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rporetti

Posted: Thursday, July 05, 2012 4:20:59 AM

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I've read this: http://kb.mymovies.dk/KnowledgebaseArticle50070.aspx. \

I'm running MM 4.02 on WMC7 HTPC. Firewall is temporally disabled. All machines on a "private" Home network. I believe I have 3 extenders (HTPC's that are running the client software) Plus - one server that has the movies and has the database installed. I also have an iPad with the My Movies software - I think I had this working - but we never use it in the home theatre.)

Anyway, I first tried adding a server manually (I wish you guys would use a better word then "server" - that its Sooooo..... generic! I take it to mean that this is the HTPC that is running WMC and My Movies... that I would like to remote control. ...and not my Windows Server that has my database!)

BTW: When Manually adding the IP Address the interface does not let you put decimal points in between each quad - why is that? I had to type "192168001008" so that it would not be vague!

Anyway - this did not work - so I decided to install Bonjour - and then Enabled "Automatically detected servers" on my Galaxy S3. It says "No servers found".

BTW: That link should post instructions on how to check if there are more than 5 extenders... but aside from that I have run out of ideas...

I'm hoping someone here might have some clues...

Rob

PS: A couple of other notes...

My phone is connected via Wi-Fi to a wireless network on my main WAN/LAN router. All computers are on the same workgroup - but of course the phone does not let you connect to the workgroup directly.

I've also tried this: http://192.168.1.8:51408/?command=ping. The result in Firefox is:

Code:

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

/Response status/="failed">Please send username and password/Response/

(I could not use the correct brackets in this post btw - it causes a .net error in the forum app.)

Rob

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lostinva

Posted: Thursday, July 05, 2012 6:58:33 AM

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Anyway, I first tried adding a server manually (I wish you guys would use a better word then "server" - that its Sooooo..... generic! I take it to mean that this is the HTPC that is running WMC and My Movies... that I would like to remote control. ...and not my Windows Server that has my database!)

In this case, the "server" is whatever PC you are watching movies from. Note: Windows Media Center must already be open when you attempt to connect to the remote control service.

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BTW: When Manually adding the IP Address the interface does not let you put decimal points in between each quad - why is that? I had to type "192168001008" so that it would not be vague!

I have this problem with the stock (Samsung) keyboard on my Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. Install a third-party keyboard off the app store such as the Gingerbread keyboard and you'll be fine. I do hope that the Android developer has a fix for us in the next update so we don't have to go through these hoops.

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Anyway - this did not work - so I decided to install Bonjour - and then Enabled "Automatically detected servers" on my Galaxy S3. It says "No servers found".

I get this sometimes. I have the PC's manually configured, because sometimes they show up through Bonjour, and sometimes not.

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BTW: That link should post instructions on how to check if there are more than 5 extenders... but aside from that I have run out of ideas...

If you're only watching movies through PC's, then you should pay no mind to the "extenders" options anyway. All your PC's are "hosts" in this sense. Extenders are devices such as the Xbox.

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rporetti

Posted: Thursday, July 05, 2012 3:34:26 PM

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Thanks for your reply... :-)

My phone is a Galaxy S3 model SGH-i747M - it is an ICS device. But seriously? I have to get another keyboard for my phone?

Bonjour: in that case, I'll remove Bonjour once I can get the manual connection working...

OK - so, without worrying about extenders, then I have nothing else to worry about! LOL!

(Except that it does not work.)

lostinva

Posted: Thursday, July 05, 2012 4:53:27 PM

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Yes, unless you can get Bonjour working, the only way you'll get it to work is to install another keyboard. You may be able to use the hand-writing option in the stock keyboard, however. Not sure if that option is available on the S3, but it is on the Tab. Or you can type it elsewhere and copy/paste.

Basically, if the keyboard was working the way it is intended, only the numbers and period are supposed to be enabled. But something is broken either with ICS in general or specifically with Samsung's variation that causes it to not work as expected.

When I asked about it when I first noticed it on my Tab, Brian said they'd probably just enable the full keyboard and do a validity test to make sure the input is correct format.

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