update readme and vm build script

README

@@ -1,24 +1,32 @@
 pan.do/ra - open media archive
 
 == SETUP ==
-To setup pan.do/ra, you need
+pan.do/ra is known to work with Ubuntu 12.04, older versions of
-python, bazaar, pip and virtualenv and several other python modules:
+Ubuntu or other distributions should work
+if the dependencies are up to date.
+
+To setup pan.do/ra, you need python, bazaar, pip and virtualenv
+and several other python modules:
 
 * Packages
+(add pandora ppa to get all packages in the required version)
+
     apt-get install python-software-properties
     add-apt-repository ppa:j/pandora
     apt-get update
 
+(install dependencies)
     apt-get install bzr git subversion mercurial \
             python-setuptools python-pip python-virtualenv ipython \
             python-dev python-imaging python-numpy python-psycopg2 \
             python-geoip python-html5lib python-lxml \
-            postgresql postgresql-contrib rabbitmq-server
+            postgresql postgresql-contrib rabbitmq-server \
-
+            ffmpeg2theora ffmpeg \
-    apt-get install oxframe oxtimeline 
+            python-ox oxframe oxtimeline
 
 * Pan.do/ra
 Get code from bazzar
+    cd /srv/
     bzr branch http://code.0x2620.org/pandora pandora
     cd pandora
     virtualenv .
@@ -27,21 +35,19 @@ Get code from bazzar
     cd static
     bzr branch http://code.0x2620.org/oxjs
 
-create local_settings.py and create site.jsonc
+create local_settings.py and create site.jsonc in /srv/pandora/pandora
-do noy copy settings.py but only overwrite your changes in local_settings.py
+do noy copy settings.py but only add your changes to local_settings.py
 (check https://wiki.0x2620.org/wiki/pandora/configuration
  and use settings.py / 0xdb.jsonc / padma.jsonc as example)
 
-create db
+create and configure database as described below
-    
+after that
-    ./manage.py syncdb
 
 create / update static files
     
     ./manage.py update_static 
     ./manage.py compile_pyc
 
-
 * Database
   We use postgresql but other databases might also work
   (make sure you have the python bindings installed).
@@ -70,6 +76,7 @@ create / update static files
     echo "DB_GIN_TRGM = True" >> local_settings.py
 
 
+
 * RabbitMQ
   For background tasks RabbitMQ is required, to install rabbitmq:
 
@@ -83,8 +90,9 @@ create / update static files
 
 
 * H264
-    for h264 videos, you need to compile ffmpeg with x264 and libfaac enabled,
+    for h264 videos, you need ffmpeg with x264 and libfaac enabled,
     you also need to install qt-faststart (from ffmpeg/tools)
+    (you can use medibuntu.org packages or compile ffmpeg yourself)
     to enable h264 derivatives add "mp4" to video.formats in your config.jsonc
 
 
@@ -110,6 +118,11 @@ To run pan.do/ra in production, we use nginx, using apache2 is also possible.
 
   setup apache according to etc/apache2/vhost.in
 
+now you can start pandora services:
+  service pandora start
+  service pandora-tasks start
+  service pandora-encoding start
+
 === Updating ===
 To update a pandora installation get the latest version from bzr by running
     ./update.sh

vm/build.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 base=$(pwd)
-sudo  vmbuilder vbox ubuntu --suite=oneiric \
+sudo  vmbuilder vbox ubuntu --suite=precise \
     --verbose --debug \
     --arch i386 \
     --flavour generic \
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ sudo  vmbuilder vbox ubuntu --suite=oneiric \
     --addpkg python-html5lib \
     --addpkg oxtimeline \
     --addpkg oxframe \
+    --addpkg ffmpeg \
+    --addpkg ffmpeg2theora \
     --addpkg mkvtoolnix \
     --execscript=$base/install.sh \
     --firstboot=$base/firstboot.sh
 
-#kvm-img  convert -O vdi pandora/*.qcow2 pandora.vdi

vm/firstboot.sh

@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 #fails in bootstrap
 apt-get -y install ipython ntp
 
-#ffmpeg
+#ffmpeg installed as apt package
-wget http://firefogg.org/nightly/ffmpeg.linux -O /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
+#wget http://firefogg.org/nightly/ffmpeg.linux -O /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
-chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
+#chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
-
+#wget http://firefogg.org/nightly/ffmpeg2theora.linux -O /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg2theora
-wget http://firefogg.org/nightly/ffmpeg2theora.linux -O /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg2theora
+#chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg2theora
-chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg2theora
 
 #postgresql
 apt-get -y install postgresql postgresql-contrib