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Re: Sam's & Maschine's webinterface for Media Portal
I have a question :
I didn't found in your 2 threads, the exact characteristics of the remote "PC" which can control MP over the web (or over local Intranet, I suppose)
Why my question ?
-> Because I dream about an remote control of M-P from My Philips Ipronto IR-WiFi remote which can access by its webrowser in WiFi mode, to any html page (by IP), on the Intranet / Internet
Example : http://montaleigne.free.fr/IPRONTO/WEB_Serveur/Img_2887_500.jpg
BUT the Ipronto has not at this time PHP or UPnP
So.. what is your opinion about my ...dream ?
Best regards from France ; Merry Christmas to every M-P lover (and all others!)
Congratulations for your very useful workMaschine said:
I have a question :
I didn't found in your 2 threads, the exact characteristics of the remote "PC" which can control MP over the web (or over local Intranet, I suppose)
Why my question ?
-> Because I dream about an remote control of M-P from My Philips Ipronto IR-WiFi remote which can access by its webrowser in WiFi mode, to any html page (by IP), on the Intranet / Internet
Example : http://montaleigne.free.fr/IPRONTO/WEB_Serveur/Img_2887_500.jpg
BUT the Ipronto has not at this time PHP or UPnP
So.. what is your opinion about my ...dream ?
Best regards from France ; Merry Christmas to every M-P lover (and all others!)
Germany
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Re: Sam's & Maschine's webinterface for Media Portal
Hi Jean-Max,
php is a server-side language. You don't need anything for it on your remote-PC. You only need a simple webbrowser. Just give it a try ;-)
If you have further questions then, feel free to ask anytime
Maschine
Jean-Max said:
Hi Jean-Max,
php is a server-side language. You don't need anything for it on your remote-PC. You only need a simple webbrowser. Just give it a try ;-)
If you have further questions then, feel free to ask anytime
Maschine
I just discovered that this webcontrol uses some web-services to
control MP
You can see these webservices by browsing to
http://localhost/MPExtControlWS/MPWS.asmx
Now what would be nice if we had a few extra webservice methods like:
This way external apps like your PDA or XBMC or...
could control MP
If you share the sources of the webcontrol plugin
I can try to add those and maybe more webmethods myself
frodo
control MP
You can see these webservices by browsing to
http://localhost/MPExtControlWS/MPWS.asmx
Now what would be nice if we had a few extra webservice methods like:
Code:
//function to retrieve the number of tv capture cards
int GetNumberOfTVCards()
//function to retrieve the friendly name of a capture card
string GetFriendlyNameForTVCard(int card)
//function to get the names of all tv channels
string[] GetTVChannels()
//function to get the tvguide for a tv channel
TVProgram GetTVGuideForChannel(string tvChannel)
//function to see if a card is watching tv
bool IsCardWatchingTV(int card)
//function to see if a card is recording tv
bool IsCardRecording(int card)
//function to get the tv channel name a specific card is tuned on
bool GetTvChannelForCard(int card)
//function to record a tv program
void RecordProgram(string tvchannel, int startHour, int startMinute, int endHour, int endMinute)
//function to record now
void RecordNow(string tvchannel)
//function see whats being recorded
TVProgram GetCurrentRecording(int card)This way external apps like your PDA or XBMC or...
could control MP
If you share the sources of the webcontrol plugin
I can try to add those and maybe more webmethods myself
frodo
usbrit said:
Did you just download it, like within the last hour? Because that was when I was uploading the new version. What a coincidence....
download it again - I'm sure the effort is worth it ;-)
Sam
frodo said:
Aaah... you've been looking at the code, huh?
Ok, I think its time for me to spill the beans on how the whole thing works (some people may have worked it out already as most of the source code was included)...
The web interface works by talking to a web service, which in turn talks to the plugin which then passes the message onto MP.
Now, some may ask why there are so many steps just to pass a message along. The answer is because the web interface was written in PHP, while the plugin was written in VB.NET. In order to bridge the .NET and PHP gap, the web service has to be there as web services are standardised. It also makes it much easier for others to use the plugin over the network, but that wasn't the primary reason.
PHP couldn't talk to the plugin directly because the plugin uses .NET remoting for communication - a .NET only technology. The web service converts standard web service talk to a .NET remoting message for the plugin. Therefore, if you are writing a .NET app, if performance is vital, talking directly to the plugin is much better (in technical terms, there are less serialisation/deserialisation processes).
The code to talk to the plugin was included in the setup (look in the MPWebControl\htdocs\MPExtControlWS folder).
I would be happy to share the code for the plugin itself, but there are two things:
1. I wrote it in VB.NET and not C#. VS.NET will cope with this without a problem (provided you've installed VB.NET) however other compilers will complain. Maybe include it seperately from the main code (e.g. outside the mediaportal folder in CVS).
2. It would be great if this was in the CVS and I had access to it because I'm planning on making a PPC remote app (not web page) and that would require the addition of a few more functions. I'll have to wait until I get my PPC though...
If its no problem, PM me or post back here and I'll give you the code.
BTW, in the new build of the web interface, I have limited access to the web service to ONLY internal network devices for security purposes, i.e. the web service is not accessible from the internet.
Sam
wow!
Awesome!
What you may have done here un-intentionally, is allowed for an interface we can code into xbmc for full control over mediaportal! I have long dreamed of a hometheatre pc, with dvb cards in it, and thin clients throughout my house that could fully control recordings, and play recorded media.
I'll get the xbmc code loaded on my pc, and see if we can make this happen.
I may have some questions for ya
Awesome!
What you may have done here un-intentionally, is allowed for an interface we can code into xbmc for full control over mediaportal! I have long dreamed of a hometheatre pc, with dvb cards in it, and thin clients throughout my house that could fully control recordings, and play recorded media.
I'll get the xbmc code loaded on my pc, and see if we can make this happen.
I may have some questions for ya