Is there a full GUI remote?

**Roguen** · April 7th, 2010, 03:32 PM

I have boxee set up in a single room but have a receiver that allows me to put a couple of speakers in an adjacent room.

Does anyone have any ideas around setting up a remote (phone, webpad, otherwise) that would allow me to see my library and control it without the use of my screen?

**darcilicious** · April 7th, 2010, 03:43 PM

You're looking for something beyond a simple remote and really need a "remote desktop" application (there are a few for the iPhone, etc) so that you can remotely and fully view the screen on Boxee computer. That is, if I understand your set up correctly.

**dan1son** · April 7th, 2010, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by darcilicious

You're looking for something beyond a simple remote and really need a "remote desktop" application (there are a few for the iPhone, etc) so that you can remotely and fully view the screen on Boxee computer. That is, if I understand your set up correctly.

Not entirely. XBMC has remote apps that do exactly what he asked. Basically they give you a library view on your device and you can select what to play that way.

I use it all the time for my outdoor speakers. I can select any song in my library without seeing the TV.

I don't think boxee has any support for this, but I do know the XBMC remote guys (specifically the Android ones) are shooting for boxee support.

**ccjensen** · April 7th, 2010, 06:04 PM

I've wanted to develop something like this for boxee, but the current api is pants and the wiki states that a new one will be developed. Unfortunately, there are no details available on how this api will work (yet), and I am not interested in investing tons of hours making an application to work with an api that is set to be replaced.
So for me, it's currently on hold.

**Roguen** · April 8th, 2010, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by dan1son

Not entirely. XBMC has remote apps that do exactly what he asked. Basically they give you a library view on your device and you can select what to play that way.

I use it all the time for my outdoor speakers. I can select any song in my library without seeing the TV.

I don't think boxee has any support for this, but I do know the XBMC remote guys (specifically the Android ones) are shooting for boxee support.

Yes, this is what I'm looking for.

A remote desktop is a good idea, but would be a bit heavy weight for my phone (BB) and I'm also looking for something that will display relevant to the form factor rather than scrolling around a large screen via a very small phone.

Thanks for the info on XBMC.

**jtow** · May 31st, 2010, 06:13 AM

Remote Desktop (MSTSC) doesn't work with Boxee since it uses OpenGL. It'd be like trying to play a video game over terminal services.
So that's out. VNC perhaps? I haven't tried that but like he said it's a little heavy.

I really do want this functionality since I have near 400 DVD's and BluRay's that I sometimes need to have boxee look up to assign the title / IMDB information and there's no way to do that with the iPhone interface or any other and it's just a hassle doing it from the couch.

I have even gone as far as creating a separate profile in XP that I can be logged into at the same time (it's a hack for XP) and tried to run 2 boxee sessions, but boxee uses a bunch of HKCU keys and profile specific settings. I am a Wise Software Packager by profession, I could re-package the application to use different keys and folders but I don't know how the application would react.

It would be a better solution to come up with a web console into boxee's database that could run simultaneously because then anyone could write a quick web interface for any device at any resolution. I think something for an iPad would be killer.

:-)