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Are there already HTTP (or some other tcp/ip socket) commands that allow for simple remote control or controller emulation?
Thanks a lot.
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XBMC has both an HTTP API (TCP/IP) and an Event Server (UDP).
Use the HTTP API if you want to communicate bidirectionally with XBMC (obtain current status, current song, album art etc). The XBMC Remote iPhone App, for example, uses the HTTP API.
Use the Event Server, when you simply want to send XBMC button or analog events at high speeds with low latency. The Apple Remote support, for example, is implemented using the Event Server protocol.
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Ah, thanks a lot m8.
Can you point me toward any documentation on the event server protocol? I just want to mimic basic button presses.
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Anyone know how to enable this stuff in XBMC live? I cant get the webserver to function nor the event server.
Yes XBMC is working, I'm playing stuff off the network. I also can ping an dtelnet into it. but when I enable the webserver or event server and set to allow external access I never get any ports open even after a reboot.