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[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] oishiiunko:
yup... new version uploaded
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] ehjyen:
Hi it isn't working for me... error message says "Could not find file '\config.txt'.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] oishiiunko:
thanks. config file error fixed. download version 0.3.1a... let me know if you find any more problems!
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] ehjyen:
Unfortunately it still won't start for me... now I get this error:

WMCMR.exe

NullReferenceException

at WindowsMediaCentreMobileRemote.Start.loadSettings()

at WindowsMediaCentreMobileRemote.Start.Form1_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Form._SetVisibleNotify(Boolean fVis)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Visible(Boolean value)

at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form fm)

at WindowsMediaCentreMobileRemote.Program.Main()
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] oishiiunko:
fixed. app should start without problems. let me know if it throws any more errors.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] garcianacho:
I have no luck with this desired application.

when I start the program, I see the main screen, and when configure the host IP, and press connect, I can see one second the control screen (track, album, volume...) but inmediatelly the program shows "disconnected from" and go inactive.

Any suggestion?

Thanks.

Nacho.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] oishiiunko:
Are you using an ipv4 address for your pc? make sure your router is set to use ipv4 not ipv6 if possible.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] oishiiunko:
New Version 0.4 Beta

new release is uploaded, fixed problems with ipv6 being used instead of ipv4 with some dhcp configs.

let me know if you find any bugs!
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] gavriel18:
Any possibility it will work with my xbox360? I will try anyways tonight but that would be super cool for movies
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] cemetry:
That's one of the best apps I've installed on my phone!

By the way, is it possible to get keyboard support? It would be cool for Music-Tab...

cemetry
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] joe_coolish:
Downloaded it for my HD2. If you are looking for some help coding, I would definitely be interested. Well, that's assuming you are programming in C# :)

Great app so far! Can't wait to see how it turns out. I hope it comes out better than the TouchRC... so sad that it stopped being supported...
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] danar64:
Hi, great job!!!

It's possible to develop the funtionalities in order to make become this software a "control point" of a upnp a/v chain ?

I have a PC or a NAS (with, for example, Twonky media server) with my mp3 (or others media formats) and I have a media renderer like a Soundbridge or a Noxon to play the music. With my phone I can control the chain and I can play on a media renderer an mp3 contained on a media server. All in a wi-fi environment.

This application exist for iPhone but there aren't for win mobile (or better... there are a couple of programs but don't work.... Rudeo, KinskyPDA).

Thanks
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] vladimir2989:
cool, this will b handy ... any way this can wotk with iTunes as well in future ? or anyone know a goos iTunes control from WM ?
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] F4N4:
Great App!

Works fine at my htc touch pro!

Now i can handle my TV Program rly easy :)

thanks! :)
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] Blue Ice K4:
this is a great app!!! i'm using it on my HD2 and it works perfectly... if i can suggest you some future features i should add a finger control as direction system, and where it's possible directly on mobile device the list of programs/music/pictures/movies to play, so te be able to control MCE even if not in front of screen!

i think this is a great app for all mobile devices, so, please, make it more "hardware" configurable, so to be able to map everyone is own hw key or use it completely TOUCH with finger gesture :)
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] mbg19:
Nice App, always something new and original at XDA.

Btw loving the music ;) ISOS series ftw
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] oishiiunko:
future releases...

thanks for the support guys! great to see people are using the app. to answer a few questions:

xbox 360 media extender control is definitely a possibility for a future release, vmc is certainly capable of using it.

keyboard support (i assume you mean qwerty text input) is definitely on the todo list, makes it much easier for large music libraries i think. only thing is vmc doesn't work reliably with it at the moment (at least not with the versions ive found to be most stable).

itunes integration isn't possible with vmc... only runs with media center. cool idea tho! salling clicker seems to work well with itunes, shame its not free.

i think that integrating upnp control will over complicate the software a bit... the whole point to this is that is light and simple. also i have no way to test that feature out. again itd be a nice idea... if somebody wants to develop a media center plugin or some software that emulates the vmc server and that can provide the same functionality as vmc + works with upnp somehow then that'd be cool.

im pretty sweet for coding at the moment... but if again anybody wants to develop a media center plugin thats less buggy than the vmc betas, that'd be great.

working on a new version now... ill try to include some sort of touch interface for hd2 users. would anybody be fussed if i got rid of the volume text on the volume button? where it says what the current volume is? there seems to be a problem with vmc that sends the wrong volume. and the text isn't clickable anyway. so what do you guys think?
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] ToddeSwe:
Hi

This is just to good to be true :)

I will try this dream out asap!
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] Blue Ice K4:
oishiiunko, is it possible having on pda the item list so to be able to use "completely" the media center also from another room simply looking the pda having there all the control and list you need?

another little question, is it possible having "multiple" pc connection setup for choosing wich computer to connect on startup?
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] Gunzta:
Fantastic idea, nice one, thanks for your hard work.. This is why I love XDA, stuff like this..

Looking forward to using it on my HD2. :)
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] xander7722000:
on the hd play\forward\backward don\t work
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] ToddeSwe:
Hi!

I have now installed this, i can connect and so but when i want to control the Media Center on my PC it just don't do very much. I can move around a bit with the Windows logo up left corner. But that is about all i can do...

But i don't give up :) I'll be waiting for upcoming releases :)

Keep up the good work!
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] saintnickxiii:
it doesnt work on my hd2,

i hit connect and it says 'could not establish a connection to napoleon' (my computers name)

even though i am connected in activesync via bluetooth...

let me know if you have any ideas why it could be happening..
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] gambit07:
Awesome! Works pretty well on my TP2, its kind of buggy (doesn't always connect, sometimes I have to switch between the computers name and the ip address) but for just going forward and back it works great. Volume also doesn't seem to work, it always shows 0. Anyway great work
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] ToddeSwe:
I can't choose the song/movie just browse through the different categories.

Are you supposed to SEE or HEAR something on your device as well?
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] julian2596:
dfd

would this work for a windowsmobilestandard device
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] jlccarv:
a bit off topic, but what bottom taskbar theme are you using in your screen shots? cheers =)

great prog btw
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] oishiiunko:
new release

ok... 0.5b is up and running. i havent found any bugs just testing it myself yet... let me know what you find. hopefully the non - hardware dpad support works well for all the hd2 users. ive decided to leave the previous release up just in case people want to use that for some reason.

btw the theme im using is called "HF Clear", not sure where exactly i picked it up though...
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] ToddeSwe:
Thanks!

Now everything works fine here on my HD2! :)
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] sglotov:
Hi,

HD2/Wifi connection to VMCController server (on Windows 7)

Connection OK, but first click on screen gives this stack trace :

NullReferenceException at WindowsMediaCentreMobileRemote.ControlForm.send(String message) ...

Am I the only one who gets this message ?
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] mrwangkai:
Interesting app, hopefully it works with the diversity of Windows Mobile devices.

We shared it with our readers here: http://bit.ly/cXnTAo
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] poetic_sol:
Works fine on my HD2, the only thing is when I rotate it to landscape view, the D-PAD arrows go to the bottom left not to the middle, therefore the down arrow goes missing. Anyway keep up the good work, cant wait to get it with the keyboard function. :D
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] moraike12:
I tried 0.4 files first but when i run the app on my phone i get an error message stating "This application requires a newer version of the microsoft .NET compact Framework." I then tried your 0.5 cab and i get the same error. I seem to be the only one having this problem so far. Any ideas? I have a tp2 with the verizon 6.5 stock rom.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] oishiiunko:
comment responses...

ah right. its not designed to be used in landscape due to the limited vertical resolution available; the landscape mode is really only there so you can enter text using a hardware keyboard in a future release. you still have play/pause/next control though.

strange... maybe check your vmc installation, maybe try one of the other builds on their site. could maybe be an annoying firewall running in the background perhaps? does it happen all the time or just once? has anybody else had this error?

yup you'll need to download .net, heres a download link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=432470

thanks for trying out the app guys! im glad you enjoy using it
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] jas1976:
Congratulations Guys! brilliant start to an app that ive been wanting for a long time! especially as summer starts here in uk...music control when your outside! :)

Given up hope that microsoft would let their phones talk to and control their pcs even tho it seemed like a good idea...I will definitely be donating towards this...

Right feedback time...

i ran 0.4 on the SE X1 and all good apart from your reported bugs...then uninstalled 0.4 and installed 0.5...volume control defo works better!

It seems like the cab or installer keeps older install info on phone as i didnt need to retype in settings and then maybe a bug is that the last song with title info to be played has now stayed on the display after updating to 0.5, it wont refresh the now playing info, tried switching back to 0.4 but same song info still there...any ideas?

Also tried 0.4 and 0.5 on my SE X2 but no luck with 0.4 at all and 0.5 installs but wont run...this os is wm 6.5.1...
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] jas1976:
By the way your app is popping up all over place...as a avivd follower of Ian Dixon and TheDigitallifestyle.com i was thrilled to see it on their blog!:)

http://thedigitallifestyle.com/cs/b...windows-mobile-remote-for-windows-phones.aspx
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] zorglin:
I'm ok by activesync to control WMC,but I don't know how to connect my PPC to PC by using wifi to control WMC, is there anyone can help me?
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] oishiiunko:
thanks! yes it saves settings to a file, so the settings wont have to be re entered when you upgrade. however, the info your seeing is actually sent from VMC controller, this is not saved on your phone. im not sure if its a bug or something with vmc... is certainly annoying. again... if somebody wants to develop a better media center plugin than vmc let me know!

not sure whats going on with your x2, does it give you an error message? could be .net again possibly.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] oishiiunko:
all you have to do is connect to your wifi like normal, then enter the ip address of your pc on the settings page. quicker and easier than activesync i think eh
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] zorglin:
thanks,it works now.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] sglotov:
Mea culpla, didn't do RTFM :) Replaced host name by IP and it works great!
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] gambit07:
Updated to 0.5b, works great! Volume is much quicker and the d-pad works really well. Also seems you ironed out some bugs as it seems to connect better now
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] oishiiunko:
[UPDATE] Release 0.6b

hey guys,

Version 0.6b is up now, ive added hardware keyboard support that should work with software keyboards too. also made a few minor tweaks and fixed the bug with the touch-pad.

enjoy!
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] delete_this:
240x320 Resolution Support?

Hey,

This app looks great! Unfortunately, I have an old HTC PPC6700 phone (with WinMo 6), which has a 240x320 screen.

I've tried to load up the software, but as expected, the screen icons look all messed up and eventually the program gives me an error (I can provide the error message later today if you'd like).

I'd happily be a tester for you if you'd like to support the 240x320 resolution!

Thanks
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] Takaboy81:
QGVA...

Hi,

I've installed on my QVGA phone, but it didn't work...

Here's my suggestion to update your great app!

Congratulations!

[ ]'s

Takaboy
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] Wopper89:
This works fine for me :) I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate with my HTC Touch HD (Windows Mobile 6.1).

I assume there are going to be newer version? I've got a few things I would like to see in upcoming version:

- When controlling my movies and recorded TV I'd like a list on my mobile device with the movies/TV programs on my PC.

- I would also like a list of tracks/artist/genres/albums on my mobile device when playing music.

I have got no idea whether or not these changes are possible, but I would definitely like these. For now: very nice job and keep up the good work :)

One last question: does this app going to be available for Android?
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] ugumba:
Firewall ports

Hi,

My Win7 Media Center is part of a domain, and Windows firewall is enabled by default. At first, the app just bombed with a NullReferenceException at the first press of a control (Media Center also didn't provide any connection notification).

It only started working when I disabled the firewall. Using TCPView, I figured out that I had to open ports 40400 and 40500 for TCP traffic.

I hope this helps others.

Thanks to the OP for a great app - I'm really looking forward to future improvements.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] oishiiunko:
to answer some questions...

as i dont have a QVGA device, or the cash to splash out on one ive got no way to develop for this resolution properly. also it would mean id have to re-do most of the graphics work to get the interface working properly, a lot of work considering ive got no real way to test it. the only way for me to do this atm is to use a QVGA emulator, and according to that it works fine, only some images are cropped, though still usable. can someone upload screenshots of the app running on a QVGA device so i can see whats going on?

so for the moment at least, no offical qvga support. however, you should still be able to use the hardware dpad/onscreen keyboard of your handset to send commands to your pc.

VMC controller is definitely capable of sending lists of media, so i am looking into adding this kind of functionality to it. i have however found that some builds of vmc controller are very buggy when it comes to actually using this, so again if someone wants to build a better plugin... that'd be a lot easier. Android is not something im working towards.

oh right. yup 40400 and 40500 are the default vmc controller ports.. so yes they will need to be opened. has anybody else had any trouble with this? there is a bug where it thinks its connected but it obviously hasn't, hopefully fixed in the next build in which ill try to improve on the overall stability of the app.

thanks for testing my app! glad you enjoy it
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] oninexo:
Great App

I just installed on my Topaz (Pure) with Windows 7 Ultimate. Works perfectly!

After installing the controller on the desktop you need to restart WMC but other than that it was flawless. The on screen DPAD work's great for navigating the menus. Very impressed!
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] ancifil:
Is it possible to make release for WQVGA screen resolution? I had tested it on LG GM730 all works fine expect GUI on phone, all buttons and messages looks bad. I think it because of "native" resolution of this programm.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] makryger:
Great Job! It "just worked" for me. Brilliant.

The only big problem I had was that I couldn't find the d-pad. Am I missing something?

Otherwise, here are my suggestions:

1)It's be nice to make it look more remote-controllish. Like actual buttons for recorded tv and music and such. The menus on the bottom can get a little cumbersome

2) More media controls would be useful, other than just play, pause, and skip.

3) It'd be cool if you could add metadata- like album art or dvd cover images, and a synposis.

4) Is it possible to be able to turn on an HTPC using this? Send a magic packet or something?

That's what I think. But this is an amazing start! I once was helping someone else develop something similar, but I think the guy got too busy and the project died. I've attached a picture of what my vision would have been for the remote part of the app...
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] directmail:
Just installed this and works well on my Touch Pro 2, well done and thanks! Been waiting for an application like this for ages!!

Not sure whether it is supposed to work yet or not, but when I open the hardware keyboard, the basic buttons like up and down, left and right work, but nothing happens when I use the hardware numbers or letters in a search box where you can enter text.

I like this idea!!
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] oishiiunko:
replies to feedback...

If somebody can post a screenshot of how the GUI behaves on an actual handset at lower resolutions i might be able to work around it for the next release. As I've said before i only have a WVGA phone and the emulator doesn't always get things right, so i need to see whats actually going on to make it work.

You'll need to enable the d-pad by selecting the 'enable touch d-pad' option in the settings menu, accessed via the splash screen. once enabled here, you'll notice the right softkey text will change from 'back' to 'controls', indicating that when you press it, it'll toggle between the d-pad and media info.

I really don't want the interface to become cluttered... it means that the buttons are smaller and difficult to press, especially on smaller screens and resolutions. which extra media functions in particular would you like? Ive managed to include most functions with the button in the top-right, kind of like a 'shift' key, which lets you change channels etc (see post#2). the lesser used buttons (like changing between videos and music, recording etc) can be accessed via the menu or the home button. one button i would like to add is an options or info button, however it doesn't seem to work properly with VMC controller.

As far as getting meta data... I've had a play around with trying to get meta/EPG data out of VMC... only seems to work on the less-stable releases. I'm not sure about how to get cover images... awesome idea though. however, I'm not fully convinced this sort of functionality is necessary, as most people i imagine have a great big TV right in front of them. the only real use i can think of is if you're listening to music with the TV off (or in another room or whatever) in which case i just queue it up first, then switch the TV off. You can still see and control whats playing. I'm trying to keep it simple as possible! haha

the hardware keyboard should work, needs to be enabled in the same menu as the above screenshot. unless the tp2 does something weird with the keyboard keys? try hitting all of them when browsing music and see if anything happens on your tv.

as far as magic packets / wake on lan is concerned, i agree this being an excellent idea! now if i can just get my pc to sleep properly i can try to develop something... anyway in the meantime, thanks heaps to everyone whose tested and given some feedback! its great to see what other users think about the app!
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] makryger:
ahh, ok, thanks, I missed that d-pad setting.

I can understand the hesitancy about putting all the buttons in one. I've tried displaying the png I showed above on my phone, and the buttons are no smaller than the regular 6.5.5 buttons, or most stuff on SenseUI, but that's just personal preference. But at the least, I'd suggest making the toggle bring up a different configuration. The d-pad makes perfect sense for navigating menus, but it gets a little confusing when using it for channels volume and play.

So if it were me, I'd make one screen the "Navigation" Screen- with the d-pad, and maybe a couple useful shortcuts on the button like Recorded TV, Guide, Info, Music. And then the toggle button brings up the Media Screen, which has volume, mute, channel, and then all of the play/pause/skip/ff/rw/stop along the bottom (like you've almost got now).

That's just one suggestion. It's a great program regardless!
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] directmail:
Hardware keyboard is enabled, but unfortunately, nothing happens when I press any of the buttons (except for the arrow keys and the back button which are working fine).
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] nostromo20:
I know that QVGA is already a stretch, but just wanted to add that I tried this on a stanard CE 5.0 (not mobile) MID device which is landscape format (480 x 272)

I have not connected to WMC yet, but the app seemed to run ok (I have CF3.5 installed). The Cab will not install as standard, I needed to unpack the cab file and rename the files to names in XML. But once copied over it ran fine (apart from screen clippping)

Just thought I would add this as a lot of folks use these types of devices in home automation and would be ideal for WMC control.

Cheers
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] beggehorn:
I'm having this issue here. I'm running Win7x32 Ultimate and trying to connect with my Verizon Wireless TP2 (stock 6.5 rom). Not exactly sure how to get these ports open on my system. Can anybody walk me through that?
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] vaniivan:
NullReferenceException

Using Win7 Pro x64, controller x64 and Remote 0.6 on Xperia X1 WinMo 6.1.

I'm getting NullReferenceException as soon as I press the WMC button on the remote.

Opened ports, disabled firewall, still the same.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] oishiiunko:
troubleshooting...

this might sound silly, but if your having trouble connecting to media center check the following:

-check that your wifi is connected, or that activesync is working correctly.

-check that you are entering the IP address of your pc, do not type the hostname as it will not resolve.

-check that the IP address is correct and that the PC is on the same subnet as your phone.

-verify that you've got the correct build of vmc controller installed, and that media center is running before attempting to connect.

-check/disable any antivirus/firewall software. - as posted previously, you'll need to allow traffic on ports 40400 and 40500 in whichever firewall software you're using.

if your having trouble opening ports, you'll need to refer to the documentation for your firewall software for instructions. if you are not sure how to find your ip address simply open a command promt and type "ipconfig", then read the address from where it shows "IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX".

hope this helps!