alanchow Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 Alanchow Is it possible with Amazon Fire TV with Kodi (XBMC) installed, to be able to communicate with Chowmain – Kodi Lite (XBMC) Driver?Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI answered this via PM but will answer here for anyone who is curious.Unfortunately we do not have access to the hardware here in Australia. The driver comes with a 48 hour trial so you will have to do the testing yourself sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BREAL Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Thanks for your response. If anyone reading this has successfully done it please message me.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BREAL Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I answered this via PM but will answer here for anyone who is curious.Unfortunately we do not have access to the hardware here in Australia. The driver comes with a 48 hour trial so you will have to do the testing yourself sorry.Does anyone have a suggestion for an android set top box or media player to work with Chowmain – Kodi Lite (XBMC) What brand and model? Something under $200.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 There is a thread about the topic herehttp://www.c4forums.com/topic/16666-best-kodi-box/#entry143691 BREAL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Ciabis Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Alanchow Is it possible with Amazon Fire TV with Kodi (XBMC) installed, to be able to communicate with Chowmain – Kodi Lite (XBMC) Driver?Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkB REAL, Did you try Amazon Fire TV Driver (with XMBC) with Kodi Driver or with the Plex Driver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BREAL Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I've done so much research and I'm going to have my programmer try and make it work this week. I will keep everyone posted on what happens. I wish I could do it myself but I only have Composer HE.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk MakeItAMudLight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 B REAL, Did you try Amazon Fire TV Driver (with XMBC) with Kodi Driver or with the Plex Driver?Plex home theatre can only be installed on windows or Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakeItAMudLight Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I've done so much research and I'm going to have my programmer try and make it work this week. I will keep everyone posted on what happens. I wish I could do it myself but I only have Composer HE.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakeItAMudLight Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I'm very curious to see how this turns out. I think the big IF at the moment may be if the Control4 can get the Kodi to launch on the FireTV. After it launches it should work fine in theory. It's just getting it started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 I'm very curious to see how this turns out. I think the big IF at the moment may be if the Control4 can get the Kodi to launch on the FireTV. After it launches it should work fine in theory. It's just getting it started.Yep agreed the issue with be launching the app. If you can install and run LANmote then the driver should work perfectly. The driver is designed to switch between Android and Kodi using this method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walterlara Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Hello Alan, I've tried Kodi Lite and it works well, but I am having an issue. I am trying to import "Home Videos". I have them appearing on KODI in the Movie List but they don't import into the C4 Media List. I've tried with these two methods and no luck. http://kodi.wiki/view/Custom_video_entries Is this an unsupported feature or am I doing something wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Hello Alan,I've tried Kodi Lite and it works well, but I am having an issue. I am trying to import "Home Videos". I have them appearing on KODI in the Movie List but they don't import into the C4 Media List. I've tried with these two methods and no luck. http://kodi.wiki/view/Custom_video_entries Is this an unsupported feature or am I doing something wrong?Unfortunately locally stored thumbnails are not supported. In order to resolve an issue where KODI's massive cover art sizes big down director and eventually crash of (recluse av's driver had this problem) we had to leverage online cloud image resizing. To do this we send the cloud resizer the URL of the image scrapped by the scrapper (usually TMDB if left as default) and it returns a nice resized image which we import nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Alanchow Is it possible with Amazon Fire TV with Kodi (XBMC) installed, to be able to communicate with Chowmain – Kodi Lite (XBMC) Driver?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Seems like Mitch figured out how to get it to work. See link below. http://www.c4forums.com/topic/16659-amazon-fire-tv-wkodi-xbmc/?p=143891 msgreenf and BREAL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Hi guys, Have uploaded a new version of the driver with the following changes. Version #20150305 - 05-MAR-2015Resolved issue on some systems where automatic on sends on command again every time a new file plays. Version #20150303 - 03-MAR-2015Number 1 now jumps to first page in navigation modeNumber 0 now jumps to last page in navigation mode Version #20150220 - 20-FEB-2015Modified Auto Room On code. Now selects device as audio or video only depending on audio, video or photo. Note there are times when Kodi's API returns an unknown media type. In this case it will turn it on as a video source. Version #20150218 - 18-FEB-2015Added Random All, One and Off commands to programming tabAdded Play URL programming command for playback of videos and photos Version #20150113 - 13-JAN-2015Added customisable PREV & CANCEL buttons as some customers were not happy with the mapping. msgreenf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walterlara Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Unfortunately locally stored thumbnails are not supported. In order to resolve an issue where KODI's massive cover art sizes big down director and eventually crash of (recluse av's driver had this problem) we had to leverage online cloud image resizing. To do this we send the cloud resizer the URL of the image scrapped by the scrapper (usually TMDB if left as default) and it returns a nice resized image which we import nicely. I'm not referring to the thumbnails, I would just like the ability to select it, regardless of what thumbnail it has and have it play from the control4 interface. Notice how my overview video is missing? Do I have some data that doesn't jive with the driver, or control4's media importer? Thank for the input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 I'm not referring to the thumbnails, I would just like the ability to select it, regardless of what thumbnail it has and have it play from the control4 interface. Notice how my overview video is missing? Do I have some data that doesn't jive with the driver, or control4's media importer? Thank for the input. Thanks. Please submit a ticket to the Houselogix Support page. Please include a copy of the lua debug output. You may need to provide remote access to your system for troubleshooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walterlara Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Thanks. Please submit a ticket to the Houselogix Support page. Please include a copy of the lua debug output. You may need to provide remote access to your system for troubleshooting. Hey Alan, got in contact with them but they were not able to help me. It seems kodi is unable to import videos if no cover art exists online. Would it be possible in a future update to have a generic cover art for movies that are not found so they are at least able to import? Or a manual way to import them via the media tab new media button? Thank you for all your help and sorry for my persistence. Some use cases for this. Client's Family Videos, provide them an easy way in control4 to view themBusiness' wanting to show a client a specific product video on the tv's, could even be triggered by sensorsControl4 Dealer Demo, show specific, or custom control4 video showcasing the system msgreenf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 Hey Alan, got in contact with them but they were not able to help me. It seems kodi is unable to import videos if no cover art exists online. Would it be possible in a future update to have a generic cover art for movies that are not found so they are at least able to import? Or a manual way to import them via the media tab new media button? Thank you for all your help and sorry for my persistence. Some use cases for this.Client's Family Videos, provide them an easy way in control4 to view themBusiness' wanting to show a client a specific product video on the tv's, could even be triggered by sensorsControl4 Dealer Demo, show specific, or custom control4 video showcasing the systemYou can add another network file storage driver in and manually scan it into control4. Thus will work and play back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walterlara Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 You can add another network file storage driver in and manually scan it into control4. Thus will work and play back. This worked perfect. Thank you again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 Hi guys, Uploaded a maintenance release of the driver which improves movie import functionality. Version #20150305 - 05-MAR-2015Improved movie import algorithm. Should now import all movies regardless if the movie ID is sequential or not. Also if cover art is not available for download (poor internet connection or URL does not return an image) then it will insert the movie with no cover art.Resolved issue where automatic update of movie library would not work if controller is rebooted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blub Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Ha! Finally my import works somewhat - just the cover art is missing. Kinda strange because both HTPC and HC250 are online though.Can I re-try to import my cover art? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Ha!Finally my import works somewhat - just the cover art is missing. Kinda strange because both HTPC and HC250 are online though.Can I re-try to import my cover art?If the cover art is missing it is due to eitherA) you have local cover art. The driver does not support local cover art files (eg folder.jpg or .tbn files). Delete these and rescan the items into your xbmc library the URL returned by the library cannot be reachable (this can be caused by .nfo files usually that points to an older url that is no longer available)Once you have fixed these you can perform an import again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooner2k1 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Hi Alan, I'm currently using Control4 for a HTPC with IP control I mainly use the HTPC with WMC because I have a Ceton InfiniTV with Cox live TV and DVR. I've been reading up on your drivers and thinking about switching to Kodi as well as your driver package. Could you help me with the question below? Can I source my media files from a NAS in order to utilize the "Movies" functionality in control4 (assuming the controller sees my NAS as a media source)? Basically does your driver allow me to start playing a movie in Kodi that is sourced in my NAS and not directly on the PC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 Hi Alan,I'm currently using Control4 for a HTPC with IP control I mainly use the HTPC with WMC because I have a Ceton InfiniTV with Cox live TV and DVR. I've been reading up on your drivers and thinking about switching to Kodi as well as your driver package. Could you help me with the question below?Can I source my media files from a NAS in order to utilize the "Movies" functionality in control4 (assuming the controller sees my NAS as a media source)? Basically does your driver allow me to start playing a movie in Kodi that is sourced in my NAS and not directly on the PC?The KODI LITE driver can playback moves scanned into Control4 that is stored on a NAS. The better way of doing thing though is to have KODI setup to scan your NAS and catalog automatically catalog it's library. The KODI LITE driver can then be set up to aromatically import and update the library. This means that you no longer need to manually catalog your movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooner2k1 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Thanks for the quick response. If I import and update directly from Kodi will the cover images and meta data still show up in the movies section of the remote/app? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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