install awxi without XBMC interface
#1
Hi there,

I'm trying to get XBMC working on a Pi for music only, problem is i don't have a TV or monitor to use to drive the XBMC interface.

hence i'd like to use the awxi web interface from my laptop to configure and control the pi..

my question: is it possible to install AWXI without using the add-ons install interface in the actual program ? for example i have tried unzipping the addon into the addons dir but it never seems to get used by XBMC when it starts.

from what i understand i can't use X11 forwarding to see the XBMC interface.. is this true ?

any tips would be greatly appreciated,

cheers,

-ivan
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#2
I think you will need to install the add-on through XBMC...sorry.

Messing around on my local desktop I could change the webinterface from awxi to default (and back) by changing the webskin element in the file guisettings (while XBMC was not running).

Code:
<webskin>webinterface.awxi</webskin>

File guisettings should be in XBMC's userdata folder.

This is a hack and may not work at all for you since awxi was not installed through XBMC already. But it is something you could try.

Regards,
Kabooga
I am an expert at acting like an expert ---- WC Fields.

XBMC Web Control Interface - https://github.com/mthiels/webinterface.xrc
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#3
Hi there Kabooga, thanks for your response...

in fact i got it going in the end.. first i edited guisettings.xml and enabled the webserver

then i installed the AWXI plugin by downloading it directly from here:

http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/multimedia/xbmc/...face.awxi/

(can i say how difficult it is to find the direct download urls for plugins?)

and then i unzipped it to the add on dir, then using the trick described here:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...#pid628877

specfically:
sudo ln -s ~/.xbmc/addons/webinterface.awx/ /usr/share/xbmc/addons/webinterface.default/awx

then after restarting xmbc i could browse to http://<hostname>:8080/awx/ and it works !!

from there i can force a reload of the library so i don't need/never needed the normal gui.

awesome work by the XBMC mob !!!!

cheers
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#4
Nice! Glad you got it working.
I am an expert at acting like an expert ---- WC Fields.

XBMC Web Control Interface - https://github.com/mthiels/webinterface.xrc
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