[Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Hi everyone,

I'm happy to announce Xbmcremote, the application for your Maemo phone that puts you in control of your XBMC. You can browse the library, create playlists and view/control the currently played media.

No need to turn on your TV any more if you just want to listen to music.

Xbmcremote is available for Maemo 5 and Maemo 6 (MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan). There are different themes for N900 and N9/N950. Of course you can also use it from your desktop PC or laptop. Since it is scalable in size and optimized for touch input, it is perfectly suited also for tablets. Requirement is the availability of Qt 4.7 or greater.

Currently supported features:
- Browse Audio/Video Library/Filesystem and Pictures
- Play Audio/Video/Pictures
- Add/Remove songs/videos to/from playlist
- Key input (Left, Right, OK, Back etc.)
- Play/Pause, Skip, Fast Forward/Backward
- Volume (allows you to define custom commands if you have an external amplifier that cannot controlled directly through xbmc).
- Automatically lowers volume during calls.

Xbmcremote uses the latest available features of Xbmc Eden (v11.0). Because of this you need to upgrade your XBMC installation to Eden if you are still using Dharma (v10) or anything older.

The most recent package of Xbmcremote for Nokia N900 can be found in the maemo-extras-devel repository.
The version for MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan is now in the Nokia store.

The source code repositroy can be found here: https://gitorious.org/xbmcremote
Please let me know if you compile it successfully for any other platform or need some help in doing that.

Also don't hesitate to contact me if you have feedback or troubles getting it to work.

Enjoy and let me know how you like it!
mzanetti

UPDATE:

Xbmcremote is now translatable. If you want to join the translation team, visit https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/xbmcremote/

N900 screenshots:
http://notyetthere.org/wp-content/up..._landscape.png
http://notyetthere.org/wp-content/up..._landscape.png
http://notyetthere.org/wp-content/up...c_portrait.png
http://notyetthere.org/wp-content/up..._landscape.png

N9/N950 screenshots:

http://notyetthere.org/wp-content/up...k_portrait.png
http://notyetthere.org/wp-content/up...8_13-15-50.png
http://notyetthere.org/wp-content/up...k_portrait.pnghttp://notyetthere.org/wp-content/up..._landscape.png

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Cool! this makes me want to go finish building that xbmc settop box I have parts for!

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

I so want this for my older N800 on much my older first gen Xbox.

Is that possible? :)

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Unfortunately the N8xx series have no support for Qt 4.7 which means no QML... If you know how to install Qt 4.7 on the N810, let me know. I'd be interested in that too (but I fear the graphics card is too slow for QML anyways)

Also xbmc has revamped its remote control inferface lately and older versions don't provide all the necessary stuff.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

This is the xbmc for xbox first generation?

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Its for the latest xbmc git version. The final release is expected to be released at the end of this year. It runs on Windows, Linux, mac os, AppleTV and a lot of other platforms. I have no idea if it is possible to install it on the first generation xbox as I never used a real xbox.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

What is the likelyhood of getting something like this for MediaPortal, the xbmc derivative?

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Awesome! I'm going to test it now.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Big thanks for your work. Sadly I have to wait for the official xbmc release to test this (girlfriend uses xbmc all the time and will be quite angry with any downtime). As soon as this will work with official release I will be using this!

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Wow, I have just tried it and it's really awesome! Everything is going very smooth. Thank you very much!

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

I've been waiting for this so long. Now i have one of the best xbmcremote :)

Looks better than the offical app for android und works well. Very good work! Big thx for that.

BUT (there is allways a "BUT"):
WIll authentication will come to it and maybe is it possible to search Library?

Pictures? What about picture libary? It would be awesome to have the tumbnails of my pictures on the device so i can choose what pictures i will show to my parents (without the nudepics from my wife ;) )

And the last feature i would like to see is the ability to add hole directorys to playlist.

I have now donate 5€ to you. When the features i requested are implemented i would like to donate another 5€ :)

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

No idea, sorry. I don't think I will write one without using MediaPortal myself. If MediaPortal is just a modded version of Xbmc then it might get its remote control interface one day.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Yeah... thats why I run a parallel MythTV stable installation witch IMO has a better GAF than Xbmc.

Anyways, the git master works quite well if you don't need a lot of addons. And I think you can install them in parallel. (YMMV - don't hit me if something breaks)

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Thanks :)

Autoconnection is on my todo list. Searching the library might get a bit more difficult as the xbmc api does not allow it. I would need to download the whole library and search it myself (which could produce a lot of traffic). For now you can hit keys on your keyboard to jump to the given letter.

EDIT: Sorry, I misread.... Authentication, yes. AFAIK the Xbmc devs even plan a more fine-tuned access control system. I will wait for them to finish that before I put some work into it.

Yeah, on the todo list too, though it has not a high priority for me because I barely use the picture gallery.

Try a longtap on a directory ;)

And thanks again for that :)

Enjoy Xbmcremote!

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

On a single Track longpress works but not on a Directory.Maybe a bug? Im in the Libary select one album with longpress but no popup shown with "add to playlist" In Filemode, the same seems to not working.

Another issue: In Portrait Mode the Volume Bar is not working properly. The Bar is to big, dont fit in screen so you cannot move the Slider to Max.

Wha about Sorting entrys in Library Mode? Seems xbmcremote get the List unsorted. Can i handle it any way to get list alphabetical sorted?

Is there any Bugtracker for it? I think can contribute :)

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

True. Thats because the API to Xbmc does not support adding directories yet. Once the API will support that I will enable the popup for Files -> Directories.

Thanks, I'll fix that. If reporting UI bugs, please always add the theme variant you are using (N900 is very different than N9/N950). In this case its obious as the Harmattan theme does not have a volume slider yet but just as hint for future bug reports.

Actually it should be sorted... If its not, its a bug. I'll check that.

Not yet. Currently you are asked to report bugs via mail or in the forum. Actually contributing a website and bugtracker would be a good start :D

Thanks

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

how to setup this?

i enter my IP while desktiom xbmc is runnin or what?

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

1. Setup an XBMC installation from Git (latest Version are necessary).

2. Go System -> Settings -> Network. Under services activate :

"Allow control of XBMC via HTTP" and setup a port (default is 8080)

Leave username and password blank!

3. Activate "Allow programms on other systems to control XBMC"

4. Run xbmcremote on your N900 and setup the IP Address and Port

Done!

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

It seems its only the Artist and Songs tab . Album is sorted well.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

it says connection failed-host not found.. what to do?

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

it try to connect to my ip for a while but it gets that message host not found...i followed all the above instructions...

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

May try changing the port?

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

got it to work... was entering wrong ip.. but i need latest version to have it full...


and i cant update my n900 to qt 4.7 -.-

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

The Artists lists was indeed unsorted because I forgot to add it. Somehow my collections seems to be mostly sorted on its own.

The Songs list is actually sorted, but according to the tracknumber. I have changed that now to be sorted by label if you enter the songlist without selecting an album before that.

Thanks for the feedback :)

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Sorry, I'm not sure I understand correctly. Does it work now? If not, what exactly is the problem? If xbmcremote starts up on your N900, you have already Qt 4.7 on it. If not, you can easily upgrade using the package manager. No need to know crazy stuff.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

i have qt4.... and i installed xbmcremote from repository... and app works... but when it needs to connect it says that i need to use updated version.. so ok... i follow instructions in first post to install new version.. but i need qt 4.7 for that... and i cant install that... always some conflict with other qt or py or whateva.... tried removing old version but didnt help....


also there was a problem with desktop app but i got that working fine...

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

why do you need Qt 4 to install xbmc?

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

@waynder

Could you please post the exact error-message?

Is it already connecting so that you're seeing anything like on the screenshots in the first post, i.e. Music or Movies?

You're using xbmc pre-eden (nightly builds) with a version-number > 10, aren't you?

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

soon to be port in EXTRAS.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Good point. Is there actually someone left who tests apps in testing and votes for the promotion to extras? I have now two apps in testing and none of them got a single vote (neither good nor bad).

Do I need to announce them somewhere else too?

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Voted positive.

Though I will do some more testing over the weekend and may leave a comment.

Great app! Keep up the good work!

Cheers,
Thomas

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

oka... trying to install version that is linked in 1st post onto my n900...



i got this error:

UNABLE TO UPDATE XBMCREMOTE
APPLICATION PACKAGES MISSING:
libqjson0
libqmsystem2
libqtcore4 (>= 4.7.4~git20110516)
libqtgui4 (>= 4.7.4~git20110516)
librescourceqt1
libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0)
libtimed0 (>= 2.37)



there....

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

and when i want to install qt4.7 i get this


app pack missing:
python2.5-qt4-experimental-designer (= 4.7.4-maemo0)

conflict with app packs:
python2.5-qt4-dbus
python2.5-qt4-core
python2.5-qt4-gui
python2.5-qt4-common

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Hi Waynder.

I have the feeling that you are mixing up "xbmc" and "xbmcremote".

"xbmc" is the media center on the PC and "xbmcremote" is the remote control on the N900.

If xbmcremote starts up on your N900 and complains that xbmc is too old, you are already fine on the N900. In that case you need to upgrade "xbmc" on your PC.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

good point... but i still CANT install newest version of remote app on my n900....




btw.... working with newest version on my desktop... thanx....

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Which version are you trying to install? Please provide the exact package name.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

@waynder

Got a problem to me, missing application:

libqjson0
libqmsystem2
libqtcore4 (>= 4.7.4~git20110516)
libqtgui4 (>= 4.7.4~git20110516)
librescourceqt1
libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0)
libtimed0 (>= 2.37)

Please help me :(:(:(. Thx

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Are you trying to install the package for the N9/N950 on the N900? That won't work. You can install xbmcremote on the N900 using the application manager.

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Already installed now. But new problems arise and I am confused for this setting.
Requested "Connection Failed: Host Not Found", can help me to how to use it?? Thank you

http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php...1&d=1316223351

Re: [Announce] [N900,N950,N9] Xbmcremote
 

Those missing applications sound like some dependy issues. Enabling extras-devel once only to install xbmcremote should help.


Anyway, you got it installed. Have you checked these:

1. Have you installed xbmc on your desktop-pc/htpc from here: http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/ ? For now you need to use one of the nightly builds...

2. If so, have you checked that settings->network looks like this?
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/390...orkserv.th.png

You can change "port" if you like to.
You can't use username and password for now!

3. Enter the ip-address of your dektop-pc/htpc and the port from above in the settings-dialog of xbmcremote on your n900.

It should connect now.