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

Hi,

I just installed it on my n900. But I couldn't connect with ip address and port number. It comes up blank screen without giving any error. I'm running xbmc 11 beta3 on my appletv. I'm able to control from my android and verified the ip address and port number. I don't have user id/password set. Is there a log file or something to check if there are any errors as UI doesn't give any errors?

Thanks

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

Please start it from the command line and send me the debug output:

- Open the terminal application or ssh into the N900
- run "/opt/xbmcremote/bin/xbmcremote"

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

Beta1 also crashed on me several times, Beta3 is running stable now. I have the PVR Version of margro.

I use file mode until I can finally get my MP3s to a decent state of tags. Years ago I didn't take much care when copying my CDs to HDD, now I have to get things straight (lotsa work).

I updated XBMCremote to 0.9.0 and XBMC to Beta3 last week and noticed an maybe error:
When in file mode, I can't play or add a whole directory anymore. Only single songs will work.

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

BTW I have 0.7.0 I guess. Not sure it if works with XBMC 11. Thought I would let you know. I will run from command line later today and provide the details.

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

Could you lower down those control buttons toward the toolbar ? right now it is a bit uneasy for one hand control due to the size of n9. Having up button in about middle of the screen would be ideal.

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

Hmm... True, At a first look it seems to be a problem in xbmc. I'll follow up on it. Thanks for reporting.

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

0.7 should mostly work with XBMC 11 betas. Nevertheless I'd like to ask you to upgrade to 0.9 and see if the problem persists.

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

I agree. I could probably center the buttons for the time of Xbmc Eden.

Now that Eden is finally deep frozen and branched away, work starts up again in Xbmc master and feature requests from this thread are beeing worked on. Expect to see some more buttons appear in the control area in future development versions (info and context menu to start with).

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

It gave me QtQuick1.0 not installed. I installed something called QtQuick compatibility fix and now it comes up with the background image and says connecting 'ip address'. I am not in the vicinity of xbmc and will check out the connection later today.

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

Strange... QtQuick should be installed as of PR 1.2. Are you running PR 1.1 or 1.0 still?

EDIT: Oh... sorry. I'ts a bug on my side. With stock N900 firmware there is only Qt 4.7.0 which requires the import statement "import Qt 4.7" instead of the new style "import QtQuick 1.0". I'll fix it with version 1.0.

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

It worked after applying that compatibility fix. Thanks! Doesn't XBMC provide a way to see addons and start them? Killer feature for me is to map the keyboard so that searching in addons like youtube can be a breeze. Not sure if XBMC has the support for remote capability.

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

Nope... Xbmc does not support this yet. But there are plans to allow addons to register their own remote controlling API. That should allow all the stuff you need. Unfortunately, at the current release pace this won't be released within the next year.

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

Other than that it looks great..much better than the android app. To get the latest update do I have to add the dev repository?

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

Thanks a lot for this great application.

I'm using latest XBMC server (v11 R3) and xbmc remote 0.9.

There are two major issues for me:

1. I cannot seem to find a way to add a folder/m3u list of file to the playlist - only a single file at a time. Is there a way to do that which I missed?

2. Is there a way to activate the on screen display when video/music plays (the one that the pressing the 'm' key brings up)? Through this menu it is possible to do things like select subtitles, and other tweaks which are very much missing.
When this menu is up, it is possible to use the regular navigation controls to do all the operations, just need this 'm' key press simulation :)

Thanks.

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

There seems t be a bug in XBMC right now.

This one is not available yet in Eden but it looks like they are already working on it in git master for XBMC version 12.

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

(1) can be implemented (for opening playlists) with:
"http://[server url]/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=PlayFile([playlist path + .m3u file])"

playlists, files and folders can be appended to current playlist with:
"http://[server url]/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=AddToPlayList([playlist/file/folder])"

(2) can be implemented with this command:
"http://[server[/url] address]/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=SendKey(0xF04D)"

I tested all and they work great :)

Is it possible for you to add this somewhere?

I was very impressed by a feature in this remote application:

Yesterday i realized that when i get a phone call, the sound is automatically muted until the call is ended - i thought something was wrong at first with my audio system - this REALLY is a great feature - thanks for your work.

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

This is the old deprecated HTTP API. I did not really intend to make use of it because it will stop working at some point. Especially for (1) I won't add it because its there in the new API and apparently just broken right now. For (2) you could convince me as its pretty straight forward to update it to the new API once its available there. I have to check how much effort it is to make it work smoothly without adding additional config hazzle for the user.

Thanks. I like that feature too. You can configure it in the settings to set the target volume and if videos should be paused during calls or not.

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

A great more feature would be to pause the music instead of lowering the sound and also pause movie playback if a movie is playing.

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

Well, for video playback I already do the pausing, but for music I think lowering the volume and keep playing is better.

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

video pause - i don't know how i missed that setting - thanks :)

about pausing the music i guess everyone has their preference:
When i listen to a new album, i don't want to miss songs, so pausing instead of lowering down volume is much better.

can you consider about adding this feature to a next version? i believe there will be more users using this feature besides of me.

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

Indeed. I think having an interruption while playing a whole album is worse than not paying full attention to the music while still keeping up the mood. Anyways, I agree that it is a matter of taste.
Adding the feature is not a big problem for me, but I fear the translators will kill me if I add even more new strings now. Lets see if I can convince them :)

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

Could you provide me with a link to the bug report or discussion on xbmc forums (if there are any) so I can keep myself updated on the issue? I am obviously too *** to use the correct search strings myself :rolleyes:

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

I don't think there is a bug report for it, at least I couldn't find one on http://trac.xbmc.org/search?q=JSONRPC. I just know that it has been working for directories and stopped working at some point. If you are interested in debugging this or file a bug report in xbmc, here is a short startup:

- get a REST plugin for your browser (e.g. "Simple REST Client" for chrome)
- send a POST command to: http://<xbmc-ip>:<xbmc-port>/jsonrpc
with the following data: This is what xbmcremote sends to xbmc when playing a whole directory. According to the API docs it should work, but replies with "Invalid parameters".

To get the API docs, call

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

anyone here use the nfc feature on xbmcremote? How does it work and what is required ? Do I need a specific kind of nfc tag or rfid card with specific frequence support? Does the tag include some command to auto-start xbmcremote and connect to the server?

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

Every available NFC tag right now should do. I have tested it with Tag Types 1, 2 and Mifare cards. A RFID tag won't work.

With the soon upcoming version 1.0 you will be able to start xbmcremote on the N9, wake up xbmc via wakeonlan and connect to it - just by touching the NFC tag.

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

How is it going to work, do I need a linux distro with xbmc only? Right now my configuration is Win7+xbmc and I don't have xbmc on auto-start for now.
Otherwise that sounds too awesome to be true, I just learned how to use WOL with my Win7 and so far this saved me from loosing few calories. Ability to wake xbmc would save me from touching mouse and keyboard altogether.

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

You don't need a Linux box for it (a windows pc should work too), but yes, xbmc needs to be autostarted by the PC itself.

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

Heh... I just asked in the xbmc forums about it and turns out that it does actually work, but not recursively. So it works only if there are playable files directly in this directory, but not only in subfolders.

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

Thanks. Found your post. Strange thing that it actually worked before. I am almost certain it did, I have a lot of albums arranged with subdirectories if there is more than one CD to it. Obviously there will not be any songs in the album directory. nonetheless I have joined the discussion on forums.xbmc.org

[EDIT] In order not to triple post:
I have given it some more thoughts after getting a somewhat negative answer over at forum.xbmc.org
I always try implementing things on my side if the other is not changeable... :rolleyes:

The algorithm for "add directory" would look to me like this, basically meaning to add recursiveness on the client:
1. get directory information
2. if directories present then call add directory procedure for all directories
3. if files present do as originally designed

"play directory" would be based on same algorithm except that it calls play first title from playlist afterwards.

I don't know if JSON-RPC features could be arranged in such a manner. And there is always the danger of infinite loops when doing recursions.

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

At the moment I do not use WOL as my HTPC is connected via WLAN only. I am using Win7 and have just recently changed my settings to have a up and running XBMC after starting up (only on seturn from suspend-to-disk I still need to press the users login).

First tries were with adding xbmc to autostart but recently I found something on the xbmc-wiki which pushes integration a bit further.

Prerequisites were setting the user account to automatically log in without having the benefits of a password secured administrative user compromised. In the proceedings I actually locked myself out of windows while trying. Only a restore point from earlier that day brought me back.

If you want more details give me a shout.

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

I have this installed on my N9. I can connect and see my library on xbmc but cant do anything other than that. I click play nothing happens. I try pressing the navigation keys nothing happens. Is there a new update available because xbmcremote is not in the nokia store anymore. I am currently running PR 1.2.

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

Huh? It is not in store any more? I still can find it: http://store.ovi.com/content/200497

Please tell me which version you are using. I wouldn't reccommend to use anything older than 0.8.

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

Hello and thanks for the app, it's become essential for controlling our XBMC home entertainment hub!

I have just one suggestion: I like to browse through my Music using the Files view (not Library). Would it be possible that the app would remember my choice permanently? Now I always have to long-press and switch to Files when I launch Xbmcremote.

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

Ok maybe its back. Before when I searched in the ovi store on my phone it wouldnt show up. I am currently running version 0.8.0. Any ideas why its not working.

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

Its fixed had to reinstall xbmc on pc... my bad

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

Valid point. I'll see what I can do.

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

I think there is a bug:

Steps:
have 1 xbmc connection configured with IP like some.thing.x.5
configure a 2nd for another machine with IP like some.thing.x.3
last active connection was x.3
have PC x.3 shut down or a least no xbmc running (same outcome, only difference is time to timeout)
start xbmcremote on N900 (whose IP is x.x.x.4)
either wait for timeout or go for menu right away (same outcome)
choose connection of PC x.5

EXPECTED OUTCOME:
XBMCremote will connect to PC x.5

ACTUAL OUTCOME:
XBMCremote will shutdown

I have made a log which I'll send you via PM. There's also a lot of errors showing but in the end it seems to confuse N900 with the xbmc box it is supposed to connect to.

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

Hey everyone!

XBMC Eden has finally been released, and along with it, I have published Xbmcremote 1.0. Finally all of you can upgrade their XBMC boxes and start using Xbmcremote. I'm looking forward to the feedback from a lot of old and new users.

The highligts in this release are:
* Greatly improved NFC feature
* Reworked Keypad
* Improved call handling (more options and shows a notification in XBMC)
* many more smaller improvements

Big thanks to all of you who reported bugs, shared your ideas, contributed translations or donated.

Feel free to continue giving your feedback and/or donate a beer to celebrate the 1.0 release.

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

mzanetti, should adding folder/playlist to existing playlist of music be working?


using the released XBMC server and latest remote i still can't add...

Thanks.

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

Works fine here. But as discussed on the previous page, it works only for the Library and for directories which directly contain files. Xbmc does not recurse into subdirectories.