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Help and Support (Using VoxCommando) => MediaPortal => Topic started by: Dachkennel on September 16, 2011, 05:54:25 AM
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Hi there,
I've just signed uo this forum because of this very amazing Voxcommando project. I also noticed this is very very powerfull in controlling i.e. XBMC or Mediamonkey. My Question is:
Will ever be a full support of Mediaportal there in future?
I'm asking because im pretty a kind of Mediaportal-hard-user. Did some skinning before, but on this frontier even my skills in programming are limited. I really whish there is a little hope for controlling MP in the way XBMC was shown in the videos.
I had success on this time to make some easy voice navigation commands for MP using the massage plugin, but at this poit i dont knwo to get deeper. Is there any possibility in navigation for music or TV with MP? for example by telling the artists or channels name? what have to be done to import the databases in voxcommando?
If i can, i like to help on any point on development, but as i sayed beforme my skills are limited.
Sorry for may bad english.
Greets,
Dachkennel
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Hi there,
I've just signed uo this forum because of this very amazing Voxcommando project. I also noticed this is very very powerfull in controlling i.e. XBMC or Mediamonkey. My Question is:
Will ever be a full support of Mediaportal there in future?
I'm asking because im pretty a kind of Mediaportal-hard-user. Did some skinning before, but on this frontier even my skills in programming are limited. I really whish there is a little hope for controlling MP in the way XBMC was shown in the videos.
I had success on this time to make some easy voice navigation commands for MP using the massage plugin, but at this poit i dont knwo to get deeper. Is there any possibility in navigation for music or TV with MP? for example by telling the artists or channels name? what have to be done to import the databases in voxcommando?
If i can, i like to help on any point on development, but as i sayed beforme my skills are limited.
Sorry for may bad english.
Greets,
Dachkennel
Hi Dachkennel (auch nicht schlecht dein username :D ), willkommen im VoxCommando-Forum. Du kannst MP über button codes mit VC steuern http://voxcommando.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=MediaPortal_button_codes (http://voxcommando.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=MediaPortal_button_codes)
Es gibt in VoxCommando auch die Möglichkeit Keyboardeingaben per Sprache zu senden http://voxcommando.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Actions#InputKeys (http://voxcommando.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Actions#InputKeys) so kannst Du deine eigenen Makros erstellen.
Ich denke James wird Dir hier posten, wie er Dich für Mediaportal mit VoxCommando unterstützen kann.
Gruß Kalle
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There might be some ways to extend control of mediaPortal a bit, but the problem is that the program does not offer any method to control it other than the message plugin which is limited to simple buttons presses. As Kalle says, you can simulate keyboard entry so you should possibly use that to search for movies etc.
XBMC provides a strong control interface here: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Web_Server_HTTP_API
MediaMonkey provides a great control interface here: http://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/index.php/MediaMonkey_Automation_objects
As far as I know there is no such thing available for MediaPortal. I used to use MediaPortal for years and finally switched to XBMC because of this. Other than recording TV shows I think XBMC is better in just about every way. The problem is further complicated by the fact that MediaPortal does not have built in support for TV series and Movies, but uses plugins for this, so a developer would need to figure out how to access these plugins as well.
If you find a good plugin or new feature of MediaPortal that I don't know about, please let me know and I'll see if there is something I can do with it. I am not interested in developing my own plugin for MediaPortal because it would be too much work for me, since I would have to learn too much about the program.
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Hi there,
thank fpr your replies. So i think i understand the Problem. Mediaportal is for me the best solution because i use it for TV in the main case.
I dont know how long you didnt have had a look in MP for the last time, but since the last two years MP has been very hard updatet. It know runs for me the most perfect system, realy fast in version 1.2. Ther is also a parallel work in progress in developping MP 2.0. In Case of TV Mp seems to me the most powerfull Mediacenter-Software.
So i had a short look if there is already a little bit of work done for a control interface for MP. What i've found is a pluging for full control MP with an Iphone. have a look at here. http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/ipimp-518/ipimp-5-2-0-mediaportal-1-2-0-beta-96262/ (http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/ipimp-518/ipimp-5-2-0-mediaportal-1-2-0-beta-96262/)
I dont know if something like this can be a poit to start.
Ther is also an tcp/ip server process plugin calld wifiremote here http://de.team-mediaportal.com/erweiterungen/eingabe-und-ausgabe/wifiremote (http://de.team-mediaportal.com/erweiterungen/eingabe-und-ausgabe/wifiremote)
I also found a Webcontrol Plugin http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mpwebservices-463/new-plugin-webservices-transcoded-streaming-web-interface-tvserver-mediaportal-71404/ (http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mpwebservices-463/new-plugin-webservices-transcoded-streaming-web-interface-tvserver-mediaportal-71404/)
And this one (in german) http://www.ip-symcon.de/forum/f13/natives-mediaportal-plugin-8796/ (http://www.ip-symcon.de/forum/f13/natives-mediaportal-plugin-8796/)
So the problem for me is that im not the hard into this interfacing stuff to know exactly what has to be done in development for the perfect interface. I could make a request in the MP-Forum if i just exactly know about what. you understand what i mean?
I think in the MP-User-Corner there will be a a very high numer of peoples that will be fascinatet of "voxcammand" thier systems...
Greets,
Dachkennel
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OK WifiRemote looks like the answer. This will take some time but I am excited about it. A few things will have to happen before I can even start working on this.
1 - I am in the middle of a rush job that will take about a week. I probably won't be able to do much before that.
2 - I am creating a plugin system for VoxCommando. I will need to finish this before any major changes can take place, and this would be a plugin for sure, not a core component of VC. As much as possible I will be moving actions into plugins so that you only load the stuff you want / need.
Still I am very happy to see what appears to be possible with WifiRemote.
Where can I find a download for MP 1.2 ?
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Hi James,
these are nice news. It would be perfect if this works.
The link i posted about wifiremote seems to me to be the newest version, in fact that MP 1.2 final will be realesed next mondey i think ive heard. This wifiremote version is from 2011-08-19 i think it will workt in 1.2 final as good as in beta. (i hope so...)
please let me know if i can do any testing or something like that or if i can help in any way...
Greets,
Dachkennel
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wifi remote does not appear to be compatible with MP 1.2
edit: oops. looks like I installed, 1.2 beta and not 1.2 rc
trying again...
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seems to work! OK I'll look into this further when I get a chance. Seems promising.
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Hi James,
have a look at here:
http://code.google.com/p/wifiremote/downloads/list (http://code.google.com/p/wifiremote/downloads/list)
Greets,
Dachkennel
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Hi James,
have a look at here:
http://code.google.com/p/wifiremote/downloads/list (http://code.google.com/p/wifiremote/downloads/list)
Greets,
Dachkennel
please see my previous post. I have already downloaded and installed those. It is working.
The problem I have now is that the demo client provided only has examples for very simple commands like "up" "down" etc. and set volume, even though the plugin is capable of doing more than that.
I will probably need to get help from the developer of this plugin, unless I want to spend a lot of time scratching my head.
Also, the plugin does not seem to support much in the way of queuing music etc. It appears that you need to specify each individual file. So there can be no commands like "play artist xyz" or "play album xyz", unless we tell it every song by that artist or on that album.
so, this may not be the ideal solution after all. Unless the developer wants to add functionality, or perhaps I am misunderstanding what is possible. I am looking at what appears to be the full list of commands here:
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/17_Extensions/3_Plugins/WifiRemote/Commands
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aha! OK I've figured out how to do more complex commands. I have made a test command that can jump to a window using the window id. That is a good start.
Now the biggest problem will be what the plugin is actually capable of. Perhaps you could get in touch with the developer and as what would be possible in terms of requesting items by name. Basically we want something along the lines of requesting media via SQL queries. Maybe it is already possible, or maybe he could add some functionality for us.
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Hi James,
ok i will try to cantact the develloper if wifiremote. I hope i can get more information about this this week. At the moment im into writing my master exam on university (dont know how to say in english) so im a little bit out of time. :)
I aksed alredy in MP-Formum to get even more support for this project by other MP-users. So i will post here any information awailable.
Greets,
Dachkennel
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OK. Good luck with your exams. There is also a plugin called "one button random music" which I think has much of the work already done but does not allow control from outside. Perhaps it could be adapted to wifiremote.
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Hi there,
I am one of the developers of WifiRemote.
Your project sounds really interesting and I would love to see support for MediaPortal. So let's see, what we can do to make that work :-)
You are right that most commands that can be sent with WifiRemote are quite basic. The plugin was planned as a "dumb" interface between networked applications and MediaPortal and is mostly used by mobile apps (CouchPotato, aMPdroid) to simulate a normal remote control.
More data-centric work is done with a different plugin, GMA Webservices (will be deprecated by MP-Extended soon). This is a windows service that has access to MediaPortals databases and therefor knows about the actual content. The way to go (in my oppinion) is to query GMA/MP-Extended for the media file you want to play and then tell WifiRemote to do it. I am unsure if GMA already has search capabilities, but they have some very active and helpful developers, so that should be doable.
If you want to talk join us on IRC (#mp-extended @ irc.freenode.net). (Disclaimer: I am not a developer of GMA, so no guarantuees there! But I will help you with WifiRemote as good as I am able to.)
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Hi Shukuyen,
Thanks so much for your offer to help. I almost missed this post somehow. Sorry for the delay in replying. I used to be a big fan of MediaPortal so I would be very happy if there is a good solution for controlling it from VoxCommando.
I have done some preliminary tests with your plugin and the sample c# client that you provided, and it works great. Thanks for that! It is a great starting point and as soon as I have some time to dedicate I am sure I will be able to access all the current functionality without too much trouble. If i need help I'll be sure to contact you. I don't use any IRC or other chat clients other than google chat but I'll try to set something up soon.
I'm ok with using this other plugin (GMA) to request information about the library, but in terms of requesting items I think it would be much better if I could send a single request and have the plugin do all the work. It does not make sense to ask for every song individually and will create a much less responsive setup. There is a plugin called "one click random music". I believe it has the code needed to, for example, queue all songs by a certain artist. Perhaps it would be possible to "borrow" some methods from this plugin and make them available in the wifi plugin?
One question about GMA (I have not even looked at it yet, sorry). Do you know if it can provide information from other major plugins such as MPTVseries and Moving Pictures? I don't know if it is still the case, but the built-in video library functionality was useless when last I used MP.
I would also like to see other functions added like the ability to rate music and photos. Don't know if that would be possible, but it would be loverly!
cheers, and thanks for contacting us.
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Hey I just wanted to give you an update. I am making progress with VoxCommando and MediaPortal.
It stills needs a lot of work, but I have a test plugin for VoxCommando that is talking to wifiremote. I have also started to modify the wifiremote code to add new functionality. So far I have figured out how to request music, so that will definitely be a feature. You'll be able to request music as with XBMC or MediaMonkey
Commands like this will be possible:
- play artist "abc"
- play song "def"
- play album "xyz"
and pretty much anything else that we can do with an sql query
"play 5 star jazz that I have not heard for a week" etc...
that's all I've figured out for now. I need to look into requesting playlists by name.
then there is the genXML code for mediaPortal which I haven't even looked at yet.
Video is a whole other challenge for the future, although wifiremote already supports playing any file if you know the filename so that at least will be possible for sure.
I will probably release the plugin along with the first plugin-ready version of VoxCommando some time in the next 10 days, even though it will probably have limited functionality (i.e. music and buttons only)
I figure once I've got the music commands working it will make it easier to develop interest, and get help from the makers of other plugins like Moving Pictures and MP TV-series and help them understand what I'm trying to accomplish.
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Oh, and we're going to need beta testers too.
are there any other MediaPortal users other than Dachkennel that want to help with testing?
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Oh wow, I thought I subscribed to this thread ... Sorry for not answering here!
If you want to see your code in the official WifiRemote just open issues on Google Code and attach patch files. If you are interested I can give you write access to svn after some patches when we are on the same page coding-style-wise ;-)
Let me know if I can help with anything, even if I don't answer in IRC I will read it later on. And of course I can help beta test if you want me! Your progress sounds really intriguing.
Bye,
Shukuyen.
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no worries. I'll have a patch for you soon, and also a new version of VC to test.
thanks.
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Hi. I added some patch files as an issue, but accidentally marked them as a defect... sorry.
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Hi James,
now i have a litlle bit more time to get into testing it with MP. I hope i can give feedback within this week :)
Has your work already implemented to the newest Voxcommando version or may i have to download it seperatly?
Greets,
Dachkennel
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I will upload a new version of VoxCommando with new VC plugins, and a new version of wifiremote plugin for mediaPortal soon.
make sure you are subscribed to this topic and I will announce it here when it is ready.
I might upload something later today or tomorrow.
Things will continue to evolve as we move forward. It looks like we have good control over music. We can also find a movie in MovingPictures but that is about it for MovingPictures so far. I have created a bit of a hack for TvSeries temporarily that lets you find a TvSeries by name, but for certain, this will have to be updated. It depends on what we can get the devs of these other plugins to do for us.
In terms of other areas of MediaPortal like EPG I know nothing of this and I don't have a TV tuner so it will be a bit trickier to add support for this I think. wifiremote has a function to change the channel though.
I have not looked at pictures yet.
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if you don't already have the mediaportal wifiremote plugin install that.
Then replace the file WifiRemote.dll (which should be in ...Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\plugins\process) with the one in the attached .zip
edit: outdated attachment removed, see: http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=614.0
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OK guys. Start testing!
http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=614.0
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What an overwhelming response... :bonk
Here's a german version for MediaPortal. Many thanks to Kalle for translating.
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It's working now :) Had to lower the accept rate to about 40%, but it gets me right anyway.
Just having some problems with "move left", "move right" and so on, they are sometimes recognized but don't do anything?
Playing a movie with "Spiele Film xy" (play movie xy) is working, too. Is there a list of available commands?
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click "help" >> "Generate Help Menu"
this will create an html document and open it with all commands on it.
The other way to see the commands is to click "Edit" and browse the tree. Here you can also change the phrases used to trigger commands.
In this configuration the move commands are using keyboard emulation (arrow keys) which should affect the currently focused application on whatever machine VC is running on. You can change that to use wifiremote commands instead if mediaportal is on a different machine.
I am surprised you are only getting 40%. Even I was able to get 40% and I don't speak German!
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Yeah I get 70% most of the time, but I think my microphone doesn't record loud enough (it works well with these settings in all other programs, so I won't change it). I will try to change it to WifiRemote.
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I find speech usually works pretty well with low input level, so it may actually be that your voice is too loud. A little quick training session in windows speech never hurts. In English I usually get 90+ for anything that I say unless I'm really not speaking clearly or there is a lot of background noise, or of course if I'm just saying a command that doesn't exits :) It's hard to keep track sometimes with all the different configurations for different programs and all the testing that I do.
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Ok, will have a look at training on the weekend ;)
The only thing from the help that didn't work as I expect it to is "finde ungesehene episoden von x" (find unwatched episodes of x). This always takes me to the series overview, but not to the details of a series ...
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Ok, will have a look at training on the weekend ;)
The only thing from the help that didn't work as I expect it to is "finde ungesehene episoden von x" (find unwatched episodes of x). This always takes me to the series overview, but not to the details of a series ...
Hi Shukuyen, ich habe die Befehle mit einem ASUS HS1000W Headset getestet und habe bis auf ein paar Ausnahmen immer 80%+
Erkennungsrate. Im Deutschen funktionieren Phrasen aus mehreren Worten am besten, versuche mal die Phrasen noch etwas anzupassen.
Gruß Kalle
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Ok, will have a look at training on the weekend ;)
The only thing from the help that didn't work as I expect it to is "finde ungesehene episoden von x" (find unwatched episodes of x). This always takes me to the series overview, but not to the details of a series ...
Are you running MediaPortal and VC on the same machine? did you create the "Vox" view in MPTVSeries as described here?
http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=614.msg4440#msg4440
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Hi, new member, been playing around with VC on Mediaportal and I think it's great so far, was just wondering if you will be maintaining the Mediaportal support though as I've seen you mention there has not been much interest so far, I'd like to purchase a license but as I will use it only with Mediaportal it would not be worth it to me if it is not maintained and I find a couple months down the line it doesn't work with a new version of mediaportal or one of it's plugins.
Also seen mentioned that it has not really been promoted to the mediaportal comunity, I myself have not seen a mention of it on the forums over there, I think this would definately boost it's MP users.
Thanks
Shane
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Hi Shane,
Welcome to the forum. I am pleased to see more interest in from a MediaPortal user.
I will maintain support for the existing MP features in VC, and in any case I think it's very unlikely that anything will change in MediaPortal 1 drastically enough to introduce any real problems for us. I can't make any promises at the moment for MediaPortal 2. I don't know anything about MediaPortal 2 but I suspect it is a radical change from MediaPortal 1. The first thing that would have to be done is the MpWifi plugin would need to be updated, and although it is open source, it will make more sense to let the original developers adapt it to mp2 if they are willing.
In any case, although the alpha of MediaPortal 2 seems to be out it will probably be a long time before it is really a good idea to switch over.
If you are aware of any areas that I need to fix or improve please let me know. I am happy to get feedback. I am aware of the current limitations interfacing with TV-Series, but I"m not sure what to do about that without support from the developers of that plugin.
In the new year I will try to take another look at MediaPortal, maybe clean some things up and post some information on the MP forums. Feel free to blow our horn for us though, since the more people you can bring over the more MP improvements you can expect to get.
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Hi, thanks for reply
I think mediaportal 2 is a long way off yet, but i'm sure the devs of the wifi plugin will be developing it for MP2 as it is required for the aMPdroid remote for android and I believe this is something the are putting a lot of time into.
I was going to ask about the TV Series interfacing as I am having problems with that, from what you said this is due to VC needing an update to the MPTVSeries plugin?
If so I will make a request in their forums for VC support. They may require a certain amount of requests though to implement it depending on the complexity of adding it I guess.
Once I've played around with it a bit more I will make a thread on the MP forums so people can see VC and hopefully get some more interest.
In ref to the TV series compatability, presumably you would need help from the devs of any other plugins for similar compatability, MvCentral (music videos) etc for these to work with VC?
MP set up does have it's problems but with the right plugins and some decent hours configuring it is very powerfull Media center. I did try XBMC for the 1st time though the other day and was impressed by it's out of the box abilities.
Cheers Shane
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this is the basic feature we are looking for, so please vote for it, and maybe leave a comment.
http://code.google.com/p/mptvseries/issues/detail?id=526&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Stars%20Milestone%20Owner%20Summary
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Yeah just noticed it in the other thread and cast my vote.
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This has now been bumped to high priority.
Milestone 3.2.0
Current version 3.1.3
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This has now been bumped to high priority.
Milestone 3.2.0
Current version 3.1.3
Excellent news! Once they add this to the TVSeries plugin I will definitely revisit the plugin, get that functionality wired up and do some more testing. So the future for MP / VC users looks bright!
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Great news on the TV plugin update.
Another plugin I use is MVCentral (http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-plugins-47/mvcentral-music-vidoes-plugin-stable-101640/) for music videos.
This is based on the code from tvseries and moving pictures plugins, would this need additional features added by the devs? I'll make the request if it does.
Cheers
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yes, at the very least they would need to add a load param like the one in TVSeries so you could specify to open the plugin to a particular video or artist. I don't really do the music video thing (I just use youtube for it now and then) so I'm not sure if that is all you would need or not. You could point them to the issue that was just solved in mp-tvseries as a reference.
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OK cheers, The plugin is pretty new and i'm sure he's got more important updates to do anyway but I'll add it to enhancement requests.
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OK cheers, The plugin is pretty new and i'm sure he's got more important updates to do anyway but I'll add it to enhancement requests.
Sometimes it is easier to add functionality when something is still new. It is probably a good idea for him to consider the concept of load parameters in general anyway since this is becoming more of a standard thing in MP.
Post a link here to your issue when you create it so we can vote for it.
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Should be implemented soon :)
http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-plugins-47/mvcentral-music-vidoes-plugin-stable-101640/index20.html (http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-plugins-47/mvcentral-music-vidoes-plugin-stable-101640/index20.html)
Vote for it here
http://code.google.com/p/mvcentral/issues/detail?id=30 (http://code.google.com/p/mvcentral/issues/detail?id=30)
Thank you
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new version: http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=705.0
many new features, many new bugs!
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Helo! I'm just new in Voxcommando. I have just discovered this wonderful program and I couldn't wait to make deeper test and quickly buy a licence just few hours later.
I'm impressed about the program. I use it in Spanish and overall performance is very nice.
I must admit, that VoxCommand has pushed my house to a new future... I can control demotics (lights, pool...) just with the voice, create relaxing soft light ambients just by calling them. And start my favorite music with my voice.... Wow... just Sify.
I'll shortly try to install a multimicrofone installation in the house and so on.
Mediaportal support is essential to me, so big thanks!!!
I'm just wondering if I can "ask" the system to inform about the currently played song or media (artist, title, album...) as seen in XBMC, also call tv channels just with the voice and other fantastic feaures already included in other MCE soft.
One more thing. Can you please provide a post with Mediaportal VoxCommand.xml config file to import in the program. I get crazy traying to control MP but the downloaded version didn't include it. Also updates could be included and we can post translations to other languages.
Has some body develop a plugin or setting to have small conversations (iphone SIRI like) with the computer,a sk open questions and thinks like that?
Well, that's all for now.. My computer is waiting a deep conversation... :bonk :bonk
Thanks
Alex
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Helo! I'm just new in Voxcommando. I have just discovered this wonderful program and I couldn't wait to make deeper test and quickly buy a licence just few hours later.
I'm impressed about the program. I use it in Spanish and overall performance is very nice.
I must admit, that VoxCommand has pushed my house to a new future... I can control demotics (lights, pool...) just with the voice, create relaxing soft light ambients just by calling them. And start my favorite music with my voice.... Wow... just Sify.
I'll shortly try to install a multimicrofone installation in the house and so on.
Mediaportal support is essential to me, so big thanks!!!
I'm just wondering if I can "ask" the system to inform about the currently played song or media (artist, title, album...) as seen in XBMC, also call tv channels just with the voice and other fantastic feaures already included in other MCE soft.
One more thing. Can you please provide a post with Mediaportal VoxCommand.xml config file to import in the program. I get crazy traying to control MP but the downloaded version didn't include it. Also updates could be included and we can post translations to other languages.
Has some body develop a plugin or setting to have small conversations (iphone SIRI like) with the computer,a sk open questions and thinks like that?
Well, that's all for now.. My computer is waiting a deep conversation... :bonk :bonk
Thanks
Alex
Hi Alex. Thanks for your comments and questions, and welcome to the forum.
the latest version (0.937) does include a default configuration for MediaPortal, and it includes commands to ask about what is currently playing.
http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=704.msg5249#msg5249
If you just want the voicecommands.xml file you can look in the subfolder ...\Resources\configs in the zip file for mediaPortal
There is also support for changing the channel but I do not have a TV tuner so I cannot test this myself. If there is a user who speaks some english (or french) I can connect to their computer using TeamViewer and help test / configure the channel commands, and share the results on the forum.
if you want to chat with your computer you can use pandorabots. Open the VC command editor, click the blue planet icon (over the bin) and then drag the group "pandorabot" from the bin to your command tree. There is currently an english bot and a german bot (zotac). You can create your own pandorabot in spanish, (or maybe there is one already). For help creating a pandorabot please go to http://www.pandorabots.com/botmaster/en/home This is only access by voxCommando, we do not host the bots or provide support for this, but if you get stuck on something you can of course ask here.
There is an area of the forum for XML uploads. It would be wonderful if you would share your spanish configurations there. YOu can upload your voicecommands.xml file there and if you want your options.xml
If you only want to share one group of commands you can right-click a group in the editor tree to export it to an xml file.
If you can one day make a video showing multiple microphone setup controlling lights music, etc. and in Spanish that would be really fantastic!
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Helo! I'm just new in Voxcommando. I have just discovered this wonderful program and I couldn't wait to make deeper test and quickly buy a licence just few hours later.
I'm impressed about the program. I use it in Spanish and overall performance is very nice.
I must admit, that VoxCommand has pushed my house to a new future... I can control demotics (lights, pool...) just with the voice, create relaxing soft light ambients just by calling them. And start my favorite music with my voice.... Wow... just Sify.
I'll shortly try to install a multimicrofone installation in the house and so on.
Mediaportal support is essential to me, so big thanks!!!
I'm just wondering if I can "ask" the system to inform about the currently played song or media (artist, title, album...) as seen in XBMC, also call tv channels just with the voice and other fantastic feaures already included in other MCE soft.
One more thing. Can you please provide a post with Mediaportal VoxCommand.xml config file to import in the program. I get crazy traying to control MP but the downloaded version didn't include it. Also updates could be included and we can post translations to other languages.
Has some body develop a plugin or setting to have small conversations (iphone SIRI like) with the computer,a sk open questions and thinks like that?
Well, that's all for now.. My computer is waiting a deep conversation... :bonk :bonk
Thanks
Alex
Hi Alex!
It's great to see more spanish people around here ;-) (Although I know you from MediaPortal's forum)
I've attached to my post the configuration I'm using in my VoxCommando installation, you can have a look at it if you want. I have also uploaded a MpTVChannels.xml file (I place it in MpPayloads folder) that contains a table with my TV Channels and their numbers, that I use to change to specific channels using the command "Sintonizar Canal X".
If you have any other question don't hesitate to write it here or send me a PM, I will do my best to help you.
Best regards,
Aitor
PS: What microphone are you using?
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Hi Alex. Thanks for your comments and questions, and welcome to the forum.
the latest version (0.937) does include a default configuration for MediaPortal, and it includes commands to ask about what is currently playing.
http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=704.msg5249#msg5249
If you just want the voicecommands.xml file you can look in the subfolder ...\Resources\configs in the zip file for mediaPortal
There is also support for changing the channel but I do not have a TV tuner so I cannot test this myself. If there is a user who speaks some english (or french) I can connect to their computer using TeamViewer and help test / configure the channel commands, and share the results on the forum.
if you want to chat with your computer you can use pandorabots. Open the VC command editor, click the blue planet icon (over the bin) and then drag the group "pandorabot" from the bin to your command tree. There is currently an english bot and a german bot (zotac). You can create your own pandorabot in spanish, (or maybe there is one already). For help creating a pandorabot please go to http://www.pandorabots.com/botmaster/en/home This is only access by voxCommando, we do not host the bots or provide support for this, but if you get stuck on something you can of course ask here.
There is an area of the forum for XML uploads. It would be wonderful if you would share your spanish configurations there. YOu can upload your voicecommands.xml file there and if you want your options.xml
If you only want to share one group of commands you can right-click a group in the editor tree to export it to an xml file.
If you can one day make a video showing multiple microphone setup controlling lights music, etc. and in Spanish that would be really fantastic!
Thanks for your warm receivement. Updating version to 0.937 and translating.
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Hi Alex!
It's great to see more spanish people around here ;-) (Although I know you from MediaPortal's forum)
I've attached to my post the configuration I'm using in my VoxCommando installation, you can have a look at it if you want. I have also uploaded a MpTVChannels.xml file (I place it in MpPayloads folder) that contains a table with my TV Channels and their numbers, that I use to change to specific channels using the command "Sintonizar Canal X".
If you have any other question don't hesitate to write it here or send me a PM, I will do my best to help you.
Best regards,
Hola Aitor!! estás en todas partes!! jajaja
Thanks for your xml they are great, I see you also have some X10 devices!!! lol
One day we have to meet...
PS: What microphone are you using?
I'm using the integrated Logitech webcam microphone on top of my TV but isn't giving perfect results. I need a more complex installation. Any recommendation about this?
I'm testing your config, but I'm unable to load the Tv channels xml. It shows multiple unknown parameters with unknown content (A big list). :-[ How can I install them? This is an important matter to me. I've seen the content and I can adapt to my Sat and TV needs. ::)
Thanks to you also for your welcome and files.
Agur!!
Alex
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I'm testing your config, but I'm unable to load the Tv channels xml. It shows multiple unknown parameters with unknown content (A big list). :-[ How can I install them? This is an important matter to me. I've seen the content and I can adapt to my Sat and TV needs. ::)
MpTVChannels.xml is a payloadXml file so you don't "load" it. You need to put this file in your MpPayloads folder (as bodiroga mentioned). Then the voice command will use it to build payloads for you TV channels, mapping the words you say to the correct channel number.
I hope the image helps a bit...
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Hola Aitor!! estás en todas partes!! jajaja
Thanks for your xml they are great, I see you also have some X10 devices!!! lol
One day we have to meet...
PS: What microphone are you using?
I'm using the integrated Logitech webcam microphone on top of my TV but isn't giving perfect results. I need a more complex installation. Any recommendation about this?
I'm testing your config, but I'm unable to load the Tv channels xml. It shows multiple unknown parameters with unknown content (A big list). :-[ How can I install them? This is an important matter to me. I've seen the content and I can adapt to my Sat and TV needs. ::)
Thanks to you also for your welcome and files.
Agur!!
Alex
I'm using the integrated Logitech webcam microphone on top of my TV but isn't giving perfect results. I need a more complex installation. Any recommendation about this?
Hi Alex, welcome in VC forum, something about microphones you can find in our Wiki tutorial. Click on Wiki button on the top of forumpage.
Greetings Kalle
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MpTVChannels.xml is a payloadXml file so you don't "load" it. You need to put this file in your MpPayloads folder (as bodiroga mentioned). Then the voice command will use it to build payloads for you TV channels, mapping the words you say to the correct channel number.
I hope the image helps a bit...
WOW! excellent support... again Big Thanks
Just perfect!
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I'm testing your config, but I'm unable to load the Tv channels xml. It shows multiple unknown parameters with unknown content (A big list). :-[ How can I install them? This is an important matter to me. I've seen the content and I can adapt to my Sat and TV needs. ::)
I suppose that with James images you are able to get it working, but if you have any problem I can send you a more detailed explanation ;-) It would be great if James could add the option to build the file automatically reading the data from TVServer's database file ^-^
PS: What microphone are you using?
I'm using the integrated Logitech webcam microphone on top of my TV but isn't giving perfect results. I need a more complex installation. Any recommendation about this?
Sorry, I can't recommend you any microphone because my current solution is even worst than yours. I'm using a PS2 (usb) microphone that my girlfriend bought to play Ultrastar Deluxe (an open source SingStar game for PC)!!!! :D :D :D :D It is, somehow, working, but I had to reduce the required confidence to 60% because in a completely silent room -2 a.m.- at a distance of 20 cm I was not able to get more than a 70% of confidence. I'm thinking of buying one of the following mics:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001TGTDFM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
http://www.amazon.com/CAD-U7-Desktop-Condenser-Recording/dp/B001AIQGTK/ref=pd_sim_MI_17
My favorite is the first one but, including shipping and taxes, it costs 100 ($128) so I'm not sure to spend so much money in something that I don't know how well will it works. I've read here that the microphone is very good, but who knows, it has to be really good to worth that money. James, do you know any other open air microphone that works great for that money (and no, I'm not going to buy the amulet remote :D)? Alex, what level of confidence do you get with the webcam microphone?
Many thanks for your help and welcome again to this community Alex, I'm sure that you are going to love VoxCommando!
Best regards,
Aitor