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MediaPortal / Any news?

« on: January 27, 2013, 10:31:46 AM »

Hello,

I have boughta license Voxcommando a few months ago, but I don't use it at this moment as I think that it is not compatible anymore.. There is a new version of mediaportal, and also a new version of wifi remote..

Are you still working on a new version including MP support? I would really like to see some update(s)..

Best regards,
Marcel

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Feature Requests / Re: Start VC minimized?

« on: January 23, 2012, 06:11:44 PM »

I've tested it, there is no message, VC and mobilia headset works fine after reconnect. VC run allways in backround in standby mode.

So, when you start VC, without any mics on your system enabled, you don't get this messenge? Are you shure?

I know that VC is working fine also after I connect my iphone to mobiola server.. The problem is only the error messange I'm getting know always since the VC is startup with windows.. And like I said, this only happend when there is no mic enabled.. (incl. the mobiola mic)

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Feature Requests / Re: Start VC minimized?

« on: January 23, 2012, 06:01:52 PM »

what is the message?

Great to hear about the sound drivers.

I believe with mobiola you can set a backup microphone , so if you did that, then VC would not complain.  Obviously since it is a Voice Recognition program it gets upset if it thinks there is no microphone  

I mean the message in the image bellow..

I'm getting the message only when I open VC without a connection to mobiola app and server.. I'm also getting the message when I disable all microphones.. I hope you can solve it!

I also see that there is a new version availible of VC with also some MP improvements.. Nice! Is there a way to backup my settings and changes I made into the commandos?

I'm using Fortherecord BTW, and not MP TVserve,r so I think I can't use the chanel thing that are added.. I was thinking: I can make a commando like: "channel seven" and that it enters the "7 button" on my keyboard.. How can I configure that?

re-edit by James: I removed the image since we don't need it anyway.

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Feature Requests / Re: Start VC minimized?

« on: January 23, 2012, 05:24:17 PM »

Thanks, that works!! (the one with the minimized shortcut..) Stupid that I didn't think about it.. But I think that it's still a good option to intergrate it into the program..

BTW: I think I have solved the problem with the DTS and dolby D movies! It was because of my soundcard driver.. I was using a not  official beta driver.. After installing the original driver everything was fine.. I will do some more tests the next few days to see if the problem doesn't come back.. Thanks for your help!

One other question:

I have said it earlier, but I am using my iphone mic to control VC with the app: Mobiola headset.. It's working very awesome.. Nice things about it:

-I don't have to buy a expensive mic
-it's wireless (duuuuh)
-You have it close with you, so it's working much better than a microphone with a big distanse..

One problem: I have to make connection first before I launch VC, because else, I'm getting an error message.. I want that VC is running ALWAYS at the background and that I can make a connection with the mic only when I want to use VC.

Is there a way to dissable this anoying message?

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Feature Requests / Start VC minimized?

« on: January 23, 2012, 02:31:21 PM »

Hello,

is there a way to let VC start minimized with windows?

Cheers,

Marcel

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MediaPortal / Re: HD movies stops playing if using VC

« on: January 21, 2012, 09:18:29 AM »

try setting your default playback device to something other than the one used by VLC or MediaPortal.  If your TTS output settings in windows are set to a specific output make sure it is also not the device used by VLC or mediaportal.  It is odd,  I don't have this problem with any of my computers, but I am guessing it must be a conflict with either the VC sound output (wav) or the VC TTS output being on the same device that your video is trying to play on.  If you want my help, maybe tomorrow I could come on your computer with TeamViewer and try some things.

Hi jitterjames,

thanks again for your help..

On my test machine I also didn't have this problem because that pc is analog connected to a 5.1 speakerset.. The speakers on my HTPC are digital connected with spdif.. Like I said; the problem only happend when a audio stream has DTS or dolby-D.. Films or music without this works fine..

I have tried to change the default sound device, but it didn't help.. I really don't know anymore what to do..

The only way to get it working is to connect my HTPC analog to my speakers but than I didn't have DTS or Dolby digital anymore.. (only with PCM, but that quality is not that good)

I hope you have another suggestion! If there is anything you want to try, that's fine.. I have some time tomorrow.. So let me know what you want to do!

Best regards,

and have a nice weekend..

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MediaPortal / HD movies stops playing if using VC

« on: January 20, 2012, 06:57:53 PM »

Hi guys,

I have report this issue earlier in another topic. I thought that is was easy to fix, but it's harder than I thought..

The problem is: When I use vc, every command is working fine.. But when I launch a HD movie in Mediaportal (don't matter is I use the keyboard or use my voice to select the movie) the movie stopps immediately.. It happend only if a movie provide DTS or dolby-D.

When I use another software like VLC player, also the DTS sound doesn't work when VC is enabled.. The only thing to get it working icw VC is to go to the sound devices in control panel (Realtek Digital Outpu(Optical), open the properties, go to coding settings, select DTS audio and press the "test" button.. After doing that, everything is working again in VLC player.. But when I open Mediaportal, the problem is still there.

I have tried a lot of different codecs, but the problem is that no all codecs support DTS or Dolby-D. I also tried many settings in my soundsettings but without any good result so far.

I thought that the problem was that my soundcard (realtek onboard) was not be able to use the mic input and optical output at the same time with digital sound streams.. But the strange thing is that this problem also happend when I use the microphone of my iphone with the app mobiola headset (wich is working pretty awesome btw)

Does anyone understand my problem and know a solution maybe? Or have a nice suggestion to try? Would be very awesome because now I really can't use VC on my HTPC. And that's just the reason I bought this awesome software!

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MediaPortal / Re: MediaPortal Configuration for 0.912

« on: January 19, 2012, 11:44:12 AM »

Thanks a lot jitterjames a for the activation code.. Really apriciate it.. Thanks for the trust..

Now i understand the whole load parameter problem.. It was easier to setup if every catogory had his own ID because open ID's is going very well.. I'm happy with the way it works now, but indeed; it would be really nice to open the categories with voice also..

What's the latest version of the compiled wifi remote that this could be solved?

EDIT: I'm also using 64 bit on both machines.. I'm using StreamedMP skin, so it's not skin related I think because you have the samed issue with the default skin.

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MediaPortal / Re: MediaPortal Configuration for 0.912

« on: January 19, 2012, 10:54:35 AM »

I have a problem..

The activate windows problem was solved.. But did a re-install of Mediaportal on my test machine, and can't figure out why it isn't working smooth anymore..

I'm using MP 1.2.2, VC 0.937 and the compiled version of Wifi remote..

It was working!!! :s don't know what to do.. Did I have missed something? Is the file changed or someting?

I found the problem.. The problem was:

I had to delete "categoryid: 15" (see the image bellow)

Why is this categoryid there?



PS: I've already purchased the software, but are waiting for my activation code.. Do I received it by Email? I have sent an email allready to billing@voxcommando.com

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MediaPortal / Re: MediaPortal Configuration for 0.912

« on: January 18, 2012, 06:49:51 PM »

I have a problem..

The activate windows problem was solved.. But did a re-install of Mediaportal on my test machine, and can't figure out why it isn't working smooth anymore..

I'm using MP 1.2.2, VC 0.937 and the compiled version of Wifi remote..

It was working!!! :s don't know what to do.. Did I have missed something? Is the file changed or someting?

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Feature Requests / Re: Change lay-out of Confirm OSD

« on: January 18, 2012, 10:40:47 AM »

only the font size and font colour / backround colour with follow commands in editor: OSD.SetFontSize  /  OSD.SetColor     

Thanks but I don't understand how to change.. Can you explain maybe where it is exactly?

No problem, but I hope you guys also like the idea for the future..

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Feature Requests / Change lay-out of Confirm OSD

« on: January 18, 2012, 09:06:59 AM »

Hi guys,

I was wondering if someone knows if there is a way to change the OSD layout.. (See the image bellow for the OSD I mean)

I couldn't find the osd frame in the installation files of VC..

BTW, it's looking fine, but it would be nice to change the lay-out so you can make it in the same style as the program/skin you are using..

Thanks!  

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What is a good microphone for speech recognition? / Re: iPhone/iPod/iPad as a headset: Another solution.

« on: January 17, 2012, 08:50:35 PM »

Hi guys,

Thanks for this tip!

I'm just installed the app and it's working very well!

I only had to change the setting into the app from "Voice" to "Music"

A bit strange but it works! With the voice setting it was very hard to let vc understand me.. With the music setting it's working even good as with a normal microphone!

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I will post new features here (LEGACY BOARD ONLY) / Re: Version 0.936 / 0.937

« on: January 17, 2012, 07:47:11 PM »

we are discussing the new version, not mediaportal.   The new TTS (and the new bug) is a 'feature' of the core VC program and does not directly relate to MediaPortal.

The question is why are you posting in this topic.  

If you are going to use keyboard emulation you should use keypress not keydown, since keydown leaves the key down by design.  Keyboard emulation is not always reliable though and its effectiveness varies from one system and program to the next.

Instead of using keyboard emulation and the shortcut'er plugin you should try using the updated mpwifi dll that I created since it basically uses the same call as shortcut'er.  http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=705.msg5344#msg5344

P.S. my emoticon is laghing with you not at you.  It's very easy to get off topic especially during a back and forth conversation.  That's part of why the forum is such a mess in general.

WHAHA, stupid me..  

I have to learn alot about VC and the site.. :p

I thought it was only a new test release with only changes for MP users.. but I was wrong..  

It was a bit selfish to think that this version was only written for me and all my MP friends.. hihi

I'm using your modded wifi remote plugin for Mediaportal but it wasn't work different than the original one for me.. But I will test more with your tips..

Thanks for now! I think you didn't have to wait much longer anymore to introduce this very nice software to the MP community.. It's very stable allready..

BTW: I'm buying this software asap.. Have to make a PayPal acount first.. And want to do some more testing before I buy, and figure some last things out.. But I think all small problems there are still at this moment are penuts and will be easy to fix.

After doing that I will test how good my microphone is working in real life (24/7 usage and with a bigger distance like 3/4 meters) I hope it's good enough, but if it isn't I will take a look for a better one..

I'm using this one for now: (it was included with a motherboard I used in the past)



Nice thing about it is that it's easy to eliminate it in my hifi furniture.. So if I decide to buy another one, I like to buy similar copy.

PS: If you want to introduce VC to the Mediaportal community I like to give some support to the people there. But first I have to learn a bit more about the program myself..

EDIT: You are right about the new wifi remote version.. Open ID's is going very smooth indeed.. But I have to test more than one ID offcourse, So I think that this is one of my to fast EDIT's like I always do..

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I will post new features here (LEGACY BOARD ONLY) / Re: Version 0.936 / 0.937

« on: January 17, 2012, 01:38:29 PM »

Hi,

I want to ask why this topic isn't in the Mediaportal section of VC?!

I am testing the new version of VC (0.937) and it's working very good.. No problems anymore with connection when launching mediaportal after starting voxcommando!

But I have a very strange other problem..

I found a good solution for the problem that running ID's with MPwifi is not always smooth.. I'm using the shortcutter plugin for Mediaportal, and let VC Send the keys..

What I did:

-I selected the "InputKeys.KeysDown" command
-Entered {CONTROL+F}

I configured the shortcutter plugin that when the keyboard is pushing Ctrl + f, I'm going to MovingPictures..

When I say now: "Browse Movies" Mediaportal is going to Movingpictures very smooth..

As long as you know the ID's it's very easy to configure a lot of different commands..

BUT THE PROBLEM:

After doing a command like this, the keyboard doesn't working properly anymore.. "Esc" is the Windows button, "Alt+Tab" doesn't work good, "Alt+F4" doesn't work anymore, so everything is meshed up..

EDIT: I found that it's because after doing a command like this, the sytem is keeping the Ctrl holding down!! Holding the windows button on the keyboard is doing the same as when you press Ctrl+Esc. So the question: Is there a way to configure VC that is will release the Ctrl key after doing the command? Than the problem is solved!

EDIT2: Man, I'm much to fast with posting things!! :p Also found solution for this; Add a seconds command with; "InputKeys.KeysUp" and enter key "Control" now it's releasing the Control button after doing a command.. The problem is only that it is not always working while VC sais it received the right command.. Don't know what that is yet, but will test some things..