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General Discussion / Re: Mic doesn't work in VOXCommando 0.851

« on: November 29, 2010, 02:45:57 AM »

Ok, here's an update for people who have been following this thread:

The regular version (non XBMC) is working on my system. What we (sir JitterJames I ) and me did is copy the XBMC XML's over the normal version. You do this by clicking EDIT and on the right pane click on OPEN and load the xbmc.xml.
Then you drag the XBMC options (8 of them currently) to the left pane and don't forget to click the SAVE button in the left pane afterwards.
Next you restart VC, et voila, c'est tout....

However.... VC is choking on my music library... As soon as I load my songs, the program stops working... I've loaded movies, albums, artists and tv shows.. everything works great... But when I want to generate the songs XML the program dies...
The number of songs I have in XBMC currently surpasses 20.000. Does anyone have this many songs in XBMC with VC and have the program working normally? We might need to do some recoding if the program can't handle that many files....
An option might be to split the songs database into letters... songs A songs B, etc etc ?
just a thought...

I'm currently very enthousiastic about this program and have started programming LOADS of new commando's and try to make them act "normal" and universal... for example, when you ask "what artists is this?" the program is responding without pausing the playback.
When you ask "What album is this" the playback is paused...
What I have done is change the actions cause i didn't like the PAUSE feature. But without the pause feature you can barely hear the program responding.. so what to do? set volume.... like a real dj does....
So when you ask for any song information, what album is this, what song is this, what artist is this, the program will set volume to 80%, then tells you the info requested, and then restores volume back to 100%.
The only bug is that when you started out with volume at a lower setting than 100%....
Is there an option to lower volume by 20% instead of set volume to 80% ?

I will post A LOT more here! Great program, great community!

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General Discussion / Re: Mic doesn't work in VOXCommando 0.851

« on: November 27, 2010, 03:09:11 PM »

The regular version IS working.....

i just tested with the "Pay attention" command
94.8% accuracy....

WTF?

Could you msn or skype me?

eyemmee@hotmail.com
bert_bal => skype

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General Discussion / Re: Mic doesn't work in VOXCommando 0.851

« on: November 27, 2010, 01:24:41 PM »

Ok, sorry for not replying for so long... I've been very busy lately...

I've made no progress so far, and will update your responses... here we go...:

KALLE: Yes, i run both as admin by rightclicking.... No difference and I have only 1 account on this PC, so it's admin by default... But also right clicking and run as admin doesn't make a difference... And no actions by the program whatsoever...

SKYLIVE: Vox does say READY! but that's all it says... I've waited for 15 minutes now without any progress... It's not registering any input from my mic. I have tried the TELLVOXCOMMANDO and that works.. If i type "LEFT" in there, the main program receives it. Just nothing from my mic...

WANILTON: My bad... I just typed it in a hurry... But XBMC and VOX are communicating properly hence the XML code wouldn't be generated...

JITTERJAMES: Yes, i've downloaded that XBMC versions. I haven't changed any other settings but the default language. But i reverted that one... I think VC is loading properly. The window pops up, is red and after about 15 seconds it switches to green and says READY....
The Mic... Is doing... NOTHING>.. i mean.. no indicators in the VC program at all. It is working in every other program that i've tried... I also went ahead and test it on a different partition with a virgin installation of Win7, no help... No command and showing up, and no volume meter activity.

The log file:

11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   VoxLog created:
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   Starting VoxCommando, version: 0.851
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   installed language:English (United States)
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   additional info:System.Speech.Internal.ReadOnlyDictionary`2[System.String,System.String]
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   installed language:English (United Kingdom)
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   additional info:System.Speech.Internal.ReadOnlyDictionary`2[System.String,System.String]
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   Loading Command Grammar
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   creating grammar: Vox Commands
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   creating grammar: Keyboard Emu (local PC only)
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   Duplicate payloadXML (phrases), reusing: C:\Users\Bert\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\VoxCommandoXBMC 0_851 EN\payloads\4directions.xml
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   Duplicate payloadXML (phrases), reusing: C:\Users\Bert\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\VoxCommandoXBMC 0_851 EN\payloads\4directions.xml
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   Duplicate payloadXML (phrases), reusing: C:\Users\Bert\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\VoxCommandoXBMC 0_851 EN\payloads\4directions.xml
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   creating grammar: Launch
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   creating grammar: Focus
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   creating grammar: XBMC Get Song Info
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   creating grammar: XBMC TV+Movies
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   xbmcTvShowTitles.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   creating grammar: XBMC Request Music by Name
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   xbmcAlbums.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   xbmcArtists.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:20:07 AM   xbmcSongs.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:20:08 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:08 AM   creating grammar: XBMC Simple actions
11/28/2010 12:20:36 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:36 AM   creating grammar: XBMC Payload Actions
11/28/2010 12:20:36 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:36 AM   creating grammar: XBMC Go To Windows
11/28/2010 12:20:37 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:37 AM   creating grammar: XBMC Smart playlists
11/28/2010 12:20:37 AM   xbmcArtists.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:20:37 AM   Duplicate payloadXML (phrases), reusing: C:\Users\Bert\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\VoxCommandoXBMC 0_851 EN\xbmcArtists.xml
11/28/2010 12:20:37 AM   xbmcGenres.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:20:37 AM   xbmcMovies.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:20:37 AM   xbmcTvShowTitles.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:20:37 AM   Duplicate payloadXML (phrases), reusing: C:\Users\Bert\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\VoxCommandoXBMC 0_851 EN\xbmcTvShowTitles.xml
11/28/2010 12:20:37 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:37 AM   creating grammar: XBMC Generate XML
11/28/2010 12:20:39 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:39 AM   creating grammar: XBMC browse songs
11/28/2010 12:20:39 AM   error: no commands in grammar, skipping
11/28/2010 12:20:39 AM   using speech engine: Microsoft Speech Recognizer 8.0 for Windows (English - UK)
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   installed language:English (United States)
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   additional info:System.Speech.Internal.ReadOnlyDictionary`2[System.String,System.String]
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   installed language:English (United Kingdom)
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   additional info:System.Speech.Internal.ReadOnlyDictionary`2[System.String,System.String]
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   Loading Command Grammar
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   creating grammar: Vox Commands
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   creating grammar: Keyboard Emu (local PC only)
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   Duplicate payloadXML (phrases), reusing: C:\Users\Bert\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\VoxCommandoXBMC 0_851 EN\payloads\4directions.xml
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   Duplicate payloadXML (phrases), reusing: C:\Users\Bert\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\VoxCommandoXBMC 0_851 EN\payloads\4directions.xml
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   Duplicate payloadXML (phrases), reusing: C:\Users\Bert\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\VoxCommandoXBMC 0_851 EN\payloads\4directions.xml
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   creating grammar: Launch
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   creating grammar: Focus
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   creating grammar: XBMC Get Song Info
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   creating grammar: XBMC TV+Movies
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   xbmcTvShowTitles.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   creating grammar: XBMC Request Music by Name
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   xbmcAlbums.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   xbmcArtists.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   xbmcSongs.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:20:51 AM   creating grammar: XBMC Simple actions
11/28/2010 12:21:15 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:21:15 AM   creating grammar: XBMC Payload Actions
11/28/2010 12:21:15 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:21:15 AM   creating grammar: XBMC Go To Windows
11/28/2010 12:21:15 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:21:15 AM   creating grammar: XBMC Smart playlists
11/28/2010 12:21:15 AM   xbmcArtists.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:21:15 AM   Duplicate payloadXML (phrases), reusing: C:\Users\Bert\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\VoxCommandoXBMC 0_851 EN\xbmcArtists.xml
11/28/2010 12:21:15 AM   xbmcGenres.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:21:15 AM   xbmcMovies.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:21:15 AM   xbmcTvShowTitles.xml: loading payloads as phraseOnly
11/28/2010 12:21:15 AM   Duplicate payloadXML (phrases), reusing: C:\Users\Bert\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\VoxCommandoXBMC 0_851 EN\xbmcTvShowTitles.xml
11/28/2010 12:21:15 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:21:15 AM   creating grammar: XBMC Generate XML
11/28/2010 12:21:16 AM   grammar created
11/28/2010 12:21:16 AM   creating grammar: XBMC browse songs
11/28/2010 12:21:16 AM   error: no commands in grammar, skipping
11/28/2010 12:21:16 AM   using speech engine: Microsoft Speech Recognizer 8.0 for Windows (English - US)

BTW, this indeed is an amazing forum response... I usually HATE forums about hard/software because 99% you get replies like RTFM or FAQ or my all time favourite: Have you used the search button? How do they think I ended up there??? Nevermind... The youtube movies are amazing and the forum is just what it needs to be... Great work... There's just 1 little "but" for me.... It ain't workin'

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General Discussion / Mic doesn't work in VOXCommando 0.851

« on: November 23, 2010, 03:53:14 AM »

Hi there!
I stumbled on the youtube video of VoxCommando in combination with XBMC and I was in total shock and awe... I want this so bad!
I immediately downloaded the voxcommando program and read the instruction.. What??? just drop it in a folder, link the programs and it should work? sounded too good to be true....
Unfortunately in my case I was right.... Somehow my microphone doesn't work in Vox.... It is working in all other programs like Rosetta Stone, Skype and windows speech recognition.
In the volume mixers i can see that windows is registering input from my microphone... The volume indicator bars are moving up when the mic registers audio.

I have done the following:
Had XBMC setup already. I'm running build 35325 with Aeon65 skin (version 1.0) on windows 7 32bit.
I have onboard audio and plugged the mic into the front inputs of my case. I'm using HD audio (coax) only.

I have windows speech recognition set to US not UK.
I have setup XBMC to allow control via HTTP with username XBMC and no password on port 8080.
I've checked the option to allow by programs on this pc.

In VOXCommando i've entered the username password settings in the options of the program.
I've restarted the program and generated the XML files.
These are the results:

Artists found: 3329
Albums found: 1870
Songs found: 29131
Genres found: 0

Movies found: 439
TV Show Titles found: 103
Music Videos found: 0
Videogenres found: 28

I've restarted the program several times as well as my pc and regenerated the XML files but VOXCommando just never registers any input from my microphone...
It's in the "green" mode...

What am I missing here? Please help...