XBMC Slingbox Client - Development Status

Can't wait until this is wroking... XBMC + my slingbox = the best thing ever!

just in case anyone is interested, xbmc4xbox has support for slingbox now on nightly builds r30925 or later. Thanks Harry Muscle for the code. It required minor changes to build, http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/xbmc4xb...eset/30925 in case you wanted to have a look.

exobuzz Wrote:just in case anyone is interested, xbmc4xbox has support for slingbox now on nightly builds r30925 or later. Thanks Harry Muscle for the code. It required minor changes to build, http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/xbmc4xb...eset/30925 in case you wanted to have a look.

How do you get these nightly builds?

the owner of the site http://www.sshcs.com/xbmc/ builds them, there is also a link at the top of the forums on http://www.xbmc4xbox.org

I was hoping to get this working with my setup and was hoping someone could tell me what I need to get.

I dont have a slingbox currently, which one works with this? From what I gather only the slingbox solo will work.. is that correct?

I also need a spare cable box dedicated to the slingbox correct?

thanks for any answers.. hope to get this going soon!

Long Live XBMC and the many many awesome people working on stuff like this!

boognish43 Wrote:I was hoping to get this working with my setup and was hoping someone could tell me what I need to get.

I dont have a slingbox currently, which one works with this? From what I gather only the slingbox solo will work.. is that correct?

I also need a spare cable box dedicated to the slingbox correct?

thanks for any answers.. hope to get this going soon!

Long Live XBMC and the many many awesome people working on stuff like this!

yes, i have this working with the solo and a spare cable box. if not a spare box then when u change the channels whoever watching the tv it's connected to will get switched too.

Will this client work with the Dish Network "Sling Adapter"? Mine will be arriving tomorrow and it would be awesome to have Sling integration in my theater room without having to go to the DishOnline site. I'm guessing since the adapter connects directly to the Dish receiver and doesn't have it's own IP address that it might not work with this client, but you never know

Great work Harry. Works like a charm. The only thing i am having issues with is getting the channel up and down to work.

I followed the wiki and got the following from slingbox properties:
Key Codes: 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46

I tried modifying the SlingboxSettings.xml below(substituting XX and YY with values above in hexadecimal) and no channel changes is happening.

Any ideas? Thx

<buttons>
<channelup>XX</channelup>
<channeldown>YY</channeldown>
</buttons>

Harry Muscle Wrote:@ ktjensen

A lot of the problems you are describing are more Slingbox issues, than anything to do with XBMC.

This is correct. The issues of using a SLINGBOX via a remote WAN connection are problems with the SLINGBOX and not with XBMC or the software that is discussed on this thread. But I am adding more notes.

The slingbox is very random with its communication over the internet. Mostly because PORTS will get blocked by ISP companies; or by software in routers, that refuse to keep odd ports open for more than a few hours (like port 5001). These are suspicious problems for the slingbox, but highly likely used to prevent possible virus activity through routers and from remote users.

See July 20, 2010 post by EFERS in the link attached. So the next step to getting a more stable slingbox over remote wan, is to change and adjust port numbers. Hope this makes a difference long term. Supposedly port 443 works a lot better.

http://answers.slingbox.com/thread/3651

Absolutely superb!! Just what I need for my setup Thanks a lot Harry!!

However, I might be missing something as try as I might I simply can't get the remote settings to change on my Windows install. Right from the default my numbers get sent +1, ie. 2 sends 3, 3 sends 4 etc. and pressing 1 sends mute. I've made a SlingboxSettings.xml file, read the numbers shown in slingplayer, converted them to HEX and placed it in:

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata

However, no matter what I put in this file there's no change and everything works just like default without any change. I'd be really grateful for any advice as I'm starting to pull my hair out here :-)

Here's what I've put in the .xml file:

<slingboxsettings>
<slingbox>
<buttons>
<channelup>2E</channelup>
<channeldown>2F</channeldown>
<one>09</one>
<two>09</two>
<three>0A</three>
<four>0B</four>
<five>0C</five>
<six>0D</six>
<seven>0E</seven>
<eight>0F</eight>
<nine>10</nine>
<zero>11</zero>
</buttons>
</slingbox>
</slingboxsettings>

Thanks!