Play video's on your TV controlled by your Squeezebox RC. A remote controlled Windows Media Player. Especially suited for control by the wonderful Squeezebox or SliMP3 MP3 player devices, but a GUI RC application is bundled. Written in wxPerl.
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This release is probably going to be my last one on this program. The reason is that I've switched to using MythTV for my personal HTPC setup (slimserver controlled of course). If the project isn't picked up by anyone else this will be it. Contact me if you want to take over as a maintainer. Release 0.6.2 -------------- - Made compatibility fixes to make VB work with SlimServer 6.2.0 - Rough picture viewing added (just add a picture directory to the playlist) Remaining bugs: - Picture viewer window should alternate with video window, but this causes problems. - Pin code protection on directories doesn't work as it should. - Can't play wmv files for some reason.
Release 0.6.0 -------------- - Added Wake On LAN option (-w argument) to VB Remote, press red Add button to trigger eg: vb-remote.exe -w 00:08:74:a8:f2:f7 172.22.22.13 - Changed Videobox.pm to send WOL packet only when Add is pressed (from init mode) - Hidden media entries made visible become hidden again when the next client shuts down - Videobox.pm sends out a server_init packet on startup that clears any orphaned clients that may still have an active session on vb-player. - Bug fixed in VB-Remote that corrects occasional repaint problems. - On Screen Display (OSD) added, only works in Fullscreen mode at least 800x600 resolution Pressing 'now playing' repeatedly will cycle OSD modes Auto -> On -> Off ->
Release 0.5.2: - Player shutdown option added to the Settings menu (Add to activate) - System shutdown option added to the Settings menu (Add to activate/abort) - Wake On LAN option added to Slimserver plugin (Videobox.pm) - VOB file extension added to supported file extensions (play DVD's!)
Release 0.5.1 ------------- - Clearing playlist & bookmark has been made to behave more like the Slimserver. Press 'Add' on the 'Now Playing' or 'Bookmarks' entry in the root menu to clear either the playlist or the bookmark list. - In fullscreen mode the cursor is now made hidden by moving it off screen. - When fullscreen is pressed with the Player iconized (minimized), the the player will uniconize first. When pressing fullscreen again the Player will exit fullscreen mode and iconize again. This allows you to run the Player in the background and let it take over the screen when you need it. - Changed delay for fullscreen accelerator (in vb-player.pl) to work around duplicate events. (Wx::ActiveX bug) - Added the Streams directory (with a number of live video streams) to the main distribution.
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