mannn would love it to work on PS3. at least would love to get the product first. damn backorder

Don't have either a PS3 or Xbox 360, but how does it connect, Samba, iTunes streaming? Give me a link to a place that shows you how to stream from a Linux computer to either Xbox 360 or PS3 and I'll try to get it working on the Pogoplug.

smonme said:

Ok so after openpogo.com has launched I have installed Ushare and can share video and pictures to my 360 or ps3 which is borderline amazing so finally my product does everything I wanted it to do, I havent been to get music streaming from pogoplug to 360 or ps3, but I can honestly live without it. Still trying to figure it out though, guess I'll keep you guys posted.

smonme said:

RajDotKapoor said:

smonme said:

Ok so after openpogo.com has launched I have installed Ushare and can share video and pictures to my 360 or ps3 which is borderline amazing so finally my product does everything I wanted it to do, I havent been to get music streaming from pogoplug to 360 or ps3, but I can honestly live without it. Still trying to figure it out though, guess I'll keep you guys posted.

Realize should have quoted my reply... Sorry :(

Anyways I could not find UShare on OpenPogo.com. Any help woulod be greatly appreciated..

Sure I can give you some help since I'm the person that started this forsaken thread, but yea I've gotten ushare set up and rinning on xbox360 and PS3, you need to go throug the initial openpogo install then I an help you from there if you let me know where you are stuck, my replies should be pretty fast, one thing I will say though after fully setting it up, I have been unable to hve ushare detect new media added and only way to get it detected is to reboot the entire pogoplug from /sbin, outside of that it works great, wish I could figure out why I can't access web interface though but oh well lol.

Smonme Hi, I get an error when running the install. Here's the log...

login as: root
root@192.168.2.5's password:
-bash-3.2# /opt/bin/ipkg install nano ushare - 1.1a-2
Package nano (2.1.9-1) installed in root is up to date.
Installing ushare (1.1a-2) to root...
Downloading http://openpogo.com/repo/ushare_1.1a-2_arm.ipk
package libupnp suggests installing ushare
Installing libdlna (0.2.3-2) to root...
Downloading http://openpogo.com/repo/libdlna_0.2.3-2_arm.ipk
Installing libupnp (1.6.6-1) to root...
Downloading http://openpogo.com/repo/libupnp_1.6.6-1_arm.ipk
Configuring libdlna
Configuring libupnp
Configuring ushare


To complete the installation, you must edit /opt/etc/ushare.conf to add the
location(s) of your media files, and then run /opt/etc/init.d/S99ushare start.

An error ocurred, return value: 4.
Collected errors:
Cannot find package -.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'
Cannot find package 1.1a-2.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'
-bash-3.2# ipkg update
Downloading http://openpogo.com/repo/Packages
Updated list of available packages in /opt/lib/ipkg/lists/cross
Successfully terminated.
-bash-3.2# /opt/bin/ipkg install nano ushare - 1.1a-2
Package nano (2.1.9-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package ushare (1.1a-2) installed in root is up to date.
Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 4.
Collected errors:
Cannot find package -.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'
Cannot find package 1.1a-2.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'
-bash-3.2#

OK so that seemed to have worked. I changed the config file, rebooted (\sbin\reboot) the pogoplug, and started the server (/opt/etc/init.d/S99ushare start), but i got the following errors:

login as: root
root@192.168.2.4's password:
-bash-3.2# /opt/etc/init.d/S99ushare start
: command not foundf: line 3:
: command not foundf: line 6:
: command not foundf: line 10:
: command not foundf: line 14:
: command not foundf: line 18:
: command not foundf: line 22:
: command not foundf: line 32:
: command not foundf: line 35:
: command not foundf: line 38:
: command not foundf: line 41:
: command not foundf: line 45:
: command not foundf: line 46:
Starting uShare UPnP A/V Media Server... -bash-3.2#

I attempted to go to http://192.168.2.4:49200/web/ushare.html but the browser returned a "link broken" error

I must confess, I used ms word to edit the file. I also used FileZilla to download the config file first, then use Word to edit it, save it back, and then upload the file back to /opt/etc folder.

smonme said:

not sure if my guide is any good, if it is maybe I'll get asked to submit it, but let me know if you obtain success.
Note This Guide Was Made Accessing Pogoplug Via Terminal On MacOSX

1. SSH Into The Pogoplug till you see bash-3.2#

2. Type "/opt/bin/ipkg install nano ushare - 1.1a-2"

*** For the rest of the guide please note anything in quotations is to be type WITHOUT the actual quotations. ***

3. You'll see a bunch of stuff installing then when you are able to, Type "/opt/bin/nano /opt/etc/ushare.conf"

4. You'll want to edit your config to look something like this.

# /etc/ushare.conf
# Configuration file for uShare

# uShare UPnP Friendly Name (default is 'uShare').
USHARE_NAME=Media

# Interface to listen to (default is eth0).
# Ex : USHARE_IFACE=eth1
USHARE_IFACE=

# Port to listen to (default is random from IANA Dynamic Ports range)
# Ex : USHARE_PORT=49200
USHARE_PORT=49200

# Port to listen for Telnet connections
# Ex : USHARE_TELNET_PORT=1337
USHARE_TELNET_PORT=

# Directories to be shared (space or CSV list).
# Ex: USHARE_DIR=/dir1,/dir2
USHARE_DIR=/tmp/.cemnt/mnt_sda1

# Use to override what happens when iconv fails to parse a file name.
# The default uShare behaviour is to not add the entry in the media list
# This option overrides that behaviour and adds the non-iconv'ed string into
# the media list, with the assumption that the renderer will be able to
# handle it. Devices like Noxon 2 have no problem with strings being passed
# as is. (Umlauts for all!)
#
# Options are TRUE/YES/1 for override and anything else for default behaviour
USHARE_OVERRIDE_ICONV_ERR=

# Enable Web interface (yes/no)
ENABLE_WEB=yes

# Enable Telnet control interface (yes/no)
ENABLE_TELNET=

# Use XboX 360 compatibility mode (yes/no)
# ENABLE_XBOX=yes
USHARE_ENABLE_XBOX=yes

# Use DLNA profile (yes/no)
# This is needed for PlayStation3 to work (among other devices)
ENABLE_DLNA=yes

*** You can use another directory for your movies if you don't feel the need to enable the entire drive to share, but I'm lazy and thats how i set mine up :) ***

5. Once you have your config looking like that, press Control + X

6. Make sure you have enabled UPNP on your router settings not doing this step may make streaming not work at all.

7. Type "/sbin/reboot" this will reboot your pogoplug (MANDATORY STEP).

8. SSH back into your pogoplug till you see bash-3.2#

9. Type "/opt/etc/init.d/S99ushare start" (You'll see a message saying ushare starting, time to cross your fingers)

10. Attempt to go to "http://[Insert Pogoplug IP here]:49200/web/ushare.html"

*** You should now see Ushare UPNP A/V Media Server Information Page, this is a good thing, if you can't see this page it's not the end of the world, I only recently got mine working. It may also take up to 30 minutes for ushare to start streaming after initial reboot depending on how many files you have on your Pogoplug due to indexing, If you have a lot of files take this time to watch the paint dry ***

11. Turn on Xbox360 Or PS3 and you should be able to now see "MEDIA" as the drive streaming whatever you have on the drive. Note you may have named your drive different, if you did then thats what you see there. Like I said you MAY not see the drive depending if you decided to be a little patient after initial reboot, though it should be instantly.

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OK so issue # 5 was easily resolved by changing the ushare.conf file

# Directories to be shared (space or CSV list).
# Ex: USHARE_DIR=/dir1,/dir2
# USHARE_DIR=/tmp/.cemnt/mnt_sda1
USHARE_DIR=/tmp/.cemnt/mnt_sda1/Media

That was easy... the other issues remain, most importantly the ability to identify and play ripped audio and video files. I also noticed it played .avi and .mov files without any issues. However aac encoded .m4a files and .IFO and .VOB files were identified as unsupported data.

Smonme/Crimsoneredmk... any help?

smonme said:

Glad you were able to get that issue resolved, as far asissue 1 goes, as far as I know the icon is more orless stuck to look like that. With issue 2 concerning .vob I'm going to try obtaining some files and see what happens (I use .avi) I haven't tried .mkv either so I'll try both today. I haven't been able to get any audio streamed using my xbox but my ps3 plays the music just fine, as far as stopping ushare goes, i ve only been to stop it using reboot to reboot entire pogoplug but you can try using the web app if you trying to refresh new media shares. Hope I was of some help, its hard typing on this forum with my palm pre lol.