XBMC Browser 0.1Alpha

February 11th, 2006, 11:03 Posted By: wraggster

James Dingo has released XBMC Browser, heres the word from the read me:

<blockquote>xbmc browser 0.1alpha

Purpose:
To browse files available thru xbmc on the psp and start playing the file on the xbox.

Limitations:
Can only browse samba shares.
Buggy.

Future development:
Handle playlists
Transfer and view thumbnails
Volume control
Skip to position in playing file
Retrive information of what is currently playing. Progressbar etc.
Continue session when comming back from hibernation mode or if xbmc restarts

Installation:
xbmcbrowser.ini must contain the ip address of the xbox and should be placed in the root folder of your psp.

xbmcsrv.py
smb.py
nmb.py

must be transfered to the xbox and placed in folder under the scripts folder of xbmc.

to start the browsing server at xbmc startup, create a file called autoexec.py under scripts containing this line:
xbmc.executescript('q:\\scripts\\XBMCBrwSrv\\xbmcs rv.py')

RemoteServer here can be replaced by whatever you called the folder where you placed the .py files.

Note:
I will eventually release the source, but it needs to mature a bit.
Only tested on my psp 1.5 and with my xbmc installation
Config in the interface does nothing

Some code and art have been stolen (without permission) from several sources:
samba modules for python from Michael Teo (smb.py, nmb.py)
Code from Yeldarb's tutorials http://www.scriptscribbler.com/psp/
Socket code from lua player (http://svn.ps2dev.org/filedetails.ph...%2Fluawlan.cpp)
Inet code from "Simple elf based network example" from the SDK
Artwork from rgh246's "skin" for xbmc web server. (http://www.xbox-skins.net/forums/ind...?download=5366)
Python code from Gamma-X v0.999b
-James Dingo</blockquote>

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