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[heywood]

Has anybody tried this with MC 13?

[zxsix]

Has anybody tried this with MC 13?

yep, works fine.

[elo]

To Beta testers

I fill completely idiotic as I can not get XPtunes to work which must be a problem on me since you all report that it works like a dream:

I am runing Vista Ultimate with MC12 and a Girder setup (including a number og LUA scripts) that enables an extensive control possibility of MC12.

The MC12 library server is runing on the relevant machine.

I have instaled XP Tunes according to the very simple ( and I would think with nearly no possibility of doing it wrong) receipe given by M
I have tried to use it from a laptop runing on the WIFI in the house and on a iPod Touch also runing on the WIFI

I observe that I am not able to add groups of files (playlists, albums etc) to the playing now list.
I am not able to initiate playing of an entire predefined playlist. Controls for this does not seem to work and I asume they are intended to work?
The small controls on the left side of the screen that I asume is for scrolling the file list, is not working (upwards arrow item/number of items down arrow). This is valid for both the BW skin and the iPod skin.

I have about 10000 tracks in my collection but the playlist in question is limited and does contain about 30tracks normaly.
When I go back and forth it normaly ends with XPTunes crashing.

I feel its something simple and fundamental I am missing??

Except for this XPTunes looks great and offers a functionality thas has been missing and wanted by many.


Ole

[JimH]

What version of MC are you using?

[elo]

I am using the latest release of MC12.0.533

[Messiahs]

..mmmh. perhaps cookies/javascript disabled or security level to high (browser settings) ?

what browser you are using on your laptop ?

M.

[gallimore]

preview: MCiRemote skin:

Hey Marcus, so you succumbed and bought an iPhone then 

New skin looks great.

[dgilgonzalez]

I have exactly the same issue, using my laptop to connect to xpTunes, or using a ITouch.

Other problem is that when I select an album, it doesn't show me the songs of this album. It show me other songs... Marcus, I have a picture of this. I can send you if you need it

Daniel

[elo]

I us IE7 on the laptop. The laptop runs XP Prof with SP3. Security level is medium (which is the lowest). If special tuning is required please tell me what specific to tune.

I am runing Girder with a number of LUA scripts that does interface through COMS and through the "SDK" but turning it off does not seems to help.

For the iPod Touch i use the attached browser.

I have tested more this evening. I can change songs within one playlist. I can delte playlists but I can not append files in the "current" view to playing now. Is there a timing issue involved?

When I apply a little more "patience" the crashing of XP tunes is reduced...

[elo]

Sory... forgot:  Javascipt/Cookies are both enabled

[elo]

I have drasticaly re-instaled Vista (needed to do so for other reasons aswell), and of course the player etc etc. VOILA it works. I have no idea what caused the problems.

Sorry for the inconvinience everybody....

[Messiahs]

@gallimore
Yeah, i had to buy... i had to see your template on this device... but i had only money for a iPodTouch ;-)

@all
new version is up:
http://www.stardev.de/xptunes/download.html
V0.13 have a problem(thx to elo and Daniel), so i made a fallback to V0.12 and copied the updated templates.
I've made only a short test... so i'm not sure if all features are working (LastFM updated their service... so the "info"-Button will not work).

M.

[Messiahs]

@ela
that's funny ;-)
With V0.13 i can reproduce your problems (seams like a bug in this version).
Should now be fixed in version 0.14.

@Daniel
Is your problem also fixed with the new version ?

@all
I will spend the next 3 days in cologne... so you have enough time to check xpTunes ;-)

have fun
Markus

[JimH]

I will spend the next 3 days in cologne... so you have enough time to check xpTunes ;-)

Koln.  I think that's where I picked up a VW Bus in 1964 and toured around Germany for about two weeks with my mom and my two sisters before I fled to Milan to buy a Vespa so I could have some peace and quiet.

I think the bus had 35 HP.  We shipped it back to Lincoln, Nebraska.  Each night after school, I used it to deliver boxes of Cliff's Notes to the post office when I should have been doing my homework.

Give my greetings to Cologne.  And thanks for your work on xpt.

[Messiahs]

Give my greetings to Cologne. 

Will do ! 

Markus

[dgilgonzalez]

Marcus, solved with version v0.14... great job!!!

Daniel

[steveklein]

I have downloaded xpTunes but have not yet unzipped it and installed as I don't like to install things which I won't use. I know this is a popularplugin and getting great reviews... but what I can't seem to figure out is... what does it do?

I am looking for a way to access my MC12 library from other computers... and even better yet, from mobile devices like an iPhone. Will this plugin do it for me? I really dont know what an "enhanced remote server" means.

[AoXoMoXoA]

hi steve,

simply put the basic function of xpTunes is to serve as a remote-control for MediaCenter, allowing you to control playback across a LAN from a wireless (or wired) device i.e. iPhone, laptop, PDA, etc.

[steveklein]

hi steve,

simply put the basic function of xpTunes is to serve as a remote-control for MediaCenter, allowing you to control playback across a LAN from a wireless (or wired) device i.e. iPhone, laptop, PDA, etc.

okay... so in theory if I was 20 minutes away from my home and a buddy of mine was napping on the couch, I could wake him up by queuing up some death metal music or something?

[AoXoMoXoA]

okay... so in theory if I was 20 minutes away from my home and a buddy of mine was napping on the couch, I could wake him up by queuing up some death metal music or something?

LOL, yup . . . . or you could control your music from any room in the house or even the back yard, which is handy for those of us who have our PC wired to several locations around the home.

[adamsp70]

Hi Markus - am trying something a bit different for a skin, and i want to be able to make 2 calls of the form:

<!--[JRMEDIACENTER["getFiles ....

and then grab the cover using

control.cgi?command=getCoverById&value=[GetKey]

When i do this, both covers are the same (and appear to be from the 1st call) when they should be different.

Is it only possible to make one of these calls per page, or am i doing something wrong?

Cheers...
   Paul

[Messiahs]

Hi Paul,

of course the pictures should be different. If you post your html i'm sure we can solve your problem.
You will find many examples in the "\html\bw" folder.

here is a short example:
This template shows 100 different artists with picture.
If you click on the artist name, the fileId ('GetKey') is shown.

Code: [Select]

<HTML>
<HEAD>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<div class="mainfilearea">
<!--[JRMEDIACENTER["getFiles?source=library&sourcekey=audio&value=~limit=-1,1,[artist]&showmaxitems=100&template=custom&sort="[artist]"&htmlcode="
<img style="height:100px; width:100px;" src="control.cgi?command=getCoverById&value=[GetKey]">
<div onclick="alert('[GetKey]');">[artist]</div>
""]]-->
</div>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Markus

[dgilgonzalez]

Hi Markus.

Something I have seen that it is a problem for me (maybe no for the other beta testers...)

In MC, I have a view that is genre/artist/album: If I select a genre (i.e rock), MC shows me all the artists that have some rock album, and inside these artists, his albums.

But with XPTunes, if I select Rock, I see all the songs that are classified like rock, and it is crazy (at least for me)

Could you change it or it is the normal way to work?

Thanks for your tool and Regards

Daniel

[adamsp70]

of course the pictures should be different. If you post your html i'm sure we can solve your problem.
You will find many examples in the "\html\bw" folder.

If i put this in my html page (which is otherwise plain) - it should show 1 cover & name from the end of the artist list and 1 from the beginning  - but both covers & names show the same (from the end)....

Code: [Select]

<!--[JRMEDIACENTER["getFiles?source=library&sourcekey=audio&value=~limit=-1,1,[artist]&showmaxitems=1&template=custom&sort="[artist]-d"&htmlcode="
<img style="height:100px; width:100px;" src="control.cgi?command=getCoverById&value=[GetKey]">
<div onclick="alert('[GetKey]');">[artist]</div>
""]]-->

<!--[JRMEDIACENTER["getFiles?source=library&sourcekey=audio&value=~limit=-1,1,[artist]&showmaxitems=1&template=custom&sort="[artist]"&htmlcode="
<img style="height:100px; width:100px;" src="control.cgi?command=getCoverById&value=[GetKey]">
<div onclick="alert('[GetKey]');">[artist]</div>
""]]-->


[sparx]

does xptunes work with MC 11.1.188?

[Messiahs]

@Paul,
ok, i found the problem.. solved in the new version

@sparx
i never tried it... but why not..

@Daniel
It's the 'normal' way... but should be no problem to change the skin. If i will find the time, i will post a example...

Markus

[elo]

Hi M

Had to go on a business trip so could not test properly... Looking forward to see the results of all good work this evening... I do have some additional ideas for you but I will come back to those later..

By the way... are u able to utilize LUA scripts originaly developed for Girder?

[Messiahs]

hi elo,

i don't really know LUA scripts...

M.

[Messiahs]

@elo
your pm-box is full ;-)

[elo]

Thanks, its empty now!

[Messiahs]

new RC1 & demo version is available.
http://www.stardev.de/xptunes/download.html



Changelog:
- many bug fixes
- new iPhone/iPod skin (MCiRemote)
- registration dialog

M.

[heywood]

I can't wait to try it.

Thanks for your hard work!!

[CGW]

I love xpTunes!

I just found a bit of a problem.

I was was not using static IPs on my router. When I first ran xpTunes my computer had was using 192.168.123.100. Now it is using 192.168.123.103. When I start xpTunes I can not "stop Server" or enter the "Settings" menu since xpTunes is still trying to talk to 192.168.123.100. Hopefully this bug will be easy to fix. Maybe the xpTunes app should use local host 127.0.0.1 to set its local configuration.

I deleted the registry entries and restarted which got around this problem.

Will the cost of this version include any upgrades? I am ready to buy if it does.

[AustnJPR]

I have been very impressed with XP Tunes thus far. Very functional. I would love to be able to search the "Now Playing Queue". This way if we have a large playlist with several pages we can get to tracks quickly. Also a very nice feature would be a "Play Next" when adding
a track to the queue. Keep up the great work and many thanks.

[Messiahs]

@CGW
Your right. I saw this problem too in the past, but forgot to fix it :-) Now it's fixed..

"Will the cost of this version include any upgrades?"
yes, of course. all updates with versionnumber 1.xx and all updates in the next year.
There are no plans to build a 2.xx Version... but who knows.

@AustnJPR
search the "Now Playing Queue"... i think this is not possible because some limitations of the SDK
"Play next"... i really like this request...i will give it a try.

Markus

[CGW]

I love the album information and similar music functions. I wish this was available in all the web front ends.

[Messiahs]

new version (1.00) is available;
http://www.stardev.de/xptunes/download.html

changelog:
- many small fixes (artist info now working again)
- "auto" option for ip address
- bug in registration process fixed

[AoXoMoXoA]

Thank you very much 

[Livin]

crash on start...



Is there a way to turn on debug logging to troubleshoot?

[Messiahs]

NET Framework are installed on your computer ?

[Livin]

NET Framework are installed on your computer ?

nope... I was following the instruction in the first post. 

[Messiahs]

;-)

[RobbieG]

I am currently using Media Jukebox 12.0.49 and xpTunes 1.00.  When I try to see the track list for an album, it shows me all of my tracks from all of my albums, starting with the band "!!!."  Note, this happens in the themes "black & white V0.8" and "ITouch V0.3", but it does NOT happen in "MediaCenter iRemote V0.4," which works normally.

Let me know if you need any more info.  Thanks for the great interface!

Robbie G

[neFAST]

Did I dreamt or there was a VNC server included in a previous version of xpTunes?

[Messiahs]

Thanks for the great interface!

thanks !.
You clicked on the AlbumCover, right ?
I found a bug... should be solved in the next version.

Hope you all have a iPhone/iPod touch... i still developing some new features .

Did I dreamt or there was a VNC server included in a previous version of xpTunes?

it's always there, but it's only a vnc client (java).
You will find it under "PCRemote".

best regards,
Markus

[neFAST]

A client? Then I can't remote control my computer from my iTouch VNC client. I had a VNC server on my PC but I removed when I found that I could use the one from xpTunes. Maybe I had gone crazy on that day.
Could you tease us with what your preparing for iPod/iPhones?

[Messiahs]

Yes, it's only a client.

Could you tease us with what your preparing for iPod/iPhones?

a really, really beautiful and awesome skin (MCiRemote V2)
What do you think about the MCiRemote skin in full screen with touch events and so on ?...
I really tested many remote applications on my iPod touch for different software, but with no other I had so much fun...

[fidelio]

Markus,

Your application looks really cool, much better than Netremote.

It has been asked for somewhere before, just would like to mention it again:

1) need to navigate through custom views, same than in MC.
I have defined an own way for classical music (composer / work), and this will be not supported by the current navigation.
2) when navigating from genre, show artists first, then albums. Not individual songs, as today.

These would be my top wishes...and you would have me as a loyal buyer.
I am not a SW expert, cannot modify a html / css file myself.

Kind regards

Rainer

[Messiahs]

Your application looks really cool, much better than Netremote.

thanks 


"1) need to navigate through custom views, same than in MC.
I have defined an own way for classical music (composer / work), and this will be not supported by the current navigation."
that's right, you have to define your views and layout in xpTunes (html) or perhaps you can work with playlists/smartlists ?. there's no possibility to get custom views from JR. You mentioned composer... can't you use artist (sry, i'm not a great fan of classical music, so i don't know if the tags are different) ?

"2) when navigating from genre, show artists first, then albums. Not individual songs, as today."
That's no problem, but other requests say: genre -> album -> titles other genre -> artists -> titles... all is possible, but no scenario fits for all...

@all
any ideas about the best fit ? and other classical fans out there ?

regards,
Markus

[HTPC4ME]

been reading this topic here and am very impressed, i use to have pda's and also accessed my jriver library a couple years ago with cinemars mobile remote... i no longer have the software

does xp tunes work with any cell\pda?  will it work on a smartphone? and does one need to pay for internet access through cell carrier to use it to control it? or can you use it with in your home network?

is this what you all are using now on your lappies instead of remote desktop to change songs?

TY