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Kodi (XBMC) Frodo / Gotham / Isengard / Jarvis / Multiple display output mess

« on: September 03, 2016, 02:48:55 AM »

Hey guys,

There's something that's been bugging me and I can't figure out an efficient way to solve it.

I have 3 displays connected to my HTPC including my monitor, cinema TV and lounge TV.

I need to be able to switch to any one of them at a time with the appropriate resolutions selected in kodi.

monitor: 1920x1200 (DVI)
Cinema: 3840x2160 (HDMI)
Lounge: 1920x1080 (Display Port)

Windows only has the option to output display to "internal" or "external" displays, so I'm missing one output

One option I tried is to "extend" all the displays but that's very inconvenient as you have to go through kodi settings and set which Fullscreen # you want. Then you have to change the resolution for that display as it's usually the resolutions of what kodi was on last time which depending on your previous settings.

This whole problem would be fixed IF windows had more than simple "PC screen only" and Second screen only" when you press the win+p

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General Discussion / Problem running Ivona with VC

« on: September 30, 2014, 01:27:55 AM »

Hey guys,

Just reformatted my pc and installed VC then Ivona voice
The voice is working fine within windows speech options but when I test it in VS 1 this message pops up. All other windows voices work fine



Thank you

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MediaMonkey / MediaMonkey / Media Folders?

« on: June 06, 2014, 12:24:37 AM »

I'm having another roadblock.

How can I get VC to create a payload of the media folders in mediamonkey?

Play Artist isn't working for me for some reason, it only brings up like 2 songs when there are 30. I don't know why

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XBMC (Old board see 'KODI' above) / Browse specific movie genre

« on: June 03, 2014, 12:36:29 PM »

Hey guys,

I would like to be able to browse a specific movie genre on command. For example I feel like watching a horror movie "show horror movies"

Same thing would go for music hopefully "play some rock"

Thanks in advance

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XML Exchange / Some of my codes

« on: May 17, 2014, 11:50:32 AM »

Hey guys, I've learnt a lot in the last week or so. Thanks for all your help!
I would like to share the codes that I or the great members on the forums have made/refined to suit my needs, maybe be of interest to some of you.

"It's showtime"
When I want to watch a movie, this will change the output to "PC screen only" for some reason it's not "second screen" on my PC. You can edit the key inputs to suit you. Speaking of which, is there any way we can just input the screen name instead of inputting keys to manually press? (check the script).
So this does the following:
1- Change video output to 2nd screen (HDMI)
2- Sets audio output to (HDMI)
3- Starts XBMC
4- "Enjoy the show"

Then of course reverse+exit XBMC when finished.

Code: [Select]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<command id="560" name="Android On" enabled="true" alwaysOn="False" confirm="False" requiredConfidence="0" loop="False" loopDelay="0" loopMax="0" description="">
  <action>
    <cmdType>XJson.Raw</cmdType>
    <cmdString>player.setspeed&amp;&amp;"playerid":1,"speed":2</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>0</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>XJson.Raw</cmdType>
    <cmdString>player.setspeed&amp;&amp;"playerid":1,"speed":0</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>XJson.Raw</cmdType>
    <cmdString>Input.ExecuteAction&amp;&amp;"action":"pause"</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>0</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>VC.Pause</cmdType>
    <cmdString>200</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>XJson.SoftMute</cmdType>
    <cmdString>0</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>VC.Pause</cmdType>
    <cmdString>200</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <event>AV.Mic.On</event>
</command>

Then Obviously when you let go of the button on VoxWav it will Unmute and Resume.

"Mic Off"

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<command id="526" name="Android Off" enabled="true" alwaysOn="False" confirm="False" requiredConfidence="0" loop="False" loopDelay="0" loopMax="0" description="">
  <action>
    <cmdType>XJson.Raw</cmdType>
    <cmdString>player.setspeed&amp;&amp;"playerid":1,"speed":0</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>VC.Pause</cmdType>
    <cmdString>200</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>0</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>XJson.Raw</cmdType>
    <cmdString>Input.ExecuteAction&amp;&amp;"action":"pause"</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>0</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>VC.Pause</cmdType>
    <cmdString>300</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>XJson.SoftUnMute</cmdType>
    <cmdString />
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <event>AV.Mic.Off</event>
</command>
"Run Pandora"
This obviously runs the Pandora add-on

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<command id="443" name="run Pandora" enabled="true" alwaysOn="False" confirm="False" requiredConfidence="0" loop="False" loopDelay="0" loopMax="0" description="">
  <action>
    <cmdType>Launch.RawParam</cmdType>
    <cmdString>{path.pfx86}\XBMC\XBMC.exe</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>VC.Pause</cmdType>
    <cmdString>2000</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>XJson.Raw</cmdType>
    <cmdString>Addons.ExecuteAddon&amp;&amp;"addonid":"script.audio.pandora"</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <phrase>run Pandora</phrase>
</command>
"Now Playing"
In movie mode, if I go to home screen or anything out of the Now Playing, it's a nightmare trying to get back to the player window! (maybe I haven't figured it out yet). This is just a simple mouse click to click on the side to get me to that window.

Remember you might have to change the mouse coordinates depending on your viewing resolution  

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<command id="291" name="now playing" enabled="true" alwaysOn="False" confirm="False" requiredConfidence="0" loop="False" loopDelay="0" loopMax="0" description="">
  <action>
    <cmdType>Mouse.MoveAbsolute</cmdType>
    <cmdString>2000,150</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>Mouse.LeftClick</cmdType>
    <cmdString />
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <phrase>now playing</phrase>
</command>
That's all for now. Please feel free to suggest anyways to make these better. Especially the way it changes display output.

Cheers

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General Discussion / Cheap IR Blaster that will still do the job?

« on: May 10, 2014, 08:53:17 AM »

Hey guys, I can't explain how much fun I'm having with VC, it's a great tool!

Now I want to be able to control my TV and AV receiver on certain commands like "Showtime" which wil:

1- Turn on Plasma
2- Turn on AV Receiver (switch inputs etc)
3- Change PC video output to Plasma
4- Change Output audio device to HDMI
5- Launch XBMC
6- Say "Enjoy the Show"  

And vice verse
What I need is an IR receiver or transmitter (don't really know if I need a transmitter only or a transceiver)
Important: I need the device to be able to LEARN new codes as my AV receiver is a very unknown brand and I couldn't find its codes anywhere

I know there are devices like USB-UIRT etc but that's around $70 shipped to down under. Or the Itach which is at least double that price

Paul Hibbert on youtube has said that devices like http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Genuine-HP-USB-Microsoft-MCE-Media-center-IR-Remote-Control-RC6-Kit-Certified-/261046824695?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item3cc79a6ef7&_uhb=1 is able to LEARN (and transmit obviously)

Just wanted to hopefully get a confirmation from you guys that this will work for me. It is $20 as opposed to $70

There's also another side question, if my computer/server is in another room (which isn't at the moment) how would I be able to send IR from one room to another?
Edit: Nevermind about my second question, just remembered that my http://www.cnet.com/au/products/belkin-screencast-av4/ Belkin AV4 screencast (Wireless HDMI device) came with IR cables that I can attach to extend the IR signal as well as the HDMI signal

Thanks in advance

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XBMC (Old board see 'KODI' above) / Launch Pandora via VoxCommando

« on: May 05, 2014, 03:25:46 PM »

Hi James,

I've been stuck at it for hours and searched everywhere but no joy. A couple of results came up but they were scripts.

I'm tying to achieve this by the commands.

So far I've tried different versions of XJson.Raw>Addons.ExecuteAddon>script.xbmc.pandora

But nothing seems to work.
Just upgraded to Gotham (something tells me I shouldn't have because I probably lost some VOX functionality)?


Thanks for your great work