New to Linx Help setting up computer for X264 encoding

[carlitos287]

My first post ever here...

I Have a PlayStation 3, well two, both models. I use them for wiewing dvd's Blu-Ray, listen to music, etc...

I also download x264 Hi-Definition videos from the internet in the Matroska format. ".MKV". but they don't playback on the PlayStation 3. So i need to re-encode them to be playable on the ps3.

The problem is that my regular pc (windows XP, P4 2.8 GHZ) takes about 23 hours or more to re-encode those matroska videos(each) into a playable video to be played at the PlayStation 3.

Since the PlayStation 3 can run Linux, and has a vevry extremely powerfull CPU(Cell Broadband Engine 3.4Ghz) wich beats my "P4 2.8Ghz", so i figured out.. Why not use my ps3 to encode videos much faster??

But i tried some methds. and get getting stucked with some dependecies things.

What I want?

1) Make my Linux PC(PlayStation 3) and my Windows PC(regular PC) to be able to talk to each other, share each other's files, modify each other's files, etc, etc, etc,
2) Make my Windows PC be able to completely remotely control my Linux PC(PlayStation 3) via home network.
3) Make my Linux PC(PlayStation 3) encode videos stored on my Windows PC and save them on my Windows PC--My Ps3 has only about 3GB of free space--
4) To get my video encoding much faster...About 10 Times Faster...

5) For Someone To Help Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If someone can help me, that would be great!!!, Not iw would help me, but also future people that might do the same thing. There's still 5 years ahead before another PlayStation comes to the people...

[tekkieman]

I would guess you would control the linux box through SSH (PuTTY), and sharing the files shouldn't be difficult if accessing the Windows drives through smb (SAMBA).

That solves 1, 2, half of 3, and 5.

Not having a playstation, I don't know what distros of linux can be run on it, or if the common tools you'll use (smb, ffmpeg or transcode) would be available. Take it in small steps. If you already have linux installed on the ps3, try whatever you're using (ffmpeg, etc.), and try a small file. If that works, try accessing the ps3 from the Windows box via SSH. If that works, just configure SAMBA to see the Windows drives, and point ffmpeg at the proper files and directories.

See how simple that seems? I'd wager a working implementation will be vastly more difficult...

[carlitos287]

You see, the thing is is that i tried to install SAMBA on my Linux PC(PlayStation 3) and some dependencies are required,
so when i download them, those dependencies need more dependencies, and so on.

And I just finished with PuTTY, PuTTY it's a command line based remote control. I mean have to remotely controlled like see everyhng as it would appear in the linux gui interface.

Isn't there any site that has like a complete package of the dependencies to be installed in once??? so i don't have to be looking one by one for them....

[Steve Stepoway]

Isn't there any site that has like a complete package of the dependencies to be installed in once??? so i don't have to be looking one by one for them....

That why yum and apt-get exist (depending on your distro). The will automatically fetch all the dependencies and install them, also. Makes life so much easier.

Steve

[carlitos287]

What does that does??

Does it download all the necessarily dependencies??

[carlitos287]

And HOW the helllll, do you get samba up and running on the Linux OS,
as fas as compiling, installing and all that stuff??

[tekkieman]

And HOW the helllll, do you get samba up and running on the Linux OS,

There are only several hundred linux distros...perhaps you could tell us which distro you installed on your ps3?

...as fas as compiling, installing and all that stuff??

See Steve Stepoway's response above. Depending on your distro, either yum or apt-get should install whatever you need, plus the dependencies. In the rare event that you would need to compile something, the instructions are usually included.

And I just finished with PuTTY, PuTTY it's a command line based remote control. I mean have to remotely controlled like see everything as it would appear in the linux gui interface.

VPN, although I wouldn't recommend this. For what you want to do, remoting an X session would be counter-productive. My suggestion would be to create a shell script for ffmpeg or transcode that takes parameters of the input and output path/file (and any other parameters you might want to pass), and execute the script via PuTTY.

[carlitos287]

This is what i get, From here where do I go??

REMEMBER, I;m a mebie to linux...so i barely know much about this stuff...


[root@localhost ~]# cd /media/disk/
[root@localhost disk]# yum samba.rpm
Loading "installonlyn" plugin

usage: yum [options] < update | install | info | remove | list |
clean | provides | search | check-update | groupinstall |
groupupdate | grouplist | groupinfo | groupremove |
makecache | localinstall | erase | upgrade | whatprovides |
localupdate | resolvedep | shell | deplist >

options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-t, --tolerant be tolerant of errors
-C run entirely from cache, don't update cache
-c [config file] config file location
-R [minutes] maximum command wait time
-d [debug level] debugging output level
-e [error level] error output level
-y answer yes for all questions
--version show Yum version and exit
--installroot=[path] set install root
--enablerepo=[repo] enable one or more repositories (wildcards allowed)
--disablerepo=[repo] disable one or more repositories (wildcards allowed)
--exclude=[package] exclude package(s) by name or glob
--obsoletes enable obsoletes processing during updates
--noplugins disable Yum plugins
[root@localhost disk]# yum install samba.rpm
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
base [1/1]
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Examining samba.rpm: samba - 3.0.23a-1.fc4.1.ppc
Marking samba.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package samba.ppc 0:3.0.23a-1.fc4.1 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: libldap-2.2.so.7 for package: samba
--> Processing Dependency: libcrypto.so.5 for package: samba
--> Processing Dependency: samba-common = 0:3.0.23a-1.fc4.1 for package: samba
--> Processing Dependency: liblber-2.2.so.7 for package: samba
--> Processing Dependency: libssl.so.5 for package: samba
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by package samba
Error: Missing Dependency: libcrypto.so.5 is needed by package samba
Error: Missing Dependency: samba-common = 0:3.0.23a-1.fc4.1 is needed by package samba
Error: Missing Dependency: liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by package samba
Error: Missing Dependency: libssl.so.5 is needed by package samba
[root@localhost disk]#

[apitis]

Why not playing directly the mkv files from Linux on the PS3? Is there anything preventing you to do this?

[Steve Stepoway]

Error: Missing Dependency: libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by package samba
Error: Missing Dependency: libcrypto.so.5 is needed by package samba
Error: Missing Dependency: samba-common = 0:3.0.23a-1.fc4.1 is needed by package samba
Error: Missing Dependency: liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by package samba
Error: Missing Dependency: libssl.so.5 is needed by package samba
[root@localhost disk]#

I'd assume the problem is that yum doesn't know what repositories exist to look in to find the missing packages; i.e. your yum configuration isn't complete. You still haven't said which Linux distribution you are running, and that matters.

Steve

[carlitos287]

Error: Missing Dependency: libldap-2.2.so.7 is needed by package samba
Error: Missing Dependency: libcrypto.so.5 is needed by package samba
Error: Missing Dependency: samba-common = 0:3.0.23a-1.fc4.1 is needed by package samba
Error: Missing Dependency: liblber-2.2.so.7 is needed by package samba
Error: Missing Dependency: libssl.so.5 is needed by package samba
[root@localhost disk]#

I'd assume the problem is that yum doesn't know what repositories exist to look in to find the missing packages; i.e. your yum configuration isn't complete. You still haven't said which Linux distribution you are running, and that matters.

Steve

I'm Running >>>>>>Yellow Dog Linux<<<<<<<<<, But it is built under Red Had Linux, Like fedora core. so i can run programs that are compatible with fedora core...


One question, (please quote this), Which is Better, Yellow Dog Linux, or Fedora Core 5???

[maddrummer3301]

One question, (please quote this), Which is Better, Yellow Dog Linux, or Fedora Core 5???

You determine which one is better, you can setup Linux anyway you prefer. I prefer SuSE distros because every Linux OS is setup differently. After you learn one it's easy to stay with it.

The PS3 uses Alpha Code for the cell processor, so x86 distros are out. YDL kernel doesn't use all the cpu cells on the PS3 so your not using all it's processor's power. I installed an external 250gig on my PS3 and loaded Yellow_Dog_Linux. YDL doesn't use all the cells processors when running. Only can use Frame Buffered Graphics so HD playback is limited. They haven't written Nvidia based drivers yet to get the real power of the Nvidia chipsets.
For installing more programs other than the standard YDL programs, in YDL on the PS3 you have to edit the respository listings. Then use apt-get to install / remove / update programs. That part works great, same as using Ubuntu. In Yum you simply need to get the correct repository listings and edit the settings. That will fix your problem of not updating the required libraries.

I think that if your not experienced with Linux that installing YDL on the PS3 is a very hard way to learn Linux. I would never recommend it. Really jumping into the fire doing this. Better off installing SuSE, Ubuntu or LinSpire on a x86 intel based machine to learn Linux. If you have a Gforce Nvidia card you can connect that up to 2 monitors and also a HDTV either RGB or DVI/hdmi for graphics & video.

To answer you questions on accessing and controlling YDL on the PS3 remotely you would use Samba to share/map windows drives using the SMB protocol. Remote Desktop sharing to remotely control for graphics or video.

I've installed the original sata 2.5 hd back into the PS3 and now use the PS3 as a multi-media & gaming device. In the PS3 you can access / download all the videos/pictures from your local server or simply use an external USB drive. It's very simple to transfer external video/audio to the PS3's internal harddisk.