Topic: BitRemote - remote Control (iPhone/iPod touch, web interface) (Read 258274 times)

Messiahs · « **Reply #50 on:** January 25, 2008, 05:32:36 am »

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xpTunes seems to do everything very well except that it doesn't refresh when a new song is played.
Looking at the javascript code i think it is supposed to do this, isn't it?

hi,
yes, the page should refresh when a new track is played.
Witch Version of xpTunes did you use and witch page doesn't refresh ?
Witch browser ( & version) did you use ?

Markus

Doof · « **Reply #51 on:** January 25, 2008, 08:30:18 am »

This is a weird thing that's happening now that I can't really explain is that I have Radio Mode on. I opened up xpTunes to the Titanium template and went to Playnow. It displayed only the files that were currently in Playing Now, as expected. I clicked the next button in xpTunes and MC started playing a new file. xpTunes didn't display this file in Playnow. If I click out to some other place and come back to Playnow, then it shows. But even as I'm typing this reply, MC is skipping to the next track, playing it for a while, and then skipping to another track. MC is minimized to the system tray, and xpTunes is in another tab in this browser.

If I then restore MC, it seems to stop, but if I minimize it again, and click next in xpTunes, this behavior persists.

Actually, I get the same behavior whether Radio mode is on or not.

Shutting down xpTunes seems to clear this behavior up, so I have to assume it's some weird thing with xpTunes sending the next file command over and over again to MC.

adamsp70 · « **Reply #52 on:** January 25, 2008, 08:32:46 am »

I'm using 0.06, but i think i've found the problem....

I closed xpTunes - and then my browser kicked into life and started refreshing! Looking in TaskManager i saw 2 xpTunes processes running.

So the problem isn't to do with refreshing - it looks like it isn't shutting down properly?

Doof · « **Reply #53 on:** January 25, 2008, 08:46:35 am »

I should probably mention that I was using Opera while experiencing the above.

Messiahs · « **Reply #54 on:** January 26, 2008, 04:14:57 pm »

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This is a weird thing that's happening now that I can't really explain is that I have Radio Mode on.

hi doof,

can you explain what you mean with Radio mode ?.... do you have a tv card to listen radio ?

Messiahs · « **Reply #55 on:** January 26, 2008, 04:16:55 pm »

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So the problem isn't to do with refreshing - it looks like it isn't shutting down properly?

i never saw this behaviour.. but i take a look.
Can you reproduce the problem?

Markus

lepa · « **Reply #56 on:** January 28, 2008, 02:46:33 am »

Quote from: Messiahs on January 26, 2008, 04:14:57 pm

hi doof,

can you explain what you mean with Radio mode ?.... do you have a tv card to listen radio ?

From menu select Player->Play Radio

Messiahs · « **Reply #57 on:** January 28, 2008, 05:59:36 am »

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From menu select Player->Play Radio

Ah i see... must be a new feature... in 12.0.279 i don't get this entry.

Doof · « **Reply #58 on:** January 28, 2008, 08:58:32 am »

It's in the newest build that's available for download.

But as I later discovered, it didn't matter that Radio mode was on or not.

Unfortunately, I'm not at the machine that was exhibiting this behavior. I will be later on today, though and I'll see if I can reproduce it again.

adamsp70 · « **Reply #59 on:** January 28, 2008, 12:02:28 pm »

Quote from: Messiahs on January 26, 2008, 04:16:55 pm

i never saw this behaviour.. but i take a look.
Can you reproduce the problem?

Haven't managed to reproduce it since, but i'll let you know if it does.

Meanwhile, have got a simple non-frames version going for my iPod Touch which is great.

But if i select my playlists and choose a smartlist that should be different every time - i get the same list! Any ideas why that should be?

Looking good so far though, thanks....

Messiahs · « **Reply #60 on:** January 28, 2008, 01:22:51 pm »

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But if i select my playlists and choose a smartlist that should be different every time - i get the same list! Any ideas why that should be?

yep, smarlists don't update if you call them via SDK... not really nice.

Edit:
Checked it with a udp-client... the same
Perhaps JR can add a feature to update smartlists via SDK.

Doof · « **Reply #61 on:** January 28, 2008, 02:17:53 pm »

Quote from: adamsp70 on January 28, 2008, 12:02:28 pm

Meanwhile, have got a simple non-frames version going for my iPod Touch which is great.

Any chance I could give that a try?

adamsp70 · « **Reply #62 on:** January 29, 2008, 02:19:44 am »

Quote from: Messiahs on January 28, 2008, 01:22:51 pm

yep, smarlists don't update if you call them via SDK... not really nice.

Edit:
Checked it with a udp-client... the same
Perhaps JR can add a feature to update smartlists via SDK.

At work i use NetRemote (from Promixis) and i remember that used to have the same problem - and then they fixed it. Basically it gives you the same result until you play that list, then it updates. They also have a "refresh" button which updates it too. So there must be a way - but maybe it's a bit arcane.....

gallimore · « **Reply #63 on:** January 29, 2008, 02:49:05 pm »

Quote from: Doof on January 24, 2008, 03:50:26 pm

I was walking around the house last night accessing xpTunes from my iPod Touch's built-in Safari browser. It worked great, but it definitely needs a PDA sized UI built for it. Was somebody working on one that's availalbe to download and test?

I've been working on one over the weekend. I was going to give it to Markus after trying to tidy up a couple of things to make it slightly better on a desktop PC as well (it already is quite usable).

adamsp70 · « **Reply #64 on:** February 06, 2008, 01:55:44 pm »

OK - what have i messed up here? I can't get xpTunes to start cleanly:

19:50:58 -> Settings loaded.
19:50:59 -> Connect to MC
19:51:04 -> Error: Port in use.
19:51:04 -> The requested address is not valid in its context

I've tried different ports, and they all used to work fine, so am a bit stuck....

Messiahs · « **Reply #65 on:** February 06, 2008, 03:44:16 pm »

perhaps firewall settings ?
Does this error occurs only after windows startup or the whole time you start xpTunes ?
Do you use vista or xp ?

Markus

Messiahs · « **Reply #66 on:** February 10, 2008, 05:57:31 pm »

@betateam
... new version is available (pls use your download-link)...

Changelog: many many changes ;-)

AoXoMoXoA · « **Reply #67 on:** February 10, 2008, 06:13:26 pm »

Quote from: Messiahs on February 10, 2008, 05:57:31 pm

... new version is available (pls use your download-link)...

?

ooops

Messiahs · « **Reply #68 on:** February 11, 2008, 12:47:16 am »

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ooops

;-) & resend

Messiahs · « **Reply #69 on:** February 13, 2008, 08:45:16 am »

what's coming next (version 0.08):

- added lyrics support (http://www.lyricwiki.com/)

Shasta Mcnasty · « **Reply #70 on:** February 13, 2008, 11:20:51 am »

Great news! I'll d/l the new version tonight.

Messiahs · « **Reply #71 on:** February 13, 2008, 02:41:35 pm »

version 0.08 is up.

changelog:
lyrics support (letter 'L' on playing-screen)

Cheers
Messiahs

Shasta Mcnasty · « **Reply #72 on:** February 13, 2008, 06:14:58 pm »

Is the scrolling info supposed to be centered above the album artwork on the "Playing" page? 'Cause it's not for me...

This looks great, especially the cleanup in the css and javascript (under the hood, as it were). The new search page looks and works great also.

I added the album info back in, going back to the 3-line format in fbox.

Thanks for adding the track info in the title. I can't figure out how you did that. I wanted to modify it a bit more, right now there's no space between the track title and the album title...but I don't know how. ?

I also notice that the track info in the title doesn't show up immediately, is there any way to fix that?

Messiahs · « **Reply #73 on:** February 14, 2008, 12:44:56 pm »

hi,

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Is the scrolling info supposed to be centered above the album artwork on the "Playing" page? 'Cause it's not for me...

no, the 'ticker' should be on the top/left side as default.

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Thanks for adding the track info in the title.

no problem... i really like it too (thx for this idea)

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I can't figure out how you did that.

it's a miracle ;-)
take a look to xpTunes.html and xptunes.js (changeBrowserTitle()).

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...and there's no space between the track title and album name...

eagleeye ;-) .. i will fix this

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Also is it possible to make the <title> update immediately?

you can change 'var refreshInterval = 2500;' (xpTunes.js) to a lower value (at this time every 2,5 sec your client looks for new informations).

Cheers
Markus

AoXoMoXoA · « **Reply #74 on:** February 14, 2008, 12:57:16 pm »

Looking good Markus and no problems that I have encountered.

Messiahs · « **Reply #75 on:** February 14, 2008, 03:31:59 pm »

Hi AoXoMoXoA,
thanks for your feedback !

Shasta Mcnasty · « **Reply #76 on:** February 14, 2008, 07:58:22 pm »

Here's my updated skin for xpTunes.

It adds only a few things...

1) search results (including the artist/title/album/genre pages) and playingnow show 3 lines of text...[name], [artist], and [album] - [track #].

2) hovering the mouse over any of the "boxes" in the pages above, or over the track title on the "playing" page, shows [filename] in a tooltip

3) search results are displayed in [album] then [track #] order

4) I 86'ed the ticker

5) I put the [name], [artist], [album] info above the cover art on the "playing" page

6) I made the artist/title/album pages come up "blank" rather than showing all the [a" matches

Get it here: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~smgross/t3.zip

Shasta Mcnasty · « **Reply #77 on:** February 15, 2008, 07:43:53 am »

Hi Markus,

It just occured to me to put XPTUNES_CURRENTFILE_TRACKNAME etc. "statically" in the <title> of index.html, so it comes up immediately and is then refreshed as usual by changeBrowserTitle(). I'll try that when I get home tonight.

-Steve

Messiahs · « **Reply #78 on:** February 15, 2008, 09:39:56 am »

Hi steve,

first i have to say thank you for sharing your changes and yes, your idea about <title> should work.

Cheers,
Markus

Messiahs · « **Reply #79 on:** March 02, 2008, 05:47:00 pm »

preview:
new theme "black & white"

Cheers
Markus

skeeterfood · « **Reply #80 on:** March 03, 2008, 04:22:26 pm »

Markus,

Looks really nice!

Are there any plans to add a way to browse View Schemes? I have some Random Album/Songs View Schemes I've created that are what I usually end up playing. I used to have them as Playlists that were shown in a View Scheme, but once I realized that I could just create them in the View Scheme (which seems faster) I got rid of the Playlists. I guess I could also have them as Playlists, but I'd rather not have to maintain them both.

-John

AoXoMoXoA · « **Reply #81 on:** March 03, 2008, 04:35:47 pm »

Love the new scheme "Black & White", very sharp and clean looking. Look forward to using it.

gibbc · « **Reply #82 on:** March 04, 2008, 08:44:41 am »

hi i know this may sound like i am a tard lo0l but i just want to know where i can download xpTunes even if it is in beta

WinoOutWest · « **Reply #83 on:** March 04, 2008, 08:49:13 am »

Quote from: gibbc on March 04, 2008, 08:44:41 am

hi i know this may sound like i am a tard lo0l but i just want to know where i can download xpTunes even if it is in beta

I second that! (except the part about the tard.)

Seriously though - I am tired of dealing with NetRemote... When can the rest of us get our paws on this?
Cheers!

Messiahs · « **Reply #84 on:** March 04, 2008, 02:11:37 pm »

Quote from: skeeterfood

Are there any plans to add a way to browse View Schemes?

I'm sorry but no. I have to spend too much time for this feature (which i don't use)

Quote from: gibbc

...where i can download xpTunes

only beta-team members can download xpTunes at this time

Quote from: WinoOutWest

When can the rest of us get our paws on this?

like duke nukem forever... when it's done ;-)... sooner or later... i don't know... when i'm feel confident about xpTunes and solved all known bugs.

gibbc · « **Reply #85 on:** March 04, 2008, 02:21:22 pm »

ok no prob i understand as well do u need any more beta testers

gallimore · « **Reply #86 on:** March 04, 2008, 03:50:14 pm »

Hi Markus,

I like the look of black & white, strangely familiar :-) When are are you planning another beta drop? I am going to have some time again for the iTouch stuff after this week; but you have obviously done a lot more work since 0.08 so would like to start from the latest and greatest. I particularly like the look of the album art in the lists for instance, I hope that translates well to the touch's screen.

-stephen

Messiahs · « **Reply #87 on:** March 04, 2008, 04:13:22 pm »

hi stephen,

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I like the look of black & white, strangely familiar :-)

yes, i really like your skin and your ideas... icons (Photoshop is not so bad ;-)) , color and so on... i only refine your invention.

i will prepare the new version for you and the beta team ... it's no planned version... so please don't care about the slider (buggy).

I will spend some days in austria ... snowboarding, so you will have enough time to test and check the new template ;-).

Give me one hour.....
Markus

Messiahs · « **Reply #88 on:** March 04, 2008, 04:56:25 pm »

new version is available (pls use your download-link)...

gallimore · « **Reply #89 on:** March 05, 2008, 01:47:13 pm »

Quote from: Messiahs on March 04, 2008, 04:56:25 pm

new version is available (pls use your download-link)...

Cool, thanks for that - enjoy the snowboarding.

Messiahs · « **Reply #90 on:** March 11, 2008, 06:13:42 pm »

i'm back

...

@all
what's your opinion of the new skin and on the new version ?

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... enjoy the snowboarding.

thanks, i spend some really cool days in Austria... powder, sun and fun

cheers,
Markus

Shasta Mcnasty · « **Reply #91 on:** March 11, 2008, 09:05:09 pm »

New version is good, but the star ratings don't show up in the Titanium skin. They do show up in the new B&W skin though.

I like the new skin, but I think I'm going to stick with my existing skin because I'm too lazy to port my mods to the new skin.

I think I will add the cover art in the search results/playingnow/etc. though. That looks great.

FYI xpTunes has been rock solid stable for me. It runs 24/7 with no hiccups.

neFAST · « **Reply #92 on:** March 12, 2008, 03:27:32 pm »

I will get my hand on a ipod touch this week end. Sure I'll beta test you're software for hours!

AoXoMoXoA · « **Reply #93 on:** March 12, 2008, 03:57:15 pm »

I love the new Black & White skin!

for some reason the arrows along the bottom show up as white blocks with faint phantom arrows 'under' the white blocks, otherwise looks good.

gallimore · « **Reply #94 on:** March 12, 2008, 05:48:26 pm »

Quote from: neFAST on March 12, 2008, 03:27:32 pm

I will get my hand on a ipod touch this week end. Sure I'll beta test you're software for hours!

The B&W theme has problems on the touch, something in the CSS is now stopping the middle frame from expanding vertically, so the bottom of lists disappear - or worse if you make the viewport smaller to better match the touch's screen it starts to overwrite the footer (this looks like a Safari/Webkit bug to me). I suspect its all related to the use of fixed positioning and hidden overflows, but haven't had the chance to pin it down.

I think I may follow Shasta and try and fit the new javascript and features into my current skin and CSS which works ok. However I think I will change it to have a header and footer as in B&W rather than multiple footers, that makes much more sense.

I don't know if I am completely imaging it, but the actual speed of page updates seems a lot slower than earlier versions - and I don't think it is my wireless network.

Now if only I owned a Mac, I'd love to get the SDK and do a native app to talk to the server rather than struggling with HTML. I wonder if you'd have to code coverflow yourself or if there is a pre-canned implementation in the libraries? Oh well, I can't really justify buying a new Mac, or can I....

Messiahs · « **Reply #95 on:** March 13, 2008, 01:45:52 pm »

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New version is good, but the star ratings don't show up in the Titanium skin.

i will test it...

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for some reason the arrows along the bottom show up as white blocks with faint phantom arrows 'under' the white blocks, otherwise looks good.

can you please post or send me a screenshot ?

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I don't know if I am completely imaging it, but the actual speed of page updates seems a lot slower than earlier versions - and I don't think it is my wireless network.

i think the tumbnails could be the reason....

AoXoMoXoA · « **Reply #96 on:** March 13, 2008, 02:04:22 pm »

Quote from: Messiahs on March 13, 2008, 01:45:52 pm

can you please post or send me a screenshot ?

Messiahs · « **Reply #97 on:** March 13, 2008, 02:58:39 pm »

which browser and OS are you using ? ( i never saw this)

edit:
Perhaps you should convert icons.png to a gif-file and change the styles.css (change all 'icons.png' to 'icons.gif')

AoXoMoXoA · « **Reply #98 on:** March 13, 2008, 03:03:06 pm »

OS = WinXP Pro
Browser = IE6 or Maxthon (formerly MyIE2)

I believe the problem is on the server as it matters not which machine I open the web page on.
(Unfortunately both use the same OS/Browser combo's).

skeeterfood · « **Reply #99 on:** March 13, 2008, 03:27:40 pm »

I'm pretty sure IE6 couldn't handle PNGs with transparent backgrounds, so that's what you're seeing.

-John

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