Will pay someone to config EG with my player

[mikehende]

I rebooted again and this time all worked fine pressing f5 BUT I realized one hiccup so far, whenever I use the "Pause" function and THEN use the Play, the Play does not work, if I use the Stop function then Play, all is well. So since the macros appear to be working for the most part and when I press a button on the remote it sows the event in the log view, what can I try next please?

[jinxdone]

You are right, sorry.. I misread your earlier post a bit

There is not much we can do about the REC server itself (the pause, play, stop issue). If your remote is working OK then you can just drag & drop the events from the log into the macros just like I said earlier, there should be nothing special about that..

Only problem with it as far as I understand is that it doesn't work on every boot for some reason? Do you have a firewall on your computer? Are you sure the REC server is up and running and binded to a port? You can verify this by looking at the output of 'netstat -a -n' command, you should see a line like this:

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  TCP    0.0.0.0:88            0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING

Indicating that REC server is listening on the port you have set it to. I assume you could also test the REC server by using your browser to access it when it appears to be not working.

[mikehende]

I simply rebooted again and this time the FF remote WORKS! I am getting good RF distance too. Only the volume doesn't work either when pressing f5 repeatedly or from the up and down vol buttons on the FF, we're almost there, really appreciate the help, now if we could only figure out the vol issue then we'll be done?

[mikehende]

It is working consistently now except for the volume issue, using the up and down vol buttons on the remote or pressing f5 does not adjust the volume but I do see on the laptop screen it shows "Global volume up" and "Global volume down" whenever I press the appropriate buttons on the remote or press the f5 and the icon which shows on the screen is the FF software, seeing that we are using EG, do I need the Snaptream software?

[topix]

The volume problem should be easy solved: Double click the lines "Change ..." and "Toggle Mute" (the ones with grey icons) and select the correct Device.

The Pause/Play problem is on OTSAV side. If you paused your playlist you have to press pause again to continue playing.

BTW: Do you have any other software for the Firefly installed (Beyond TV, Girder Firefly)? As I already mentioned, you only need the "Basic Firefly Drivers" http://www.snapstream.com/download/firefly/

[mikehende]

Yes, I figured out the Play/pause problem.

I had uninstalled Girder, what's left is Beyond TV and x10 drivers, do I need those 2? Reason I'm asking is last Saturday when I played OTSAV, I was experiencing an audio problem which I figured had to be cause by some conflicting software so I have to settle that problem after I get the remote situation going.

Regarding "The volume problem should be easy solved: Double click the lines "Change ..." and "Toggle Mute" (the ones with grey icons) and select the correct Device."

Don't understand? Are you talking about the macros in the Configuration tree? If so, the "grey icons" you mentioned, only thing I am seeing is the Grey-colored "speaker" icon, is this what you mean? If so, when I double click those lines with the Grey speaker icons, al I get are "error" files in the Log area?

[topix]

I had uninstalled Girder, what's left is Beyond TV and x10 drivers, do I need those 2?

I don't know for sure, but it could be that BeyondTV catches button presses from the FF. The x10 drivers you need.

If so, the "grey icons" you mentioned, only thing I am seeing is the Grey-colored "speaker" icon, is this what you mean?

Yes

If so, when I double click those lines with the Grey speaker icons, al I get are "error" files in the Log area?

Hmm, maybe that's because I set it up on my System. Try deleting them. Then right click the macro and add an Action: System -> Sound Card -> Change Master Volume (or Toggle Mute).
The percentage for volume change can be positiv or negative (volume up/down).

If the error still occurs, paste the log here.

[mikehende]

Tried your suggestion, still doesn't work but problem now is that it does not list the error messages?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <EventGhost Name="Configuration Tree" Expanded="True" Version="908" Guid="{9871EEBE-E13A-42F7-906D-479A1D1A6ACE}" Time="1240870064.72">
- <Autostart Name="Autostart" Expanded="True">
<Action>EventGhost.PythonCommand(u'import urllib')</Action>
<Plugin File="X10" Identifier="X10">gAJLA11xAChLAUsCSwNLBEsFSwZLB0sISwlLCksLSwxLDUsOSw9LEGVYAwAAAFgxMHEBh3ECLg==</Plugin>
</Autostart>
- <Folder Name="OtsAV" Expanded="True">
- <Macro Name="Play" Expanded="True">
<Event Name="X10.Play" />
<Action>EventGhost.PythonCommand(u'urllib.urlopen("http://127.0.0.1:80/x/playing.cgi?c=play")')</Action>
</Macro>
- <Macro Name="Pause" Expanded="True">
<Event Name="X10.Pause" />
<Action>EventGhost.PythonCommand(u'urllib.urlopen("http://127.0.0.1:80/x/playing.cgi?c=pause")')</Action>
</Macro>
- <Macro Name="Stop" Expanded="True">
<Event Name="X10.Stop" />
<Action>EventGhost.PythonCommand(u'urllib.urlopen("http://127.0.0.1:80/x/playing.cgi?c=stop")')</Action>
</Macro>
- <Macro Name="Next" Expanded="True">
<Event Name="X10.NextTrack" />
<Action>EventGhost.PythonCommand(u'urllib.urlopen("http://127.0.0.1:80/x/playing.cgi?c=next")')</Action>
</Macro>
- <Macro Name="Previous" Expanded="True">
<Event Name="X10.PreviousTrack" />
<Action>EventGhost.PythonCommand(u'urllib.urlopen("http://127.0.0.1:80/x/playing.cgi?c=prev")')</Action>
</Macro>
</Folder>
- <Folder Name="Volume" Expanded="True">
- <Macro Name="Change Master Volume: 1.00 %" Expanded="True">
<Event Name="X10.VolumeUp" />
<Action>System.ChangeMasterVolumeBy(1.0)</Action>
</Macro>
- <Macro Name="Change Master Volume: -1.00 %" Expanded="True">
<Event Name="X10.VolumeDown" />
<Action>System.ChangeMasterVolumeBy(10.0)</Action>
</Macro>
- <Macro Name="Toggle Mute" Expanded="True">
<Event Name="X10.Mute" />
<Action>System.ToggleMute(0)</Action>
</Macro>
</Folder>
</EventGhost>

[mikehende]

Is there maybe a specific way to get EG to display errors in the log file?

[Pako]

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> 
- <EventGhost Name="Configuration Tree" Expanded="True" Version="908" Guid="{9871EEBE-E13A-42F7-906D-479A1D1A6ACE}" Time="1240870064.72">

0.3.5c build 908 is a very very old version, which has long supported not. Try the latest beta version!
Pako

[mikehende]

This is the only version of EG I am finding?

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile ... _id=160365

[topix]

You should (have) read this. Then go to: http://www.eventghost.org/downloads/

[mikehende]

I had downloaded it directly from the main page before coming to this forum and the main page doesn't not make any reference to any other downloads, anyway, it works! Topix, you are a freakin genius!! I never expected this to work by this method to be honest, I guess the OTSAV users will be very surprised too at how easy you were able to do this. You and the rest of the guys here, I can't thank you enough for the help! I will refer many others on different forums to this thread and I will very STRONGLY suggest that if they use your plugin that they donate to this site. I will donate $25 to this site, I wish I could donate more but that's my budget right now [sorry].

I have two x10 remotes, the original Mouse Remote Model JR20A with receiver Model JR21A and the Powerhouse Remote Model UR81A. The x10 Mouse Remote is used but in great physical and cosmetic condition and worked perfect last time I used it which was sometime last year. The Powerhouse Remote was bought new a couple of years ago and was never used. I am throwing in a new USB adapter for the receiver. I would like to offer these for FREE to anyone on this site if they need it, just let me know and I will mail the items or if you guys think I should offer this in another thread here, please say so.

[mikehende]

Topix, can you play a couple of songs in OTSAV please and tell me if all plays well? I am getting audio problems on my end, specific problem is that the audio is lowering and increasing regularly during a song, I don't think it's EG becuase I did not have EG open when I started noticing this problem but when I closed Snapstream then the problem dissapeared for the most part, I am not sure if the problem is entirely gone but at any rate the Snapstream software is causing some conflict, any ideas please?

[topix]

What exactly do you mean with "Snapstream"? The Basic Firefly Drivers or Beyond Media or another software?