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Occasionally, VLC Remote cannot find the server even though the web browser 
can.  

One user reports that disabling/re-enabling WiFi fixes the problem.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. choose some playlist
2. choose a file
3. play the file

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
it should put there for example some icon to the current played file

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
0.3.6

What version of VLC are you using?
1.0.5 Goldeneye

What version of Android are you using?
1.5 Cupcake

Which Android device are you using?
HTC Magic

Please provide any additional information below.

Just an idea.

When you want to advance a little the playback, is very difficult do it
with the progress bar. Would be great to have two buttons to forward and go
back 10 seconds on each click.

hi mr. bald,

since I use the VLC alot, I would really like to get your nice app to work
on my G1.
I have the VLC on my osx leopard. I changed the preferences like in the
attached screenshots.

Now when I start the vlc-remote on my G1 and put in 192.168.178.20:8080 I
get an connection refused error.
Do I have to make some changes in the network-preferences in osx? does it
work with osx?
sorry for all the questions, but I´m helpless here :)

many thnx in advance for your help,
steffen.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. ADD VLC server
2. Enter hostname
3. Enter Port

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

expected: the streaming video
I see an error telling me that the /requests/playlist.xml was not found,
because it is not a VLC server that the android-vlc-remote expects.
Would there be a way to enter a full URI <proto>://<hostname>:<port>/<file>?

What version of VLC Remote are you using?

25

What version of VLC are you using?

unknown VLC server

What version of Android are you using?

firmware: 2.1-update1

Which Android device are you using?

nexus one

Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Run VLC
2. Run VLC Remote on the Phone
3. You can only adjust the Volume in the range 0% to 200% instead of the 
400% VLC offers itself. Also, the volume control reacts rather slowly

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
Version 24

What version of VLC are you using?
1.0.3

What version of Android are you using?
2.0.1

Which Android device are you using?
Motorola Milestone

it would be great if you added a shuffle/repeat toggle for vlc remote.  it
should be possible: http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4108&start=0

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. select directory with music
2. long pres on directory and choose Play
3. player starts play, but add whole directory to the end of the playlist

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
it would be more logical if this operation will first clear the list and 
then add whole directory

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
0.3.6

What version of VLC are you using?
1.0.5 Goldeneye

What version of Android are you using?
1.5 Cupcake

Which Android device are you using?
HTC Magic

Please provide any additional information below.

I used my G1 connect to the pc's vlc server successfully,I can remote the 
vlc medium player,but I can not see any video playing on my phone,on 
android-vlc-remote,I can get the video's name, the other function is 
ok,but the window which should play the same video on the phone just 
nothing.
can you help me to solve this problem?thank you for this great app.

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
2.8

What version of VLC are you using?
0.9.8

What version of Android are you using?
1.5

Which Android device are you using?
G1

I can't get mine to work. A little help. I'm on windows xp. Wifi. Android 1.5. 
It won't connect
I have tried everything. Help please?

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Use VLC 1.1.0-rc1 or later
2. Use latest version of android-vlc-remote
3. Connect to the server
4. You'Il find the program pops up toasts like this:
'java.lang.NumberFormatException: unable to parse 0.082284829492 as
integer'. The interface works correctly except for the music progress bar,
and the toasts that are being spammed by the app.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Everything should work, no toasts.

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
Latest, 0.3.6

What version of VLC are you using?
1.1.0-rc1 (codename The Luggage)

What version of Android are you using?
2.1-update1

Which Android device are you using?
Motorola Milestone

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
0.3.5

What version of Android are you using?
1.5 cupcake

Which Android device are you using?
HTC hero

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Clear playlist
2. Look at widget

What is the expected output?
"Playlist empty" or similar message is shown. 

What do you see instead?
Widget display is blank.

What steps will reproduce the problem?

Play a file with an ampersand in the path. For example:
/path/to/Angels&Demons/movie.avi
/path/to/Angels&Demons.avi

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect the file to play. Instead I get an error like:

[00000499] access_directory access error: /path/to/Angels: No such file or
directory
[00000499] access_file access error: cannot open file /path/to/Angels (No
such file or directory)
[00000497] main input error: open of `/path/to/Angels' failed: could not
create access: no suitable access module



What version of VLC Remote are you using?
0.3.3

What version of VLC are you using?
0.9.9a

What version of Android are you using?
1.5

Which Android device are you using?
HTC Droid Eris

Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Playing a dvd on VLC.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
When a DVD is played on VLC, VLC Remote should allow for controls to
navigate a DVD disc. While pause/play, volume, full screen all work as
expected, one is unable to advance chapters or select items from a menu.

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
0.3.1

What version of VLC are you using?
1.0.3

What version of Android are you using?
1.5

Which Android device are you using?
HTC Hero on Sprint

Please provide any additional information below.
It may not be possible, but if the remote sees the media as dvd://, it
would be great if additional buttons (up/down/left/right/select) showed up
to allow one to navigate a dvd menu or at least select different chapters.

Add support to add/remove items from playlist

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open VLC remote
2. Search for a file on your server and add it
3. Try to add another file to the playlist

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
- Great app! Would be even more suitable for me if I could add more than 
one title to the playlist. I have all my music on a Linux box, just 
selected the files from the respective folder. If I now try to add another 
file it is being played instantaneously instead of waiting for the other 
title to be finished. Would be great if it were added to the playlist.

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
0.3.3

What version of VLC are you using?
1.0.2 compiled with gcc version 4.3.2 (Gentoo 4.3.2-r3 pl.6, pie-10.1.5)

What version of Android are you using?
Kernel 2.6.27

Which Android device are you using?
Samsung Galaxy FW 1.5 Baseband I7500XXII5

Please provide any additional information below.
Many thanks!

Hello!
Thanks for your great APP! Thats the most used app on my hero :D
And thanks alot for the fix for disk list error..

i found another tiny bug. Maybe its more an inconevenience than bug. i.e.:
if there are folders that have special characters like $ $ ! they are at
the top of the folder view. But imho there should be the .. for going up
Its not very important to fix that, but would be nice.
Greetz

It would be great if you added an option to pause/resume playback during a
call.

This notification should not be too obtrusive because some users might
actually connect to a server that is not on the local Wi-Fi network.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. open folder with & in a name (for example audio/Mnaga & Zdorp/album 1/
2. select music file (file browsers works OK)
3. player seams to accept the file but stop playing and do nothing

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
It should play the file

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
0.3.6

What version of VLC are you using?
1.0.5 Goldeneye

What version of Android are you using?
1.5 Cupcake


Which Android device are you using?
HTC Magic


Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Trying to browse a removable disk

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected: Browsing music files on a removable disk. Instead: Popup saying
"Folder does not exist" / its german translation

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
0.3.3

What version of VLC are you using?
1.0.3rc

What version of Android are you using?
2.0

Which Android device are you using?
Motorola Milestone

Can you please add support for short rewind/ff? In the normal VLC GUI, this
is achieved by Alt+<left/right>? If possible, please also add normal
rewind/ff which in achieved in normal GUI by Ctrl+<left/right>.

The short rewind/ff is useful to skip back quickly/easily if one misses the
dialogue. I believe short rr/ff is +/- 10s and normal rr/ff is +/- 1 minute.

Thanks,
SK

Allow user to create shortcuts to files/folders/playlists on their homescreen.

For example:
vnd.vlc:myserver/home/user/music/myplaylist.m3u

Scrolling down long lists is difficult with basic scrolling, so add a scrubber 
similar to the one 
found in the contacts application for faster navigation.

Whenever I try to use the remote I get an error that states 
"java.net.UnknownHostException: Host is unresolved: http:80". I have wifi 
enabled and the correct host address (192.168.1.2:8080) and I have followed 
the intructions to set it up in vlc (tools>preferences>interface>main 
interfaces>http). I have the source directory correct also (c:\Program 
Files\VideoLan\VLC\http\). Any suggestions?

It would be great if we could have the ability to select what folder on the
computer 'home' goes to.

My movies are on another drive then my the My Documents folder so as it
stands right now I have to navigate through 5 diff screens to get to my
movies.. UGH!

Create a homescreen widget to control VLC.

Buttons would include play/pause and skip, and display would show song title.

When I start the application, connect to a vlc that's been playing media 
today click home and connect to the device and check top, I see 
org.peterbaldwin.client.android.vlcremote on around 12% cpu usage.

This is constant until I manually su and kill the application.

I've also previously had to kill the application while using vlcremote to 
avoid running out of battery while watching.  

It would be nice if onPause was implemented properly and did a complete 
disconnect and a complete shutdown of anything requiring processing, and 
instead reconnect onResume.




What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Start the application.

What version of VLC Remote are you using? - 0.3.0


What version of VLC are you using? 1.0.2


What version of Android are you using? 1.6


Which Android device are you using? G1

This app is totally amazing!!  Thank you for making it, its going to make
using my computer as an entertainment center so much easier.

I was playing around with command line a bit after trying your command on
the project home page came up with a few other commands to add to the mix
to turn VLC into more of an 'entertainment server app' it would be great if
you could add it to the Wiki.  (I'd include some kinda warning that users
do this at their own risk 'cause it can make VLC behave weird.

And since users can see this msg on the issue board.

NOTE:  Users do the following at your risk, VLC will act differently then
you are used to and I or the VLC Remote developer can't help you with any
issues that arise.  (That being said, I think I accounted for anything odd
that could happen to VLC in NOTES: below.  Besides, if push comes to shove,
just uninstall VLC and then reinstall it!!!).

You can add the following commands to the command line

--video-on-top  (Makes sure video is always on top, even if its  not
checked in the VLC preferences)

--no-embedded-video  (Makes videos open in their own window, this is great
because it leaves the VLC app itself always minimized to the System tray
so, when you stop a video the video window closes and  you don't have a VLC
window still sitting on your screen!)

NOTE:  No keyboard VLC controls will work!! You either have to control the
video through VLC remote or the mouse via the onscreen controls.  However,
oddly enough, anything you type on your keyboard will show on whatever
window you have open under VLC).

I played around a little more because I want my VLC server to start on
Windows Startup and figured out the easiest way to do it is with altered
VLC shortcut in the Startup Folder, and its simple!  I just made it into a
buncha different steps so its easier to follow.

1)  Navigate to where you have VLC installed
2) Right click and select "Make Shortcut"
3) Rename shortcut to something like "VLC Server" (so you don't get it
confused with normal VLC settings)
4) Right click on the icon and select "Preferences"
5) Goto the "Target" field and after the "/PATH/" add the following with a
space after the last "
          --extraintf=http --fullscreen --http-album-art --video-on-top
--no-embedded-video --qt-start-minimized
6) Click ok
7) Test the shortcut to make sure you get the VLC icon in the System tray.
(I'd even start a video using VLC Remote to make sure everything is working).
8) Move the VLC Server shortcut to the Startup Folder

Voalla! You now have a VLC Media server set to run on Windows Boot.

NOTE: Again, keyboard controls will not work while playing a video.

NOTE: VLC seems to save your command line settings as default preferences
after awhile.  This means that what you put in command line will ALWAYS be
effective even if you close VLC in the system tray and then start VLC by A)
Playing a video, B) Using a normal VLC shortcut that you haven't altered or
C) Even using the VLC.exe file

I don't know why this is but, its an easy fix.  Just right click on a
playing video that you started using your computer.  Goto "Interface",
Click "Preferences", and then Reset Preferences.

This is really only an issue if you want to control VLC from your
computer(keyboard) or get into the Preferences etc.

Think this is a tiny detail that would make the vlc widget a lot more appealing

What steps will reproduce the problem?
0. In the file browser.
1. Play a file.
2. Play another file.
3. The new file will be added to the playlist, and the old file will be 
restarted, not the new file.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Play the file I want to play. The old file should not be restarted.

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
0.3.7

What version of VLC are you using?
1.1.0  (Final)

What version of Android are you using?
2.1

Which Android device are you using?
HTC Desire

Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.make sure the vlc web interface can work fine, use the host and port : 
0.0.0.0:8080
2.stream out a video or audio
3.access 127.0.0.1:8080 using web browse or vlc-remote on android emulator 
1.5

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
On the project home page, it seems that I can watch the video on my phone 
by using vlc-remote. 
but on my page,there is nothing.I can see the name and whole time, current 
time of the video, but there are no sounds or pictures.

"This application allows you to control media playback of VideoLAN Client 
(VLC) from your Android-powered mobile device." 
Maybe this application is for covering the shortage of http protocol on 
streaming transmission lack of control?
I just dont understand.
Thank you for response and explain.

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
0.3.3

What version of VLC are you using?
1.0.2

What version of Android are you using?
android-sdk-for-windows-1.5

Which Android device are you using?
just android emulator

Please provide any additional information below.

Sometimes the video on a streaming MP4 will get stuck.  As a work-around, add a 
options 
menu item to stop the stream and then restart it at the previous position.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Power on HTC Hero with firmware 1.5 (build 2.73.405.5 146733 CL#61267)
2. Install and run VLC Remote 0.2.7 beta from market
3. Press menu
4. Press Settings
5. Either add a server, or wait for scan to find it, then add it

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect the VLC Remote program to connect to the server. Instead it
crashes and restarts with the message "Sorry! The application VLC Remote
(process org.peterbaldwin.client.android.vlcremote) has stopped
unexpectedly. Please try again"

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
0.2.7 beta

What version of VLC are you using?
1.0.1 goldeneye

What version of Android are you using?
1.5 on HTC Hero (latest firmware version)

Which Android device are you using?
HTC Hero.

Please provide any additional information below.
HTTP Remote interface is working both from browser on machine (Win
Vista64bit) and from android webbrowser.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open browse window
2. Scroll down
3. Rotate device

What is the expected output? 
Same item appears at top of screen

What do you see instead?
Viewport is scrolled to top

I had my remote working just fine, I haven't made any changes at all and it
suddenly stopped working. I checked the vlc wiki and they told me to edit
the .hosts file. I added my network address, then even added all addresses.
I put an exception in my firewall to allow VLC and also to allow port 8080
tcp/udp. I even allowed it though my router, however I still can't open the
http interface on my machine or any other. Any  sudgestions?

I have tried running it with:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --extraintf=http --fullscreen
--http-album-art --qt-start-minimized

and:
"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --extraintf http --intf wx 
(which is the one that originally worked)

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
0.3.3

What version of VLC are you using?
1.0.3

What version of Android are you using?
2.0

Which Android device are you using?
Motorola Droid

Please provide any additional information below.

VLC can play YOUTUBE VIDEOS when a URL is passed to it. I was wondering,
could you add a "Share via VLC" option in the Android Browser. I think this
would be awesome!

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VLC_icon_(vista-inspirate_icon_theme).svg

This is a known issue with no work-around.  Basically, VLC and Android's
widget API make it difficult to keep the status 100% accurate without
killing the phone battery.

If the status is out-of-date, just click the widget to open the app and it
should get back in sync.

Would it be possible for VLC Remote to connect to servers based on what
Wi-Fi network your connected to, or whether ur on 3G?

When I am on my home Wi-Fi network I am always connected to my local
computer but otherwise I have my external IP saved and have to switch to that.

The current implementation uses /requests/playlist.xml to get the current track 
info, but this 
info is in /requests/status.xml.  The response body for /requests/playlist.xml 
can be quite 
large and should only be fetched when this part of the UI is accessed.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Download from website
2. Try to intall

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Application to be installed.

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
None

What version of VLC are you using?
1.0.6

What version of Android are you using?
1.5

Which Android device are you using?
HTC Hero

Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. browse to a file 
2. browse up to disk list .. (vlc runs in windows 7 x64)
3. error:java.lang.NumerFormatException:unknown

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
see the disk list

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
0.2.0 from app market

Please provide any additional information below.
vlc is running in windows so the ouput would somtething like c: d: etc

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Load a playlist
2. Select any song from somewhere in the middle of the playlist to start
playing
3. When the song ends, VLC will always select the first song in the
playlist to play next, as opposed to the next song in the list.

What is the expected output?
I would expect that if I select to play (for example) song #8 in a
playlist, that when song #8 finishes, that song #9 will play next.

What do you see instead?
When song #8 finishes, it goes back and plays song #1. It will continue to
play songs in order after that (#1, #2, #3, and so on...)
However, if I ever select a different song at any time, it will go back to
song #1 as soon as my selection is finished playing.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Latest version, downloaded yesterday. Not sure of version number because I
don't know how to get VLC Remote (or Android) to display that info.

Please provide any additional information below.
Otherwise it's a very cool app! Will definitely continue to use it.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Launch android vlc remote
2. Select "stream media on phone" instead of "remote command vlc"
3. Connect to your vlc server
4. Select the file you wanna stream
5. (Optional) Select video quality (3gp or mp4)
6. open up the video reader
7. enjoy

What is the expected output? 
Expected output is to stream the video/audio directly on the phone

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Create a long playlist
2. Play a track in the middle of the playlist
3. Open the playlist

What is the expected output? 
Currently playing track is selected

What do you see instead?
First track in playlist is selected

when I imported your project code in my eclipse,I got an problem, it 
shows "R cannot be resolved"
and I cann't find the R.java be builded, is there anything wrong with my 
steps?
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.downloaded your code with the url"http://android-vlc-
remote.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/" by tortoiseSVN 
2.put the codes in the workspace
3.import

I can't get mine to work. A little help. I'm on windows xp. Wifi. Android 1.5. 
It won't connect

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Start VLC player with the following command: vlc --extraintf=http --
fullscreen --http-album-art --qt-start-minimized

2. Play a music file (from the computer)

3. Play a music file (from the android app)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The app plays the song fine (allowing complete control), but no album art 
is displayed.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Ubuntu 9.04, 
Android Cupcake, 
Android-VLC-remote 0.2.0

Please provide any additional information below.