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#21 Post by ETP »

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A brief (Unlisted) taster YouTube video showing V3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcr0jtG ... e=youtu.be

Edit: 31st Dec 2016

A second (Public) taster video is now available via the YouTube link in my signature panel below.
(The 2nd video has also been added to the "Litter" playlist)
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installation to hardrive

#22 Post by simsha »

Happy New Year
ETP thanks for the release I thought it would be just the job to keep my wife happy watching iplayer when in France. However when I try to install it to hard drive something is wrong in that vmlinuz, initrd, puppy_xenial sfs and zdrv_xenial sfs file were not in the install partition and hence Grub4dos didnot put an entry in the boot menu.
I booted again from the usb and manualy copied the files from the usb into the partition ran grub4dos and it then put an entry in to the boot menu,
But when I boot it just boots into the xenialpup and not your highly moded version. Any ideas?
Apart from that it seems to work, I am running on a lenovo T400
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TV/PVR Xenial Pup V3 (32-bit) - Released 22nd December 2016

#23 Post by ETP »

Hi simsha,

Welcome to the forum and thanks for your query. The T400 although it does have a fast hard disc (7200-rpm) does
not have an i3 or i5 CPU plus fast enough graphics to handle HD streamed video (720p/1080p). I gather that it has
an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz T9400 processor with 2GB of RAM and a 256MB ATI Radeon Mobility HD 3400 GPU.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/161074/l ... _t400.html

You are also likely to struggle with reception of even SD iplayer quality in France if you do not possess a UK VPN
that gives a minimum bandwith of 5Mbps. (A minimum of 10Mbps is needed for BBC HD)

In the original post in this thread I wrote:
Subsequent transfer from a working stick to a HDD or SSD is possible if required.
If that is done you may then boot from the original stick or by means of a new entry in any existing boot loader configuration file.


To clarify and expand on that; manually doing so is only worth it if you favour faster startup, quick saves and prompt shutdowns.
It in no way improves running speed as this Pup runs entirely in RAM once booted.

If you are still inclined to transfer it to the HD from the working stick, a fully commented syslinux.cfg together with boot code examples
can be found in the /boot/syslinux directory on the first partition of the stick.

In order to then boot from the stick the syslinux syntax on the stick (for a boot from the hard disc) would be:

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default /vmlinuz initrd=/initrd.gz pmedia=atahd pupsfs=sda6:/puppy_xenial_7.0.4.sfs pdev1=sda6
(Change the two references to sda6 to point at the actual partition that you use. f2fs format is recommended for speed but grub4dos
does not recognise it.)

For the sake of completeness here is my own entry in my existing vesamenu syslinux.cfg (sdb7 is a 10GB f2fs SSD partition)

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MENU SEPARATOR

LABEL TVPVR
MENU LABEL TV/PVR Pup V3  sdb7  22/12/16
KERNEL /tvpvrpup/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/tvpvrpup/initrd.gz pmedia=ataflash pupsfs=sdb7:/puppy_xenial_7.0.4.sfs pdev1=sdb7
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#24 Post by simsha »

ETP thank you for the reply, it was the actual installation I was worried about at the moment, when we eventually get to go to France I shall have to get a more modern laptop, pehaps look to see what others have had sucess with.
I shall try again to install it later
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TV/PVR Xenial Pup V3 (32-bit) - Released 22nd December 2016

#25 Post by ETP »

Since V1 of this Pup was issued on 27th Oct only one issue has emerged in that PPM sometimes fails to launch with the bogus message that it is "already running".

Forum member mavrothal issued a pet to fix this issue in this post: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 776#931776

A copy of that pet is attached and should be installed if you encounter this issue.

A separate YouTube taster playlist showing the current V3 of this Pup can be viewed here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 5vJBmrWOHd
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#26 Post by ETP »

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Second Service Pack for all versions: (sp2.pet)

The BBC have again changed all of their video stream URLs.
Please install the attached pet in order to resume normal service.
It contains 10 modified scripts.
Once installed click on the desktop "save" icon. There is no need to reboot or restart X.
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#27 Post by ETP »

A new 32-bit Chromium pet (chromium_56.0.2924.76_i486+pepper_24.0.0.194-etp) is now available
for this Pup via the following direct download link:

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=down ... HVUVlZlYVk

To upgrade:

1. Download the pet.

2. Use PPM to uninstall the existing Chromium pet.

3. Install the new pet, test and then if happy, click on the desktop save icon.

The new pet is based on Alien Bob's build and includes the final 32-bit Chrome widevine modules.
Netflix will hopefully work if anyone has an account to test that aspect.

Running as root with adequate sandboxing is continued using Iguleder's trick as brought to light by 01micko.

Edit: 11th Feb 2017

I feel that I must clarify the phrase "adequate sandboxing". It should really read "the appearance of adequate sandboxing!"
Iguleder's trick is just that, a trick. Chromium asks the question "Am I running as root?". It is falsely told NO so
assumes that you are a normal user and implements sandboxing. That sandboxing is however around root in effect negating
all sandboxing. Anyone breaching your system via the browser would have root access with all that implies.

Please therefore do not regard this method as safe for Internet banking. It is just a means of continuing to run Chromium
as root when using Puppy. It is not as safe as running as Spot.
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TV/PVR Xenial Pup V3 (32-bit) - Released 22nd December 2016

#28 Post by ETP »

Update:

Pale Moon Browser:

Version 27.1.0 (32-bit) was released on 9th Feb 2017.
The Palemoon-Updater item on the Internet submenu may be used to upgrade.

Flash:

NPAPI Flash as used by Pale Moon is now on version 24.0.0.221
To upgrade please install forum member rerwin's getflash-1.7 pet then use it to install the above.

The pet can be found here:- http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 264#942264

Thunderbird:

This may be updated to thunderbird_45.7.0+build1. First update PPM and use it to
uninstall the existing version. Then use the updated version of PPM to install the
new build (thunderbird_45.7.0+build1)

List of Recently installed items:
  • pkg_chooser_test-3.pet
    chromium_56.0.2924.76_i486+pepper_24.0.0.194-etp|Access the Internet
    sp2|Revised BBC stream URLs in 10 scripts
    thunderbird_45.7.0+build1|Email RSS and newsgroup client with integrated spam filter
    getflash-1.7|GetFlash - install Flashplayer
    flashplayer-24.0.0.221-i686|Adobe Flash Player browser plugin and Preferences
A separate YouTube taster playlist showing the current V3 of this Pup can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 5vJBmrWOHd
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#29 Post by cifa »

amazing build!! a lot of talent & work on show here 8)

i had to update to the new PaleMoon build as I could hardly see the light grey font in the youtube search function. fixed now (black again)

btw the youtube downloader works great

cheers

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TV/PVR Xenial Pup V3 (32-bit) - Released 22nd December 2016

#30 Post by ETP »

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A new 32-bit Chromium pet (chromium-57.0.2987.98-i486+pepper_25.0.0.127-etp) is now available
for this Pup via the following direct download link:

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=down ... WVYSzdQYU0

To upgrade:

1. Download the pet.

2. Use PPM to uninstall the existing Chromium pet.

3. Install the new pet, test and then if happy, click on the desktop save icon.
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#31 Post by ETP »

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Service Pack for V2 & V3 :- (sp3.pet)

Since V2 of this Pup the BBC & CBSN TV news icons on wbar have launched the channels in non-decorated windowed mode as opposed to full-screen.

This service pack (sp3) addresses the issue that vlc does not always launch center screen when run in windowed
mode and the window then has to be moved slightly to center it.

The pack contains 2 revised launcher scripts which both call a new script (/root/noob/center_active_window.sh)
which ensures that the launched window is centralised.
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TV/PVR Xenial Pup V3 (32bit) - Released 22nd December 2016

#32 Post by ETP »

Chromium / Thunderbird / Pale Moon

A new 32-bit Chromium pet (chromium-58.0.3029.96-i486+pepper_25.0.0.171-etp) is now available
for this Pup via the following direct download link:

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=down ... nNiSlRZck0
  • To upgrade:

    1. Download the pet.

    2. Use PPM to uninstall the existing Chromium pet.

    3. Install the new pet, test and then if happy, click on the desktop save icon.


As previously the new pet is based on Alien Bob's build and includes the final 32-bit Chrome widevine modules.
Netflix will hopefully work if anyone has an account to test that aspect.

Thunderbird_45.8.0+build1 may be installed via PPM having first used it to uninstall any previous version.

Pale Moon may be updated to 27.3.0 (32-bit) via the Palemoon-updater item on the Internet sub-menu.
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TV/PVR Xenial Pup V3 (32bit) - Released 22nd December 2016

#33 Post by ETP »

Optional pet - (HDEV_ScreenSaver.pet)

This pet provides a second manually invoked screen saver. It provides a live rotating HD feed from the 4 earth
viewing cameras aboard the ISS. Do not use it if you are on a metered internet connection!

The ISS is on a 90 minute orbit travelling at a speed of 17139 mph at an altitude of 256 miles.
For half that time it is therefore in darkness with no video.
The following link can be used to check on its current status and location:

https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ESRS/HDEV/
Edit 30th June:
The following link to the German "columbus eye" project is better than the nasa one above
for checking on the current status and position of the ISS.

http://columbuseye.uni-bonn.de/live/

The pet does not use the stream available in the above link but instead uses vlc to play the
720p stream intended for iphones. The keyboard letter "f" toggles between windowed and full screen mode.

Whilst intended for TV/PVR Pup which runs vlc in borderless mode it should work in any Pup that contains vlc.
A menu item is created on the "Desktop" menu and the desktop file itself may be dragged onto the desktop to provide
a quick launch method. It can just be used to impress the other dogs in the kennels rather than as a screen-saver.

If viewing in windowed mode in this Pup press ctrl+h to toggle the vlc control panel on/off in order to start
recording the stream or to take snapshots. ( Handy if you spot a UFO or flying pig) :)

Enjoy.
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TV/PVR Xenial Pup V3 (32bit) - Released 22nd December 2016

#34 Post by ETP »

Another Optional pet - (startup_sound-mk2.pet)

(Use in any Pup with suitable modifications to the player)

This pet provides a choice of 4 startup sounds or clips.
OOTB clip1 is set as the default which plays the same jingle used by forum member "peebee" in some of his recent Pups.

The player is set as mpv but can easily be changed to another of your choice which has the ability to play then exit.
The script in question is reproduced below and is commented. Additional clips may be added.

An unusual feature of the script is that it will only trigger a sound clip if booting is complete AND a working
internet connection is present. Thus hearing the sound gives a double reassurance.

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#!/bin/sh
# This is /root/Startup/startup-sound  ETP May 2017 - (Based on an idea by forum member "peebee")
# NOTES:
#
# 1. Change sleep period if need be, so that the end of the played sound clip coincides with desktop completion & network establishment.
# 2. Change player using suitable syntax. For example in the case of vlc that would be:-       player=cvlc --play-and-exit
# 3. Add further clips to the list to reference additional sound clips of your choice.
#
player=mpv
clip1=/usr/share/audio/sys-login.mp3
clip2=/usr/share/audio/o95.wav
clip3=/usr/share/audio/halfunc.mp3
clip4=/usr/share/audio/Interface_complete.mp3
#
sleep 6
echo -e "GET http://google.com HTTP/1.0\n\n" | nc google.com 80 > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        $player $clip1 # Change numeral to select another clip
fi
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TV/PVR Xenial Pup V3 (32bit) - Released 22nd December 2016

#35 Post by ETP »

Chromium / Thunderbird

A new 32-bit Chromium pet (chromium-59.0.3071.86-i486+pepper_25.0.0.171-etp) is now available
for this Pup via the following direct download link:

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=down ... GZXUjFTWnM

To upgrade:

1. Download the pet.

2. Use PPM to uninstall the existing Chromium pet.

3. Install the new pet, test and then if happy, click on the desktop save icon.

As previously, the new pet is based on Alien Bob's build and includes the final 32-bit Chrome widevine modules.
Netflix will hopefully work if anyone has an account to test that aspect.

Thunderbird_52.1.1+build1 may be installed via PPM having first used PPM to uninstall any previous version.

Notes:

This and future versions of Chrome/Chromium require GTK3 which is already present in this Pup.
That may pose a problem for some Slacko based Pups which presently do not include GTK3.
The new GTK3 support should provide improved integration of GTK themes within the browser.
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TV/PVR Xenial Pup V4 (32bit) - Released 5th July 2017

#36 Post by ETP »

VERSION 4: - tvpvrpupv4.img.xz (689MB) & md5sum & screenshots can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

All previously optional pets & service packs have been incorporated.

Main new additions in V4:

Firefox 54.0 (32-bit) (Both Firefox & Pale Moon contain the Complete YouTube Saver version 5.7.36)
openvpn-2.3.14
Conky_ppp0_tun_show-V1|Simple desktop display of IP address tun/ppp0/eth0/wlan0
simplescreenrecorder_0.3.8+1-ppa1
tickr_0.6.4-1|GTK-based highly graphically-customizable Feed Ticker (Set to Reuters OOTB)
additional libs for vlc plugins plus extra codecs
update_flash-1.8|Download and install Flash plugin
adwaita-icon-theme_3.18.0|default icon theme of GNOME small subset
humanity-icon-theme_0.6.10.1|Humanity Icon theme
WebRTC with a choice of Talky.io, Skype for Web 10.2.0.3000 and appear.in.
Xpad 4.5.0

Further cosmetic improvements in Chromium with a custom search page background and
dark theme in YouTube. These are provided by the Stylish extension 1.8.1 & the "Infinity" extension.

Items updated:

thunderbird_52.1.1 (Release update channel)

chromium-59.0.3071.86-i486+pepper_25.0.0.171-etp|Access the Internet

Pale Moon 27.3.0 (32-bit)

Kodi/vlc Changes:

The NASA & TED Talks addons are not currently functional/available and have been removed.
To compensate 2 more UK TV addons have been added together with Exodus.
The legality of Exodus varies by location. If you opt to use it to view or download
media please use one of the free VPNs built into this Pup.

OOTB the following download paths are set:
Kodi Apple Trailers & Exodus addons are both set to /root/Downloads/
vlc is set to /root/vlc_recordings
The Compete YouTube Saver (Firefox & Pale Moon) is set to /root/Complete YouTube Saver
Video Player (Red Icon on Wbar labelled PVR) has all 3 of the above:-
/root/Downloads
/root/Complete YouTube Saver
/root/vlc_recordings

Please see the PVR notes in the original post in this thread re the essential need to change all the above
paths to point at your real PVR/Repository once you have identified a suitable device to target.
At a minimum I would recommend a 32GB USB2 stick. In addition please read the release posts for Versions 2 & 3.

Installation:

Remains as detailed in the original post of this thread except for STEP 3 which is revised as follows:-

3. Then use the following command in a terminal to place the extracted image on the unmounted stick:
(This takes up to 30 minutes if writing to a USB2 stick)

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dd bs=4M if=/root/Downloads/tvpvrpupv4.img of=/dev/sdx status=progress && sync
If the stick is seen as sdb1 you would target the device /dev/sdb NOT the partition number sdb1.
Anything on it will be wiped.

Final thoughts:

1. The primary purpose of this Pup is to gather in media and to then save it to your repository/pvr.

2. The Video Player acts as a window on your repository/pvr enabling you to play it's contents within the Pup.

3. Chromecast abilities are included in Chromium itself (cast), the Video Player extension and YouTube.

4.The free WebRTC site/service "appear.in" is IMHO, way better than both Skype for Web and Talky.io
in that you can create and take ownership/control of a named room and it seems to work well
with a variety of webcams including those built into Chromebooks and netbooks.
It was tested with such devices using a Logitech HD C270 Web camera on my main box.

5. EDIT: A YouTube playlist comprising of 2 demo videos of TV/PVR Pup can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 5vJBmrWOHd

EDIT: 15th July 2017

If anyone finds that CBS News has ceased to function in their location please install the
optional service pack (tvpvrpupv4_SP1.pet). It contains scripts with alternate mrls and can
be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
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New icons for Web RTC & HDEV manual screen saver.
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#37 Post by ETP »

Chromium / Thunderbird / Pale Moon

A new 32-bit Chromium pet (chromium-60.0.3112.78-i586+pepper_26.0.0.137-etp) is now available
for this Pup via the following direct download link:

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=down ... FFWeVNyZXM
  • To upgrade:

    1. Download the pet.

    2. Use PPM to uninstall the existing Chromium pet.

    3. Install the new pet, test and then if happy, click on the desktop save icon.
As previously the new pet is based on Alien Bob's build and includes the latest 32-bit Chrome widevine modules.
Netflix will hopefully work if anyone has an account to test that aspect.

Thunderbird_52.2.1 may be obtained by clicking on (Help/About in Thunderbird) as it is now on the release channel.

Pale Moon may be updated to 27.4.0 (32-bit) via the Palemoon-updater item on the Internet sub-menu. EDIT: 27.4.1 from 3rd Aug

A YouTube playlist comprising of 2 demo videos of TV/PVR Pup can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 5vJBmrWOHd
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TV/PVR Xenial Pup V4 (32bit) - Released 5th July 2017

#38 Post by ETP »

Yet Another Optional pet - (lockstate-1_.0-x86_32_ETP.pet)

This is based on forum member SFR's superb utility detailed here:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=110710

It is very handy when using a wireless keyboard that lacks indicator leds.
The pet only differs from the original in that it contains a pre-configured conf file
together with a simple autostart file.

Install the pet and then restart x to bring it into operation.

To toggle the states either use the relevant keyboard keys or left click the indicator icons themselves.
Right clicking the icons gives access to a variety of options.
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TV/PVR Xenial Pup V4 (32bit) - Released 5th July 2017

#39 Post by ETP »

Service Pack - (tvpvrpupV4_SP2)

This pack contains:

a) Some improvements to ensure that the mpv gui is always launched center screen.

b) An enhancement to the included startup-sound script. Currently that only triggers if an active
Internet connection has been confirmed. In effect the "Sound of silence" means that it has not!
The revised script reproduced below, provides a positive 10 second audible alert together with a
screen popup warning when the Internet test fails. The popup will remain on screen until dismissed.

Alarm clip sound.

Code: Select all

#!/bin/sh
# This is /root/Startup/startup-sound  ETP May 2017 - (Based on an idea by forum member "peebee")
# Script modified to include a positive 10 seconds audible alarm plus on-screen message to warn of the absence of a Internet Connection. ETP 12th Aug 2017
# NOTES:
#
# 1. Change sleep period if need be, so that the end of the played sound clip coincides with desktop completion & network establishment.
# 2. Change player using suitable syntax. For example in the case of vlc that would be:-       player=cvlc --play-and-exit
# 3. Add further clips to the list to reference additional sound clips of your choice.
#
player=mpv
clip1=/usr/share/audio/sys-login.mp3
clip2=/usr/share/audio/o95.wav
clip3=/usr/share/audio/halfunc.mp3
clip4=/usr/share/audio/Interface_complete.mp3
alarmclip=/usr/share/audio/no_internet.mp3
#
sleep 6
echo -e "GET http://google.com HTTP/1.0\n\n" | nc google.com 80 > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        $player $clip1 # Change numeral to select another clip
else 
/root/noob/pupmessage -bg 'blue' -fg 'white' -title '***  WARNING  ***' "---   No Internet Connection   ---" &
        $player $alarmclip
fi
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