eee PC and Slingbox (instruction for installing SlingPlayer on eee PC)

has been searching for a way to Run SlingPlayer on the eeePC for sometime


since Sling does not have Linux client (never announced one)
and i still want to keep my eeePC Linux..
havent got much luck before now.

thks to people at SlingCommunity


there is a solution.
I figure i will change it a bit to focus on the eee installation for less techie ppl


Running Wine over Linux

I have to confess I had not been having much luck running Wine (Windows emulator on Linux) on the eee
but this installer script works out fine:

http://www.slingcommunity.com/download/27234/Slingplayer-LINUX-US-1.03b/

with the newest version Wine

these are the steps:

go here: http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb with Firefox on the eee

Open terminal or console
run this (copy and paste it in)

sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/etch.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

then this

sudo apt-get update

then this

sudo apt-get install wine

it will take 3-5 min to download and install the newest version of Wine



Install the SlingPlayer
1. Download this zip file if not already done so

http://www.slingcommunity.com/download/27234/Slingplayer-LINUX-US-1.03b/

2. extract the *.sh file from the archive

3. ensure the file has executable permission (right click go to properties, select permissions and tick the can execute checkbox)

4. open a terminal ... (shortcut is normally ctrl+t - but you should be able to find it in your applications shortcut menu)

5. drag the extracted *.sh file into the terminal

6.) hit enter and follow the onscreen instructions to install. (it will take 3-5 min to download)

run the SlingPlayer application

works well over wireless



and also full screen,
i'd set the Slingplayer Optimization setting to Low CPU
works fine, Sync voice and lip well

now, the final step is to create a icon to launch the SlingPlayer easily
Voila!!


Lifestyle App
Bringing Sling to the eeePC will greatly enhance the eeePC usage on the road
the 7" screen is obviously much better than my Nokia N95
and the CPU/RAM of the eeePC handles it well.
its a perfect fit!
 
hope u find this useful,
the credit of the install script goes to andyBBB at slingcommunity,
way to go!




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