iPhone and XBMC

We got on tuaw, woooo: http://www.tuaw.com/2007/07/30/use-your-iphone-as-an-xbmc-remote/

So to recap...

Known Bugs:

- Transport controls are partially or fully hidden by sub-pages (but not the main page) - NEED HELP, see my 7/30 12:07 post for details.

- There are several GUI bugs, especially when clicking items to add to or remove from playlists. - again, CSS gurus would be helpful here

- Shares that take a long time to load (such as "smb://"), are not displayed (use a hardcoded address instead, i.e. "smb://192.168.1.69") - not 100% sure but I think I know what's wrong

- After deleting an item in a playlist you must reload the playlist before trying to use - I know how to fix this, just need to get around to it)

- "Now Playing" doesn't automatically update. - I know how to fix this


Anything else?

Anyone still having problems?

Schmoe0013 said:

Found one more potential bug. You can only use the landscape controls from the index (home) screen. The other places, the controls show up in landscape mode but you can not click them.

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I'm working on the landscape controls this week. It will feature full transport control based on the type of media that is currently being played, whether it's a movie, a song, or a photo/slideshow. So look for that feature soon

Thanks alot guys, I really do love this app. And also congrats on making it on tuaw.com. Keep up the GREAT work!

n/m

Schmoe0013 said:

how about another button on the header that goes back to the home screen. In case you are deep within a directory, you can go home one click, instead of backing out.

Might be a nice button if it is not too difficult.

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It's actually a semi-hidden feature (although it IS mentioned on the project page )... just click the page title between the "Now Playing" and back button.

Yeah, after i typed that i was like... Hrm.... what about that text up top?! let me click it!

and yup, there it was, heh.

Digg it... http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_as_an_XBMC_remote

dugg.

how many hits will it take to crash your site, ha?

Schmoe0013 said:

dugg.

how many hits will it take to crash your site, ha?

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Haha I've never been Dugg or /.'d so I don't know... but I doubt it will be a problem... I currently get 2752GB of bandwidth per month (dreamhost.com) and only use a few GB per month

Let's find out!

possible bug.

When accessing a SMB drive/folder, and playing a video file. You get taken to the "Now Playing" section.

bug: From the now playing, you "cant" go back to the folder you hit the file from, you have to start from the home screen, and navigate back.

only tested with SMB networked drives folder locations.

Edit: it looks like you can't navigate back while browsing smb network drive reguardless of where you are while navigating.

Yeah there's some weird bugs like that. For example sometimes you hit back and nothing happens, and the next time you hit back you go back two pages.

I'll fix it when I get a chance, but I'm pretty busy at the moment (finishing up class this week, heading to DEFCON this weekend, and have a final exam early next week...)

You're all welcome to dig around the code. It's mostly JavaScript, and it's actually a little complicated and messy due to the way iUI is set up.

I haven't had any success with this yet. The iPhone directory properly installed (I also tried doing it manually, just in case), and I can browse to the iPhone interface properly.

I see most of my links (the final 4 out of 5), but when I click on any of them, it flashes the item for a second then does nothing.

This is after updating XBMC to a July '07 build. Prior to doing this update, it wouldn't show me any of my shortcuts, and just brought up a blank page whenever I clicked on Videos.

I think i used the 'pimped' version of XBMC, so maybe tonight I will try the barebones version if I can find it online. But I'm not optimistic that it will be any different. Does anyone else have this problem?

Thanks for the work on the software, I think this is a fantastic idea!

This has great potential, but I'm having one major issue. I use multiple paths for each entry in my sources.xml in order to merge files from several shares. Using the sources from below, TV does not work. I tried adding TVTest to test a single path. TVTest opens, but it lists the multiple sources from TV instead of TVTest.

<bookmark>
<name>TV</name>
<path>F:\Videos\tv</path>
<path>smb://xboxass@192.168.1.115/shared/vid/TV/</path>
<path>smb://xboxass@192.168.1.115/shared2/vid/TV/</path>
</bookmark>
<bookmark>
<name>TVTest</name>
<path>smb://xboxass@192.168.1.115/shared/vid/TV/</path>
</bookmark>

Incidentally TV and TVTest work correctly in XBMC and the non-iPhone web interface.

Still can't get it working. I've tried three different recent builds of XBMC, (pimped, t3ch, gasgiver), and none work. Some at least show me (most of) my shortcuts, but others just show the blank screen. I tried tweaking different things to help troubleshoot the problem, but after editing links and trying a number of solutions, nothing seemed to work right.

Anyhow, if anyone has a URL to a version of XBMC that works, I'd appreciate it, and could give that one a try.

Otherwise, I will just look forward to the next version!

Thanks

err404 said:

This has great potential, but I'm having one major issue. I use multiple paths for each entry in my sources.xml in order to merge files from several shares. Using the sources from below, TV does not work. I tried adding TVTest to test a single path. TVTest opens, but it lists the multiple sources from TV instead of TVTest.

<bookmark>
<name>TV</name>
<path>F:\Videos\tv</path>
<path>smb://xboxass@192.168.1.115/shared/vid/TV/</path>
<path>smb://xboxass@192.168.1.115/shared2/vid/TV/</path>
</bookmark>
<bookmark>
<name>TVTest</name>
<path>smb://xboxass@192.168.1.115/shared/vid/TV/</path>
</bookmark>

Incidentally TV and TVTest work correctly in XBMC and the non-iPhone web interface.

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I tried the same thing with some of my own paths, and "TV" seems to work fine, but "TVTest" does what you describe... it uses the "TV" shares.

As far as I can tell, this is a bug in XBMC. Try entering these commands in your browser (with "xbox" replaced with the Xbox's IP address) and see what comes up:

http://xbox/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=GetShares(video)

What shows up for TV and TVTest? You should get the following:

TV;multipath://F:\Videos\tv, smb://xboxass@192.168.1.115/shared/vid/TV/, smb://xboxass@192.168.1.115/shared2/vid/TV/
TVTest;smb://xboxass@192.168.1.115/shared/vid/TV/

That would be correct. This is the command that lists all the shares under Video, Music, Pictures, and Files.

The problem I'm having is with listing the subdirectories of the shares. Try the next command with those above URLs filled in:

http://xbox/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?comma...pass@192.168.1.115/shared2/vid/TV/;pathsonly)
http://xbox/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?comma...:pass@192.168.1.115/shared/vid/TV/;pathsonly)

If your XBMC is like mine, the first one will show the correct files (those 3 subdirectories) but the second one will show the exact same thing, including those directories in the first but not the second, even though we're asking for a specific directory.

Very very strange indeed.

MatSam said:

Still can't get it working. I've tried three different recent builds of XBMC, (pimped, t3ch, gasgiver), and none work. Some at least show me (most of) my shortcuts, but others just show the blank screen. I tried tweaking different things to help troubleshoot the problem, but after editing links and trying a number of solutions, nothing seemed to work right.

Anyhow, if anyone has a URL to a version of XBMC that works, I'd appreciate it, and could give that one a try.

Otherwise, I will just look forward to the next version!

Thanks

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If you've tried numerous recent versions of XBMC, the problem is probably something else, like your shares. I've only tested certain types (local, smb, and multipath mostly).

What is the format of your shares that DON'T work? Can you post them (from the Q:\\UserData\sources.xml file) like err404 did?

Also, try this url with "xbox" replaced with your Xbox's IP address (and "music" replaced with video, pictures, or files if you want to test those):

http://xbox/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=GetShares(music)

Then try the following url with "sourcepath" replaced with the paths in the result of the above command (again with "xbox" and "music" changed appropriately:

http://xbox/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=GetMediaLocation(music;sourcepath)

Feedback from users who have this working?

Can you let me know which version of XBMC you used? I've tried several, and none work for me. I've tried changing the links, and a number of other things, but no luck.

The normal web interface works for me, and i can get to the iphone interface, but it either doesn't see my shortcuts at all, or it shows them but cannot navigate into them (depending on which flavor of XBMC I have installed).

Anyhow, any input from ppl who have it working would be great!

Thanks

plugins xbmc

Hi
a really nice program! great fun on the ipod touch. I was wondering if there are any plans to implement support for the new xbmc plugins. These are really cool and let you browse parsed websites like files.
have a look here

http://theendofthelongestline.de/xbox/download/index.php

would be a very cool if it works.

since the thingy with hard coded paths may be a problem here..

anyway great program.. I hope you will find the energy to solve your outstanding issues.
cheers
floris

It would be great if the source was available thru subversion. You could use the Google Code to put up a project (like the iui project : http://code.google.com/p/iui/). That would make it easier for everyone to stay in sync.

I would also love a XBMC Remote Control Icon to use with iPhone Apper. iPhone icons can be designed using this photoshop psd-file: http://www.jonsthoughtsoneverything.com/iphone_apper/images/iphoneicon.psd and official xbmc logo can be found here http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/download_files.htm
iPhone Apper homepage: http://www.jonsthoughtsoneverything.com/iphone_apper/

Edit: I made one myself. But I guess a pro could do it better

It's against the XBMC logo guidelines. But I was inspired by http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/favicon.ico
I also found this image that could work as an inspiration: http://tlrobinson.net/images/xbmc.png

BTW: What is the current status of this project?

niska said:

It would be great if the source was available thru subversion. You could use the Google Code to put up a project (like the iui project : http://code.google.com/p/iui/). That would make it easier for everyone to stay in sync.

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Good idea. Done. I posted those icon files you guys did too, I hope that's ok. Give me your email if you want to be a project member.

BTW: What is the current status of this project?

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Well, personally I'm too busy (finishing a master's degree, finding a job and/or starting a company) to work on it much right now, but if anyone else who is proficient with JavaScript wants to take a stab at improving it then feel free and I'll merge your improvements into the "official" version.

I can try to fix simple bugs but just don't have the time to do any major new features.

Eventually it would be nice to port the whole thing to a native iPhone app, perhaps when the SDK is released (although it's certainly possible now with the 3rd party toolchain)

cheesy said:

if anyone else who is proficient with JavaScript wants to take a stab at improving it then feel free and I'll merge your improvements into the "official" version.

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Maby you could ask for help in the jQuery, iui, or some other javascript forum? There are probably 1000 of javascript developers that would love to help you.

Feel free to add these two as well, if you like them.