2012-04-18, 03:25
Just another idea. Might be worthless, but I'll suggest it for comment anyway.
Currently, the iOS version of XBMC allows us to run XMBC on an iOS device using our shared library. Awesome!
What about enabling a "Remote" function/button that would enable you to control your HTPC's XBMC from your iOS device? I know there are MANY remote apps out there, and many ways to remotely control your HTPC etc... but just hear me out.
My thinking was that there would be a button ("Enable Remote") on the main screen of XBMC on the iOS device (eg. iPad). When you press this button, xbmc will no longer play the videos locally on the iPad, but send commands to your XBMC installation on your HTPC (via xbmc's web server??). So now when you choose movies on your iPad, it moves to the Movies collection both on your iPad and HTPC (TV). Whatever you do on the iOS device, is transmitted to the HTPC, apart from actually playing movies locally. (ie. Moving from movies to tv shows, editing settings...)
This way you can control all of XBMC's functionality from your iPad/iphone etc... No need for extra apps.
The main reason I brought this up is because I currently use iRule and EventGhost to control everything and the one issue with using an iPad/flat screen as a remote control is you don't have physical buttons to feel around and press. Meaning you have to look at the ipad, press the button on the screen, then look at the tv to see what action occurred. With the above functionality, the ipad would have the same info as the tv, so you would only need to look u when watching a vid, or when your done with your playlist etc....
Anyway, there are cons and pros, and probably more work required on the Web server to accommodate swipes etc... so whether this is viable/feasible is debatable. One Con is that, from a universal remote perspective where we want one remote to control the world, this will only control XBMC...
Currently, the iOS version of XBMC allows us to run XMBC on an iOS device using our shared library. Awesome!
What about enabling a "Remote" function/button that would enable you to control your HTPC's XBMC from your iOS device? I know there are MANY remote apps out there, and many ways to remotely control your HTPC etc... but just hear me out.
My thinking was that there would be a button ("Enable Remote") on the main screen of XBMC on the iOS device (eg. iPad). When you press this button, xbmc will no longer play the videos locally on the iPad, but send commands to your XBMC installation on your HTPC (via xbmc's web server??). So now when you choose movies on your iPad, it moves to the Movies collection both on your iPad and HTPC (TV). Whatever you do on the iOS device, is transmitted to the HTPC, apart from actually playing movies locally. (ie. Moving from movies to tv shows, editing settings...)
This way you can control all of XBMC's functionality from your iPad/iphone etc... No need for extra apps.
The main reason I brought this up is because I currently use iRule and EventGhost to control everything and the one issue with using an iPad/flat screen as a remote control is you don't have physical buttons to feel around and press. Meaning you have to look at the ipad, press the button on the screen, then look at the tv to see what action occurred. With the above functionality, the ipad would have the same info as the tv, so you would only need to look u when watching a vid, or when your done with your playlist etc....
Anyway, there are cons and pros, and probably more work required on the Web server to accommodate swipes etc... so whether this is viable/feasible is debatable. One Con is that, from a universal remote perspective where we want one remote to control the world, this will only control XBMC...