I've just finished the first version of a Squeezbox Controller applet for remote controlling the great VLC media player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/). It uses the HTTP interface of VLC, here are the steps to make it work. - download and start VLC player - enable the HTTP remote control interface (Settings -> Preferences -> Interface -> Main interfaces -> "HTTP remote control interface" ) - the http port is 8080 by default - test the interface by navigating to http://<your hostname>:8080/ in a web browser - fill your VLC playlist with some media files - download the applet (you can find it attached to this page) - install the applet on your Squeezebox Controller (use manual ssh upload method if the Applet Installer doesn't work) - navigate to Extras->VLC Remote, then press Home to go to the settings page - enter your hostname (name of the host running the VLC Player) - enter your port (8080 by default) - return to the main "VLC Remote" screen and start controlling your player
As of now the applet doesn't provide any feedback on what's happening (hey, it's 0.1 ;-)), but it's quite useful - for me at least anyway Please do post your comments and ideas here. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: VLCRemote0_1.zip | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5253| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- kilgore ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kilgore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17991 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48621 _______________________________________________ jive mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/jive
