XBMC Remote for Android

give me a few hours to get out and get the errans done. I will get the app installed when I get back, test and edit this post with a link to a log file.

I agree this is a beautiful app and I cant wait to get things meshing well. Great work!

Crud: I just had to give my phone to my house mate who is off the boat from Switzerland. He needed the GPS function for errands he had to run this afternoon. I will download the app and report back once he returns and I get the phone back in my hands.

The report back from the application upon not connecting was to make sure that the web server was running and to double check the login information (from memory). I should also note that I address my network on host names. "mediaserver.local" for my nas box and "mediacenter.local" for my mac mini. I have also tried to aim the remote application at an actual IP address, same on the system info page in XBMC of course. The same message came back on both methods. I used port 8080, login of "XBMC" and a blank password. Also tries with a simple numeric password with no luck. Event server is running as well.

Ok here is my pastebin hosted log file:

http://pastebin.com/m62931e76

I tried to connect. It was forced closed after not responding. Opened and tried to use but it didnt fail. Just told me to check settings and try again after making sure webserver was running. I then made another instance of my target using a host name in stead of using an ip address. Then I got a much different error indicating something with java.

"I/O Exception (java.net.UnknownHostException) Host is unresolved: mediacenter.local:8080"

Sounds pretty normal if the app or the phone wont recognize host names but I am hoping that the log file can help out.

This is a great application! I installed it on my (genuine) HERO and had it up and running is a breeze. Browsing my video's and tapping play, seeing the TV screen starting the video is simply fatastic. Thanks soo much!

Two non-working things so far:
- the remote function does not do anything
- in the picture setting, I can see my directories and open these, so the individual picture files are displayed, but tapping on a picture file does not show the actual picture on the TV screen.

Any suggestions?

For the first: keyword -> eventserver
Search this thread or see our google wiki. Sorry, had to explain it more then 10 times in this thread.

I have XBMC running on a PC and it is the latest according to the automatic updating tool I have installed; built 26880.

In the network settings screens I only see 2 menus. Missing is SMB and EVENT SERVER. That is odd, because I have media streaming via SMB protocol.

I have switched skins, thinking that perhaps menus were missing due to the Confluence skin I ise, but the standard PM3.HD skin did not show extra network items either...

Is my head up my ass?

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PBZ...directlink

The 2 checkboxes at the buttom are the ones for the event server.

I have the same problem and all those checkboxes are checked, the remote control still doesn't work. I posted about it before...

for the support The_Alien!

I hooked up my original Xbox 1 (modded with a chip) and was able to remote control it within a couple of seconds!

I re-checked my PC with XBMC and now I was able to use remote control
And yes, those options you kindly pointed out to me were ticked ;-)

Anyway. It is working now. Great!

The other thing is still not working is
>Pictures>pictures on my network>directory>file>open...

So, I can see the picture file names on the network, but tapping on a file name does not display th actual picture on screen. If I use the HERO as remote, I can browse to the lan disk and select a picture and it will display on-screen. With < and > I can scroll to the other pictures.

Any idea?

Thanks again !

@Nazgul: Double check your remote settings. Have a look at this post.

@Eternity_rules: Picture support isn't finished yet and the 0.6.3 has -if any- an early alpha stage of the support.

Folks with trouble to connect to the eventserver: what eventserver port are you using? Have you updated xbmc to 9.11 or are you using a clean install?

Are there any later builds than 0.6.3? I can't find any on the Google Code site.