[MAC] XBMCHelper (XBMC's IR-helper) new Beta version (with Logitech Harmony support)

Weavus · 2009-05-01 22:10

Hmmm... something must have gone wrong. Downloaded new Keymap and XBMCHelper and installed them but now left and right single press don't work and hold left goes right and hold right goes left! Any ideas? Anything I can do to help you debug?

Thanks!

garyi · 2009-05-01 22:19

I put the new files in and nothing worked.

So I pulled them back out and put the originals back in and they don't work now either.

ffs.

garyi · 2009-05-01 22:23

Ok I went into remote settings in xbmc and cycled round to standard then restarted it and the old file works now.

Phew.

**MaestroDD** · 2009-05-01 23:15

crap :/ I see it here, too.
I'm looking into it...

**MaestroDD** · 2009-05-01 23:56

fixed:
1) Keymap.xml was messed up, thus the right<->left swap
2) reverted some untested changes from commit before :/

Links: Keymap.xml and XBMCHelper.

sorry for the trouble!

cheers,
mdd

Weavus · 2009-05-02 00:28

Works great for me now with the new files. Thanks very much for the speedy fix. Have a great weekend!

DAddYE · 2009-05-02 12:16

Hi Maestro,

im using Babylon RC1, and I thinked support for harmony is bundled but same to be not.

So,

I configure my Harmony with the Plex Player Device
I changed XBMCHelper with yours in quote (but the location for me is XBMC.app/Contents/Resources/XBMC)
I added your Keymap.xml in my userdata
I using standard for apple remote in my settings of xbmc

Code:

$ ls ~/Library/Application\ Support/XBMC/

RB        plugins        scripts        sounds        userdata

XBMCHelper.conf    screensavers    skin        system        visualisations

Code:

$ cat ~/Library/Application\ Support/XBMC/XBMCHelper.conf

--timeout 500

Code:

$ ls ~/Library/LaunchAgents/

com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncer.plist

Code:

$ cat ls ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.xbmc.helper.plist

cat: ls: No such file or directory

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

    <key>Label</key>

    <string>org.xbmc.helper</string>

    <key>ProgramArguments</key>

    <array>

        <string>/Applications/XBMC.app/Contents/Resources/XBMC/XBMCHelper</string>

    </array>

    <key>RunAtLoad</key>

    <true/>

</dict>

</plist>

But any key didn't work... suggestion?

MaestroDD Wrote:fixed:
1) Keymap.xml was messed up, thus the right<->left swap
2) reverted some untested changes from commit before :/

Links: Keymap.xml and XBMCHelper.

sorry for the trouble!

cheers,
mdd

**MaestroDD** · 2009-05-02 12:57

Hi,

few things propably mixed up, see comments below:

DAddYE Wrote:[...]
I configure my Harmony with the Plex Player Device
I changed XBMCHelper with yours in quote (but the location for me is XBMC.app/Contents/Resources/XBMC)

not sure about this one. Where did you install XBMC to (aka, where did you drop the XBMC.app-bundle)?

DAddYE Wrote:[...]

Code:

$ cat ~/Library/Application\ Support/XBMC/XBMCHelper.conf --timeout 500

Please make sure you're using RC1 (check xbmc.log from ~/Library/Logs/xbmc.log, or open the shutdown menu in PM3.HD, hit Info and check the version there)

DAddYE Wrote:

Code:

$ ls ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncer.plist

Code:

$ cat ls ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.xbmc.helper.plist cat: ls: No such file or directory <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>org.xbmc.helper</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/Applications/XBMC.app/Contents/Resources/XBMC/XBMCHelper</string> </array> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> </dict> </plist>

here's something messed up, first org.xbmc.helper.plist wasn't present, later it's there?!
Anyways, don't mind the LaunchAgent file for now (btw it looks like it's again not from RC1). It's only there if you have enabled "Always On" for AppleRemote in XBMC and it starts XBMCHelper on boot, rather when you launch XBMC.

Please make sure you're running RC1 first, post xbmc.log to pastebin and link here.

cheers,
mdd

DAddYE · 2009-05-02 13:07

MaestroDD Wrote:Hi,

few things propably mixed up, see comments below:

not sure about this one. Where did you install XBMC to (aka, where did you drop the XBMC.app-bundle)?

It's sorry this is the full path

Code:

$ ls /Applications/XBMC.app/Contents/Resources/XBMC/

$ ls /Applications/XBMC.app/Contents/Resources/XBMC/

XBMCHelper        media            screensavers        sounds            userdata

extras            org.xbmc.helper.plist    scripts            system            visualisations

language        plugins

Quote:Please make sure you're using RC1 (check xbmc.log from ~/Library/Logs/xbmc.log, or open the shutdown menu in PM3.HD, hit Info and check the version there)

Im really sure I downloaded it from here http://sourceforge.net/project/downloadi...on-RC1.dmg

And my pastebin for log is here: http://pastebin.com/m7865c5f

Quote:here's something messed up, first org.xbmc.helper.plist wasn't present, later it's there?!

Yes I enabled (sorry) after "ls" the always on options, so after do that the launcher will be created.

Quote:Anyways, don't mind the LaunchAgent file for now (btw it looks like it's again not from RC1). It's only there if you have enabled "Always On" for AppleRemote in XBMC and it starts XBMCHelper on boot, rather when you launch XBMC.

Please make sure you're running RC1 first, post xbmc.log to pastebin and link here.

cheers,
mdd

Many many thanks

**MaestroDD** · 2009-05-02 13:27

Code:

12:32:12 T:2691954464 M:1861292032  NOTICE: Starting XBMC, Platform: Mac OS X.  Built on Apr  3 2009 (SVN:19219)

log says it's alpha1.
Maybe copied somewhere else?

Weavus Alaska Group Posts: 346 Joined: Jun 2004	2009-05-01 22:10 Post: #41 Hmmm... something must have gone wrong. Downloaded new Keymap and XBMCHelper and installed them but now left and right single press don't work and hold left goes right and hold right goes left! Any ideas? Anything I can do to help you debug? Thanks!
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garyi Posting Freak Posts: 1,196 Joined: Oct 2008 Reputation: 0	2009-05-01 22:19 Post: #42 I put the new files in and nothing worked. So I pulled them back out and put the originals back in and they don't work now either. ffs.
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garyi Posting Freak Posts: 1,196 Joined: Oct 2008 Reputation: 0	2009-05-01 22:23 Post: #43 Ok I went into remote settings in xbmc and cycled round to standard then restarted it and the old file works now. Phew.
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Weavus Alaska Group Posts: 346 Joined: Jun 2004	2009-05-02 00:28 Post: #46 Works great for me now with the new files. Thanks very much for the speedy fix. Have a great weekend!
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