2012-03-16, 11:26
Gd day,
Using Eden RC2. 11.10 x32. Dual-Head under different users, seperate x-screens. I am using VLC on the 2nd x-screen wout problems but want to go full XBMC and am even thinking abt getting another video card to go triple-head. My current GT430 can easily decode 2 x 1080p concurrently. However I am stuck with remote control issues. I use the excellent Official Android remote but there is a limitation in that it can only fully control one instance per IP. I can switch between instances and start and stop movies using a different HTTP port, and go forward and back using the slider, but I can only ’control’ (pause/stop etc) one instance - which seems to be the first one to fire up. I assume this is because the event server UDP is hard coded at 9777 and there seems to be no facility to change it.
This is disappointing since I forsee no reason why, even on my cheapo Core2Duo at 2.2Mhz with 2GB RAM, you could not run upto 4 seperate instances and have a really powerful HTPC/Server. IMO nothing beats the Android Remote - it’s really a superb piece of software and very intuitive for the whole family to use, requires no extra cabling, is dirt cheap bcos it’s on your phone which also means u never lose it.
So, have I missed something? Given the quality that XBMC provides overall i assume that there is a very good reason why the user cannot change the event server port. Are there any plans to change this? Or is there a workaround?
I’ve searched and lurked but can’t find an answer. There similar questions posted, like here but they’ve gone unanswered. Thanks in advance for any pointers.
T