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

hi there!
I've just updated XBMC from git (few hours ago), but xbmc-remote still tells me, that I should upgrade XBMC to version, newer tha 23.09

Any ideas?

Btw:

Code:

curl localhost:8080/jsonrpc -d '{ "id" : 18, "jsonrpc" : "2.0", "method" : "Application.GetProperties", "params" : {"properties" : [ "version" ] } }'

{"id":18,"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":{"version":{"major":11,"minor":0,"revision":"b97d3177823a969cb7b0eb91125d8b19a15e1017","tag":"alpha"}}}

and:

Code:

user@N900 ~ % /opt/xbmcremote/bin/xbmcremote -d connection,files

connecting to "alpha" 

Files.GetShares: QMap(("media", QVariant(QString, "music") ) ( "sort" ,  QVariant(QVariantMap, QMap(("ignorearticle", QVariant(bool, true) ) ( "method" ,  QVariant(QString, "label") ) ( "order" ,  QVariant(QString, "ascending") ) )  ) ) )  

Files.GetShares: QMap(("media", QVariant(QString, "video") ) ( "sort" ,  QVariant(QVariantMap, QMap(("ignorearticle", QVariant(bool, true) ) ( "method" ,  QVariant(QString, "label") ) ( "order" ,  QVariant(QString, "ascending") ) )  ) ) )  

Files.GetShares: QMap(("media", QVariant(QString, "pictures") ) ( "sort" ,  QVariant(QVariantMap, QMap(("ignorearticle", QVariant(bool, true) ) ( "method" ,  QVariant(QString, "label") ) ( "order" ,  QVariant(QString, "ascending") ) )  ) ) )  

file:///opt/xbmcremote/qml/xbmcremote/fremantle/NowPlayingView.qml:140:5: QML Grid: Cannot specify anchors for items inside Grid

file:///opt/xbmcremote/qml/xbmcremote/fremantle/NowPlayingView.qml:238: TypeError: Result of expression 'currentItem' [null] is not an object.

file:///opt/xbmcremote/qml/xbmcremote/fremantle/NowPlayingView.qml:226: TypeError: Result of expression 'currentItem' [null] is not an object.

file:///opt/xbmcremote/qml/xbmcremote/fremantle/NowPlayingView.qml:227: TypeError: Result of expression 'currentItem' [null] is not an object.

file:///opt/xbmcremote/qml/xbmcremote/fremantle/NowPlayingView.qml:218: TypeError: Result of expression 'currentItem' [null] is not an object.

file:///opt/xbmcremote/qml/xbmcremote/fremantle/NowPlayingView.qml:159: TypeError: Result of expression 'currentItem' [null] is not an object.

Connected to remote host. Asking for version... 

sending command to  QUrl( "http://alpha:8080/jsonrpc" )  : "{ "id" : 17, "jsonrpc" : "2.0", "method" : "Application.GetProperties", "params" : { "properties" : [ "version" ] } }" 

QNetworkReplyImpl::_q_startOperation was called more than once

Connected to XBMC version: "" 

XBMC is too old! 

No connection yet, cannot disconnect. 

Disconnected 

timeouttimer hit for comman 18

So, can you drop out version checking to hell? ;)

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

I have the latest nightley from the ppa and xbmcremote complains that my installed version is too old. Is there a way to just ignore or skip the version checking?

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

I have released 0.6.1 today where I have disabled the version check. I will try to find some time tomorrow to make the version checking more reliable.

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by mzanetti (Post 1118700)

I have released 0.6.1 today where I have disabled the version check. I will try to find some time tomorrow to make the version checking more reliable.

Thanks a lot! Can't wait for it to get pushed to the repository so I can try it.

Edit: The version of xbmc I have installed is 2.11.0-git20111103-0ubuntu1-ppa1-natty and is from the LP-PPA-team-xbmc-unstable/natty PPA.

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

version 0.6.1 is working great! Thanks for editing the app.

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

Hey ya all!

The MeeGo coding competition voting is running now! Don't forget to vote for Xbmcremote :)

Also, I'm wondering how many of you are using Xbmcremote on the N9. I guess the N900 users are still a lot more.

Thre reason I'm asking is that I'm currently working on NFC integration. You can stick NFC tags to your various Xbmc boxes and then only hold the N9 towards such a tag and Xbmcremote will automatically connect to the associated Xbmc. Anyone has other ideas for features for Xbmcremote?

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

The official xbmc remote app for Android is fantastic. There are some features it has that would be great to have on my N9 and a few that would just be nice.
1) thumbnails/album covers when scrolling through the list of movies/shows/music/etc.
2) the ability to quick scroll by dragging my finger down on the right side of the list (like the N9 contacts app)
3) A more fully featured "remote." Forward, back, up down, etc. Everything required to navigate on screen. (like the official app)
4) Keep the thumbnail in the "now playing" screen the correct aspect ratio.
5) the ability to select what shows up on the home screen or set a default selection, I don't have any pictures or music so I'd prefer it if the app when straight to the videos.
6) The official android app had a feature that integrated into the sharing api. If I clicked any Youtube links in the browser or from an email or whatever, I got asked if I wanted to play it on xbmc. This was a great feature that I used all the time. Is there any chance of getting this on the N9?

Keep up the good work!

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by legoman666 (Post 1122390)

Done in 0.7.

Quote:

Originally Posted by legoman666 (Post 1122390)

2) the ability to quick scroll by dragging my finger down on the right side of the list (like the N9 contacts app)

Done in 0.7

Quote:

Originally Posted by legoman666 (Post 1122390)

3) A more fully featured "remote." Forward, back, up down, etc. Everything required to navigate on screen. (like the official app)

The current xbmc API is too limited to make this happen right now. Currently I support already everything that the API supports.

Quote:

Originally Posted by legoman666 (Post 1122390)

4) Keep the thumbnail in the "now playing" screen the correct aspect ratio.

Fixed. thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by legoman666 (Post 1122390)

5) the ability to select what shows up on the home screen or set a default selection, I don't have any pictures or music so I'd prefer it if the app when straight to the videos.

Hmm... I'll think about that one.

Quote:

Originally Posted by legoman666 (Post 1122390)

6) The official android app had a feature that integrated into the sharing api. If I clicked any Youtube links in the browser or from an email or whatever, I got asked if I wanted to play it on xbmc. This was a great feature that I used all the time. Is there any chance of getting this on the N9?

I fear this is not possible on harmattan. If someone knows how to do that, please let me know.

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by mzanetti (Post 1122825)

Done in 0.7.

Done in 0.7

The current xbmc API is too limited to make this happen right now. Currently I support already everything that the API supports.

Fixed. thanks

Hmm... I'll think about that one.

I fear this is not possible on harmattan. If someone knows how to do that, please let me know.

Cheers, thanks.

The andorid app's remote looks like this: https://g1.gstatic.com/android/marke...ote/ss-480-1-5

As far as I can see, the remote on the N9 has up, down, left, right, select, back and menu. I believe you have almost all of the same button actions as the Android app, but they're just spread out across Xbmcremote's UI. For example, on the now playing screen, there are pause, play, forward and reverse buttons. Why not add these to the remote screen as well?

As for sharing youtube links with xbmc, is there a way to tap into the sharing api on the N9? When I'm at a website, I can click the menu button then click "share this link." On my own device, the available options are facebook, text message and email. Would it be possible to add an option to share with xbmcremote, which would then parse the link, grab the unique video identifier, and pass it along to the YouTube XBMC addon?

Thanks so much for listening to my suggestions!

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

Hi!
i have a problem with xbmcremote.
i can connect to xbmc with it but everytime i try to play music, xbmc starts the title and the app closes. after that i cant open the app again. it opens and closes immediately. i have to reopen xbmc to get the app working on the phone again.
any ideas?
best regards