linux support?

I also wanted to add my thanks for a linux version of the server. I just bought the iPhone client because of the linux version offered in this thread, and after 10 mins performing the necessary setup on the server side, it works like a charm. Like many others here, although I run OSX and Windows desktops, my linux server is the only machine that stays on all of the time (and also the one on which the videos are stored). I was pleasantly surprised by how well my CPU handles the transcoding - I have an i5-750, and even when converting 1080p videos on the fly it still sits about 60% idle.

mbirth, the wiki page you put up was very useful, but I noticed it didn't explicitly say to run "make" after ./configure, which might confuse some people.

Are there any plans to release Linux server versions of the betas along with OSX & Windows?
Just wanted to add that I also bought Air Video because the Linux version was offered.

Looking forward to seeing the iPad version too!

Thank you for the Linux support!

I'm successfully running Air Video on Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10).

Looking forward to an iPad version!

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Hi,

Can someone tell me if this is output you are suppose to get after starting the server on Ubuntu 9.10?

DEBUG: SnapshotCache: Initializing Thumbnail Cache; Java Version: 1.6.0_15
DEBUG: SnapshotCache: Created new Snapshot Index BTree2010-04-04 20:43:09.891::INFO: Logging to STDERR via org.mortbay.log.StdErrLog
2010-04-04 20:43:09.921::INFO: jetty-6.1.x
2010-04-04 20:43:09.952::INFO: Started SocketConnector@0.0.0.0:45631
DEBUG: PortMapperAction: Scheduling task PortMapperAction$2 (6147782)

I keep getting a time-out error when I try to connect to the server from my ipod touch.

Further clarification, this is on a local network, with the linux server on a wired connection.

Opening http://localhost:45631/ shows the words Air Video, though I can't open the same ip and port on my touch. The windows server running on another machine on the same network works just fine.

Have you tried visiting the URL from other machine? (with IP address of the linux server of course)

Connections also timed out when accessing the url from other machines.

I don't have firewall in linux and it is a fairly standard installation, so I am not quite sure why it is not working.

I'm not sure either, maybe iptables configuration?

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Does it connect at all? What Java version are you running? I don't know about Ubuntu but on Debian linux (which is what Ubuntu is based on) the default Java install is an open source GNU Java interpreter. It doesn't work with the AirVideo .jar file. When I installed using the GNU Java libraries I could connect to the server, but it would immediately time out and disconnect when trying to load any folder that actually had content. Unfortunately it does appear to work, which made it hard for me to troubleshoot the problem. The server would start with similar output to what you are experiencing but would abort when actually trying to load thumbnails. Using the SUN Java JRE directly solved the problem.

@Admin
Well, fiddling about with iptables is way out of my limited linux expertise, but thanks for the tip anyway. I did some quick search, and it seems by default, iptables should be permissive. I certainly don't remember modifying it in any way, unless some other installations modified it without telling me.

@sassafras
It doesn't connect at all, I tap the server and it just shows "loading..." in the next screen, and after a while I get a timeout error.

I removed the openjdk that came with 9.10 and installed SUN java, java -version returns:

"java version "1.6.0_15"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_15-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 14.1-b02, mixed mode)"

but this didn't make any difference.

I also wanted to let you know that I signed up mostly just to say "THANK YOU!" for the Linux support. I have a PC running Ubuntu that I use specifically for media and was using MediaTomb/PlugPlayer. Now for my iPhone I use AirVideo (looking forward to native iPad app also) and for my AppleTV (patchstick'd) I use MediaTomb and XBMC to stream from my media pc to the big screen.

AirVideo even works great via 3G - and does super fast conversions. I'm glad I purchased the product and got to support your work.

Never mind, I am an idiot. I did have a firewall installed and just forgot about it. My comp got a "cold boot no post" problem so I haven't been able to boot it up for quite a while (now I just don't shut it down).

Anyway, outstanding job on the Linux server! Live conversion on a quad core is so much better than my old shuttle pc.

Best app by far.

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Thanks for the Linux support, this rocks!

I have a question though...I accidentally tapped the "Convert" button beneath the Live Conversion button on my iPhone, and now every time I launch java -jar AirVideoServerLinux.jar test.properties the terminal window shows that it is trying to convert the same video. It doesn't seem like it's actually converting it, but it does create a temporary file in the original video's folder every time I launch the AirVideo server.

The last line of the huge block of text that is printed is "Press [q] to stop encoding". I press q, and nothing happens; it just types the letter q into the terminal. Any idea on how I can stop this?

I really hope Linux will be officially supported. This app runs flawlessly from my windows computer, but my files are all on a Ubuntu machine that's on 24/7. Thanks.

You can try to delete the conversion queue. Delete the conversionStatus2 in ~/.air-video-server

that did the trick, thanks a lot! I just bought the app; I'm really looking forward to the iPad version. Please don't screw this up App store approval team!

Adding my "me also" to this list but would vote for a more generic unix service not just Linux (I'm running opensolaris).

Most Linux stuff will run on Opensolaris anyway so a Linux version is a good start.

Thanks!