Michael Wood

The GUADEC team is pleased to announce the registration is now open for GUADEC 2007 and will stay open up until the event.Please note, this form is for individuals who are not speaking nor requesting sponsorship. Registrations for groups (e.g. sponsors’ delegates), sponsored attendees and speakers will also be dealt with separately. If you have any queries or problems with the registration process, please contact info@guadec.org.

Even though registration will be open until the start of GUADEC, we can’t garuntee the freebies, t-shirts and other stuff (a.k.a. the swag) if you haven’t signed up before the 24th June.

More info from thos:

• Guadec Registration Fees (and other things)
• Volunteer for GUADEC!
• Accommodation for GUADEC

More info at http://www.gaudec.org

How To

1) Download octosetup-linux_i386.bin This is the video streaming software client that is being used for Eurovision 2007

2) Enable multiverse in your package repositores/software sources

3) run the downloaded octosetup-linux_i386.bin in a terminal file via the command:
sh octosetup-linux_i386.bin

32bit ubuntu:

4) Install the packages: sun-java5-bin libstdc++6 mplayer

5) Open up your favourite editor and put in it:

JavaExec=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so
PlayerExec=gmplayer -nocache $url

save this file as setup.cfg inside the octoshape directory.

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64bit ubuntu:

4) Install the packages: ia32-sun-java5-bin libstdc++6 mplayer

5) Open up your favourite editor and put in it:

JavaExec=/usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so
PlayerExec=gmplayer -nocache $url

save this file as setup.cfg inside the octoshape directory.

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Running OctoshapeClient:

To run it cd to the directory and type:

./OctoshapeClient -url:EBU.esc07

“EBU.esc07″ is the url for eurovision.

More urls/streams at: http://www.octoshape.com/play/play.asp
Linux FAQ at: http://www.octoshape.com/faq/faq.asp?faqtype=Linux

Thank you to the Octoshape guys for the linux version.

Trouble Shooting:

Error: After installing mplayer you may get this error: “Error
opening/initailzing the selected video_out (-vo) device.”

Solution: You will need to change the video driver which it uses do this by:

right click select preferences,  select the video tab, you will see a list:
xmga, xv, x11, gl, gl2, dxr3, xvidix, xvmc

change it to xv, If this does not work try a different one !

Error: The ./OctoshapeClient -url:EBU.esc07 just exits

Solution: This is probably because you do not have the right JavaExec= path
try searching your file system for “libjvm.so” - Remeber it needs to be the client version.

The expected output if it’s working will be something like: http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/142