[RELEASE] XBMCFlix-o-mate

New version 1.3 released.

See Changelog on first page.

If you were having any issues with the app, please download the latest version and test it out before reporting back.

Thanks!

Hey, thanks a lot for the update. Haven't tested it out fully yet but I do have a question. Upon launching the AutoIt script I noticed that it immediately closed the Sikuli IDE window that I had previously opened (no worries though, I had already saved what I was working on). My question is, is it possible for the script to only kill instances of xbmc-o-mate and not all Sikuli processes? Again, this issue only occurs upon initial launch, after which everything is fine.

(2012-04-24 05:09)XeroKool Wrote:  Hey, thanks a lot for the update. Haven't tested it out fully yet but I do have a question. Upon launching the AutoIt script I noticed that it immediately closed the Sikuli IDE window that I had previously opened (no worries though, I had already saved what I was working on). My question is, is it possible for the script to only kill instances of xbmc-o-mate and not all Sikuli processes? Again, this issue only occurs upon initial launch, after which everything is fine.

Hmmm yea...I guess I didn't figure anyone would be using the IDE or for that matter running another Sikuli application.. That was poor foresight on my part as you may well indeed write another Sikuli app for control.

I will update this in the next version, but for expediency sake you can edit line 162 in the Auto Script (and then recompile if you like)


Change it to:


That should keep your IDE or any other sikuli java processes open when starting XBMCFlix-o-mate.

thanks

Cool. Appreciate the help.

Thank You for the awesome wrapper Bengalih. Would it be possible to control the system volume in your wrapper?

The Android remote(and any http remote) cannot control the System volume.

You can read the XBMC/System volume with:

http://192.168.1.230:8080/xbmcCmds/xbmcH...=GetVolume

The function can go like this:

1.) The wrapper can check and save the current System volume before launching IE.

2.) Have the wrapper check that setting every 2 seconds(if it does not cause too much load).

3.) Then have the wrapper set the System volume to the same level.

3.) When the escape command is given the System volume should be returned to the original value before bringing XBMC to focus and exiting the wrapper.

If you using a local XBMC API it would be less resource intensive than using the HTTP API.

Do you think it is possible?

Yo, Beng!

Just wanted to let you know this has been working great. Adds a critical function to XBMCFlix and makes it much more usable. I am currently using Xpadder in order to use my 360 controller and its working perfectly. The only thing I was wondering was would it be possible to have O-mate open and close with the Netflix application? I was attempting to do this through some batch scripting, but I don't know my way around the system quite well enough. The reason being is because having o-mate run in the background causes some slight control conflicts with my Xpadder setup. Not a big deal, but a little tweak I was wondering if it possible. Thanks again!

(2012-04-25 03:11)kevev Wrote:  Thank You for the awesome wrapper Bengalih. Would it be possible to control the system volume in your wrapper?

The Android remote(and any http remote) cannot control the System volume.

You can read the XBMC/System volume with:

http://192.168.1.230:8080/xbmcCmds/xbmcH...=GetVolume

The function can go like this:

1.) The wrapper can check and save the current System volume before launching IE.

2.) Have the wrapper check that setting every 2 seconds(if it does not cause too much load).

3.) Then have the wrapper set the System volume to the same level.

3.) When the escape command is given the System volume should be returned to the original value before bringing XBMC to focus and exiting the wrapper.

If you using a local XBMC API it would be less resource intensive than using the HTTP API.

Do you think it is possible?

kevev,

Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately I don't think this is something that I plan to integrate into XBMCFlix-o-mate for several reasons:

1) I am pretty sure that you can already control system volume with a remote using either XBMC with an MCE remote directly and/or using EventGhost (or chances are whatever remote software you use to map keystrokes).

2) This plugin (if you read the documentation) is not a typical add-on and does not integrate with any XBMC API - using the HTTP API would be dependent on the web server running.

3) The URL for volume you gave is not for system volume, but for XBMC volume. That can already be controlled with the "+" and "-" keys.

4) There are probably at least a dozen other ways you can control system volume with a remote (personally I can't say, because I simply use my AVR to control sound) - but XBMCFlix-o-mate doesn't really sound like the place to be doing this.

Perhaps I am misunderstanding your suggestions, or you are misunderstanding how to set up volume control via a remote... in either case, I'm open to convincing...but at this point I'm not thinking it is a feature to add...

UPDATE: I read your function again and I see better what you are saying...simply to have the system volume match XBMC volume...
Hmm..well it might be doable, but I still think this isn't the application to handle it. If I were to think about it, I would probably implement it as a hotkey you press to sync volumes, and not something that consistently checked. I still think there are better ways to adjust the volume.

If anything I would consider implementing control of the volume slider in Netflix, but not system volume...

(2012-04-25 03:37)ultradodger Wrote:  Yo, Beng!

Just wanted to let you know this has been working great. Adds a critical function to XBMCFlix and makes it much more usable. I am currently using Xpadder in order to use my 360 controller and its working perfectly. The only thing I was wondering was would it be possible to have O-mate open and close with the Netflix application? I was attempting to do this through some batch scripting, but I don't know my way around the system quite well enough. The reason being is because having o-mate run in the background causes some slight control conflicts with my Xpadder setup. Not a big deal, but a little tweak I was wondering if it possible. Thanks again!

Hey dodger - thanks for the feedback.

Since XBMCFlix-o-mate is not actually a plugin to XBMC, but rather a stand alone application, there is no sure-fire way to have the kick-off of XBMCFlix/Netflix startup XBMCFlix-o-mate.

I don't know what conflicts you could be having, other than the same hotkeys are mapped?

There are a couple of suggestions I can make:

1) You can change the hotkeys that XBMCFlix-o-mate uses. You will have to edit the user defined sections in the Sikuli script and also the AutoIt script. It is relatively simple to figure out if you open them with a text editor. Take a look and if you need help I will post some guidance.

2) You can use the XBMC launcher add-on to create a shortcut for launching XBMCFlix-o-mate. You can then launch it before you open XBMCFlicks, and then close it with whatever you tag to the CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+X combination.

Let me know if either of those would work for you...otherwise give me some more info about your conflicts and setup...I'm only familiar with Xpadder by name...and have never used it myself.

Thanks...I'm going to test now with a space and hopefully implement a fix...I have already incorporated the architecture check.

Please post back once you have used it a bit and let me know how it has been working for you.

(2012-04-25 04:37)bengalih Wrote:  

(2012-04-25 03:11)kevev Wrote:  Thank You for the awesome wrapper Bengalih. Would it be possible to control the system volume in your wrapper?

The Android remote(and any http remote) cannot control the System volume.

You can read the XBMC/System volume with:

http://192.168.1.230:8080/xbmcCmds/xbmcH...=GetVolume

The function can go like this:

1.) The wrapper can check and save the current System volume before launching IE.

2.) Have the wrapper check that setting every 2 seconds(if it does not cause too much load).

3.) Then have the wrapper set the System volume to the same level.

3.) When the escape command is given the System volume should be returned to the original value before bringing XBMC to focus and exiting the wrapper.

If you using a local XBMC API it would be less resource intensive than using the HTTP API.

Do you think it is possible?

kevev,

Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately I don't think this is something that I plan to integrate into XBMCFlix-o-mate for several reasons:

1) I am pretty sure that you can already control system volume with a remote using either XBMC with an MCE remote directly and/or using EventGhost (or chances are whatever remote software you use to map keystrokes).

2) This plugin (if you read the documentation) is not a typical add-on and does not integrate with any XBMC API - using the HTTP API would be dependent on the web server running.

3) The URL for volume you gave is not for system volume, but for XBMC volume. That can already be controlled with the "+" and "-" keys.

4) There are probably at least a dozen other ways you can control system volume with a remote (personally I can't say, because I simply use my AVR to control sound) - but XBMCFlix-o-mate doesn't really sound like the place to be doing this.

Perhaps I am misunderstanding your suggestions, or you are misunderstanding how to set up volume control via a remote... in either case, I'm open to convincing...but at this point I'm not thinking it is a feature to add...

UPDATE: I read your function again and I see better what you are saying...simply to have the system volume match XBMC volume...
Hmm..well it might be doable, but I still think this isn't the application to handle it. If I were to think about it, I would probably implement it as a hotkey you press to sync volumes, and not something that consistently checked. I still think there are better ways to adjust the volume.

If anything I would consider implementing control of the volume slider in Netflix, but not system volume...

Thank You for considering this Bengalih. Yes, adjusting the volume slider in the Netflix window would be the best solution. But if I use the Android XBMC remote, how would this be controlled? I could only think of it reading the XBMC volume before changing it, and match for Netflix slider. Then when killing Netflix window reset the XBMC volume to the original value. Can you think of an easier way to do this while using a remote app that utilizes the HTTP API?

Also:
Windows 7 SP1 32bit with IE 9.0.8112.16421
Java 6 Update 31
Sikuli X-1.0rc3 (r905)

The "Full Screen" button never seems to get selected automatically. Pressing "F" does not do full screen until the video is clicked and then "F" is pressed. It looks like the video does not have focus as expected.