2010-10-20, 12:19
Hi to all. I am not sure this is the right thread for my laments, but seems it is populated by the people who can help.
I am relatively new XBMC user, but a quite experienced computer professional (in the battlefield since 1968), so I do not need help frequently. This time I need.
Recently I tried the new (Dharma) web control interface and I must say I am a bit confused. I can connect without problems ... but if XBMC is not allready playing, it's allmost all I can do.
At the bottom I see just big gray rectangle; at the top there are REMOTE, MOVIES, TV SHOWS, MUSIC, and SETTINGS fields, but they seem to be dead - If I point to some field, its background color changes, but clicking does nothing except the 'ajax-loader.gif' icon shows and starts to rotate. No directories, no files, no controls, no messages, no help ...
If XBMC is allready playing (thanks to heavens the infra remote and wireless keyboard work for me), I can see album and track info, timing info, next track info and basic control butons. Buttons seem to work as expected, but no playlist, no playlist edition, no volume control. And again, no directories, no files to build playlist. Beyond this, track name sometimes changes properly, somtimes does not (reloading page helps here).
In the Wiki there is just a very, very brief description of the obsolete interface and list of JSONRPM functions for developers. No description, no user help.
Would finally developers of this nightmare make this part of XBMC more user friendly, please ??
I am relatively new XBMC user, but a quite experienced computer professional (in the battlefield since 1968), so I do not need help frequently. This time I need.
Recently I tried the new (Dharma) web control interface and I must say I am a bit confused. I can connect without problems ... but if XBMC is not allready playing, it's allmost all I can do.
At the bottom I see just big gray rectangle; at the top there are REMOTE, MOVIES, TV SHOWS, MUSIC, and SETTINGS fields, but they seem to be dead - If I point to some field, its background color changes, but clicking does nothing except the 'ajax-loader.gif' icon shows and starts to rotate. No directories, no files, no controls, no messages, no help ...
If XBMC is allready playing (thanks to heavens the infra remote and wireless keyboard work for me), I can see album and track info, timing info, next track info and basic control butons. Buttons seem to work as expected, but no playlist, no playlist edition, no volume control. And again, no directories, no files to build playlist. Beyond this, track name sometimes changes properly, somtimes does not (reloading page helps here).
In the Wiki there is just a very, very brief description of the obsolete interface and list of JSONRPM functions for developers. No description, no user help.
Would finally developers of this nightmare make this part of XBMC more user friendly, please ??