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VoxCommando Basics and Core Features / Question about rebuilding after VC.SetProfile

« on: May 14, 2012, 02:52:39 PM »

Hi James!

I have a question about the VC.SetProfile command: why does VC make a rebuild after changing the voice profile? Is it really necessary? As I have big movies, series and music databases, it takes 7-8 seconds (with an SSD) to complete the rebuild and I would like to reduce it (I know that it's not too much but I am very perfectionist and I want to make the system as fast as possible).

I suppose that VC does it because it needs to know that the voice profile has changed, but shouldn't be enough just turning VC off-on to detect it? As least it works that way to detect that the default sound recorder device has change. Am I right?

Many thanks for you help and best regards,

Aitor

PS: Ohhh, I have remembered that I also want to ask about the "check mic status every (secs)" option. How does it work? I sometimes see in the history tab messages like: "trying to reset mic: 5 seconds", "trying to reset mic: 10 seconds", "trying to reset mic: 15 seconds",... Does this mean that the mic is connected or that VC is trying simply trying to reset it without success?

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Feature Requests / Minimize to system tray on close

« on: April 21, 2012, 01:12:24 AM »

Hi James!

I know that this feature request sounds a little bit stupid, but sometimes I really miss it when I accidentally close VC  I would also love this feature cause I prefer to have my taskbar as clean as possible and have my background programs in the notification area (just like EG does).

In which level of stupidity will you place this request?  Nah, seriously, do you find it useful? How difficult is to implement it?

Many thanks again for your work and best regards,

Aitor

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MediaPortal / Call song by title and artist

« on: April 19, 2012, 01:24:28 PM »

Hi James!

Is it possible to use this "Song by title and artist" command in MediaPortal? 

Many thanks and best regards,

Aitor

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MediaPortal / [Suggestion] WifiRemote connection check command

« on: March 25, 2012, 01:18:28 AM »

Hi James!

I think that I need your help because I don't know how can I achieve what I want 

My idea is to add some checking actions before sending some specific commands such as: play channel, play artist, play album, watch movie,... because all this actions won't do anything if my computer isn't turned on. You know that I have VC installed on my server and that I use it to control my MediaPortal installation on my HTPC, so what I request is to add something like "check if HTPC is awake" command using the authentication request message included in WifiRemote. The idea is to build something like this:

Command: "play artist X"

LCB:

CheckWifiRemoteStatus
If LastActionSuccess
   then MpWifi.RequestMusicBySQL  strArtist like '%| {1} |%' order by random() limit 100
   else WOL xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
         VC.Pause 4000    //Time until HTPC wakes up
         MpWifi.RequestMusicBySQL  strArtist like '%| {1} |%' order by random() limit 100

As you can see I just need a command that checks if WifiRemote responds to our "are you there?" question (like a ping command that answer yes if the client is reached).

What do you think about it? Is it possible to add this simple "question" command to the current WifiRemote plugin?

Many many many thanks as always for your help and looking forward to hearing from you, keep up with the good job.

Best regards

Aitor

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Feature Requests / "Sleep time" for VoxCommando

« on: January 31, 2012, 08:54:47 PM »

Hi guys! (I'm going to bed now, so I promise that this post is not going to be long )

As VoxCommando is installed in my server, which is "on" for 24/7, I though that it could be a great idea to add an option to specify a "sleep time" (for example, from 1am to 8am, configurable for the user) in which VC will go to "off" state and wake up ("on" or "stand by") when the sleep time is finished. This way we can assure that VC will not turn anything on accidentally and will safe CPU energy as the microphone won't listen to any command.

I bet that you are going to tell me that this can be done using Eventghost, am I right?  I'm sure that it can be done, but I think that this simple things should be controlled directly by VC without using any 3rd party plugin.

Do you like this idea more than the other one?

Thanks again (you are going to hear this sooooo many times) and best regards,

Aitor

PS: 1:55am here and I have to wake up at 7:35, wonderful!

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Feature Requests / On - StandBy toogle action

« on: January 31, 2012, 02:06:04 PM »

Hi James!

I'm still playing with the integration of VoxCommando in my system and I have to make you a feature request that I though that could be useful:

Is it possible to add an action that toogles the "on" and "stand by" state of VoxCommando? I'm currently using two buttons of my Harmony remote to change the state of VC and I though that it would be a better idea to use only one (the mute button por example, as I could silent my system and turn VC ON pressing it and unmute the system and set VC to stand by pressing the button again), but for that I need a toogle action assigned to the Eventghost event.

What do you think about the idea? Do you like it? How difficult is to integrate it?

Many many thanks for your work and best regards from Spain,

Aitor