SiriServer XBMC plugin

gugahoi · 2012-02-04 05:27

Hey fellas,
just wanted to report that I have started working on a SiriServer XBMC plugin so people can control XBMC with Siri.

This server uses Google's Voice API instead of Apple's and therefore is much easier to install for non-iPhone 4S users as there is no need to trick Apple's servers and what not.

The plugin has been added to the main repository and has been updated every couple of days with extra features-> https://github.com/Eichhoernchen/SiriServer

I need to say this is still extremely alpha and I am not very experienced with python but it seems to be working alright.

Currently supported commands are:

Code:

xbmc play/pause -> plays/pauses current video

xbmc stop -> stops current video

xbmc play [movie name] -> starts playing the movie if a match was found, if multiple matches found than it returns them through Siri

xbmc info -> returns the XBMC URL being used

xbmc shutdown/shut down/turn off -> Shuts down computer through XBMC's internal functions

xbmc start/boot/boot up -> send a magic packet to wake up the computer.

Suggestion are more than welcome and if more people want to jump on board and help with the coding I would be thrilled!

A lot of credit should go to tripkip as he has made the plugin even more functional adding movie covers on the replies and adding extra commands

coffeecup · 2012-02-09 06:13

Have you found a way to work around the 10 second limit of google speech api? Would be so great to use google instead of apples siri.

Dam0 · 2012-02-09 10:37

awsome work mate, cant wait to try it out

Begall · 2012-02-09 17:26

I wonder if 'xbmc' is the right thing to put at the front? In my experience my iPhone has a difficult time getting that right unless I'm very deliberate with the 'X-B-M-C'.

gugahoi · 2012-02-10 14:05

coffeecup Wrote:Have you found a way to work around the 10 second limit of google speech api? Would be so great to use google instead of apples siri.

Not yet but it will be fairly hard to have an xbmc command that takes longer than 10 seconds....

Begall Wrote:I wonder if 'xbmc' is the right thing to put at the front? In my experience my iPhone has a difficult time getting that right unless I'm very deliberate with the 'X-B-M-C'.

Really? It's been perfectly fine for me, the one word that has troubled me is "play" but i made the plugin identify "play|played|place|plate" all translate into "play" to fix that. What suggestion would you have to initiate the command?

Begall · 2012-02-10 16:27

I reckon 'media' might be a good replacement/alternative, as I can't think of anything off the top of my head that it might be easily mistaken for and it also makes sense in the context.

SiriServer seems very interesting though, the lack of development of SiriProxy has been disappointing.

tripkip · 2012-02-12 23:12

Thanks for the credits.. ;-)

gugahoi · 2012-02-13 01:15

tripkip Wrote:Thanks for the credits.. ;-)

My bad, i first posted this before my first pull request was merged into Eichhoernchen's , you have now been added to the main post....

gugahoi · 2012-02-13 01:16

--my bad --

sam72844 · 2012-02-13 17:58

hi, can you please shed more light on how to configure your plugin to work with XBMC on Apple TV 2, i have SiriServer working on ubuntu and an iPad 2 with Spire installed.

Thanks

[Update]
i had help on siriserver irc, all i needed was to enter the ip address and user/pass of my xbmc in siriserver/plugins/xbmc.py

coffeecup Junior Member Posts: 24 Joined: Jun 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-02-09 06:13 Post: #2 Have you found a way to work around the 10 second limit of google speech api? Would be so great to use google instead of apples siri.
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Dam0 Fan Posts: 318 Joined: Jun 2008 Reputation: 0	2012-02-09 10:37 Post: #3 awsome work mate, cant wait to try it out
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Begall Senior Member Posts: 166 Joined: Dec 2011 Reputation: 6	2012-02-09 17:26 Post: #4 I wonder if 'xbmc' is the right thing to put at the front? In my experience my iPhone has a difficult time getting that right unless I'm very deliberate with the 'X-B-M-C'.
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Begall Senior Member Posts: 166 Joined: Dec 2011 Reputation: 6	2012-02-10 16:27 Post: #6 I reckon 'media' might be a good replacement/alternative, as I can't think of anything off the top of my head that it might be easily mistaken for and it also makes sense in the context. SiriServer seems very interesting though, the lack of development of SiriProxy has been disappointing.
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gugahoi Fan Posts: 716 Joined: Aug 2009 Reputation: 4	2012-02-13 01:15 Post: #8 tripkip Wrote:Thanks for the credits.. ;-) My bad, i first posted this before my first pull request was merged into Eichhoernchen's , you have now been added to the main post.... Maraschino - github - website
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