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- the_alien - 2010-01-30

pre1014 Wrote:I just got android working on my sprint touch pro and can't wait to get home and try this out.
Edit - sonofa! apparently android burns through batteries on my phone and the headphone out doesn't work at all! I don't suppose anyone would be willing to "port" this over to .net for my phone in windows mobile? It seems to me that would be faster than getting an entire OS working correctly on a phone. I'd love to try, but I know very little about either .net or java (sigh).

You can't simply port it from the one language to the other. This remote depends heavily on the android framework. Sorry.


@Juanflaco:
Never tried it for sets... don't even know what sets are used for. Will have to read (or one of the others has to check Wink)


- Juanflaco - 2010-01-30

the_alien Wrote:You can't simply port it from the one language to the other. This remote depends heavily on the android framework. Sorry.


@Juanflaco:
Never tried it for sets... don't even know what sets are used for. Will have to read (or one of the others has to check Wink)
Here's the wiki entry for movie sets. The set functions as a container for multiple movies which all share the same set tag in their .nfo files. It's handy for a series where the movies wouldn't otherwise be grouped together (every Bond movie.)

If you give all movies in a series the same set tag they will appear in a single container in the main library, and you can give that entry a nice box set thumbnail. Then when you drill into the set you can have them sorted by year so they appear in release order regardless of title. Like I said, great for Bond movies or other boxed series, and I also have Pixar movies set up in a set.


- the_alien - 2010-01-30

Don't think we support it yet. Feel free to post an enhancement in the issue tracker Smile


- Juanflaco - 2010-01-30

the_alien Wrote:Don't think we support it yet. Feel free to post an enhancement in the issue tracker Smile
Added as issue 160. Would be a nice enhancement if possible. Let me know if you need any other information.


- NinJustin - 2010-01-30

Well I got the app hooked up on my Nexus one I'm also running the 9.11 Camalot on Windows 7 and parts of the app work but not the actual remote control. I can browse the libraries and pick some thing to watch or listen to and It will play on my PC. It also transfers the artwork to my phone. Other than that I have no control over XBMC. The actual remote does nothing. I can't Pause. Stop, Play Next or Previous song in the now Playing screens either.

Any Ideas guys?


- the_alien - 2010-01-30

Enable EventServer, allow other computers to connect in XBMC. See setup guide in our wiki.


- StarChild - 2010-01-30

I have a feature suggestion.
I see a lot of guys in here that having problem with the setup for one or another reason..
Maybe a wizard that automatically shows up on first run, that will not only help the user to setup the remote but also tell him what to setup in XBMC.
And under the wizard sending test signals that will confirm that the step is complete before next step.


Spotify - screamer - 2010-01-30

Now that we have spotify in xbmc maybe it would be a good idea to implement support in the remote.
Saw there was an app in market that is called ReSpot, with that you can control spotify if you install some server part called Servify.
Servify is avaliable for linux, don't now if it will work with the spotify we are using in xbmc.

Maybe someone like to check it out on http://h3x.se/


- the_alien - 2010-01-30

StarChild Wrote:And under the wizard sending test signals that will confirm that the step is complete before next step.
Problem is: You can't determine if the EventServer ist running or if it allows connections.


- StarChild - 2010-01-30

the_alien Wrote:Problem is: You can't determine if the EventServer ist running or if it allows connections.

Yeah I thought about that. Is XBMC able to sent udp packages to the remote? If thats the case we can configure tcp packages first and then tell xbmc to send udp packages when the time is right. Or if its possible to get confirmed that a udp package is delivered to xbmc thro tcp somehow..
If thats not possible maybe send udp packages to xbmc (example remote up, down, up, down, up, down...) And simply ask the user if they see any menu movements on the screen.




I've just updated my HTC Magic to HTCs firmware 3.05.401.3 with Sense, so I hope that at least some of the bugs I've reported in your Issue tracker will be solved the natural way with this update.


- juanez - 2010-01-31

screamer Wrote:Now that we have spotify in xbmc maybe it would be a good idea to implement support in the remote.
Saw there was an app in market that is called ReSpot, with that you can control spotify if you install some server part called Servify.
Servify is avaliable for linux, don't now if it will work with the spotify we are using in xbmc.

Maybe someone like to check it out on http://h3x.se/

Servify is actually available for Windows, Linux and OSX.

There are two versions of it;
Servify/C# (which utilizes libspotify)
Servify/J (which builds upon jotify)

Servify would work together with xbmc, but the current project 'spotyxbmc' would have to be re-written to use Servify as the backend (instead of the close integration with libspotify). And servify would also have to be extended to support some of the operations needed / wanted by spotyxbmc...

The thought of with servify is to keep the heavy work there to allow multiple "thin-clients" to control it over a network (localhost works too of course).

If the spotyxbmc author(s) would like to investigate this route i'd be happy to co-operate.


- b00sted4fun - 2010-01-31

I still cant get the remote to work for me and not sure what I am missing. I am on build 9.11 r26018 and I am using a HTC eris phone. this use to work for me find back on build 9.04 but not at all now. I can browse the files and actually launch video but the stupid remote part is just a no go for me.. any help would be great. thanks!


- DonnyP - 2010-01-31

Anyone write a quick tutorial on how to compile the source code?


- the_alien - 2010-01-31

b00sted4fun: Have a look at the setup instructions: http://code.google.com/p/android-xbmcremote/wiki/SetupInstructions

DonnyP: What's your problem compiling it?


- Bram77 - 2010-01-31

DonnyP Wrote:Anyone write a quick tutorial on how to compile the source code?

- Install the latest Eclipse for Java Developers.
- Install the Android SDK for your platform.
- Install the Eclipse ADT plugin
- Checkout the latest source from -> http://code.google.com/p/android-xbmcremote/source/checkout
- Import the "XBMC Remote" directory as a Android project
- From the imported android project properties export the .apk (in the Android Tools menu)

It's really quite simple Smile

The current SVN version isn't very stable though, and some stuff isn't working at all.