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I look forward to screenshots
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Total rip of XBMC Commander app.
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Ayala
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2011-09-09, 23:15
(This post was last modified: 2011-09-11, 08:49 by Ayala.)
I think I like your approach, It's always good to try and take something good and make it better.
I'm actually more interested in the controller itself, I'm not too fond of XBMC's modular interface, been using it for a month and I still get lost.
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Please make the remote configurable, ala XBMC remote. I've been looking for a replacement for XBMC remote for a long time, but the all apps have the remote waaaay too crowded, or tiny and unuseable. Yours looks like its headed in the right (imho) direction (though I'd love to see a context menu button).
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The app now supports Music library through album view. The albums can be sorted by 'Year, Rating, Name, Artist'. The view is consistent with the Movies view. Genre filtering also can be done as in the Movies through the 'Filter' popup menu. Its working quite ok now.
I still haven't implemented the group by artist view. I was thinking about implementing a coverflow in portrait mode. It would work something like this. You see a list of all artists(in pics with titles or just lists). When you click on the artist, a row gets added into the bookshelf or list view with a coverflow view with all the albums. Then you navigate further from there in the usual manner once an album is selected. Any suggestions welcome on this. I look forward to some interesting ideas.
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2011-09-12, 09:39
(This post was last modified: 2011-09-12, 09:43 by Nacmacfeegle.)
"Any suggestions welcome on this. I look forward to some interesting ideas."
Take a look at Ipeng, its a squeezebox controller (squeezebox software is free, but the app is about 6 quid). I use this and its a really nice way to browse and control music, especially in a multi room setup, its specifically for squeezebox hardware and their 'virtual player' software. I don't use XBMC for my music, but some implementations / ideas could be borrowed. With Ipeng you can stream to the Iphone, this may be of value to some users if it can be made to happen.
I use XBMC Commander and Constellation for my video and pictures..Both are very, very, good.
Some thoughts, purely personal opinions
D-pad is better than gestures.
A means of launching the XBMC program is missing from both, not a biggie to me, but requested elsewhere.
Picture viewing is basic on both and could be improved.
I'd like some means of showing more than just ratings, I'd really like duration and cert'n flags.
Commander handles box sets in Dharma 10.1, Constellation requires a nightly build for this to happen, not exactly sure why......
WOL button on Commander is pretty obvious, on Commander you have to look for it.
Overall, I prefer the feel of the Constallation app, but Commander has better functional implementation at the moment. I really like both, it has to be said.
Okay, nothing major here, more like some itches to scratch. FWIW if you make a nice app, I'd probably buy it, I've bought Commander and Constellation to show my support, I use them both on phones and a pad.
Good luck Anil, I look forward to seeing what you come up with.