Release: Mac OS X Statusbar App for XBMC

(2012-03-20 20:22)lenn1 Wrote:  added a small-icon option in the preferences menu.

Thanks! If possible, could you make it just the X in the size of the big icon? It's a bit cluttered still.

I still have a few questions though. Does it work with IPv6? Does it also work if I change the http port and username/password?

(2012-03-21 11:13)mediumdry Wrote:  

(2012-03-20 20:22)lenn1 Wrote:  added a small-icon option in the preferences menu.

Thanks! If possible, could you make it just the X in the size of the big icon? It's a bit cluttered still.

I still have a few questions though. Does it work with IPv6? Does it also work if I change the http port and username/password?

Yes the small icon isn't a beauty..

No, it won't work with IPv6 - I can't even imagine why somebody would use that in a home network.

There is no traffic over http and no user/password. It communicates over tcp port 9090.
To answer your question: Yes it'll work if you change it.

see:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=JSON-RPC_API#TCP


EDIT:

changed small icon to an X

(2012-03-21 12:39)lenn1 Wrote:  No, it won't work with IPv6 - I can't even imagine why somebody would use that in a home network.

Simple.. it's the only way for me to address services by DNS name so that I can reach them from inside and outside my network. Unfortunately I have to NAT my internal network in IPv4, so I'd have to either boomerang route by going to my external v4 IP address or I'd have to use different names for services when I'm inside or outside my network or use twofaced DNS.

IPv6 let's me bypass all that and do things right. I can't wait until IPv6 is everywhere and I don't have to work around the silly kludges that let IPv4 remain.</offtopic>

(2012-03-21 12:39)lenn1 Wrote:  changed small icon to an X

Great, thanks!

you are a genius, I'm try this when I get home from work

Thanks a bunch for this! I took the time to make small icon images that look a bit nicer. http://i.imgur.com/4lrXX.png (small icon) and http://i.imgur.com/4NKkI.png (small icon inverse). The images are centered on the menu bar and should be sharper.

Screenshot:

really nice! I'll use that!

update:

done!

thanks lenn1. I also updated the larger xbmc images too. http://i.imgur.com/7S9hN.png (big) and http://i.imgur.com/0Cgi6.png (big inverse)

nice, looks much better !

update:

new icons (from drkhrse)

Great. Looks nice with the small icon.

If you could add ability to change track/pause/play/rate when music is playing that'd be nice, save needing to use a remote when using the Macbook Pro.

ok, i have to look through the JSON-RPC dev pages to figure out if that's possible.

Play/Pause Next etc. is definetly possible.


UPDATE:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4407475/XBMC-Statusbar.zip

i added:
Play/Pause
Next
Previous
Stop

It's a really quick n dirty update, i didn't test it with audiofiles. The weather is way too nice to sit around the house!
I'll check your comments tonight.


UPDATE:
ok it should work with audiofiles now.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4407475/XBMC-Statusbar.zip