(2013-12-08, 03:16)Ned Scott Wrote: (2013-12-07, 21:27)PatrickBateman Wrote: I have so many ios devices and miss the ability to run xbmc on them. Of course we can jailbreak, but this have caveats too.
Will we ever see xbmc on ios (non jail broken) and if not, could we get so etching similar?
For example
1 - We have open source apps/players like VLC and others like powerplayer etc that can play all media hosted on xbmc via xbmc upnp.
2 - We have xbmc remotes like commander, constellation that control xbmc and allow us to view the library.
3 - is it possible to create an xbmc remote app (like commander/constellation) with added upnp and using open source players (if need be) like vlc to play the media.
This would allow us to view the library, and choose to play locally or via upnp on the device in use.
As both of these facilities co exists on the App Store, is it at all possible to merge them? Giving us an almost complete xbmc experience on ios?
Actually, the answer is "yes, this is possible". There is nothing stopping anyone from making an UPnP/JSON-RPC client that can access XBMC and display all of the metadata, and then submit that to the App Store. Eventually, XBMC's own UPnP server will hopefully evolve to supporting sending metadata to the existing UPnP clients that support showing extra data. It's even possible for someone to make a client that communicates back and triggers watched and resume status. It's one of the reasons why using standards like UPnP is so great.
It's doubtful that anyone from Team XBMC will want to specifically make a stand-alone iOS client. Nor would it actually be "XBMC". But what you describe is totally possible, and might have already been done for all I know.
dare I say, I LIKE the idea of expanding UPnP like this
EDIT: edited for clarity
Thanks for the information, it's great to know that for it's entirely possible and even more abilities than I expected can/could be added and that you like the idea (I'm not alone)
I'd love to see this added in the official xbox remote, but do you think the dev will not go down this route? Having this would allow users who can't currently jailbreak (iPad air and 5s/5c etc) to have a very close xbmc experience on their iOS device using the official remote.
It's great to know its possible though, hopefully a skilled iOS dev may consider adding features to their already existing apps?
Cheers,
(2013-12-08, 07:36)nickr Wrote: YAUA
Yet Another UPNP App
I'll check the AppStore for this now
Thanks
Edit:
Not on the App Store? Did I misunderstand...
Currently I own ~15 upnp apps but none offer the feature set of meta data! decoding of all formats and control of Xbmc.
I have
power player
Arkmc
Goodplayer
Nplayer
Yaplayer
Moliplayer
Airplayer
Flex:player
Media:connect
VLC
etc etc etc...
I have spent close to £25 so far testing apps, and will happily pay more for these features. However as no jailbreak is possible for now, if an xbmc remote (like commander) had added upnp, I'd happily pay another £25 as that would allow me to have an xbmc experience on my iOS device..
If I can search my library, chose a film, check the meta data, and then play it on my device via upnp that would be incredible.
I'd happily pay for the decoders too as it seems all these apps have all had the dts and Dolby licences removed for whatever reason, but can be added via additional costs, which I suspect many will pay.
Or even if xbmc can "send to" iOS devices in Gotham when the official remote app is running or something, that would be good enough too
Shame is, in our family we have 3 iPad mini retina, 2 iPad air, 1 iPad mini, 3 iPhone 5, 2 iPhone 5c, and 2 iPad 1 (plus iPod touches) but more than 3/4 of our devices don't play xbmc