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

arrrggghhh. I'm loving the work. SRIOUS Kudos.... But like others I'm only motivated to reply because of a problem.

I can launch XBMC after reboot, but it won't control it. I then close XBMC(via VNC) and re-open it with the remote and now I have full harmony control. I shut XBMC down for a while(A couple hours or so), then when I come back I have to start all over. Open-Close-Open. Any ideas? am I alone?

Is anyone else having the same problem as me, where their Harmony is not properly using the FF and REW buttons and instead doing a 10 minute skip? Is there a fix?

I have my Mac Mini set up as type "Plex" in the Harmony software.

Would sure appreciate any help anyone might be able to offer up.

HDKev Wrote:arrrggghhh. I'm loving the work. SRIOUS Kudos.... But like others I'm only motivated to reply because of a problem.

I can launch XBMC after reboot, but it won't control it. I then close XBMC(via VNC) and re-open it with the remote and now I have full harmony control. I shut XBMC down for a while(A couple hours or so), then when I come back I have to start all over. Open-Close-Open. Any ideas? am I alone?

What versions are you running? Logs may help, too.
Please open console.app, select "All Messages" on the top left side, enter XBMCHelper in the search box on the upper right sight, select all, copy, paste to pastebin.com and reply here with the link.
Thanks for your help!

cheers,
mdd

BDPNA Wrote:Is anyone else having the same problem as me, where their Harmony is not properly using the FF and REW buttons and instead doing a 10 minute skip? Is there a fix?

I have my Mac Mini set up as type "Plex" in the Harmony software.

Would sure appreciate any help anyone might be able to offer up.

Button behavior can be changed in keymap.xml. Online manual has more information to offer. As said in the initial post, we're more than happy if you find a better default setting.

cheers,
mdd

I'm having quite a lot of trouble with this. Basically sometimes my Harmony works and sometimes it just won't control it. However if the screensaver kicks in and I press a button the remote the screensave quits so it's picking something up.

I tried killing XBMChelper and restarting and got the following error:

Mini:~ Soul$ /Applications/XBMC.app/Contents/Resources/XBMC/tools/osx/XBMCHelper
2009-06-17 23:03:06.999 XBMCHelper[282:10b] OSXRemote 0.5 starting up...
2009-06-17 23:03:07.001 XBMCHelper[282:10b] [DEBUG] -[XBMCHelper init]
2009-06-17 23:03:07.015 XBMCHelper[282:10b] [ERROR] Warning: XBMCHelper could not open the IR-Device in exclusive mode. Other remote control apps running?
2009-06-17 23:03:07.015 XBMCHelper[282:10b] [DEBUG] objc_object* -[XBMCClientWrapper initWithMode:serverAddress:verbose:](XBMCClientWrapper*, objc_selector*, eRemoteMode, NSString*, bool)
2009-06-17 23:03:07.016 XBMCHelper[282:10b] [DEBUG] XBMCClientWrapperImpl::XBMCClientWrapperImpl(eRemoteMode, const std::string&, bool)

Looks to me like something else has got control of the IR device and so XBMC can't use it?

Aha looks like PlexHelper was still running and was hogging the IR device. Killed that and got control back....

Guys do I still need to use the XBMCHelper from this thread if I'm using SVN nightly builds, or is this version in SVN?

Would be nice not to have to copy this back in every day when I update builds.

Cheers,

Justin

Soul Wrote:Guys do I still need to use the XBMCHelper from this thread if I'm using SVN nightly builds, or is this version in SVN?

Would be nice not to have to copy this back in every day when I update builds.

Cheers,

Justin

Hi Justin,

current svn has XBMCHelper included. You should see something like MultiRemote (Harmony) in Setting->System->AppleRemote. So no, the version posted here is only for 9.04.x.

cheers,
mdd

Can I compile this for Linux in order to get my Apple Remote working with my Acer Revo HTPC?

Cheers,

Pete

Hi Pete,

Pete_London Wrote:Can I compile this for Linux in order to get my Apple Remote working with my Acer Revo HTPC?

nope, unfortunately not. Source is Mac OSX specific.