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Hi all, My Movies 4.06 contains a set of Event Handlers for handling remote control events from My Movies for iPhone, iPad, Android or Windows Phone and pass volume commands to a IP controlled receiver or TV. There is currently remote event handlers for IP controllable receivers for the brands Onkyo, Denon and Sony included in the software. The source code for these is attached to the post here, in case anyone is interested in developing a remote handler for their receiver or TV brand. You are also welcome to post here for help. If you end up developing a remote event handler, I am sure that others would appreciate sharing it, either as source code, or as a closed DLL file. Best regards, Brian Binnerup File Attachment(s):
 Onkyo Remote Handler.zip (65kb) downloaded 292 time(s).
Denon Remote Handler.zip (87kb) downloaded 249 time(s).
Sony Remote Handler.zip (88kb) downloaded 214 time(s).
Philips Remote Handler.zip (48kb) downloaded 214 time(s).
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I do apologize if this is a stupid question, but how do I add a reference to the library that provides the events? Even the example projects have a broken dependency for the "Event Handler Interface" when I open it in VS2012/VS2013 preview. EDIT: found a copy of the DLL in the ./bin folder but that could've been made more obvious. 
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I don't have any inspiration for what I could use this for, but I'm keeping a close eye on this.
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gennoise wrote:I don't have any inspiration for what I could use this for, but I'm keeping a close eye on this. The typical usage for ordinary users will be when using the remote control part of My Movies for iPhone, iPad or Android, to direct volume and mute commands to the TV or receiver, rather than to the Windows Media Center PC. For advanced users, it can be used for light controls, curtain controls and similar.
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gennoise wrote:I don't have any inspiration for what I could use this for, but I'm keeping a close eye on this. If I could get the my movies iPad remote to turn on my HTPC, my Denon reciever (with Volume control) and Mitsubishi projector I would be in heaven! Sounds like I just need to find a programmer that can do it for me...
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Wow! that is exactly what I need. I was looking at other solutions to automate my theater but event handlers can do everything plus some things I had not thought of like automatically turning up the lights as credits roll. This is really great stuff, thanks!
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EDIT: Never mind, figured it out. Obviously I'm having a bit of a learning curve with vb.net....
Using the MiCasaVerde event handler as a starting point, I'm creating a handler for Universal Devices' ISY controller.
I'm not a programmer but I have it pretty much working. Now I'm trying to get it to a state where others can use it. My issue is the ISY requires authentication, which I have working when I hardcode the ID and PW in micasaverdeipcontrol.vb
' Create a resolver and specify the necessary credentials.
Dim resolver As New XmlUrlResolver()
Dim myCred As System.Net.NetworkCredential
myCred = New System.Net.NetworkCredential("pavlov70", "mypassword, "")
resolver.Credentials = myCred
I updated the configuration app with ID (txtISYID) and PW (txtISYPW) fields and it seems to be saving the values just fine.
My question is how to retrieve those values and set as variables in micasaverdeipcontrol.vb? I'm sure it's a very basic question but little programming experience I'm happy to be at the point where I am.
Any help appreciated.
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I'm developing an event handler to control lights, but I have noticed that the application doesn't send all events?
Checking the logfiles for the already available event handlers shows that I only get "Launched" and "PlayStarted".
No "Pause", no "PlayStopped" and no "PlayStateChanged". It is possible that other events are ok, but these are what I'm interested in.
I have checked this on several clients which show the same problem with "ending" events.
I normally have DVDs stored as images instead of VIDEO_TS folders, but I guess that shouldn't matter?
I'm running the latest release v4.06.
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This is because the event handling functionality is not by default available for image files, as image files are mounted, and then autoplay in Media Center takes over - the My Movies system is not in control. There is a guide coming on how to disable autoplay for the discs in Windows Media Center in general, but it is for advanced users only, as it will be intended for our professionals when supplying systems.
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Then I'll try with a movie that is VIDEO_TS stored instead.
Will the guide be available for normal users as well, even though it's intended for professional system builders?
It's a great task converting 1500+ images to folders... ;-)
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I am trying to create an event handler using the example in the user customization folder, there is some discrepancies between the methods in the supplied example and the one in the Event Handler Interface.DLL, (signature are different). That not a big issue since I overcame that hurdle by manually updating the ones in my event Handler.
The issue is that the only event I seem to be getting is MainMovieStarted when playing DVD files. ISOs (Total Media Theater 6) or wmv files does not produce any events at all. I am trying to send commands to a Homeseer server when a MyMovie event is triggered.
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wseaton wrote:I am trying to create an event handler using the example in the user customization folder, there is some discrepancies between the methods in the supplied example and the one in the Event Handler Interface.DLL, (signature are different). That not a big issue since I overcame that hurdle by manually updating the ones in my event Handler.
The issue is that the only event I seem to be getting is MainMovieStarted when playing DVD files. ISOs (Total Media Theater 6) or wmv files does not produce any events at all. I am trying to send commands to a Homeseer server when a MyMovie event is triggered.
The system are unable to keep track of image files, as it is not "in the loop" of playback - it occurs all between WMC and TMT. It should however be able to keep track of WMV.
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Thanks for you reply, do you know of any way to capture events from Total Media Theater 6?
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So... I'm very interested in the lighting control that was demonstrated in that video. I currently build custom PCs for My Movies. But I'm also looking to integrate My Movies with the RTI Control Systems I sell. So it looks like I'll have to buy Vidabox products instead of custom building since no one else seems to be making an RTI driver. And Vidabox's RTI Driver does not have variables to trigger lighting control.
I'd like to know what it'd take to have that functionality to send a command when the movie starts to dim the lights... when the credits roll the lights raise back up. I currently rip the movies as ISOs because my client wants to get the full quality, menus, and extra features of his blurays. We're using PowerDVD as a player, but I'm open to suggestions that can improve the experience. I'll be using a Lutron RadioRa 2 Lighting Control Sytem and an RTI automation system. The entire system should be controlled via an iPad with RTiPanel. Programming the Lutron and RTI is no problem for me. There has to be a way for me to set up this functionality shown in the video. I don't really know how to get started with it, but I don't see any information how to actually make that happen either. Can you give me a push in the right direction here? Are my requests even possible? I'm trying to offer a solution as close to Kaleidescape as possible. These lighting controls would really make the experience of a high end theater room.
I appreciate any responses you can give!
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