Re: [slim] VNC for piCoreplayer?

2020-04-06 Thread ralphy
giles302 wrote: > Just curious if the keyboard support was ever worked out. My use case > is PCP connected to a TV w/o mouse or keyboard. Would like to control > the I/F via VNC. No I never bothered as there was no further interest at that time and I have not used VNC with picoreplayer since.

Re: [slim] VNC for piCoreplayer?

2020-04-05 Thread giles302
ralphy wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > Thanks for looking into the keyboard support. > > Paul mentioned that there's a gpio-keys driver in 'post #14 of this > thread' > (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109686-controlling-jivelite-with-piCorePlayer-with-bash-script&p=925222&viewfull=1#post9

Re: [slim] VNC for piCoreplayer?

2019-04-06 Thread ralphy
Hi Jeff, Thanks for looking into the keyboard support. Paul mentioned that there's a gpio-keys driver in 'post #14 of this thread' (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109686-controlling-jivelite-with-piCorePlayer-with-bash-script&p=925222&viewfull=1#post925222). Which could remove th

Re: [slim] VNC for piCoreplayer?

2019-04-05 Thread Jeff07971
ralphy wrote: > It's a command line option to enable but the startup script only checks > for the official 7" screen so far. > > Navigation by keyboard does not work yet and you have to have a keyboard > connected to pcp. > > ./framebuffer-vncserver [-f device] [-p port] [-t touchscreen] [-h]

Re: [slim] VNC for piCoreplayer?

2019-04-05 Thread ralphy
rkrug wrote: > This sounds like a neat thing: to have a remote for piCoreplayer out of > the box. Any chance of making it easy to install in the next version of > piCoreplayer (i.e. via the webui)? If/when I get the keyboard interface working it will likely be added to the pcp extensions reposi

Re: [slim] VNC for piCoreplayer?

2019-04-05 Thread ralphy
Jeff07971 wrote: > Thanks Ralphy works great ! > > One feature request though, If no touchscreen is found allow navigation > by keyboard ? > > Thanks again > > Jeff It's a command line option to enable but the startup script only checks for the official 7" screen so far. Navigation by keybo

Re: [slim] VNC for piCoreplayer?

2019-04-05 Thread Jeff07971
ralphy wrote: > The keyboard support still doesn't work very well but the touch and > mouse inputs have been fine, however the mouse wheel can't be used with > jivelite. > > On a wireless rpi3, not the 3+, the vncserver daemon uses only 10% cpu > while displaying active VU meters on the iPad vn

Re: [slim] VNC for piCoreplayer?

2019-04-04 Thread rkrug
This sounds like a neat thing: to have a remote for piCoreplayer out of the box. Any chance of making it easy to install in the next version of piCoreplayer (i.e. via the webui)? rkrug's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [slim] VNC for piCoreplayer?

2019-04-04 Thread ftarz
Here is my current picoreplayer build you can try. Ralphy, Fantastic, works like a charm! Provides enough visualization and control for some remote hand-holding for my parents. Many thanks. Frank ftarz's Profile: http:

Re: [slim] VNC for piCoreplayer?

2019-04-04 Thread ralphy
The keyboard support still doesn't work very well but the touch and mouse inputs have been fine, however the mouse wheel can't be used with jivelite. On a wireless rpi3, not the 3+, the vncserver daemon uses only 10% cpu while displaying active VU meters on the iPad vncviewer client. Here are t

Re: [slim] VNC for piCoreplayer?

2019-04-02 Thread ftarz
ralphy wrote: > There are a couple framebuffer vncserver implementations based from > https://github.com/ponty/framebuffer-vncserver which in turn is derived > from the example file > https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/blob/master/examples/androidvncserver.c > > I have a working POC that al

Re: [slim] VNC for piCoreplayer?

2019-02-25 Thread ralphy
There are a couple framebuffer vncserver implementations based from https://github.com/ponty/framebuffer-vncserver which in turn is derived from the example file https://github.com/LibVNC/libvncserver/blob/master/examples/androidvncserver.c I have a working POC that allows navigating a picorepla

Re: [slim] VNC for piCoreplayer?

2019-02-19 Thread DJanGo
Afaik vnc and its derivates needs X-server and picore doesnt have a X Server. DJanGo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1516 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110206

[slim] VNC for piCoreplayer?

2019-02-19 Thread ftarz
I'm putting together a piCoreplayer system on a RPi 3B+ with the Pi 7 inch screen for my parents who live 500 miles away. I've got them set-up with VNC for remote support and this will let me use a browser for piCoreplayer and LMS control, but is there any way to see what's on the piCoreplayer