MediaController plugin beta testing Forum

[dcorsus]

I added Emby to my Roku and was wondering if there was a way to find the code for that app just like Plex has.

Have you tried restarting the PI? I'm not in front of the code and cannot recall whether I decided to discover everything again (and overwrite) at start-up or I decided once discovered, people might make changes and if I always overwrite, they lose those (and won't be happy). Seem to recall adding a button or option somewhere to rediscover but not sure I did that for Roku (haven't touched that code in years).

Dirk

[_ThaNerd_]

I added Emby to my Roku and was wondering if there was a way to find the code for that app just like Plex has.

[_ThaNerd_]

Yes I just did that and it worked

33=Info:;:-:/keypress/Info:;:-:4:;:-:2
34=Back:;:-:/keypress/Back:;:-:4:;:-:3

[dcorsus]

I've noticed my Roku remote is missing some buttons, it is missing the option/info (*) button and the back button (<-)

I'm using a Roku Premiere+

Is there a way to manually add these buttons?

Just looked up the latest Roku API. I see Info is supported, don't see back though, I see backspace but should already be there.

Add the following entries in the MediaController_RemoteControl.ini file (note stop HS3 before you make changes). There should be a section that is named after the UDN of your Roku (you find that in the device table on the config page)

33=Info:;:-:/keypress/Info:;:-:4:;:-:2

Now restart HS3 and click the "create remote buttons", does it get added?

Not sure if you have a Roku TV as there are more TV commands in existence now.

Some Roku devices, such as Roku TVs, also support:

VolumeDown
VolumeMute
VolumeUp
PowerOffRoku

TV devices also support changing the channel when watching the TV tuner input:

ChannelUp
ChannelDownRoku

TV devices also support keys to set the current TV input UI:

InputTuner
InputHDMI1
InputHDMI2
InputHDMI3
InputHDMI4
InputAV1

I can add all of these in a next version of this PI, or you can add those to the ini file yourself. Should be too hard to figure out how

Dirk

[_ThaNerd_]

I've noticed my Roku remote is missing some buttons, it is missing the option/info (*) button and the back button (<-)

I'm using a Roku Premiere+

Is there a way to manually add these buttons?

[dcorsus]

Hi Dave, could you attach a screenshot of the devices table. I'm not sure I see a DLNA server, perhaps is it the NEW11706M?

Assuming you have added a server that has content, when you go to the menu "View", select "Events", Click + to add an event. In the "IF" selection, you select your trigger and in the "Then" you select "MediaController actions". Select "play Item", Select player, select the server etc etc.

Dirk

[morrisdlx]

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Dave

[dcorsus]

If you have at least one server and one player (added), you should be able to create events/actions. So the event could be some motion and the action would be a Mediacontroller actions, where you select a track from the server and play it on some player.

Dirk

[morrisdlx]

[Mack1979]

Ahh. Ok. That's a shame. Thanks for the reply.

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[dcorsus]

Hi,

Installed the plugin. It has found my window media server and Android TV (Shield). It let me Add them both, but I get no config button for either (nor do they get added to the Manage plugins drop-down menu).

I had read that the plugin can remote control Android TV. Some of the other functionality sounds interesting too, but I can't seem to get started, not sure what I'm doing wrong.

The server devices have nothing to configure so there is no config button. You may have misinterpreted what was written about Android TV control. The PI can find them but unfortunately no controls for them. Sony (running some Android TV SW) had some TVs in their line-up that this PI could control, but that where Sony created functions. As far as I can tell, what Android (and unfortunately most TV vendors going forward) is trying to do, is use DLNA (Multiscreen) functions to advertise their existence on your LAN. Apps on your phone, tablet, computer, will use DLNA to discover them but once that's done, the App will communicate with a corresponding app that is running on your TV, and they can use any proprietary protocol they like. This avoids that the apps needs to comply to standards and promotes innovation and rapid development. Flip side is that there is little chance that some uber application will control a multitude of devices.
Dirk

[Mack1979]

Hi,

Installed the plugin. It has found my window media server and Android TV (Shield). It let me Add them both, but I get no config button for either (nor do they get added to the Manage plugins drop-down menu).

I had read that the plugin can remote control Android TV. Some of the other functionality sounds interesting too, but I can't seem to get started, not sure what I'm doing wrong.

[dcorsus]

New version .28 to be posted on updater soon

Changes to v3.0.0.28

• Config button for Sony remote is removed
• Sony remote didn't work under Linux, failing Deserialize method, changed to DeserializeObject which seems supported by Mono.

[Rvtravlr]

Thanks Dirk. I was really hoping that the PI would allow for the remote control (power button) of our TCL Roku TVs and our Dish Hopper and Joeys.

Michael

[dcorsus]

Dirk,

How do I remove the PI?

Michael

Stop HS. Delete the hspi_mediacontroller.exe in the HS directory. Delete the MediaController subdirectory under <hs root>\html, delete the Mediacontroller.ini file in the <hs root>\config folder. Start HS, delete all the HS devices associated with this PI.

Dirk