alanchow Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Hi guys,Some of you have already utilised my XBMC driver in the past. As this was my first driver it was written extremely poorly and as such it was plagued with architectural issues which limited it from expansion into features i wanted to include.Long story cut short i have spent some time rewriting my media player architecture so that i can churn out media players easily. As such you will see several media player drivers announced by Recluse AV in the coming few weeks.In the meantime i wanted to excite you guys by listing the new features of the Recluse AV XBMC driver. Note that this driver is not a free driver and is charged on a per project basis.The XBMC Media Player driver offers the following* IP based communications* Transport Controls* Audio End Point assignment - Volume Up/Down/Set/Mute control* Video End Point assignment* Play Videos from Control4's Navigator* 2 way Feedback via JSON for play, pause, stop, finished and start* HTTP Basic Authentication integration (XBMC web server username and password)* Samba Authentication integration (Control4 Network File Storage username and password)* Assignable buttons for non intuitive buttons* Wake on Lan functionality* Power off options* Ability to send custom messages to XBMC via XBMC Notification (like Control4 Announcements on Navigator)There will be an official announcement when Recluse AV announces its driver website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well_armed Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Cost per project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 pricing has not been determined at this stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Great work as usual, Alan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tumult Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Alan - great work again! Is it possible to edit the controls to make the skip forward 5sec and skip forward 10min assigned to either the fast forward or skip forward buttons or assigning those buttons to the up arrow/right arrow on the sr250? does that make sense? If you watch a movie on a pc, the keyboard arrow keys do these functions...thx,tum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 This has already been done the up down left right keys emulate the keyboard keypresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbing1982 Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Can't wait to try it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramorous Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Can't wait to get it. Will it have WOL capability? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well_armed Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Can't wait to get it. Will it have WOL capability?* Wake on Lan functionality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Can't wait to get it. Will it have WOL capability?Yes, it's listed in his first post , third bullet from the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramorous Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Can't wait to get it. Will it have WOL capability?Yes' date=' it's listed in his first post , third bullet from the bottom.[/quote']Ha, I read each line earlier the other day and must have just forgotten about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderman09 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Alan, cant wait to pay you... The current XBMC driver fantastic and Ill upgrade in a half second. Any ETA? like days weeks or months? (Ryan I know you are out there waiting to say "when its ready") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Hi guys, As such you will see several media player drivers announced by Recluse AV in the coming few weeks.Any sneek previews as to which media players will be supported? BTW, one of the forum members is after your boxee driver, but doesn't know how to get it because you don't list your email.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 For you Alex no problems. We are doing XBMC, Boxee, Dune. We were looking into the Neo550 but decided that it pales in comparision to the other solutions so never went through with it.Currently it is a bit difficult to take international orders as Australian law dictates that we have to get credit card details via a secure gateway if it is via the web (or so our accounts team say). We can however take phone or fax orders however.Our web developer is currently modifying our website to meet the gateway requirements (ie online shop). This should be up and running in the coming weeks.Our contact details can be found on our website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve909 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Any chance of a Windows Media Center driver? Although, I think you may have written one in the past and if it's still available - I guess not necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 For you Alex no problems. We are doing XBMC, Boxee, Dune. We were looking into the Neo550 but decided that it pales in comparision to the other solutions so never went through with it.Currently it is a bit difficult to take international orders as Australian law dictates that we have to get credit card details via a secure gateway if it is via the web (or so our accounts team say). We can however take phone or fax orders however.Our web developer is currently modifying our website to meet the gateway requirements (ie online shop). This should be up and running in the coming weeks.Our contact details can be found on our website.Great. BTW...forget about credit cards...what's wrong with paypal ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoskiguy Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Would be interested in a Neo550 driver if you change your mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 We are actually going to use paypal.No plan for media center or neo tv. though media center was done a few years back by Convergent Technologies. They can be contacted via http://www.c-t.com.au. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramorous Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Hi Alan, any ETA on this product line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARDU Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Your driver found on the dealer forums works well on my C4 v2.1 sys. I have not noted any issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codex Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Out of interest, is it going to, or would it be possible for control4 to be aware of things like starting, stopping, pausing and other events which aren't controlled by C4 itself. I've got an ipad controller (XBMC commander) which knocks spots of anything C4 has in terms of media control, but obviously there's no firing of events in C4.Also, is it possible to access the media information stored within the XBMC library. C4 is pretty poor on it's media management, mine is configured to be used under XBMC with film sets, tv series etc. etc. which just don't work well in control4. If you could get all that nailed then put me in the queue to buy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 To answer your questions1). Yes it combines the http api and json Apis to provide two way feedback on events. This means that selection of media whether by control4, any 3rd party interface or xbmc itself will trigger a media started event. Same with pause, resume, stop or media ended events.2) I would love to do this in the long term but it is not in the next release.I want to also notify you of another cool feature which i use alot of. I have added xbmc notifications into control4. Think announcements but without interrupting your movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codex Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Thanks Alan for getting back to me so quickly. Shame about the video management, it's proving to be a real pain getting the media into control4 in any sort of useful way. Unfortunately though until control4 picks up it's game in relation to media management I'm going to end up switching to another app to control media playback. Your json event listener would help with this a lot, but it's a shame the media management is lacking in control4. I don't want to sound like I'm moaning, most of what c4 does is great, just feel they're a long way behind in this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramorous Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I see some new announcements on the website regarding the drivers ( http://www.recluseav.com.au/driver-news-xbmc-media-player.aspx ) when will they be made available for purchase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahn Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Would an AppleTV2 with XBMC installed work? Any testing on that setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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