not seem to support the devices I need/want to use on the main MC client here.
--- End quote ---
For video, I'd avoid NVidia. In my experience you need to use the proprietary drivers for those to work properly with MC.
1080 should be no big issue on any recent hardware.
I use logitech wireless keyboards with linux all the time. The ones with the universal usb dongle.
The IR remote is likely to be the biggest stumbling block. MC on linux supports the basic remote commands through low level X calls but it appears some desktop managers intercept and don't pass along those codes.
You will likely have more success with one of the phone remotes. JRemote has a nice remote control.
geier22:
hello mwillems, thanks for the tip, but unfortunately that doesn't work for me.
I created /etc/pipewire.conf (didn't exist).
The following is present in /etc:
--- Code: ---~# find /etc -name "*pipewire*"
/etc/alsa/conf.d/99-pipewire-default.conf
/etc/alsa/conf.d/50-pipewire.conf
/etc/pipewire.conf
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/pipewire.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/pipewire-pulse.socket
/etc/systemd/user/pipewire.service.wants
/etc/systemd/user/default.target.wants/pipewire.service
/etc/systemd/user/default.target.wants/pipewire-pulse.service
--- End code ---
After a restart, I had these options in MC:
"default [ALSA] Default ALSA Output (Currently Pipewire Media Server)"
or
"pipewire [ALSA]Pipewire Sound Server"
But no matter what I choose:
MC says in the audio path, that the track will be played without conversion (see picture).
But in reality it is played at 48 kHz. No matter what song I select (even 192 kHz)
Both the display on my TEAC and the terminal show 48 kHz.
Terminal with Pipewire:
--- Code: ---~$ cat /proc/asound/card2/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params
access: MMAP_INTERLEAVED
format: S24_3LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 48000 (48000/1)
period_size: 512
buffer_size: 32768
--- End code ---
The same piece:
terminal with my default setting (hw:Card=Device,DEV=0 TEAC USB AUDIO DEVICE, USB AUDIO Direct hardware device without any conversions):
--- Code: ---~$ cat /proc/asound/card2/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S24_3LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 88200 (88200/1)
period_size: 8820
buffer_size: 44100
--- End code ---
switch6343:
I just installed AlmaLinux 9.3, a sibling of RHEL 9.3 and successor of CentOS. I tried the version downloadable from Bryan Roesslers github site https://github.com/cryobry/installjrmc using the unofficial Linux repository (Fedora/CentOS), however to no avail.
I would be pleased to hear if there is a solution for this Linux distro AlmaLinux 9.3, which is an LTS (Long Term Service) version.
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