ECS-TV Install Guide

Very Quick Install Guide

Ensure IPv6 is installed on yoru machine and that you have a gloabal address starting '2001:630:D0'. NO?
Install Mozilla Firefox browser.
Install VideoLan Client including browser plugins, note these may need to be copied to the plugins directory of your browser

Tuning In
    Live:
      Graphical: Type the address of the channel (eg. bbc1.zepler.tv) in the udp/multicast box
      Command Line: Type vlc udp://@channel

    Interactive:
      Click th ECS-TVi link and follow on screen instructions

Part 1 - Base Application Setup

Welcome to the ECS-TV Base install guide, the following sections outline how to get your workstation set up ready to take advantage of all available ECS-TV services.

You connected from IP 38.107.191.116,

Installing IPv6

Check you IPv6 connectivity on the command line:

# ping6 ford.6core.ecs.soton.ac.uk

Install Guides:

Windows XP

Linux

Mac

    WinXP:
      Requirements: Windows XP + SP1.

      Command Line Version (Recommended):

From the Start Menu select run, type 'cmd' in the box and press ok.
Type in the following 2 lines:

# netsh interface ipv6 install
# netsh interface ipv6 set privacy disabled persistent

Graphical Version:

On the desktop right click My Network Places and select properties.
In the new window right click your active Local Area Connection and select properties.
If IPv6 is installed, Microsoft TCP/IP version 6 will be listed in the items box, ensure this item is ticked.
To install IPv6 click the Install button.

From the next screen select Protocol and click Add

Select Microsoft TCP/IP version 6 and click OK to install.

Note: This process may require a reboot

Installing Mozilla Firefox

The following are only quick reference guides relevant at time of writing please refer to the official firefox site for more detailed guidelines on installation

Windows & MAC:

See the official firefox site for an official installer download.

Debian Linux:

Use apt to install the latest version:

# apt-get install mozilla-firefox

Other Linux:

See the official firefox site for an official installer download.

Installing VideoLan VLC

VLC media player is a very powerful media player able to perform all the functions needed to take advantage of the full range of media provided by ECS-TV. VLC is still under high development and ECS-TV recommends you keep up- to date with the latest versions of VLC. An install of version 0.8.4 is recommended (no official release at time of writing however nightly builds are available here). The following provides a guide on how to install VLC (subject to being relevant to the latest versions).

Windows:

Download the latest version of VLC from the VideoLAN site. Run this installer and follow the onscreen instructions to ensuring that the firefox plugin is installed at the same time. Note: The activeX plugin provides a plugin for Internet Explorer, however ECS-TV does not officially suport content in this browser at this time.

Providing VLC can find your install of Mozilla Firefox (i.e. It is in the default) location it will automatically copy accross the required files for the plugin. If this isn't done then the 2 files in the VLC/Mozilla directory need to be copied into the Mozilla/plugins directory.

Debian Linux:

Use apt to install the latest version:

Stable:
     # apt-get install vlc
     # apt-get install mozilla-plugin-vlc

Unstable (latest nightly build):
     Add "deb http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/sid-i386/arch ./" to /etc/apt/sources.list
     # apt-get update
     # apt-get install vlc
     # apt-get install mozilla-plugin-vlc

Other Linux:

It is recommended that a binary release of VLC is found from your distributions package tree, compiling from source can take some time (i.e. >6 hours to get right). If manual compilation is not an option all libraries are available from the official VideoLan site. The following is a guide command for the ./configure operation.

# ./configure --enable-x11 --enable-xvideo --disable-gtk --enable-sdl --with-ffmpeg-tree='path to ffmpg compile' --enable-ffmpeg --with-ffmpeg-mp3lame --enable-mad --enable-libdvbpsi --enable-a52 --enable-dts --enable-libmpeg2 --enable-dvdred --enable-dvdnav --enable-faad --enable-dvbpsi --enable-mod --enable-vorbis --enable-ogg --enable-theora --enable-faac --disable-mkv --enable-freetype --enable-fribidi --enable-speex --enable-flac --enable-livedotcom --with-livedotcom-tree='path to live compile' --enable-caca --disable-skins --disable-skins2 --enable-alsa --enable-kde --disable-qt --enable-ncurses --enable-mozilla --enable-wxwidgets --enable-release --enable-x264 --with-x264-tree='path to x264 compile' --prefix='install path e.g. /usr/local'

MAC:

See the official VideoLan site for an installer download. Note:Nightly builds for the MAC are also available.

Other Systems:

Installations of VLC for other systems are available from the VideoLan website.

Part 1 - Base Application Setup