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Hello,
Do u happen to know which program is good for watching TV channels from all around the world (English is preffered + Mondial airing is must)?

I know which are good for windows, but I'm looking for one in Linux since I cannot work with wine all the time, it crushes alot.

Thanks!

I'm not sure exactly what you are talking about, but MythTV and freevo seem to be the generally accepted PVR's on Linux.

If you are talking about something like Torrentocracy, then I'm not sure of anything else like it other than it ;)

HTH

Cool

You might take a look at Democracy - Internet TV Platform
http://www.getdemocracy.com/

MythTV was very hard to install somehow with those missing deps I couldn't find anywhere...

getdemocracy looks good, but there isn't any Mandriva 2006 version in that site :(
http://www.getdemocracy.com/downloads/#linux

what shall I do?

It's a general question I think

What shall I do when the program I can download is not to my DISTRIB? I can't install other distrib RPM right?

any offers?
Look at my last message for more details..

Simple download the source and compile it. As long as you have the dependencies you can install anything from source.

but there's no instructions for Mandriva 2006 in there

Quote:

Originally Posted by itz2000

but there's no instructions for Mandriva 2006 in there

Help me please!! I want to see Mondial today!

The source isn't a distro-specific package, so there won't be instructions for Mandriva (or any other distro for that matter). Presumably, the normal rules for building from source apply ("./configure", "make", "make install"). Untar the archive and check for a README or INSTALL file in the newly created directory, there should be installation instructions in there somewhere.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nylex

Yes... this is how it most of the times, but here is different.

I've done ls -a followed by CAT README so u can see what I'm talking about and be able to help more

Code:

[zuki@localhost gtk-x11]$ ls -a

./                          frontend.py      resource.py

../                          glade/            setup.cfg

debian_package/              idletime.py      setup.py*

democracyplayer*            __init__.py      test.sh*

democracyplayer-128x128.png  mozsetup.py      threadpriority.py

democracyplayer-72x60.png    platformcfg.py    ui/

democracyplayer.desktop      platformutils.py  xine/

frontend_implementation/    README

[zuki@localhost gtk-x11]$ cat README

This is the port of GTK/X11 port of Democracy TV.



See https://develop.participatoryculture.org/projects/dtv/wiki/GTKX11BuildDocs

(This is considered the authoritative source.)



There are several major installation theories to respect here in the Linux

world: a) Debian b) Fedora (Red Hat).  We will need to get someone from the

Gentoo or Ubunto spheres to contribute here.  Other GTK/X11 ports should follow

one of these or bring their own conventions.



In addition to the major distribution theoretics, there is also the issue of

the desktop, for which there seems to be two major choices: GNOME and KDE.

This is the GTK/X11 port of Democracy TV, so the focus here is exclusively

on GNOME.



Democracy TV requires Python 2.4; Pyrex is used for Python to C and

C++ code.





Debian:

-------



To run:

    ... TODO ...

To build:

    python-pyrex

    libboost-python-dev

    python-gtk2-dev

    python-gnome2-extras-dev

    mozilla-dev

    ... and dependents here ...





Fedora (Red Hat):

----------------



To run:

    rpm --install Pyrex-0.9.3.1-1.noarch.rpm

    rpm --install libfame-0.9.1-1.fc4.i386.rpm

    rpm --install xine-0.99.4-1.2.fc4.i686.rpm xine-lib-1.1.1-1.2.fc4.i686.rpm

    rpm --install boost-1.32.0-6.i386.rpm

    rpm --install gnome-python2-gtkmozembed-2.10.0-2.1.i386.rpm

    rpm --upgrade mozilla-1.7.12-1.5.1.i386.rpm mozilla-nss-1.7.12-1.5.1.i386.rpm mozilla-nspr-1.7.12-1.5.1.i386.rpm devhelp-0.10-1.4.2.i386.rpm

    TODO what else?  verify this on a greenfield machine



To build:

    rpm --install xine-lib-devel-1.1.1-1.2.fc4.i686.rpm

    rpm --install boost-devel-1.32.0-6.i386.rpm

    rpm --upgrade mozilla-devel-1.7.12-1.5.1.i386.rpm mozilla-nss-devel-1.7.12-1.5.1.i386.rpm mozilla-nspr-devel-1.7.12-1.5.1.i386.rpm

    TODO what else?  verify this on a greenfield machine





Gentoo:

-------



To run:

    TODO emerge/ebuild something



To build:

    TODO emerge/ebuild something





Ubuntu:

-------



To run:

    TODO do something



To build:

    TODO do something



[zuki@localhost gtk-x11]$ pwd

/home/zuki/.progz/Democracy-0.8.2-Linux/Democracy-0.8.2-Linux/tv/platform/gtk-x11

guys? I must see the Mondial here.... I'm sorry to bump this, but I think I have no choice :(

Dear God, Please FORGIVE ME for this bumpingness.

At a guess, you could try running that setup script.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nylex

At a guess, you could try running that setup script.

how do I run py files? perl *.py?

It's a Python script and as such, I'd guess "python setup.py". See the python man page for more info.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nylex

It's a Python script and as such, I'd guess "python setup.py". See the python man page for more info.

:(

what now?

Code:

[zuki@nfs gtk-x11]$ python setup.py

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "setup.py", line 27, in ?

    from Pyrex.Distutils import build_ext

ImportError: No module named Pyrex.Distutils

[zuki@nfs gtk-x11]$ python2.4 setup.py

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "setup.py", line 27, in ?

    from Pyrex.Distutils import build_ext

ImportError: No module named Pyrex.Distutils