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Consolidate all the remotes
JimH:
--- Quote from: Grenache on May 23, 2017, 12:06:16 pm ---You could make a poll asking which remotes people are using.
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Yeah, it will probably come to that.
Hendrik:
--- Quote from: JimH on May 23, 2017, 12:30:21 pm ---That's an argument for using an HTML5 solution, isn't it?
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Well, yes and no. Web solutions are popular because its easy and web devs are a dime in a dozen - and the perfect alternative solution just doesn't exist, so its easy to compromise.
Most of these cross-platform frameworks like Apache Cordova are HTML based, and you can probably do "OK" things with that, but its not perfect - it lacks a bit of the feel of a "native" application.
Anyhow a really good modern web-based interface like JRemote that works on both PCs, Tables and Phones seamlessly would probably be quite a nice thing to have either way.
The Flutter framework you posted about a couple days back is one of those "perfect alternatives" that promises to be a "native" app on all platforms. But then again its still under development and until its finished and has proven itself its hard to know if it'll ever be what it aspires to be.
jachin99:
you can also ask yourself, "Which two or three remotes accomplish the same thing?" and start there. It looks like your headed in the direction of Panel/OneRemote so maybe you can roll the most used features into those. i think at the end of the day, each user will get the same core functionality no matter what they choose, its just a matter of giving users the best (A really touchy/subjective term) experience. It looks like your headed in a positive direction, and you have the right goals.
For me, its hard to beat the good 'ol MCE remote complimented by amazon echo/name your assistant.
drmimosa:
Consolidate the remotes is a great idea...but I don't think it's entirely a software problem. Big picture is everyone has too many remotes.
Most AV systems have 5 remotes and one universal remote and one ipad etc. Suddenly you get to the point where only the babysitter can figure out how to watch movies.
I've been building a personal solution for about a year now, the goal has been that one click turns on the music. I ended up using Windows 10 desktop as my interface, HDMI CEC to wake up the display, Eventghost to route commands to an IR blaster, all packaged with custom icons that launch batch file scripts. The .bat files turn on the stereo, stop current playback, route the audio correctly, and play music viola. It was a fun project, but the end result is complicated. Lots of moving parts. IR blasting isn't always reliable, for example. So after 1 year my system still in beta, when it works it's great. I was surprised how complicated it was to get one click playback, and I'm not sure it's better than having a stack of remotes. A friend suggested rebuilding the entire system using Python scripts. That has some promise for better reliability, but that's a few too many summer projects for me.
One part that has been solid in this system has been Z-wave and Engen. What if this was the hardware basis for your remote control?
Something like this hardware, https://www.amazon.com/ZRC-90US-BW8510US-Remotec-Cert-ZC10-15100007/dp/B016YTTIVW, with Engen launching scripts. Press one button, everything turns on via customizable sequence of events, then you are watching the next movie in a movie night playlist. Or launching a streaming service, or internet radio feed.
Alternatively, a button from HTML5 Panel app that launches control scripts and sequences. It looks like you have a lot of the moving parts built already in JRiver and Engen, it's just a matter of connecting them in interesting and useful ways.
mattkhan:
consolidating the remotes in this context is jriver having a minimal set of remote control applications rather than any individual home system having a single remote control device that orchestrates many things
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