Found a reasonable web interface (better than Boxee web remote 0.4)

[Iggy82]

Please see post 7 for latest release of new Boxee Web Remote 0.1 BETA

DOWNLOAD LATEST VERSION HERE
Update (10th Nov 2010): New version coming this weekend!

ORIGINAL POST BELOW (For reference, information not relevant for latest version)

OK so I have been all over the forums trying to find a way to control my Boxee from another PC primarily, but also from any device with a web browser.

After some research, I found an iPhone web interface which when placed into the Boxee, can be accessed by any device with a web browser. I may look into editing it so it looks better on a large PC screen but for now its much better to use than the extremely simple 'web remote 0.4' Having said that, the basic interface of web remote 0.4 is useful as this interface doesn't seem to have much in the way of controls, more of a browser and player of your files. It doesn't have pause/play, etc as far as I can see.

To install:

Download this iphone web interface that I found after reading this post: DOWNLOAD

Unzip the iPhone folder into your Boxee directory 'web' folder. For example, for windows, you would unzip it into 'C:\Program Files\Boxee\Web'

Now simply launch your device/PC with a web browser and navigate to:

http://BOXEE_IP:8800/iphone

Where BOXEE_IP is the IP address of your Boxee (E.g. http://192.169.1.103:8800/iphone)

I only take credit for my instructions and discovering how to do this. I am not a coder, just a persistent fiddler!

[dadein]

Hi Iggy82, Welcome to the Boxee forums!

Thanks for bringing up this remote and offering the instructions here.

This remote has been mentioned in the user guide for awhile now. I use it on my all my PC's and when Boxee is playing on one, I can control it from another. Don't have an iPhone or the like but I would guess it provides a simple interface with all the function you need to control Boxee(if you can see the screen). As far a pause/play goes, just open(select) the OSD display and use it to control Boxee. The 'remote' offers shortcut keys as well (I,J,K,L, space, B for back, P for pause, 0-+ for volume, <> for RW/FF), which is not going to help on an iPhone.

I never included the instructions in the User Guide because the author has instructions on the website included in the link from the user guide.

[dadein]

WOW... did I mis-read your post or what.

I just downloaded the one from your link and am very impress. Sorry about the misread. Thank you very much for this find !! It works GREAT!

Do you mind if I use your instructions in the User Guide? I would like to add it to the guide.

[Iggy82]

Yeah thats fine, glad its working for you.

I'm working on editing it to style it for Boxee and get rid of a few annoyances at the moment, watch this space for a better web interface coming to you V soon!

[dadein]

Can't wait to see what you come up with. Keep us posted.

[jussing]

Awesome, I was beginning to think I was the only one with those needs.

I have a feature request here on a web interface:
http://forums.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=20980

I'm going to keep this thread though, as I think there's room for lots of improvement even with the iPhone app (cover art, Boxee sorting rather than file sorting, etc).

But still, this is great! It'll definitely get me started using Boxee the way I want to.

Thanks!

- Jonas

EDIT:
A slightly annoying thing is that playing the first item in a CD will not play the whole CD, like Boxee normally does.
However, you can add an album to the playlist.
Did I just say "playlist" and "Boxee" in the same sentence?! Yup, this interface provides Boxee with a working music playlist...

[Iggy82]

OK so been playing around in my spare time, which isn't a lot this weekend unfortunately. Please delete the "iphone" folder from your Boxee 'web' folder if you have already tried this out. Otherwise, just download and unzip the 'remote' folder from the ZIP into your Boxee 'web' folder:

Download Boxee Web Remote 0.1 BETA

Changelog:

V0.1 BETA - Boxee Web Remote
-Added Boxee UI images
-Removed 'Scripts' and replaced with 'Controls' for old Boxee web remote
-User must access remote via http://BOXEE_IP:8800/remote

Where BOXEE_IP is the IP address of your Boxee (E.g. http://192.169.1.103:8800/remote)

(Web server must be enabled in Boxee settings)

Test Conditions
Tested using a notebook runnings Windows 7 with Google Chrome. Works fine with a few errors that pop up but don't actually cause any issues. Didn't work when trying to access from my Nexus One running Cyanogenmod 6.0.0. However, 'XBMC / Boxee Remote' by Chandan Pitta app is excellent for full Boxee control on Android. I would also recommend 'Wol Wake on Lan Wan' by Brobble for waking up your boxee with your android phone. Hopefully try and integrate a WOL client somehow into this remote, in meantime, I recommend visiting http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/welcome.aspx

[didatofik]

OK so been playing around in my spare time, which isn't a lot this weekend unfortunately. Please delete the "iphone" folder from your Boxee 'web' folder if you have already tried this out. Otherwise, just download and unzip the 'remote' folder from the ZIP into your Boxee 'web' folder:

https://code.google.com/p/boxeewebremote/downloads/list

Changelog:

V0.1 BETA - Boxee Web Remote
-Added Boxee UI images
-Removed 'Scripts' and replaced with 'Controls' for old Boxee web remote
-User must access remote via http://BOXEE_IP:8800/remote

Where BOXEE_IP is the IP address of your Boxee (E.g. http://192.169.1.103:8800/remote)

(Web server must be enabled in Boxee settings)

Test Conditions
Tested using a notebook runnings Windows 7 with Google Chrome. Works fine with a few errors that pop up but don't actually cause any issues. Didn't work when trying to access from my Nexus One running Cyanogenmod 6.0.0. However, 'XBMC / Boxee Remote' by Chandan Pitta app is excellent for full Boxee control on Android. I would also recommend 'Wol Wake on Lan Wan' by Brobble for waking up your boxee with your android phone. Hopefully try and integrate a WOL client somehow into this remote, in meantime, I recommend visiting http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/welcome.aspx

Thanks a bunch.
Works perfect on vista 64, i will try it on a smartphone tomorrow.

[Nicmcr]

hey thanks for putting this up.

in case you're interested http://BOXEE_IP:8800/iphone works for me running Chrome/OSX 10.6 and Safari/IOS 4.1 but http://BOXEE_IP:8800/remote gives me nothing

[Iggy82]

hey thanks for putting this up.

in case you're interested http://BOXEE_IP:8800/iphone works for me running Chrome/OSX 10.6 and Safari/IOS 4.1 but http://BOXEE_IP:8800/remote gives me nothing

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