Canola Videos: Learning Canola the easy way
Lot’s of video coming out our office =) You will be able to see a lot of Canola action, and also a thank you to all the guys who waited a lot for the release, sending a lot of comments here.
Video showing off the WoodBox Theme, Exchanging cards and saying thank you
Canola HOW TO : first video showing off the features in canola.
Take a look at this video to learn about the canola applet, using the configurator, shared media browsing, now playing shortcuts etc.
Under the Hood : 3 am in Brazil, after some months of hard working and overnight hours in the last weeks.
I’m not able to keep my eye opens! But it has been a lot of fun.
Permanent Link » · Written on: 11-30-06 · 26 Comments »
Hi,
I love Canola ! it looks wonderfull and is very easy to use !
I would like to listen to my ogg files though. I have installed the gstreamer plugins but it looks like Canola doesn’t list them : is there a way to specify wich file are to be shown ?
Thanks and Félicitation pour votre travail !
O Fred
November 30th, 2006 at 3:58 amHi
I’m using the nokia 770 with lastest firmware from nokia. I’ve installed following your instructions and everything is fine, but I don’t get somethings:
1 – I didn’t add the http://repository.maemo.org/ scirocco non-free free dependency at first, but it installed correctly. Then, I added them and there were no updates available (at all). Canola wes intalled, so I rebooted. Started a bit to use it and it works.
2 – I don’t know if I’m using the scirocco distro.
My 2cents: The lastest distro is the scirocco one, and it seems the canola package doesn’t need any of the other packages? I don’t really know, but I would like to know.
Could you please explain me these things?
thanks
November 30th, 2006 at 4:42 amjust wanna say thanks and well done to you guys. keep it up!
November 30th, 2006 at 6:31 amMuy buen trabajo, no tengo palabras para describir lo contento que estoy con vuestro software!!!
November 30th, 2006 at 6:50 amGreat Job!! Thank you so much, amazing app ;)
Just want to give you some feedback. I use the first version of OS2006 launched in spring. I changed in the repositories Scirocco for Mistral like you say we have to do. But i always get “Instalation error, package not available” (thats a free translation). Then i´ve tried with the repositories with Scirocco instead of Mistral and all works fine!! ;)
We hope to see you in todosymbian.com again when you´ll sleep some hours. Greetings from Spain ;)
November 30th, 2006 at 8:49 amNo no no… Thank YOU!
Very soon, I expect to compose a video using the Canola powered 770 as an in-car entertainment device. This makes me happy.
November 30th, 2006 at 10:15 amThanks for the name check! :) Heck, it was too easy to get UPNP working in the end – I was looking all over the place for media server settings!
Good job guys (and gal) – many thanks!
November 30th, 2006 at 11:48 amVery nice work guys. Thanks a trillion for this.
I wonder if one day it would be possible to have Canola as the default media application in future OS updates. It’s like 4 programs in one and it looks fantastic.
November 30th, 2006 at 12:28 pmWhat uPNP media server are you using guys ? I’m triying gmediastremer, but with no luck …
November 30th, 2006 at 2:04 pmSunbit: we teste it with :
Twonky (mac and linux) – (video, pictures & audio)
SimpleCenter (windows) – (video, pictures & audio)
Tversity (windows) – (video, pictures & audio)
MythTv AV : pictures & audio (.nuv not supported)
If you supply more names we can take a look. but I can assure you we did a standards based application, so problems could be happening in your network settings, or in the server configuration.
BR
November 30th, 2006 at 5:10 pmYou may want to remind people to make shore not to accidentally include there maemo maps folder in there media library it isn’t all that quick to add the world to your media library
November 30th, 2006 at 5:48 pmI am using the opensource ushare from the geexbox project. I can browse directories but cannot play photos, music or videos
November 30th, 2006 at 7:02 pmSomething to add to your list of compatible media
players:
fuppes (Linux, GPL) – video, pictures & audio
Now the Nokia 770 became a really good entertainment system. Kudos to Brazil! Canola is amazing :D
December 1st, 2006 at 4:02 amHmm, I hit submit too early.
December 1st, 2006 at 4:10 amMedia servers I mean. fuppes is a media server, not a player.
Hey hi Handful – Thanks again for this great app !
As for the servers comptibilities, on Mac OS X (10.4.8) I have tested with no success : EyeConnect from ElGato – which looks good but even if Canola ’sees’ the server’s name and list its name under each categories it is unable to browse though the whole items …
I also wanted to test the Philipps Media manager … but err I crash at at launch (that is a REAL beta on Mac)
December 1st, 2006 at 10:30 amYou guys rock. Obrigado a todos!
- Brasileiro in the US
December 1st, 2006 at 6:41 pm–handful–
just tried with twonky and works exellent, it does the job and does it well!! but is the only one in liunx that i suceed to run OK.
There is any plan to port canola to a normal Desktop? I’m dreaming of a canola-powered media center side-to-side of my television :P The only thing i found similar to canola up to now is Elisa from fluendo, but, not as far as eye-candy as canola (personal opinion, of course).
December 1st, 2006 at 7:12 pmit already runs on the desktop, and I have personal plans of making a little different ui for the TV and possible a remote control designed also for that. this control could be home brew. Let’s see how it goes =)
December 1st, 2006 at 9:57 pmWhile I am not GAY, I have to give you guys the biggest KISSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! This is the coolest app I have touched in a long time. You guys put all the products out there to shame. This is what can be accomplished with an open innovation architecture…BIG KUDOS FOR YOU!!!! AND MERRY CHRISMAS..
December 3rd, 2006 at 3:15 amHey you said “it already runs on the desktop”.
I tried to add the same repositories as in te 770, because i saw a i386-binary folder under dists in the canola repository, but there isn’t any packages.gz in mistral neither in sirocco.
Am I doing something wrong?
Thank you !!
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December 4th, 2006 at 10:19 pmAwesome application, great usability, thanks a lot! Who wants to bye my iPod? :)
Since you’re wishing to get feedback, here are my feature requests for future versions:
1) A caching mechanism on rssmmc for podcasts would be cool. The user would be able to scrub through the medium and leave the wifiarea without interrupting the playback.
2) Videocasts: Since the 770 plays 3GP- and (adjusted) MPEG4-files out of the box, the possibility to subscribe to videocasts that enclose these media would make sense. I didn’t tried canola’s videofunctionality so far, so processing other codecs (e.g. via libavcodec) is already possible!?!
Best regards,
December 6th, 2006 at 5:16 amFabian
I really like your application. I find it very usefull. I was wondering if it is possible to reduce the size of the applets or move them vertical instead of horizontal.
December 19th, 2006 at 10:16 pm[...] The Nokia 770 gets all its power revealed after installing several new applications (add new repositories first, or use the new Application Catalog): XTerm, GPE Calendar, GPE Contacts, GPE Todo, GAIM, Tapioca UI, Canola, SCUMMVM, Gizmo and many others! [...]
January 30th, 2007 at 4:48 pmI use canola whit orb server.This is the best streamer, for upnp and web at the same time. Look at http://www.orb.com
I have some problems whit radio stations…
Ciao
February 6th, 2007 at 8:23 amMarco.
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