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Excited to see how this turns out.  The screen shots here and in the Gizmo Play Now screen thread look fantastic. 

I follow the same type of navigation for music (only music in my server)
it is more the navigation between eg :

- changing where to play
- moving to lyrics or other information (i see that you use tabs as i do)
- how much info in the playlist
- switch playlist and now playing
that kind of info.

Can i also ask what the technology behind it is.  I'm working on full HTML/CSS/JAVASCRIPT for min so it is platform independent

This application runs under Internet Information Server, not media center.
So, it works differently from webgizmo.

The installation notes show : "copy files to c:\inetpub\wwwroot\somedirectory"
"c:\inetpub\wwwroot" should already exist when Internet Information Server is installed.

but you can install the application anywhere you want (ASSUMING That Internet Information Server is ALREADY installed)..
In that case, the access rights to this other directory will probably have to be changed,
otherwise the web application won't have write access to the selected directory.
(usually : you need to give IIS_IUSRS & NETWORK SERVICE full access)

I updated the application (1.0.0.3) to cache all images from [fanart.tv, tmdb.org, thetvdb.com, flickr.com] on the web server

Thanks for the update.
I will go back to retrace my settings or set up I did before this new update.
I did the install as you directed, every aspect of install was ok I think, but when it gets to " Web services",  I got lost.
I will download this new version and re-install.
Note: I am getting very soon a 12.2 Samsung 2014 Galaxy  note Pro. I hope I can use the web browser in it to use with this  remote control software of yours.
Again, will re-install and get back with details.

George

George, there is no reference to "Web Service" in the installation notes?
you need to install "Internet Information Services"
If you don't have a directory "c:\inetpub\wwwroot" then it is not installed.
If you have a 'home' version of your operating system, then you cannot use this software.

Greetings:

Yes, I mis quoted what you have in the installation notes. I had to do several 3rd party installs. I guess, old age is catching up on me <grin>.

I am already on Windows 8.1 64 bit. I have activated extra IIS features long time ago.

In fact your versions 1 and 3, I was able to do the install on my HTPC . through the localhost testing, all I get is music, Movies and playing now . I could not get the rest like TV, Control, trend, and weather. Also  in the localhost testing, either Firefox or Chrome, I was expecting  to see the flac folders on my drive and the Iso folders.

When I tried to use my Samsung Galaxy note (first gen)  to test it, either Firefox or Chrome, it just stays on the screen.

I then deleted the mcserverremote folder containing the earlier version, then I put in version 4, without doing the web config. because for almost 3 days or so, we have had Internet disruption due to weather issues. The ISP guy had to come to my house to check the line.
Now with version 5, I will try to do a new copy over to the folder and proceed with the set up.
I will try to read the updates on the installation notes if any this time.

In the web config file, any other items that may help me get this to function properly?

I will update you.

Thanks again,

George.

Thanks, that was quick. I have to check what I have in my various views.

 version 5 is in now. Will proceed to  look at web.config file again.
take care,

George

Hi,
this is some great work!

i am trying to install this on my HTPC. I did all as described, but I have two issues:

1) From Installation Notes:
Customize Views for Gizmo & WebGizmo

 Items to Show
  Music
  Movies
  TV Shows
 
* Details for Music
 
  Show Categories In This Order
   Album Artist (auto) -> Library Field 'Album Artist (auto)'  x Grouping -> Grouping Size : 1
   Album Artist (auto) -> Library Field 'Album Artist (auto)'
   Year - Album        -> Library Field 'Year - Album'
 
  Files To Display : Media Type is audio
  
* Details for Movies
 
  Show Categories In This Order
   Genres -> Type=Expression: Expression to group b
 
  Files To Display : Media Sub Type is Movie

--> Each detail like "Album Artist (auto) -> Library Field 'Album Artist (auto)'  x Grouping -> Grouping Size : 1", etc. is a new library item within the "Root Library Item"?


2) After configuration, i donīt know, how to see the results.
When i use the defined URL, I will find an overview-page with various option - see attachement. But no clou, where I can find the results like on your screenshots.


Thanks for clarification!

Thanks for the quick reply MHWLNG!

On 1): fine, now it is configured the right way. I had some initial troubles with the configuration until I found out that I need to "Unnest" item 2 and 3 in order to proceed accordingly...

On 2): well, I tried it now also locally with the URL "http://localhost:52197" to see, what happens. Again, the same result: I am getting diverted to the URL "http://localhost:52197/LibraryServer/", which is the services overview page... Seems I am too stupid to type in the correct URL?

OK that makes totally sense - I am coming closer to the goal

ISS is running - ISS placeholder screen shown on http://localhost

I have put the files into the folder "jriver", so my URL is: http://localhost/jriver

Well, obviously there is a problem with the web configuration file - I get this error message:

HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error
The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid.
Detailed Error Information:
Module      IIS Web Core
Notification      BeginRequest
Handler      Not yet determined
Error Code      0x8007000d
Config Error      Configuration file is not well-formed XML
Config File      \\?\C:\inetpub\wwwroot\jriver\web.config
Requested URL      http://localhost:80/jriver
Physical Path      C:\inetpub\wwwroot\jriver
Logon Method      Not yet determined
Logon User      Not yet determined
Config Source:
    1: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    2: <!--

User ID and password is defined in the web.config. I had to correct the links (took the 52197 out).

Fantastic! Now I got it working on my localhost for the first time. Actually thatīs how I think the Webgizmo-GUI should look like as a standard! Actually you should charge Jim for your work Or Jim should enable a business model, where others can contribute and get paid for it - like Android/iPhone apps... I definitely would pay some bucks for this!

Now the next step for me is to get it running outside of my network. At the moment, I have configured the WEB.CONFIG with this:

      <add key="mcwsserver" value="http://localhost:52197/" />
      <add key="mcwsimgserver" value="http://localhost:52197/" />

(52197 because the standard 52199 is already used for something else)

On my Asus router, i have configured dynamic DNS. The link "http://somethingelse.asuscomm.com:52197/LibraryServer/" works and shows MC outside my home network.
I also have assigned a fixed IP to my HTPC and made port forwarding to this IP for 52197.
Your files are on ISS under /jriver/

Actually - if I understood correctly - this should work now: http://somethingelse.asuscomm.com/jriver
But it is not working. Nada. Connecting forever. Nothing shown.

What did I do wrong?

Finally managed to handle my router/firewall settings as well. Now all seems to be running.

I like the add on you made very much, great work  - thank you again! 

Hi, found an issue with the genre settings for MOVIES: in case of multiple genre-setting, not all movies are shown anymore in the correct genre category. Only the first genre is taken. I made a test, and changed all my movies in the "sport" section from "sport; drama" to "drama; sport". Result: genre "sport" disappeared completely.

I think this needs to be changed, but donīt know, what to do:

ListItem([genre],0,;)&datatype=[list]

Cheers

No, same issue.

edited:
i also created a new library item as test - here it works as it should be. Also with multiple-genres

Then I don't know, sorry... It's not a problem inside the web application.
 If you can make it work in (web)gizmo then it should also work inside the web application.

OK thanks.
I edited my previous post, donīt know, if you have seen it before answering:


I also created a new library item as test - here it works as it should be in WebGizmo. Also with multiple-genres. So it seems to me that it is related to the expression setting...

Hi,
one more issue: on the details page of movies, the film poster is not shown (see screenshot). I think all is configured correctly.

This is a part of the web.config:

  <appSettings>
<add key="mcwsserver" value="http://localhost:52197/" />
<add key="mcwsimgserver" value="http://localhost:52197/" />
<add key="mcwsmusictoplevelname" value="Music" />
<add key="mcwstvshowtoplevelname" value="TV Shows" />
<add key="mcwsmovietoplevelname" value="Movies" />
<add key="mcwsmoviefirstlevelnameisgenre" value="True" />
<add key="mcwstvshowfirstlevelnameistvshowname" value="True" />
<add key="mcwsmusicsmartlistmuststartwithnumber" value="False" />
<add key="imagecachecheckdays" value="30" />
<add key="mediacenterthumbnailcache" value="True" />
<add key="webpages:Version" value="3.0.0.0" />
    <add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
    <add key="PreserveLoginUrl" value="true" />
    <add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />
    <add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />
  </appSettings>
And also the JRiver-settings for MOVIES - as attached.


What could the issue be?

1) Is your genre problem (previous post) now solved (by changing the view definition) ?
--> No, I decided to go through all movies and define the best matching genre, which will be at first place, which then will show also the movies in the correct genres in the remote control.

2) Do you see the movie images one level up from your screenshot ? (so after you click on the genre image)
--> yes, they are there

3) If you are playing a movie, do you see the image on the 'playing' screen ?
--> yes, images is also shown on the playing screen

4) Can you try to switch mediacenterthumbnailcache to False in web.config ? and see if that makes a difference ?
--> when I switch to "false", then neither in the details page, nor one level up, the posters are shown now.

5) I see in your picture "TV-Shows" while in web.config it is configured as "TV Shows". They have to match.
--> thank you, fixed.

6) In the web application directory (c:\inetpub\wwwroot\jriver) is a log.txt file Are there any errors in there ?
-->yes plenty - see attached file

7) Are you running the latest media center 19.0.136 ?
--> yes of course

8 ) When changing any view settings, you may have to restart media center.
--> aware of that and doing it.

9) what kind of poster images are they (jpg, png)  ? Did you use the built in 'get movie info' function to get them ?
--> yes, I am using the "get movie info". All info from there. All images are jpg.

10) when the mediacenterthumbnailcache is True, then all the movie posters should be cached in this directory : c:\inetpub\wwwroot\jriver\Content\img\jriver\file can you find it (or any other images) in there ?
--> yes, there are plenty of images - all jpg-files I also checked for one specific image, which was not shown on the detail page. I found a relevant image in the directory, so in general, the image is available.

Just to be sure :

Have you got more than one media center instance running ?

If the media center you are connecting to (localhost:52197)

is a client of another 'main' media center, then the missing image is normal.

In that case you have to point "mcwsimgserver" to the 'main' media center.

This worked yesterday from outside your network :

http://somethingelse.asuscomm.com:52197/LibraryServer/

Does that still work, or did you change the port to 80 ?

If you did, then that is the reason for the problem.

Some images come from the IIS cache (port 80)

But some images, (your missing ones) come directly from MC (on port 52197)

So, you need to forward incoming traffic on BOTH port 80 and 52197

Both ports, 80 and 52197 are open, I have verified this with an online port checker.
http://somethingelse.asuscomm.com:52197/LibraryServer/ works. I see the overview page for the JRiver services.

Quote
can you set it to False, restart the PC
Outside network:  http://somethingelse.asuscomm.com/jriver  DOES NOT WORK LIKE DESCRIBED
The set it to True, restart the PC
Outside network:  http://somethingelse.asuscomm.com/jriver  DETAILS PAGE DOES NOT WORK - POSTER NOT SHOWN but OVERVIEW WITHIN GENRE OK - POSTER SHOWN.
Are you sure that this isn't the other way around ?

I can confirm that in web.config the mediacenterthumbnailcache = TRUE, and that in this case, on localhost all works as intended. From outside the network, i cannot see the poster on the detail page. On the overview page within the genre, the poster is shown.

I know what the problem is :

In web.config you have to change :

<add key="mcwsserver" value="http://localhost:52197/" />
<add key="mcwsimgserver" value="http://localhost:52197/" />

to

<add key="mcwsserver" value="http://somethingelse.asuscomm.com:52197/" />
<add key="mcwsimgserver" value="http://somethingelse.asuscomm.com:52197/" />

Then everything should work ok inside and outside of your network

no worries... Glad it works for you...

I'm sorry, I can't reproduce this.

1)
Does the device that you are viewing the screen on have internet access ? (to download the font from google)

2)
Did you check another browser on another device type ? (pc, android, ios)

3)
Are there any related errors in log.txt ?

4)
Can you post some screenshots of the problem and of your music view configuration ?

5)
In chrome if you right click on the screen, there is an option 'view page source'. Could you do that for the 'a-z' screen and send me the result ?

Ok, I see 'Others' appears when you have artist names that start with (e.g.) Norwegian characters.

In the first post you can download a new version 1.0.0.9
That simply replaces the text 'Others' with '?' and should fix your problem... (With a translated version of Media Center there would still be a problem.)


Note that when you replace an older version of the web application, you have to make the necessary changes to web.config again...

To update to v9, is it enough to copy the files, and re-adjust the Web.config?

Edit: because when I do so, itīs not working - page is not loading anymore. Probably it needs to be "re-converted to application" in ISS? But I can't find the link for this anymore...