2012-07-25, 06:34
@0rganic:
Glad you enjoy Constellation... I know Dawid responded to you already, but I just wanted to toss in some extra info. (The view I'm in right now, I can't see what Dawid wrote, so I may be repeating some information.) First, about the wiki... that's mostly my fault since I've been caught up with my medical issues and so many other projects that I truthfully forgot I even had the wiki... I wont make any promises, but I'll 'attempt' to update things on there (at least a little) by the end of the month.
The "clean it up and lock it down" comment, was that in reference to Constellation or XBMC itself? I assume XBMC, in which case, once you get all the screens configured (in XBMC) to display the way you want... (posters, banners, etc.) go into the Settings Menu and normally somewhere in the "Skin" section you'll find an option for Kiosk Mode. If you turn this on, it locks the current view for TV, Movies, etc. and in most cases completely removes any "Settings" window or section inside that view.
If you want to access your addons (like TED Talks, DIYnet, etc) from Constellation, as Dawid said, you can't get their interface to display on the iPad, but by clicking the little "Puzzle Piece" icon he mentioned (in the pull down navigation area) you can add little buttons that sit at the bottom of that area so you can touch TED Talks for example and (on XBMC) it will take you directly into the addon as if you navigated to it manually.
In reference to #3 in your post, all three sections on the Dashboard (TV, Movies, Albums) those lists are created by whatever the most recent things scanned into XBMC... and I'm not sure if you noticed, but if you swipe across those (left and right) you can scroll through more than just the ones you initially see (I'm not sure if it's a set number in Constellation or based on the "Most Recent" from XBMC, but I think the default floats around 15 of each type).
To clarify a little more on the buttons you mention in #4:
For "Update Library" buttons, you need to hold them in (and have 'fun watching the button light up') so that it will send the command to XBMC to tell it to update it's copy of the Audio or Video library. Having a 'hold' button like this prevents accidentally bumping the button and the obvious annoyance you'd experience if you ended up having to wait for a Library update all the time if you having shaky hands or aren't paying attention.
And the last part to your post... since you've already paid for the full iPad version of Constellation, when you upgrade your wife's iPhone (only if they are attached to the same Apple ID) you can get Constellation on the iPhone for free. (If you and your wife use separate Apple accounts, it'd require a new purchase). After you download/sync the free version of Constellation onto her iPhone, touch the "Go Pro" button and then select the option for "Restore Purchase" and no matter what that little pop up box says about price, you will NOT be charged. (Blame Apple for the confusing part).
@mrv777 and e2zippo:
There's still no 'official' news on the Android version other than it is being worked on. And (purely a guess) I think the website being down is just a matter of they are either doing site updates, changing hosts, etc. since they did release another new Alpha/Beta version, about 12 hours ago I think is when I got the email, so no one needs to worry about them disappearing or abandoning the software.
@everyone:
I know people aren't always thrilled with signing up for 'yet another site', but if click the "Constellation Forums" link in my signature and post over there, you'd have the ability to create new topics/threads as opposed to having to skim through over 1700 posts to hopefully find what you were looking for. (Yes, there is captcha on that site, but it's to prevent spam and it goes away once you've hit 5 posts... I'm sorry about that)
Glad you enjoy Constellation... I know Dawid responded to you already, but I just wanted to toss in some extra info. (The view I'm in right now, I can't see what Dawid wrote, so I may be repeating some information.) First, about the wiki... that's mostly my fault since I've been caught up with my medical issues and so many other projects that I truthfully forgot I even had the wiki... I wont make any promises, but I'll 'attempt' to update things on there (at least a little) by the end of the month.
The "clean it up and lock it down" comment, was that in reference to Constellation or XBMC itself? I assume XBMC, in which case, once you get all the screens configured (in XBMC) to display the way you want... (posters, banners, etc.) go into the Settings Menu and normally somewhere in the "Skin" section you'll find an option for Kiosk Mode. If you turn this on, it locks the current view for TV, Movies, etc. and in most cases completely removes any "Settings" window or section inside that view.
If you want to access your addons (like TED Talks, DIYnet, etc) from Constellation, as Dawid said, you can't get their interface to display on the iPad, but by clicking the little "Puzzle Piece" icon he mentioned (in the pull down navigation area) you can add little buttons that sit at the bottom of that area so you can touch TED Talks for example and (on XBMC) it will take you directly into the addon as if you navigated to it manually.
In reference to #3 in your post, all three sections on the Dashboard (TV, Movies, Albums) those lists are created by whatever the most recent things scanned into XBMC... and I'm not sure if you noticed, but if you swipe across those (left and right) you can scroll through more than just the ones you initially see (I'm not sure if it's a set number in Constellation or based on the "Most Recent" from XBMC, but I think the default floats around 15 of each type).
To clarify a little more on the buttons you mention in #4:
- Resync local data - Tells Constellation to check XBMC for any new stuff and grabs the data if missing in Constellation
- Remove database - Removes the copy of the database ONLY in Constellation and does not alter/effect XBMC itself
- Flush image cache - As Dawid said, it dumps the local images (on your iPad/iPhone only) to grab the most recent images from XBMC
For "Update Library" buttons, you need to hold them in (and have 'fun watching the button light up') so that it will send the command to XBMC to tell it to update it's copy of the Audio or Video library. Having a 'hold' button like this prevents accidentally bumping the button and the obvious annoyance you'd experience if you ended up having to wait for a Library update all the time if you having shaky hands or aren't paying attention.
And the last part to your post... since you've already paid for the full iPad version of Constellation, when you upgrade your wife's iPhone (only if they are attached to the same Apple ID) you can get Constellation on the iPhone for free. (If you and your wife use separate Apple accounts, it'd require a new purchase). After you download/sync the free version of Constellation onto her iPhone, touch the "Go Pro" button and then select the option for "Restore Purchase" and no matter what that little pop up box says about price, you will NOT be charged. (Blame Apple for the confusing part).
@mrv777 and e2zippo:
There's still no 'official' news on the Android version other than it is being worked on. And (purely a guess) I think the website being down is just a matter of they are either doing site updates, changing hosts, etc. since they did release another new Alpha/Beta version, about 12 hours ago I think is when I got the email, so no one needs to worry about them disappearing or abandoning the software.
@everyone:
I know people aren't always thrilled with signing up for 'yet another site', but if click the "Constellation Forums" link in my signature and post over there, you'd have the ability to create new topics/threads as opposed to having to skim through over 1700 posts to hopefully find what you were looking for. (Yes, there is captcha on that site, but it's to prevent spam and it goes away once you've hit 5 posts... I'm sorry about that)