Give me some AMMO !

Almost there...

Almost there...

fredhead said:
Could someone post a link to NiDan's updated winamp plugin? I can't seem to find it anywhere.
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the reason why it's not anywhere is i am still working on it. i finally got dialog box options working the other day.

It's still pretty rough around the edges, as soon as i have something that works well and won't cause a memory leak (although that could have been caused by visual studio and not my fault)

i'm aiming for early next week. it's not too much longer, i know how you guys get when you have no word on new drivers and such :)

I'll release the .dll and all of my source. just keep watching this forum on monday or tuesday night.

if you guys think of any other options that you'd like in it, let me know and i'll see what i can do.

later...
 
tfma said:
NiDan, do you need any help buddy? ;)
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nah i'm good. so far i've only got a few very small things to fix.

i really don't want to build up any hopes of this being a huge thing, right now it's nothing really spectacular.

so unless i get some people asking me to try to implement anything new, this release will pretty much be an update to the plugin that ati gave us, only now you'll be able to contol winamp no matter what the application in "focus" is.

believe me, it's great for games like q3a. just hit a button on the remote and winamp jumps to the next track... none of that "alt-tab"ing garbage.


with what i've done here, i will have a good base to add stuff to, and my source code will definitely help anyone who wants to make other plugins.
 
t2k,
I see linux drivers for the remote at sourceforge. But I haven't tried them yet. I haven't even got my AIW Radeon 7500 TV tuner to work in Linux yet. Soon I hope.

robbieD
 
I wanna write a plugin for RealOne ans I dont know the call commands of the player where can i get them or does anyone know them?

Thanks!
 
Next AMMO release...

Next AMMO release...

just wanted to say hi to the ati guys and ask a quick question....

for the next AMMO and remote wonder release would it be possible to give us control over the top set of buttons on the remote... (dvd, tv, cd... those guys)

i don't use the ati dvd player (it doesn't play nice with my system, always giving me green squares all over the picture)
i'd like to be able to set it to use powerdvd. Since I don't have a tv tuner the tv button really does me no good.


ok, long story short.... all i'm really looking for is the ability to change what executable those buttons on the top call. Either as part of the remote software, plugin or even a registry hack.

thanks...
 
DVD Button

DVD Button

Sorry for that last post it was an axident.:D
NiDan, I have noticed you can change the DVD button to Power DVD by uninstalling the ATI DVD player. It then opens the default one on the system which was windows Media Player for me, but under the file types tab in options if you tell Windows Media player not to associate with DVD's than Power DVD will play them. I hope that helps solve at least one of thoose unusable button problems for you. Also I would like to see ATI give control of the Media Library button in the next release as I don't use it.
 
In the end, this remote is designed to work with ATI products which is why we kept (a few) buttons to ourselves. The Library, TV and DVD buttons will remain ATI's.

DVD remaps in an intellligent and automatic way. If ATI's player is on the system it will ALWAYS launch thew ATI player. If ATI's DVD player is not present, we will launch the "default DVD player" as specified in the registry.

I think I would rather get you to convert to ATI's DVD player, which as of the Radeon 9000 Pro is based on the Cyberlink decoder. (i.e. the same as PowerDVD).....

Stephen
 
Stephen
Do you have any idea when ATI will release a new version of the Remote Wonder software? Also for that version may I suggest you have an option to make a custom key minimize the app in focus. In no way do I mean to be rude in saying this, but you stated "In the end, this remote is designed to work with ATI products which is why we kept (a few) buttons to ourselves. The Library, TV and DVD buttons will remain ATI's." Isn't this why you would sell the remote wonder as a seperate package, to promote the remote even to people without another ATI product. I can understand maybe someone getting it for their TV Wonder, but freeing up thoose buttons may make the difference in choosing your product over say X10's remote. I really think you should reconsider. Just a suggestion though.
 
A new version of the Remote Wonder SW is coming (it was mentioned in the All In Wonder 9700 Pro article on Anand where they mention support for mulTView in the Remote Wonder.

I don;t think we added "minimuze current application" but other features were added. I will wait until we post it before I add anything else.

As to "giving up" the last couple of keys. All things (in SW) can change, but this particular change is not in my current plans.
 
Power Button

Power Button

It would also be great if the Power button could be programed to personal prefrence of making the computer not only be able to be shutdown, but also could be changed to make the computer Hibernate or Standby.
 
Well control RealMagic´s Hollywood+ or Xcard should be leet to do :)
That remote they have to their application is somewaht f***ed up and go by serial port.

THe ATI is so leet. Cus it go by radio not IR and also on an USB port :)
 
First bug report

First bug report

yepp, I found the first bug in the plugin interface :D
Not that bad, but a bit annoying: if you forget to put the VERSIONINFO ressource in the DLL, it is rejected by the import. Nevertheless the DLL is still loaded by remote software, so you cannot recompile, unless you shutdown/restart the remote software. :rolleyes:

Asking how I found this.......?
Well, I'm working on a Delphi conversion of the AMMO interface! Look out for a new post in the next 2 days or so, I
will give a link to download a demo delphi project.

Remember Delphi is FREEWARE for OPEN SOURCE projects!!!!
(IMHO, it's still the best development tool for Windows....NO, NO, NO PLEAZE: 0 answers "but VB/VC++ is better...", keep this thread clean!)
So, ANYONE can write his own AMMO plugin, with a little bit of knowing on windows messaging...a custom dialog will be provided!
 
Remote Control Range

Remote Control Range

The ATI Remote Control works much better if you attach a 6 foot USB extension cable to the RF box.

The short 2 foot USB cable attached to the RF receiver box forces you to mount the box too close to your computer and monitor.

I believe the computer and monitor cause RF interference, which makes the remote control have a very limited range (around 10 - 15 feet).

I originally had this limited range problem, I then used a USB extension cable, and mounted the RF box around 6 feet from my computer, and now my Remote works great even from another room which is 40 feet away from my computer
(I measured it).
 
Sample Plugin

Sample Plugin

Does Anyone have a sample plugin writen in simple C++ code that we could all look at so that we can all try and start making plugins that winamp plugin provided is not Simple C++
 
Re: Remote Control Range

Re: Remote Control Range

RD100 said:
The ATI Remote Control works much better if you attach a 6 foot USB extension cable to the RF box.

The short 2 foot USB cable attached to the RF receiver box forces you to mount the box too close to your computer and monitor.

I believe the computer and monitor cause RF interference, which makes the remote control have a very limited range (around 10 - 15 feet).

I originally had this limited range problem, I then used a USB extension cable, and mounted the RF box around 6 feet from my computer, and now my Remote works great even from another room which is 40 feet away from my computer
(I measured it).
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Jepp thxs that could be it... Got to extension now to two Remote Wonders and it works like a charm :)
 
Stephen Orr said:
In the end, this remote is designed to work with ATI products which is why we kept (a few) buttons to ourselves. The Library, TV and DVD buttons will remain ATI's.

Keeping a few to 'ourselves' is extremely misguided in my opinion Stephen. This adds just a bit of a proprietary nature to the remote that is never appreciated by the most important element in the process....the customer.

ATI must ask themselves how the customer is serviced better by not opening these buttons. If the ATI applets are better, then people will likely use them. I own an ATI card, but I don't care for free included applets and use PowerDVD, WMP, WinAmp among others.

So please, please add my voice to others, and reviews I have read by the way, agree with me.

"If you don’t have an ATI video card, the catch is that three of those buttons – TV, DVD and Files – are hard linked to ATI applications, with, as-yet, no option to modify. "

http://www.remotecentral.com/wonder/index3.htm

I don't typically categorize 'catch' as a feature - or something to look for in a product.

So, overall an excellent product Stephen, but please convince ATI corporate to think of the customer first when it comes to interface and design decisions.

Thanks for listening!
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You can just get the UICE remote software and it lets you use all of the buttons on the remote. You can make them do about anything. The software includes onscreen menus which are very nice and it doesn't have bugs at startup. Imagine that concept. :D You can find it here http://www.mediatexx.com/. I highly recommend it to anyone with a remote wonder, because it is 100x better than the ATI software!
 
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