MPBlue PPC client release 0.0.4 (3 Viewers)

[ZetaVu]

Ok, I tried the plugin on mp 0.2 rc2. Plugin is enabled (I tried to have it appear on home screen but it doesn't) I am using ppc 2003, run the program, see the screen, I can navigate, but when I hit music I get

A managed SoapException occurred at Application::Run+Oxf

****

System.Runtime.Remoting.Remoting Exception - Server encountered an internal error. For more information, turn off customErrors in the server's .config file.

Application::Run+Oxf
firmMain::Main+Oxa

Ok to terminate

Any ideas? By the way I had to restart my computer to get this working, before it wouldn't talk at all. No issues with tv, just music.

Also, is there any way to setup the default hostname so I don't have to reenter?

 

[ZetaVu]

Ok, I tried the plugin on mp 0.2 rc2. Plugin is enabled (I tried to have it appear on home screen but it doesn't) I am using ppc 2003, run the program, see the screen, I can navigate, but when I hit music I get

A managed SoapException occurred at Application::Run+Oxf

****

System.Runtime.Remoting.Remoting Exception - Server encountered an internal error. For more information, turn off customErrors in the server's .config file.

Application::Run+Oxf
firmMain::Main+Oxa

Ok to terminate

Any ideas? By the way I had to restart my computer to get this working, before it wouldn't talk at all. No issues with tv, just music.

Also, is there any way to setup the default hostname so I don't have to reenter?

 

[MrSensitive]

the current version definatly does'nt work on 0.2

I'm just reconfiguring my development environment to (re)start working on the plugin..
expect fancier graphics in the new version..

i will try to releases something with the current functionality for 0.2 in the near future...

it is too cold over here to finsh the subwoofer so....

 

[MrSensitive]

Is there anything I can help you out with? Ive been programming PDA's at work for the last 3 months now and have all the required dev tools.
Egon

Egon,

sure, there are a lot of things that need to be done on the PPC part:
- I haven't figured out yet what the best way is to save settings
- I'm also looking for something that can give me the powerstate of the device eg: when the backlight is off, i want to ignore the first keypress.. the user could not see yet where he was pushing..
- i also need something to get the state of the network interface.. polling the HTPC to see if it is on and to see if MP is running.
- landscape mode... (possible in .NET 2.0)

and a lot of other stuff..


thanks

 

[mzemina]

This is great!

With the two of you working together we will have a fantastic remote control!

I can't wait... Oh yes, maybe I should purchase a PPC before I get too excited.

But, I do know that this will be GREAT!

Mike

 

[ZetaVu]

This looks exactly like what I have been looking for. I want to be able to read and navigate the music database in MP, and play songs through my computer (in MP) using my pda as a remote. The important feature is that I can read the music database on my ppc, and not need a tv on. (or I can leave the tv on in either a slideshow or full screen visualizations, able to look through and change songs with my ppc)

Is it possibly to have some of the playback options, such as shuffle? Would it be possible to look through different genre, years, other views on the ppc?

Let me know when you have a working version for rc2 (note, I had to put in one of the recent cvs builds because text (genre, year) were not displaying correctly in the music module Not sure if that will impact design. Hopefully there will be a new release soon that incorporates these fixes.

 

[egonspengleruk]

Is there anything I can help you out with? Ive been programming PDA's at work for the last 3 months now and have all the required dev tools.
Egon

Egon,

sure, there are a lot of things that need to be done on the PPC part:
- I haven't figured out yet what the best way is to save settings
- I'm also looking for something that can give me the powerstate of the device eg: when the backlight is off, i want to ignore the first keypress.. the user could not see yet where he was pushing..
- i also need something to get the state of the network interface.. polling the HTPC to see if it is on and to see if MP is running.
- landscape mode... (possible in .NET 2.0)

and a lot of other stuff..


thanks

Im looking at settings at work at the min. Will let you know what I find out.
Ditto with power. There are API's in the Pocket PC SDK for just this....will did them out and write some test code for you.
Will have a look at the polling....im guessing the WebInterface does the same thing...so can use what they have done and convert to C#
Landscape is easy All it means is that you dont place controls on the GUI at fixed locations, instead you use a percentage of the screen width/height.

My setup at home is running 2.0RC at the min so I cant test out the existing code.....but would be happy to have a look at the source and see what I can do.
Let me know

Egon

 

[egonspengleruk]

Is there anything I can help you out with? Ive been programming PDA's at work for the last 3 months now and have all the required dev tools.
Egon

Egon,

sure, there are a lot of things that need to be done on the PPC part:
- I haven't figured out yet what the best way is to save settings
- I'm also looking for something that can give me the powerstate of the device eg: when the backlight is off, i want to ignore the first keypress.. the user could not see yet where he was pushing..
- i also need something to get the state of the network interface.. polling the HTPC to see if it is on and to see if MP is running.
- landscape mode... (possible in .NET 2.0)

and a lot of other stuff..


thanks

Im looking at settings at work at the min. Will let you know what I find out.
Ditto with power. There are API's in the Pocket PC SDK for just this....will did them out and write some test code for you.
Will have a look at the polling....im guessing the WebInterface does the same thing...so can use what they have done and convert to C#
Landscape is easy All it means is that you dont place controls on the GUI at fixed locations, instead you use a percentage of the screen width/height.

My setup at home is running 2.0RC at the min so I cant test out the existing code.....but would be happy to have a look at the source and see what I can do.
Let me know

Egon

 

[MrSensitive]

cool,

looks like the ball is rolling again..
(OT: what is it with me and balls...this is the subwoofer I was talking about:)

I managed to rewrite the plugin part (MPBlue server) to be comaptible with the latest CVS, the webservices are running again..
now some fine tuning on the client...

 

[ZetaVu]

Do you have the new server version available so we can test?