Check the brand new Coversal project! The Coversal Android app is taking over both SSHmote and Androlirc. It will bring the two applications together using its Unified Control Framework and its plugin system.
Additional protocols are now supported such as "Wake On Lan" or "XBMC. Furthermore, Coversal will soon release new plugins and expends the possibilities offered by the Unified Control Framework.
- Visite the Coversal webiste for more details on the porject.
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SSHmote - The Linux Multimedia Remote Control
What's new?
New Realease v0.4.4
- Password popup. For those who don't want to store the password on their device
- DB access optimization
- SSH public key authentication method
- Unlimited cusom commands can now be added to a profile
- New "DBus Custom" profile
- New "MPlayer with screen" profile
- New "playing_media_query" and "query interval" option
- Bug fixes, updated profiles, etc...
About SSHmote
SSHmote is a remote control for Android devices that uses the SSH protocol to connect to your computer and control your favorite multimedia applications through editable profiles. Using the SSH protocol means that for most Linux/BSD distributions, no additional server installation will be requiered, you will just have to enter your username and password in SSHmote and it will turn your Android device into a cool remote control.
The current embeded profiles are
- MPlayer,
- VLC,
- Kaffeine,
- Amarok.
There are also 2 additional profiles for more advanced use:
- Custom: lets you create your own profile from scratc
- Debug: redirect all commands to a file called "debug" on your computer in order to validate your custom commands.
SSHmote being an Android application controlling MPlayer via SSH limits the scope of users that could be interested in this project as it is strongly Linux/BSD oriented. For Windows friendly versions, you would have to wait future releases.
The idea of the project is to create an interface with existing software, and not to be bound to a specific server side. Here, in this version 0.3.5, we use existing, stable, and well known software and protocol: MPlaye, VLC and SSH. No further server installtion is requiered.
Features
- Fully customizable command list
- Custom keymap configuration
- Customizable text buttons
- Configurable controller screen appearance / Remote control layout selection
- Possibility to edit commands within the keymap screen. A more intuitive way to configure a remote control. This also allows to edit commands while using the remote control which makes testing easier.
- Possibility to reload default profile configuration allowing profile changes
- DBus support
- Browsable up to the root (/) directory
- Remote control profiles
- Profile Customization
- Preloaded MPlayer, VLC, Kaffeine and Amarok profiles
- Home directory selection
- Gesture detection for playback actions
- ....
Usage
Command edition
More information on the customization and command editing on the Profile Customization page.
Gesture
Even if the application is pretty much self explanatory, I realized there is no information regarding the gesture capability and which gesture can be used on the "Touch command" area. So here is the list of gestures accepted and their corresponding commands:
- Tap - Play/Pause toggle
- Slide right - Fast Forward
- Slide left - Rewind
- Slide up - Raise the volume
- Slide down - Lower the volume
- Android device >= 1.6
- SSH server opened to external connections
- A media player (MPlayer, VLC, Kaffeine, etc...)
You can also get the latest version (0.4.4) directly from the Android Market.
SSHmote v0.4.3 SSHmote v0.4.2 SSHmote v0.4.0 SSHmote v0.3.5 a.k.a the "CHPTma version". The version is called "the CHPTma version" after the name of the user that reported many issues and helped me test the new version. He also gave me the commands for the new DBus profiles (Kaffeine, Amarok). Thanks CHPTma! And thanks to all who gave feedback and suggested features.Changelog