Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

how do we know port address on PC..? thanks

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

It doesn't matter which port you take as long as another program doesn't use that port. You only have to make sure that the port in xbmcremote is the same as in xbmc.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

You can use whatever you want. I reccomend to use the default setting (8080) unless it is already used by another program.

On the N900, make sure you use the same number as in xbmc.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

How can I get the 2nd, 3rd and last screen in xbmcremote? At the moment I can only browse through my libary and play a song, but I'm not able to pause the song inside xbmcremote.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Like N900's homescreens...slide left/right. :)

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

hi
Im getting "Connection failed:Connection refused"
Put my computer ip where it asks for Host
and port 8080 for http port on the n900.
Is there some computer setting im missing?

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Do you have the remote control interface in xbmc enabled? Go to Settings -> Network and enable "Allow control of XBMC via HTTP" and "Allow programs on other systems to control XBMC". You must not set a password for now.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Hi
Yes have those settings in xbmc as per the pictures in previous posts

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Then you are probably using some sort of firewall or entered the wrong IP and/or port address in xbmcremote.

Also I noticed that Xbmc has a bug if you close it and restart immediately. After closing it takes a few minutes until the Port is freed again. Close Xbmc, wait a couple of minutes and then retry

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Hi fellow remote controllers! I have good news and also bad news:

Let's start with the good ones: Xbmcremote for MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan is now in the Ovi store! No need to download and install the packages manually any more. Of course Xbmcremote will stay free (as in beer AND in speech) even if you can download it from a "store". Still, feel free donate if you use it on a regular basis.

Now the bad news: Xbmc developers decided to rework their API and break nearly every communication with xbmcremote. DO NOT UPGRADE XBMC until the next version of xbmcremote is out! If you did already and want a working version again, downgrade xbmc to something before the 18. of September. I'm already working on the update and hope it won't take long.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

seems they are reworking their API for every major release. Had been replaced altogether for Dharma. You started with nightlies of master and had already no compatibility for dharma. Now they are reworking API again. Hope there will be some steadiness some time.

Myself I am not able to use xbmcremote right now as I have a special build with PVR TV Support which has been provided to me and I wouldn't be able to build it myself on top of a nighty of Master.

Just to let anyone know who has not yet set up for xbmcremote: Up to which nightly is your xbmcremote working?

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Hi Amboss,

Well, the reason why I don't have compatibility with Dharma is that Dharma does not support all the features needed for Xbmcremote. As we are currently using the development version, changes are expected.

The last version I have tested is from the 6th of September. According to the changelog the API rework got in with commits c4f161e177f5e079f2ba and 525833acf0b7fa3a9404. Those were pushed on the 18th of September.

Btw. I would also be interested to use the PVR stuff as I'd like to integrate my MythTV setup with Xbmc. Are you using the development version of the new PVR branch or only the MythTV/DVR plugins in the stable Dharma release?

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Actually I am using the Prebuild Version from
http://www.scintilla.utwente.nl/~mar.../prebuild.html
I connect to my second PC running the TV Server of MediaPortal (which can be installed by itself). Since Marcel put up pretty much every thing on his site, I haven't look much into it if there is a different version out there.

I noticed Marcel has also prebuild a development version, but since it is from august and wouldn't work with xbmcremote anyway I haven't tried. I am more into stable versions if there is no extra benefit from a dev version.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Cool! This is already the new PVR Branch. Unortunately the MythTV backend is not quite there yet... Could you send me a screenshot of the "Watch recordings" screen? This is the most important factor which decides if I can replace mythfrontend with xbmc one day (Depending on the WAF). Probably through email to keep this thread a bit on topic. Thanks a lot.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Version 0.5 out now! It works with the latest versions of Xbmc and has support for picture controls and authentication besides other bugfixes.

The version for the N900 should hit your package manager soon if you have extras-devel enabled. After a short period of testing I will promote it to extras-testing. From there I hope to get more votes than last time to be able to promote it to extras and let more people enjoy it.

The version for MeeGo is currently passing QA in ovi Store and should be available as update in the next days.

Looking forward to your feedback!

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Been using version 0.5.1 from devel for two days now with no problems at all (xbmc nightly-build from September 25th).
Though I haven't testet "pictures" yet, as I got none on my xbmc-machine. I'll add some later today and get back with some feedback...

Thanks!

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

I really love this program! using it feels intuitive and the interface looks fantastic. The only things I would ask for would be showing media information on the phone and being able to use the phones keyboard to send commands to xbmc.

Fantastic work - thank you so much for a great program :D

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

What do you mean with "showing media information"? And how exactly do you immagine sending commands using the keyboard? Do you mean using the arrow keys to navigate through the menu? That's actually a very good idea...

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

In the list of movies on the phone, you tap the move to play it, or press and hold to bring up the menu to add to playlist. It would be nice if on that menu there was an "information" option that showed information like when you press the i key on the pc (http://xbmc.org/wp-content/gallery/r...59-960x539.png).

and for keyboard input i mean either you can navigate the menus on the phone with it, or they key presses could be passed to xbmc so we can hit i to bring up info on the big screen or c for the context menu etc.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Sorry for not getting back with some feedback for a while. Been busy with my studies, so no time for regular testing.

Nonetheless, got no errors or headaches using it on a daily basis...thanks again. Makes me even lazier at home... ;)

This (combined) would be sweet.

Is this implemented to use with the N900s keyboard?

As for pictures: would be nice to see thumbnails instead of the filename. But as I don't view pictures via xbmc priority isn't (that) high.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

I see.... Like it... Let's see what I can do ;)

The keyboard navigation for arrow keys is no problem. But I can't really do anything for the rest unless the xbmc guys extend the protocol. Right now I can only send the stuff that is already in there. No other commands are supported yet. I can create a feature request for this but currently there is still other, more important stuff to do/fix. Anyways, I'll keep it in mind.

Thanks for your ideas and feedback.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Thanks :) Good feedback is always welcome and motivating.

See my previous post on that topic.

Yeah, just press a key whenever you're in a list and it'll jump to that letter.
Fully agree. Unfortunately also on the priority part :D

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Fantastic! Im so happy you are activlely developing this :D

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Did they Change the API Again? i have the latest Git Version but xbmcremote says that it is to old.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Thanks for the hint. According to their development site they have indeed changed some functions (like setVolume() ). From the changelog I cannot see any hard incompatibilty but I am compiling the latest version right now and will test everything. Expect an update of Xbmcremote soon.

For anyone interested: Here is a good summary of changes of the Xbmc API which should give you a good feelling on when you can safely update Xbmc and when its better to wait for me to update Xbmcremote:

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=98551

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

I have tested it now. Actually the connection still works fine here with Xbmcremote 0.5 and todays version of Xbmc. The setVolume command is indeed broken but I have already pushed a new version that fixes it.

Xbmcremote is now able to detect the version of Xbmc and uses the appropriate setVolume command depending on the version of Xbmc. You can upgrade Xbmcremote and stick with the old version of Xbmc, if you want to are safe to upgrade Xbmc too.

I have also added a flattr button for donations now. Try it out ;)

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Hmm still get the "This Version is to old message" Im Using xbmcremote 0.5.2 and xbmc Version from 5. October.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Could you please send me a mail with the debug output when running this on the device:

/opt/xbmcremote/bin/xbmcremote -d connection

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

I checked today's git (on arch linux). Everything works ok. One little thing - file always go to root of hdd, not to correct folders.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Of course i can :) Whats our e-Mail Address?

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Thanks to ThreeM I have found an issue with connections to Xbmc packages from the ubuntu ppa. We are working on a fix.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Also, with the help of JimKnopf I was able to find out why the keyboard does not work for some of you. To scroll in the Lists I use a function which is only available as of QtQuick 1.1. The default N900 PR 1.3 firmware comes with Qt 4.7.0 which only includes QtQuick 1.0. If you want to make use of the Keyboard and are brave, install the Community SSU which brings you Qt 4.7.3 with QtQuick 1.1 besides a lot of other cool features.

The community SSU is available here: http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_SSU

EDIT: Even though I'm running the Community SSU now since a long time without any issues, please note that it is still marked as experimental and may damage your installation. Please don't blame me if you end up re-installing your N900.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

0.5.4 is on its way. Connecting to Xbmc installations from Ubuntu ppa packages should work now. Because I can't determine the exact version with those installations I assume the latest available one.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Sorry, I missed that post for a while... Could you please send the output of to the email address found in the about dialog.

Thanks

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Good news for me. Still no answer from the packagers of xbmc-unstable. When i got answers i will inform you.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

0.6 on its way!

There is a new settings dialog to configure some gimmicks on phonecall handling and some bugfixes regarding sorting of episodes and removing items from a playlist.

Biggest news is the keypad navigation. Heres a short explanation:
Each screen uses the keypresses differently. The list allows to navigate, the NowPlaying view controls the playlist and the Keypad view forwards the keypresses to Xbmc.

Use Ctrl + Left/Right to navigate through the views.

The space key opens the context menu and the backspace key acts as escape on the N900. Better suggestions are welcome.

In the nowplaying view you can use "p" to open the playlist and "s" and "r" to change shuffle and repeat. Up and Down control the volume there. Seeking is not there yet but on the todo list.

Cool thing is that this makes xbmcremote very nice to use on the desktop. Thanks for pushing that feature. Otherwise it might have taken weeks until I implemented that :)

Some words on the features who didn't make it in:
Preview of pictures is basically in place but as Xbmc does not support server-side scaling (yet?) it is disabled it since it is kinda slow and drains the battery in no time. Constantly downloading and scaling down 12MP pictures is too much for the poor N900.

The itemdetails are not there because thats a bit more work. Right now I only fetch the minimum data for performance reasons. I need to introduce data structures to query single item details on demand.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Wooha! Thank you so much!

Keypad navigation works like a charm, as well as using N900's keypads for controlling xbmc itself. Man, this thing is fast... :eek:

Will test the other new features the next couple of days, but I'm sure they work as expected (as always ;) ).

With the added support for keyboard commands, this is by far the most functional xbmc-remote I'm aware of (regardless which os)!

I'm repeating myself, but: Thanks a million!

PS
One little feature request: is it possible to map a key to correspond with xbmc's contextmenu? Like pressing "c" or "menu key" on desktop's keyboard.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

could not agree more this update is great :D also another vote for the context menu thing, having the info button work would also be a bonus :D

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

same here, really dont want to mess with my xbmc or i will have an unhappy family ;-) cant wait to try this out though!!
it will be interesting to find out how it compares to the android version
Cheers
nick

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Thanks :)

Sending "c" or "i" is currently not possible because the API does not support it. However, I have made a feature request to the devlopers of the API and will update xbmcremote as soon as the API supports it.