Penguins rejoice: Linux gets TV

Posted 8 May 2007 by francesco in ,

Penguin

The wait is over, Linux users out there. We just released the first Zattoo client for the operating system of your choice (and that of Michael Dell). The main supported distro is Ubuntu 6.10, but the package can also be made to work with Fedora Core 6 and OpenSuse 10.2 with a little extra effort.

Can't wait to get TV on your Linux computer? Visit our homepage and download it now (if you're in Switzerland or Denmark) or sign up to be notified when we launch in your country.

Feedback, as always, is most welcome.

UPDATE

Here the answers to the most frequently asked questions thus far:

Q: I tried Zattoo on a Linux distribution that is not listed on your download page and it didn't work. When will Zattoo work on my Linux distribution?

A: We hope to continuously expand the number of Linux distributions on which Zattoo will run. At this time we cannot however provide a precise time estimate, so please check the download page with future releases.

Q: I checked the "Remember Login in Keychain" button, but it always asks me for my login and password. What is going on?

A: This feature uses the gnome keyring, so the gnome-keyring-daemon must be properly configured for your system. For KDE desktops, you will probably have to install and configure gnome keyring. Please see the Linux download page for further instructions.

Q: I tried it on Debian (Etch) and it won't work. Is there a way to make it work?

A: Zattoo can only run on a system with GLIB 2.4 currently.

Q: I installed from the rpm package and when I run Zattoo it complains about a missing library...

A: Look at the library that it is complaining about and make sure that the package for that library is installed. You may also want to try running the "ldconfig" command on the "/usr/lib/zattoo" directory with something like this: "sudo /sbin/ldconfig /usr/lib/zattoo".

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Comments

On 8 May 2007 pose said:

Juhuu.. hätte nicht gedacht dass ihr eine Linux Version rausbringt. Jetzt kann ich endlich auch an meinem Computer Zattoo benutzen :D

On 8 May 2007 WinLove said:

Which zattoo launch in italy?

On 8 May 2007 fonsi said:

How about other distro?

On 8 May 2007 Video Monte Ceneri » Zattoo la TV pour Linux said:

[...] [source] The Zattoo la TV pour Linux by Luca Palli, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. [...]

On 8 May 2007 flyingfischer said:

Great! Go ahead! A company on the edge of technology! Thanks for the Linux Version!

On 8 May 2007 Raphael Bosshard said:

Wunderbar! Meine geheimen Hoffnungen werden doch noch erfüllt!

On 8 May 2007 Olivier said:

Just tried on an opensuse 10.1, with gtkglext-1.2.0 installed by hand, but this is what I get:

~> zattoo_player
zattoo_player: /usr/lib/libcurl.so.3: no version information available (required by zattoo_player)
zattoo_player: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8: no version information available (required by zattoo_player)
22:12:44 05/08/07 [DEBUG] no threads
10:12:44 PM 05/08/2007 [MSG] /usr/share
10:12:44 PM 05/08/2007 [MSG] zattoo_player
10:12:44 PM 05/08/2007 [MSG] 2.2.8.5376
10:12:44 PM 05/08/2007 [MSG] Welcome to Zattoo player (2.2.8.5376)
10:12:44 PM 05/08/2007 [DEBUG] UpgradeManager::CheckForUpgrade
10:12:44 PM 05/08/2007 [DEBUG] version reply: 2 2 7 Beta
2 2 4 Beta
10:12:44 PM 05/08/2007 [MSG] Further log messages will be written to /home/xyz/.Zattoo/Data/logs/zattoo.debuglog
zattoo_player: symbol lookup error: zattoo_player: undefined symbol: g_intern_static_string

But thanks for the effort :-) More tries later
Olivier

On 8 May 2007 claudio said:

Tried on Debian 4 (Etch). Does not work because of glibc:

$ zattoo_player
zattoo_player: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by zattoo_player)

The latest debian release has a glibc 2.3 :-(

On 8 May 2007 lix said:

Thank you for the GNU/Linux player.

It works pretty fine for me on GNU/Linux Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04 if I turn of beryl. But still I got some audio interrupts. Iptraf tells me that zattoo uses 400-600 kbits/sec. My Bandwith (cable) at home is 2 Mbit so the sound interrupts can't be because of lack of bandwith. Maybe a buffer problem?

Thank you, for working on a GNU/Linux client.

Kind regards, a

On 9 May 2007 remo said:

Ich habe es unter openSUSE 10.2 ausprobiert, entlich. konnte aber "ldconfig /usr/lib/zattoo" nicht ausführen und wen ich einen kanal wähle beendet das zattoo

und das kommt im Terminal:

~> /usr/bin/zattoo_player
/usr/bin/zattoo_player: /usr/lib/libcurl.so.3: no version information available (required by /usr/bin/zattoo_player)
/usr/bin/zattoo_player: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8: no version information available (required by /usr/bin/zattoo_player)
04:37:11 05/09/07 [DEBUG] no threads
04:37:11 09.05.2007 [MSG] /usr/share
04:37:11 09.05.2007 [MSG] zattoo_player
04:37:11 09.05.2007 [MSG] 2.2.8.5376
04:37:11 09.05.2007 [MSG] Welcome to Zattoo player (2.2.8.5376)
04:37:11 09.05.2007 [DEBUG] UpgradeManager::CheckForUpgrade
04:37:11 09.05.2007 [DEBUG] version reply: 2 2 7 Beta
2 2 4 Beta
04:37:11 09.05.2007 [MSG] Further log messages will be written to /home/remo/.Zattoo/Data/logs/zattoo.debuglog
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0xb7200f88]negative ctts, ignoring
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0xb7200f88]negative ctts, ignoring
/usr/bin/zattoo_player: symbol lookup error: /usr/bin/zattoo_player: undefined symbol: faacDecOpen

On 9 May 2007 Edseverripit said:

Wow, this is cool :)

On 9 May 2007 Olivier said:

What about releasing the source code? ;-) (no need to answer, it's ok)

On 9 May 2007 Morten Holmstrup said:

works great on Ubuntu Feisty - no problems whatsoever.

I live in Denmark - will there be any updates on upcoming channels?

thanks for a great product!

On 9 May 2007 Fabian said:

Works on Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty. Image quality is ok, sound quality is sometimes lagged. Network setup: machine is behind a NAT gateway over WLAN/cable. CPU usage low.

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On 10 May 2007 flexo said:

yeah! great job! thx a lot ! my pengiun has now rectangularly eyes ;-)

On 10 May 2007 hlord said:

Its great that there is a now linux client

but since two Days its impossible to download it. I'm always getting a timeout when i try to download the ubuntu installer

greets

On 10 May 2007 tester said:

Works on Slackware 11 after the installation of a bunch of Gnome packages.

PS: Please fix your ongoing bandwidth problem...

On 10 May 2007 Video Monte Ceneri » Informations su Zattoo pour Linux said:

[...] [source] The Informations su Zattoo pour Linux by Luca Palli, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. [...]

On 10 May 2007 Fading Roses & Raging Viruses » Blog Archive &raqu said:

[...] so I had to resign and had to install Windows on one of my Computers. But that’s over now Zattoo has released a Client for Linux and guess what, OpenSuSe is one of the 3 supported [...]

On 10 May 2007 Christian Decker said:

Ein Traum wird war, jetzt kann ich endlich meine Windows Kiste flachmachen ^^
Taeusch ich mich oder ist der Linux Client besser? Weniger bildfehler, keine soundunterbrueche, schnelleres Buffern und kein verspieltes Interface (sorry aber ich hasse diese Custom Window Kits...)

On 11 May 2007 calimarno said:

I'm very happy to have this client for my Ubuntu. One more reason less for not booting windows :D

On 11 May 2007 Kurt E said:

Grossartige Idee! ein Leckerbissen für die Linux-Gemeinde. Der Umstieg hat sich gelohnt, wieder ein guter Grund mehr, sich von der Microschrott-Abhängigkeit abzunabeln. Ich freue mich auf die angekündigte Ausgabe des Pakets für openSUSE 10.2

On 11 May 2007 Zap said:

Work great on my archlinux :D
THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

On 11 May 2007 Thomas said:

Danke.
Unter opensuse 10.2 bringe ich es weder auf dem 64 bit noch auf dem 32 bit System zum laufen.
Auf dem 32bit system stürzt das Programm ab, sobald ich den Sender wechsle.

Fehlermeldung:
/usr/bin/zattoo_player: symbol lookup error: /usr/bin/zattoo_player: undefined symbol: faacDecOpen

On 11 May 2007 massel said:

yeah, thanks a lot!!! It works pretty fine on my Linux Ubuntu. Keep up the good work!

On 11 May 2007 Onur said:

If you happen to get errors while running due to SELinux, issue:
chcon -t texrel_shlib_t /usr/lib/zattoo/lib*.so*

On 13 May 2007 lupylucke said:

Für Remo und Thomas: ich hatte das selbe Problem auf meiner Arch linux, es lässt sich einfach lösen, indem man faac installiert

gruss

On 14 May 2007 Thomas said:

Hoi Lupylucke:
Ich habe faac installiert in Version 1.25! Es liegt unter /usr/lib/libfac.so bzw. mit Links auf libfaad.so.0.0.0

On 14 May 2007 Vectrex said:

Juhui !!! Danke für die Linux Version. Ich habe es ja nicht gedacht. Das war jetzt ne schöne Überraschung !! Toll das Ihr Linux unterstützt !!

On 15 May 2007 Sigi said:

lupylucke,
Hab das ArchLinux-PKGBUILD[1] übrigens heute auf die neueste Version aktualisiert. Wieso hab ich kein feedback erhalten das faac bei den dependencies fehlt? ;-)

Gruss Sigi

[1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=10917

On 16 May 2007 swix said:

Anybody having it working under opensuse 10.2 x86_64 ?

On 16 May 2007 Simon said:

An alle die auf opensuse 10.2 Fehlermeldungen bekommen:

Ich hatte auf opensuse 10.2 die selbe Fehlermeldung bekommen:
...undefined symbol: faacDecOpen
Ich habe es zum laufen gebracht, indem ich in der Kommandozeile folgendes eingab:
/sbin/ldconfig /usr/lib/zattoo

Jedoch muss man darauf achten, dass ldconfig mit einem kleinen L beginnt und nicht mit i diesen Fehler hatte ich auch zuerst gemacht.

Gruss Simon

On 17 May 2007 Nicola said:

Hi,

the Linux version is a big idea! We penguins, thanks to Ubuntu success, have finally reached the sufficient prestige to obtain our player version.
The actual package is for Ubuntu Edgy, and I hope now that Zattoo will follow the Ubuntu release calendar, and create a new package for Feisty, for Gutsy, etc.

On 17 May 2007 zenblé said:

Zattoo für Linux

Eben ist bei mir ein Newsletter von Zattoo, hereingeflattert. Zattoo ist ein kostenloses Programm fürs Internet-Fernsehen. Wie das etwas bekanntere Joost baut Zattoo auf ein Peer-to-Peer-Netzwerk auf.

Zurück zum Newsletter. Darin wird geschr...

On 17 May 2007 Thomas said:

Unter opensuse 10.2 immer noch das Gleiche.ldconfig nützt da leider gar nichts.

[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0xb729af88]negative ctts, ignoring
zattoo_player: symbol lookup error: zattoo_player: undefined symbol: faacDecOpen

On 17 May 2007 lolow said:

To fix sounds problem on ubuntu, install alsa-oss
sudo apt-get install alsa-oss

then launch the program (or change the parameters in the menu entry) by
aoss /usr/bin/zattoo_player

On 18 May 2007 Martin said:

Works great on Fedora 7 Test 4 using the Fedora Core 6 client - I just had to make a symlink to libcurl.so.4 to make it work, besides the other symlinks mentioned in the setup guide:
ln -s /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4.0.0 /usr/lib/libcurl.so.3

Cool!

On 18 May 2007 interspring said:

Ich habe zattoo auf dem Desktop und dem Laptop installiert und es funktioniert. Kommentar und Tips unter http://walter-poeder.ch/WordPress/?p=155

On 18 May 2007 Jack Malmostoso said:

Hi all,

in case you can't get it to work on Debian, try adding /usr/lib/zattoo to /etc/ld.so.conf and then run ldconfig.
That's how I solved the faac problem.

It works really nice, thanks Zattoo people!

On 18 May 2007 Italy said:

So, near how many days/months we have to wait for Italian version?
Is only to understand, nothing more.
Anyway, good job.

On 19 May 2007 Hugo Walker said:

Yeah. Thank you really much. Works great under fedora core 6. Easy and fast installation without any troubles.

is it planned to add a "zattoo package" to the yum repositories?

On 21 May 2007 Erik’s blog » Zattoo for Linux (x86-64) said:

[...] Another list of people making comments about Zattoo on Linux is available on this more official blog. [...]

On 21 May 2007 Erik Bussink said:

thanks a lot to the Zattoo team. This is an awesome news. I've been able to get Zattoo running tonight on my Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 in x86-64 (64bit) mode. It works like a charm.

On 22 May 2007 Markus said:

Great, I just tried it out and it works spendidly.
Thanks for releasing a Linux version so early, you have just earned yourself quite a few customers more for which Linux is not an option, but an absolute must.
This is how to do good business, I congratulate you!

On 23 May 2007 sneakerfreak said:

I just installed Zattoo on Mandriva One 2007 and it runs perfectly. Just follow the OpenSuse instructions. Thanks! :)

On 27 May 2007 coeurpur said:

Excellent! Je ne suis qu'un débutant en linux, et l'installation avec la Feisty Fawn est d'une ahurissante simplicité, et la Zattoo fonctionne pico-bello sur
mon vieux pécé fujitsu-siemens. Merci Zattoo!

On 31 May 2007 lsk said:

Vielen Dank! Installation unter Ubuntu einwandfrei. Gelungen und endlich wurde auch an die Linux user gedacht.

On 2 June 2007 Internet Tv - I clients « Divilinux Lost Blog said:

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On 4 June 2007 Bill Compton said:

Hi Jim. Photos i received. Thanks

On 11 June 2007 Christian Decker said:

I had some problems with the updated version, and I fixed it ^^
For instructions see http://snyke.net/blog/2007/06/11/fixing-zattoo-after-update/

On 19 June 2007 Erik’s blog said:

[...] Another list of people making comments about Zattoo on Linux is available on this more official blog. [...]

On 27 June 2007 Rob said:

I have also a jittered sound in kubuntu feisty. I also turned off beryl, and run it with aoss, but was of not help, any suggestion?

On 27 June 2007 etcher said:

Last version works in Debian Etch!!

On 28 June 2007 swix said:

Last version still don't work under a "clean" opensuse 10.2 (i386) :-(
Or at least not on mine, after following the instructions:

On first run:
~> zattoo_player
zattoo_player: /usr/lib/libcurl.so.3: no version information available (required by zattoo_player)
zattoo_player: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8: no version information available (required by zattoo_player)
12:39:55 PM 06/28/2007 [MSG] Current locale is en_US
12:39:55 PM 06/28/2007 [MSG] Welcome to Zattoo (2.2.10.6523)
12:39:58 PM 06/28/2007 [MSG] User needs to accept license
12:40:00 PM 06/28/2007 [DEBUG] TRACE: create browser widget!

zattoo_player: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/zattoo/libxul.so.0d: undefined symbol: PR_GetPhysicalMemorySize

Then:
~> zattoo_player
zattoo_player: /usr/lib/libcurl.so.3: no version information available (required by zattoo_player)
zattoo_player: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8: no version information available (required by zattoo_player)
12:40:03 PM 06/28/2007 [MSG] Current locale is en_US
12:40:03 PM 06/28/2007 [MSG] Welcome to Zattoo (2.2.10.6523)
12:40:03 PM 06/28/2007 [MSG] Checking for update...
12:40:04 PM 06/28/2007 [MSG] There are no updates available.
12:40:04 PM 06/28/2007 [MSG] Further log messages will be written to ~/.Zattoo/Data/logs/zattoo.debuglog

In zattoo.debuglog:
06-28 10:40:04.387 D2 Absent nb backup address, do without.
06-28 10:40:04.387 D1 tmeshd: realmaxcp set to 4

On 14 July 2007 willyhelmi said:

I’ve been able to get Zattoo running on Kubuntu Feisty on an AMD64 in 64bit mode (using wine). It only complains about the missing Adobe Flash plugin at startup.
thanks Zattoo people!

On 20 July 2007 Miguel Gea Milvaques said:

A little more, I'm using the linux 32bit version in my amd64 (Debian). I have my own recipe in my blog

On 4 September 2007 kaziem said:

Zattoo works flawless on Debian Lenny/Sid but there is a little gap between video and audio. Anyone got an idea?

On 8 September 2007 grafithaka said:

Can someone who got it running under Slackware give me a hint? I'm stuck with it, I compiled and installed all dependencies and when I try starting the program I get a dialog window "The application zattoo_player has crashed:" Nothing else..

On 18 September 2007 netzeus said:

Suse users - use to read 'step-by-step' instructions on the mainpage

Many other thanks to zattoo! :)

On 1 October 2007 Stephen Strowes :: Joost said:

[...] I tried, I do not know. I was going to provide a breakdown of Joost after my post on Zattoo (now on Linux, if you’ve managed to get an account), but I never felt a review based on a lack of content [...]

On 11 November 2007 Knusper said:

Mh... I need a 64-bit version, because some of the packages zattoo would require i already use in their 64-bit version (especially faad), so installing 32-bit packages and 64-packages of the same libary is not a good idea... just compile the player for 64 bit... should not be that hard!

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