[Wolves] using a android tablet too control xmbc media centre

[Mark Croft]

thank you for your help , i am waiting for long vga cable to come from ebay
too hook up the linux mint laptop too large hdmi tv.
will the tackle the remote issue. at least i am going in the correct
direction now.

mark



On 10 January 2014 00:56, Mike Hingley <computa_mike at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Richard - I have done that exact thing - my XBMC is a raspberry pi as
> well..
>
> There is an rough -ish  guide (of sorts) on my blog @
> http://titaniumbunker.com/?p=2651
>
> There are a couple of buttons you need to enable on XBMC (all graphical)
> and then you can use the remote like a standard remote.
>
> Hope that helps.  I'll try and pop the last couple of screen shots on
> there (probably tomorrow night).
>
> Mike
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 22:20:45 +0000
> From: richard.barker at quietwatercourse.co.uk
> To: wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Wolves] using a android tablet too control xmbc media centre
>
>
> On 09/01/14 19:23, Mark Croft wrote:
>
>  i have set up a laptop with linux mint with xmbc media centre/player , i
> want now to be able to control it with android tesco tablet , is that
> possible?
>
>  my first thought was to use google remote desktop but i wonder if there a
> better easy solution then that? so the user can choice what programme to
> watch via netflix and other streaming services.
>
> thanks for your help please ask for anymore info..
>
> mark
>
>
>
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>  Hi Mark,
>
> I have been playing with XMBC on a Raspberry Pi and have got a Tesco Hudl
> working as my remote. You can download the official XBMC remote control app
> from the Google Play store. It works over your LAN, but you'll need to
> manually configure the Android app with the IP address of your XMBC machine
> as there's no auto-scan.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard.
>
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