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title: AirVideo Server under Linux
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layout: default
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created: 2010-02-16 21:28:54 +0100
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updated: 2010-05-17 14:45:34 +0200
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toc: false
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tags:
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- know-how
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- hardware
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- apple
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- iphone
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- airvideo
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- multimedia
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---
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*[AirVideo](http://www.inmethod.com/air-video/)* is a Client/Server-Mediaplayer, which allows you to stream videos
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directly from your PC to your iPhone. Its server software started as Windows-/Mac-only but now there's also a Linux
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server module available, too.
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All details are explained in [their user forums](http://www.inmethod.com/forum/posts/list/34.page).
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Compile the special FFmpeg under Ubuntu
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1. download the customized version of *FFmpeg* from: <http://www.inmethod.com/air-video/licenses.html>
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(use the 2.2.5 version!) and unpack it to some directory
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1. install the following packages: [libmp3lame-dev](apt://libmp3lame-dev), [libfaad-dev](apt://libfaad-dev),
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[libx264-dev](apt://libx264-dev) (`0.svn20100115-0.0~kkstemp1` from [Stéphane Marguet's PPA](https://launchpad.net/~stemp/+archive/ppa)!),
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[mpeg4ip-server](apt://mpeg4ip-server), [git-core](apt://git-core), [pkg-config](apt://pkg-config)
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1. change to the directory to where you have unpacked *FFmpeg*
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1. run:
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{% highlight bash %}
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$ ./configure --enable-pthreads --disable-shared --enable-static --enable-gpl --enable-libx264 --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libfaad --disable-decoder=aac
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$ make
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{% endhighlight %}
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1. after the build is complete, download the `AirVideoServerLinux.jar` and `test.properties` from [this posting](http://www.inmethod.com/forum/posts/list/60/34.page#3935) (**UPDATE:** [Newer version](http://www.inmethod.com/forum/posts/list/120/34.page#5252))
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1. modify the `test.properties` and fix the paths to the 3 tools and your video directory:
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* `path.ffmpeg` should point to your just compiled `ffmpeg`-binary
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* `path.mp4creator` is `/usr/bin/mp4creator`
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* `path.faac` is `/usr/bin/faac`
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* `folders` format is: *\<label1\>*`:`*\<path1\>*`,`*\<label2\>*`:`*\<path2\>*`,`…`,`*\<labelN\>*`:`*\<pathN\>*
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* leave the other options as they are
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1. finally you can run:
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{% highlight bash %}
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java -jar AirVideoServerLinux.jar test.properties
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{% endhighlight %}
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1. manually add the server (by its IP!) to *AirVideo* on your iPhone
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1. Have fun!
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Autostart AirVideoServer
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To autostart *AirVideoServer* upon bootup, you can use [UpStart](http://upstart.ubuntu.com/) which is the default
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way in *Karmic Koala*.
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Just create a file `/etc/init/airvideo.conf` with these contents:
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~~~
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start on runlevel [2345]
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stop on shutdown
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respawn
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exec sudo -H -n -u mbirth /usr/bin/java -jar /opt/AirVideoServer/AirVideoServerLinux.jar /opt/AirVideoServer/test.properties
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~~~
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This will tell *UpStart* to run the server process as user `mbirth` upon reaching one of the runlevels 2-5 and stop the
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server when the system shuts down. `respawn` tells it to restart the server if it crashed.
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You can also control it manually by doing
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sudo start airvideo
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or
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sudo stop airvideo
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Bonjour Announcement
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====================
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*jcheshire* pointed out how to add *AirVideo* to the [avahi-daemon](apt://avahi-daemon), so that it is automatically
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recognized by the clients. Read more in the [AirVideo forums](http://www.inmethod.com/forum/posts/list/165/34.page#6907).
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