XboxLobby!

[Aaron]

there is an AJAX interface in beta right now... check it out.

If anyone can make a plug-in to interface with it (or the HTTPAPI directly) that would be amazing!

[CiXel]

Well let's start somewhere by gathering some ideas for what we'd like to do, and then we can figure out the commands and calls needed for them.

The basic transport controls are simple:
Play
http://xbox/xbmcCmds/xbmcForm?command=play

Pause
http://xbox/xbmcCmds/xbmcForm?command=pause

Stop
http://xbox/xbmcCmds/xbmcForm?command=stop

Back
http://xbox/xbmcCmds/xbmcForm?command=previous

Foward
http://xbox/xbmcCmds/xbmcForm?command=next

All I would like to do with my XBMC right now is have it play a file (in this case a movie) Once the Xbox is playing the movie I will control it from IR via my USB uirt, so I don't need any transport controls.
The only issue with this is that whatever you want to push to the Xbox needs to be shared, so you can't just send a random file down the pipe.

http://xbox/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=p ... ameter=smb:
where smb points to the network share I have.
if I use that in conjuction with Xlobby's %file% parameter, and Xlobby will fill in the rest (Assumimg my movie directory is pointing to the Share directory and not locally on the hard drive) As stated earlier the only issue with this is that right now Xlobby is exporting \ in it's path and the xbox is expecting to see /
This same command could be used to play a music file NOW on the Xbox bypassing the playlist.

actually just found this:
http://manual.xboxmediacenter.de/wakka. ... erCommands

you could do sorts of stuff and just apply it to a current skin like adding or removing files to a playlist etc. But where to begin...

[Aaron]

Why not just use the built-in web controls?

Look into the HTTPAPI commands and also the web site that comes with XBMC and the new AJAX interface being built by - much better then building from scratch.

Again, I suggest a plug-in for XLobby... this would allow all the commands to be built-into the plug-in and the end user to just build the interface without needing to code or know the actual commands. Should build consistancy too.

[CiXel]

If only I knew how to write a plugin

[hjackson]

Is there any functional disadvantage with a soft modded Xbox as opposed to a chip modded one?

hjackson

[stevenhanna6]

Is there any functional disadvantage with a soft modded Xbox as opposed to a chip modded one?

hjackson

I know you can soft mod an xbox, then overwrite the flash on the tsop to make the mod permanent through evox. I did this to a couple boxes, even mine with no problems....although I had to sell mine because the damn games(tony hawk) kept giving me motion sickness after 10min. Disadvantage no xbox live. With a chip you can turn it on and off to play online with xboxlive.

[CiXel]

Softmods are great. They functionally operate like whatever bios is controlling the system. The only real disadvantage to a softmod is that something happens to the hard drive, you have to redo it, and you lose some of the mod features like remote on/off and LCD mods that have sprung up. I've done quite a few, and if I had to do it again, I would probably fo the softmod route. I flashed my TSOP on my first xbox, but when that messed up, there was no good way to revive it and I was SOL. I hadly use to xbox for any real games nor xbox live. I use it all for the great emulation that's availible. And now as a backend for Xlobby as soon as we get it some of the technical issues worked out.

[Aaron]

Has there been any progress on this?

I just bought an HDTV yesterday (yea me!) and I'm finally going to build a dedicated HTPC but I want to integrate XBMC into it.

If this gets built I can help Tshoot and such, I have 2 XBOXes to use.

[CiXel]

While not slickly, I have my xbmc playing back Movies and such via standard http though IE, and then am controlling the xbox remotely with IR that Xlobby is translating to the proper signals I have taught it.

This could all be done though the API web interface, bypassing IE (which would be WAY better) as well as the IR, but I have no idea how to access it....