When you need to configure multiple servers it’s always good to look at some configuration management software like Puppet of Chef. But there is a new kid in town and it looks promissing. I’ve played around with Ansible a bit to setup a complex network configration on 5 blade servers running a CentOS minimal. I mentioned this last weekend to Fabian Arrotin last weekend at FOSDEM and he told me to put that info online. So here it is!
Howto setup a dd-wrt router for IPTV to use your STB and HTPC at the same time!
A few months back I already discussed on a forum the possibility to use a linux based router to be able to use your Amino STB and htpc at the same time. This weekend I finally had some time to play around with dd-wrt, and within a hour or two, I already got it working. The main problem was the DHCP request to the IPTV Network. When using a windows htpc, you must let the STB to the DHCP request, and then spoof the MAC address, and copy the ip of the STB to your windows network configuration. But when […]
I need a new videocard for playing hd recordings on my HTPC
Since a few weeks, I can record tv programs in HD quality (1080i), but unfortunately my htpc isn’t powerfull enough to play these HD recordings. I currently have a nVidia GeForce 7300LE video card. Which is good enough for SD quality video’s but not for HD. So I ordered online the XFX nVidia GeForce GT 220. This card supports VDPAU, which should let me play video’s in HD quality with only 5-10% CPU load. MythTV also has support for VDPAU. The card also has a HDMI output, so I can really watch the recordings in HD quality with 5.1 sound […]
Recording up to 5 IPTV steams on my PC using MythTV
Yes… Mesa Happy (think Jar-Jar from star wars…) I just managed to setup my mythtv media pc with the new iprecorder functionality to record up to *5* streams of iptv receiving from our local fiber optic tv supplier (XMS). Time for a little party 🙂 Since a few months I have a fiber optic connection to my home, the so called Zeewolde op Glasvezel project. The fiber optic is brought all the way into the house and connected to a Genexis modem. This modem seems to have one fiber optic entering the case from the bottom. But this actually consist […]
Finally, a mobile device with an Esc key for vim
Giga-byte is showing a new device on their website with the status ‘Coming Soon’. This is Linux-based MID (Mobile Internet Device) with a qwerty keyboard, Including an Esc key!! So finally, it’s possible to ssh to a linux box and vim from almost anywhere on the planet (as long as there is Wifi, GPRS or UMTS/HSDPA). This is really a very neat device. It’s a bit bigger than the average smartphone, but still small enough to be very portable. (15,2 x 8 x 2,25 cm, 340g). It has a intel atom chip running at 800Mhz, 512MByte of memory and a […]
HTPC upgrade needed
I’ve been using Mythtv for about 4 years now. And the motherboard is showing some failures now and then (rebooting in stead of shutdown), the disks are a bit full and playback of hdtv is not smooth.
So time for a new one!
CentOS 5 Installation on remote machine
In the datacentre I have a Fedora 7 machine with IPMI capabilities. But I have to replace it with CentOS 5. Hmm. I don’t really want to burn CentOS to a DVD, drive (aprox. 1 hour) to the data centre to reboot the server, place the CentOS installation DVD, run the installation, and drive back to the office. Because all other administration can be done remote through ssh. So after some searching on the internet, I found a way to do a remote installation. Thnx for the guys which placed their info online! Hampus and Karanbir Singh So how to start? The […]