Llink:user guide
llink user guide
(This is a first draft made from heart, since I did not have the unit and llink at hand at the time of writing. It's a Wiki, if you think there is room for improvement and additions, make your contribution! /dc11ab)
Configuration
Before you start the llink media server you need to configure it. There are two files, llink.conf and jukebox.conf, located in the llink directory.
Open them with a text editor and follow the instructions to make llink work to your specifications.
If you run llink from a another directory than where the llink binary is located, you must specify this when starting:
llink -f /path/to/llink.conf
Read the .conf files carefully and update them correctly.
When using a normal browser on a PC to use llink it is recommended to use the Moon skin. Other skins may be difficult to navigate and click on links.
A simple guide for Windows is located here: llink windows installation
It may be useful for people using other OS too.
In *nix systems you can use symlinks to help organize your media.
Browsing your media
Use the color buttons on the Popcorn Hour A-100 remote control to browse through the media directories.
- Red = Parent directory. Pressing it many times will eventually take you to the media root
- Green = Refresh
- Yellow = Previous page
- Blue = Next page
- Enter-button = Enter directory/Play media (central round button on the A-100)
Subtitles
As specified in the configuration files, you can place supported subtitle files either in the same directory as the movie file, or in a separate directory just for subs. In either case, the sub file must have the exact same name as the movie file, apart from the extension.
Example: myMovie.avi gives myMovie.sub
The subtitle format support follows what Syabas NMT supplies in their firmware. For the A-100 model look here: PopcornHour.com
Jukebox skin, cover art and media info
The file jukebox.conf holds the config needed to run the cover art & media info skin Jukebox. Just like the subtitles, you can place the media info xml file either in the same directory as the movie, or in a separate directory as configured in in the jukebox.conf file.
The xml file should be compatible to the free to use for personal purpose MyMovies application (Windows only), which can auto-generate xml files for your collection. You will find the specifications and macros that llink supports here: Llink:macros .