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**rschiks** · (This post was last modified: 2014-02-02, 11:56 by rschiks.)

Consilium B: XBMC remote - Putting the Control of XBMC Back in Your Hands!

I wrote this for the iPad only. I really hope you like it.

Get it here:
Consilium B: XBMC remote

If you have suggestions, comments, feature requests or anything else, please leave a message.

You can find a review (+video) here: TheiPhoneAppReview.com review of Consilium B: XBMC remote

If you like it, please like my facebook page:
Consilium B facebook page

and a positive rating on the App Store would be appreciated a lot Laugh

Consilium B: XBMC remote offers the following:

Supports: XBMC version 11 (Eden) and 12 (Frodo) are supported.
Live TV & Radio: Switch channels.
Trakt.TV support: Login with your Trakt.TV account and manage your online collection of movies, series and episodes. See what the community is watching. Give ratings and comments.
Movies/series schedules: Get the latest TV schedules for your series in XBMC. Find out which movies are currently, and in the future, playing and watch the trailers.
Fan art: Customize XBMC with fan art provided by themoviedb.org & thetvdb.com from your iPad.
Recently added: Get a quick overview of the latest movies, episodes, albums and songs added.
Watched: With one click you will get an overview of your latest watched movies and episodes.
Filters: Several filters can be applied, such as: collections, title, last played, genre and much more.
Collections: Create and manage your own collection of movies, series, episodes, albums and songs. You can filter on collections.
Remote control: With the integrated remote control you can easily navigate through XBMC.
Sharing: Share with your friends on facebook using the integrated facebook support of iOS 6.

...and much more...

Here are some screenshots:

opeters · 2013-02-12, 15:00

Nice remote works good.
Any plans for intergating the Live TV and Guide?

**rschiks** · 2013-02-12, 22:45

(2013-02-12, 15:00)opeters Wrote: Nice remote works good.
Any plans for intergating the Live TV and Guide?

It's now on my to do list! Laugh

JohnVee · 2013-02-13, 01:42

Great job guys, very nice remote! Smile

Just wanted to provide a little feedback on a few things I noticed.

1. The direction pad on the remote is very sensitive. I found that it often jumped more then one item on a single push.

2. Can you add the ability to hide the word "the" when scrolling though the library?

3. The Fast Forward and Rewind buttons only seem to do a 10 minute jump, instead of actually FF and RW

Other then that, It looks and works great!

ryvanzandt · 2013-02-13, 05:48

Nice work, I really like your others app for cataloging series and movies.

I had an issue that if I didn't dismiss the open dialog box and added my xbmc, when I reopened the app the recent items took focus from the dialog box and there was nothing I could do. Had to delete and redownload the app. Select never show again on the open dialog and no problems. Maybe there is some way and I just couldn't figure it out.

Ry

**rschiks** · (This post was last modified: 2013-02-13, 11:57 by rschiks.)

(2013-02-13, 01:42)JohnVee Wrote: Great job guys, very nice remote!

Just wanted to provide a little feedback on a few things I noticed.

1. The direction pad on the remote is very sensitive. I found that it often jumped more then one item on a single push.

2. Can you add the ability to hide the word "the" when scrolling though the library?

3. The Fast Forward and Rewind buttons only seem to do a 10 minute jump, instead of actually FF and RW

Other then that, It looks and works great!

Thanks for the feedback!

@1: I will look into the sensitivity. Is a configurable setting an option?
@2: I think I will also make an configurable item for that.
@3: Within XBMC you have several options. I chose this one. Alternatives are: speed change (2x...etc), small jump. Maybe also an configurable item? Laugh

(2013-02-13, 05:48)ryvanzandt Wrote: Nice work, I really like your others app for cataloging series and movies.

I had an issue that if I didn't dismiss the open dialog box and added my xbmc, when I reopened the app the recent items took focus from the dialog box and there was nothing I could do. Had to delete and redownload the app. Select never show again on the open dialog and no problems. Maybe there is some way and I just couldn't figure it out.

Ry

hmmm....strange....will check it out.

**rschiks** · 2013-02-18, 12:29

(2013-02-13, 05:48)ryvanzandt Wrote: Nice work, I really like your others app for cataloging series and movies.

I had an issue that if I didn't dismiss the open dialog box and added my xbmc, when I reopened the app the recent items took focus from the dialog box and there was nothing I could do. Had to delete and redownload the app. Select never show again on the open dialog and no problems. Maybe there is some way and I just couldn't figure it out.

Ry

Found and fixed the issue. Blush

Thanks again for the feedback!

**rschiks** · 2013-02-18, 17:03

(2013-02-13, 01:42)JohnVee Wrote: Great job guys, very nice remote!

Just wanted to provide a little feedback on a few things I noticed.

1. The direction pad on the remote is very sensitive. I found that it often jumped more then one item on a single push.

2. Can you add the ability to hide the word "the" when scrolling though the library?

3. The Fast Forward and Rewind buttons only seem to do a 10 minute jump, instead of actually FF and RW

Other then that, It looks and works great!

For the next version I have done the following:
1. Should be a lot better now. I have tested it several times.
2. For movies and Series I have added sorttitle as an sorting option (available in Change view), e.g. The Bourne Identity is sorted as if it starts with a B.
3. This is now configurable via Settings (see screenshot below).

**rschiks** · 2013-02-19, 11:20

Just submitted version 1.1:

- Customize your XBMC with fan art, provided by themoviedb.org & thetvdb.com, for movies and series from your iPad (Frodo only).
- Added menu option Source. Browse for movies, series, episodes, etc in the available sources.
- Watched status for movies and episodes can be changed from your iPad (Frodo only).
- Option sort title added for movies and series.
- Seek forward and seek backward button function configurable via Settings.
- Multiple time-outs modified.
- UI tweaks.
- Minor bug fixes.

prawnee · 2013-02-19, 11:25

Hi rschiks, the remote looks pretty but have you got a preview video so that i can look at the functionality before i commit to buy?

**rschiks** · 2013-02-19, 11:31

(2013-02-19, 11:25)prawnee Wrote: Hi rschiks, the remote looks pretty but have you got a preview video so that i can look at the functionality before i commit to buy?

Hi! Sorry no.....but it's a great idea to make one. I will look into that!

bobrap · 2013-02-19, 19:58

Trying to run this without any luck. Every time I set the XBMC server, save, done...it crashes and exits the app. Any suggestions?

**rschiks** · 2013-02-19, 21:12

(2013-02-19, 19:58)bobrap Wrote: Trying to run this without any luck. Every time I set the XBMC server, save, done...it crashes and exits the app. Any suggestions?

Which version of XBMC do you use?
- Are the settings of your XBMC host correct? check the help in the app to configure it.
- Did you remove the app and install it from the App Store again? Maybe the settings file is corrupt.

bobrap · 2013-02-20, 01:23

Latest Frodo nightly. Added a new host and got connected. As soon as I hit series...program exited. How do I delete a host?

**rschiks** · 2013-02-20, 06:21

(2013-02-20, 01:23)bobrap Wrote: Latest Frodo nightly. Added a new host and got connected. As soon as I hit series...program exited. How do I delete a host?

You can delete a host by swiping with your finger over an entry to the right and hit delete.

I have been testing with the stables versions of Eden and Frodo. This weekend I will prepare a machine with a nightly build of Frodo.