MP3Car.com - OpenMobile

MyLCD: Serially Connected LCD Character Display

jmullan99 — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:52:14 GMT

I thought I would share a short video on the new revamped MyLCD plugin. This plugin takes advantage of a number of the new skinner friendly functions making plugin development very much easier. After all, if I can do it, anyone can ;)

You may want to view it a couple times so you can notice how the settings changes affect the LCD, and to see that changes are live (nearly instant).

Also notice the creative use of repeating the same display item so it always appears at the top of each "page" of information.

A lot of use of the framework DataSource functionality made this project pretty easy (thanks Boorte). A global datasource flag was used to arbitrate the radio and lcd com port scanning (auto detection) so there was no contention by testing the same port at the same time.

Datasource "subscriptions" allow for quick updating when a data value changes. Very slick.

OM with Android. (MAYBE iOS)

redheadedrod — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 20:37:48 GMT

Would there be an interest in having OM under android?

There are development packages that would make moving to Android somewhat easy but the software package costs $500 to purchase.

I will be working on getting OM to run under Linux and try to get it up to the latest builds for Linux. During this I may also consider doing the same for Android but if I do so I would need to purchase this Development Package and would look to recover my costs.

So to recover my costs I can see a couple different ways to do it.

Have a $2 donation required to download it until the $500 is recovered. The source code would be released once the $500 was reached and the app would be reduced to Free on the market. (I would of course spell this out.)

Provide an old version to show I can do the work and ask for a "bounty" for a newer version. No further development would be done until the bounty saw some action.

Or maybe someone can donate the development package.

If I get to that point I may consider doing one for iOS but I dislike apple and would have to make a profit off it or I wouldn't do it. There is a developer package from the same location for another $500 for an iOS version.

I figure once the base program is made the plugins should be very simple to recompile.

As far as Plugin development I can not speak for the others but I would only go for Open Source projects with the source code so they can be compiled on all versions. May make some exceptions if by signing an NDA I can get access to the code.

Note, I am NOT developing a version to run under Android or iOS at this time but trying to sort out if it is worth it to do so. I have ARM based processor boards so I can run either Linux or Android at this time. WinCE is a joke and not going to touch it. I MAY consider Win8 RT but not until I can get it on the boards I have.

Rodney

GPS antenna crashes openMobile

R.j. Davenport — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:51:25 GMT

If I have my GPS antenna (Microsoft GPS-360 P/N X1072407) plugged in when I open openMobile it will close OM in a few seconds. If I do not plug it in, it works fine. Any ideas?

Win7 SP1, 32 bit
Asus 1000HE netbook

Tapit SDK

Happy Si — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:22:38 GMT

test

Closes after a few seconds

besjr69 — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:31:32 GMT

Whenever I run OpenMobile, it runs for about 5secs and shuts down. I restart the program and it runs, but will shutdown soon afterwards. I'm using Win7 64bit. Am i doing something wrong? Also, is there a Sirius plugin?
Bobby

Cant run in fresh windows 7 install

gumby_ — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:28:38 GMT

I'm not sure if I am missing any steps to install Open Mobile in Windws 7 Pro (64bit) as there is no install documentation included with the source package. I am trying to install/run OM v677. I have run the "RunThisFirst" executable (which should also have some documentation on what it does exactly, people probably aren't too keen on running random executables without knowing anything about them). After that I run the OpenMobile.exe and nothing happens.

In C:\Users\terry\AppData\Roaming\openMobile I see OMSecure, OMData, Debug.txt, and AppCrash-4-18-1-50.log

I have attached the Debug and AppCrash logs. Any idea how to fix this?AppCrash-4-18-1-50.txt Debug.txt

Attached Files

AppCrash-4-18-1-50.txt (640 Bytes)
Debug.txt (10.1 KB)

How to install on Ubuntu?

gumby_ — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:36:52 GMT

Hi all,

Openmobile looks like it has some promise, I hope the devs and testers are still working on it.

I'm running Ubuntu Natty and tried to get OM up and running. I have not had much success thus far. Here is some information as well as error messages. Can anyone suggest where I am going wrong. Here is info and what i have done and the results.

Info

Code:

cat /etc/lsb-release 

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu

DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04

DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty

DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04"

Code:

dpkg -l |grep mono |grep ii

ii  libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil             0.4-8                                          GTK# frontend library for Mono.Addins

ii  libmono-addins0.2-cil                 0.4-8                                          addin framework for extensible CLI applications/libraries

ii  libmono-cairo2.0-cil                  2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 Mono Cairo library (for CLI 2.0)

ii  libmono-corlib2.0-cil                 2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 Mono core library (for CLI 2.0)

ii  libmono-data-tds2.0-cil               2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 Mono Data Library (for CLI 2.0)

ii  libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil              2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 Mono I18N.West library (for CLI 2.0)

ii  libmono-management2.0-cil             2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 Mono Management library (for CLI 2.0)

ii  libmono-posix2.0-cil                  2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 Mono.Posix library (for CLI 2.0)

ii  libmono-security2.0-cil               2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 Mono Security library (for CLI 2.0)

ii  libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil              2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 Mono SharpZipLib library (for CLI 2.0)

ii  libmono-sqlite2.0-cil                 2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 Mono Sqlite library (for CLI 2.0)

ii  libmono-system-data2.0-cil            2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 Mono System.Data Library (for CLI 2.0)

ii  libmono-system2.0-cil                 2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 Mono System libraries (for CLI 2.0)

ii  libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil               0.9.0-2                                        CLI library for multicast DNS service discovery

ii  mono-2.0-gac                          2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 Mono GAC tool (for CLI 2.0)

ii  mono-csharp-shell                     2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 interactive C# shell

ii  mono-gac                              2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 Mono GAC tool

ii  mono-gmcs                             2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 Mono C# 2.0 and C# 3.0 compiler for CLI 2.0

ii  mono-runtime                          2.6.7-5ubuntu3                                 Mono runtime

ii  ubuntu-mono                           0.0.30                                         Ubuntu Mono Icon theme

OM Installation
As User

Code:

user@machine:~/Downloads$ chmod +x openMobile-0.8-linux-x64.bin 

user@machine:~/Downloads$ ./openMobile-0.8-linux-x64.bin

The setup screen comes up. I click "Forward" and use the default path of "/home/user/openMobile" as my installation path and click Forward. Setup is now ready to begin.... I click "Forward" and the installer runs and then says "Installation Completed" but only the "Cancel" button has the option to be selected. I then notice on the command line

Code:

[sudo] password for user:

Ok, so it is waiting for a sudo password, I enter it. This results in second window come up with the following

"Error running sudo mono '/opt/openMobile/Tools/OpenInstaller.exe' -install : child process exited abnormally"

I click "OK" to close the error message, and then the first windows tells me that "Setup has finished installing Open Mobile on your computer" and gives me the option to click "Finish". Odd, since I received an error while installing.

Lets see what is going on

Code:

user@machine:~/Downloads$ ls -l /opt/ |grep openmobile

user@machine:~/Downloads$

Hrmmm, it looks like /opt/openMobile never gets created, perhaps an issue with waiting for elevated sudo privileges. The installer never really completely like it said it did.

Let me try by running the installer using sudo

Code:

user@machine:~/Downloads$ sudo ./openMobile-0.8-linux-x64.bin

The setup screen comes up. I click "Forward" and use the default path of "/opt/openMobile" as my installation path and click Forward. Setup is now ready to begin.... I click "Forward" and the installer runs and then says "Installation Completed" but 1 second later a window pops up with the following

Window Title = ROOT:Error

Code:

Error running sudo mono '/opt/openMobile/Tools/OpenInstaller.exe' -install : 

** (/opt/openMobile/Tools/OpenInstaller.exe:21644): WARNING **: The following assembly referenced from /opt/openMobile/Tools/OpenInstaller.exe could not be loaded:

     Assembly:   System.Windows.Forms    (assemblyref_index=1)

     Version:    2.0.0.0

     Public Key: b77a5c561934e089

The assembly was not found in the Global Assembly Cache, a path listed in the MONO_PATH environment variable, or in the location of the executing assembly (/opt/openMobile/Tools/).





** (/opt/openMobile/Tools/OpenInstaller.exe:21644): WARNING **: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' or one of its dependencies.



Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' or one of its dependencies.

File name: 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'

Multi-Zone Tutorial (work in progress)

jmullan99 — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:34:40 GMT

This thread is a tutorial on configuring openMobile for multi-zone use. It is based on the default skin. And it is under construction and subject to change (error correction). I am building bit-by-bit over the next couple of days.

First, your operating system needs to use extended desktop mode for multiple displays. Multi-zone operation will not perform properly without it. It's an OS thing. Make sure your touch-screens are all calibrated and working as intended. Ensure your audio devices are all registered and functioning.

Multi-Zone (MZ) is the scenario where your car computer drives more than one audio/display hardware devices. It is NOT multiple independent computers. For the purposes of this tutorial, the target system is installed with 3 displays and 3 audio devices. One is the on-board built-in audio device and display output. The other are USB video adapters and USB audio devices (headphones). The on-board audio drives amps that drive the vehicle speakers. The following diagram depicts this setup:

When you start up openMobile, it will auto-configure some zones for you. Each detected screen will be numbered starting from Screen0. Audio devices will be named according to the OS name, and a "default audio" (typically the on-board OS default).

To begin, select the 'Settings' button from the main menu and you will be presented with various settings options. Select 'Multi-zone Settings'.

You will then be presented with the currently configured zones. Note that I have already re-named the 2 zones that OM created for me upon startup.

At this point, you can either select the "Menu" button at the bottom, or long-click the zone you wish to work with, giving you the following pop-up panel

Attached Images

Is it Open Mobile, or OpenMobile?

RAWPWR — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:45:22 GMT

I came across this from WebOS nation site, and I was wondering if this is the same OM FE that is here/or part of?

Just curious because I do own a HP Touchpad, and this looks pretty sweet!

http://www.webosroundup.com/2012/01/...n-waiting-for/

Thanks a bunch.

:)

A new idea for OpenMobile

jmullan99 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:44:52 GMT

Since the fall, I've been working on giving guest devices (iPad, Android, BB Playbook) access to internet and media while in my car.

I have a USB 3G internet stick plugged in to a 3G Wifi Router. Except for small issue with iOS (seems I have to give them dedicated IP with this router), this works rather well. I run TVersity on the carpc and each guest can watch media.

But I've been thinking: How can these guest systems benefit from OpenMobile?

Can a simple web server be added to OM? Maybe as a plugin? This would allow the guest to point their browser at OM. When a request is made for playback of a media file, rather than have a streaming server inside OM, perhaps it can re-direct with a request to a seperate media server (TVersity in my case) and TVersity can begin the streaming back to the guest.

Am I crazy? Is it "too much work"? Is there better solutions?

Other ideas?

A similarly related thread was started here
John

gestures and relating to skins

detlion1643 — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:08:40 GMT

I was reading the "graphically talented people wanted" as it popped into my email, but of course it's a closed thread :)...

Anyways, with regards to the post by John, I'm quoting this:

Quote:

I've started with this. Not the best color scheme, but it shows how I would like to see option(s) to swipe left/right or click left/right arrows to move on to another page of menu items.

Could be useful for anyone here and not just myself, but I haven't looked into gesture code. I know that you can't start a gesture over an OMList, but are gestures handled per skin coding or per the framework/graphics cores? Meaning, can we turn on/off gestures, re-code what certain gestures do, etc?

Graphically Talented people wanted.

jmullan99 — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:26:37 GMT

We have come to the part of the adventure where we need some graphically talented volunteers to start making up some eye candy for OpenMobile.

OpenMobile surpasses the feature set of most front ends available today. But one of the big selling points of the others is the visual appeal.

The basic default skin was put together to be simple, clean, and provide a way to interact with OM during development.

This is a general call to those that would like to join the team. Any skinning theme concepts are fair game. From "retro" through current graphical trends. Possibly build items on request. You will not be required to build the actual skins (but of course you are welcome to). And we realize that you will not be devoting your life to OpenMobile.

You should be able to provide conceptual artwork (screen shots) and actual graphics (PSD files). You should agree to have the graphics freely available to the project (skinners, developers) following the GPL licencing just like the whole OpenMobile project.

DING Bring out your dead DING

Stormbringer — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:23:42 GMT

Whats going on with this project? Is it dead?

The Dream is Alive

jmullan99 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:47:07 GMT

Well, I think most would agree: it�s been pretty quiet on the OpenMobile forum. :tape:

However, there has been activity in the background. A small group of us have been working to �keep the dream alive�. And alive it is.

:canada:
My name is John. I am an OM team member, although I am not a major OM developer. While I do play around with the code a bit, I am on the team mostly as a tester. Putting test builds through the wringer and discussing with developers what I find, and make a suggestion or two.

Unfortunately the founding member Justchat_1 has not been around. While it resulted in a slow down for a while, this had not stopped development. Keeping in mind that the developers do have regular lives and jobs, I found it amazing the amount of time they DID find to dedicate to this project and resurrect it from the proverbial ashes.

So the good news is - the pace has picked up a bit.

Some of what has been happening (very high level):

Speed tweaks
Expanded and improved debugging facility makes plugin development easier
Numerous improvements to make plug-in development easier
Numerous improvements to make skinning much easier
Updated input router
Added functionality to main menu to facilitate multi-zone
Fixed bugs in several base plugins
On-going testing

There are many finer points to that list. Most progress has been in making development easier (framework, plug-ins and skins) to allow things to move forward, and to make intended functionality a reality (such as multi-zone).

There has not been a lot of additional effort on existing plug-ins. The existing base plugins have been worked on. A couple new ones are being finalized. But in all honesty, plug-ins are a bit easier to build, but they rely on a good solid core framework, and that is where efforts have been most concentrated.

As a major tester, I can tell you that things are shaping up. I put OM through trials every day. Multi-zone is a reality but needs a couple more tweaks and fixes. Most of the base plug-ins are, for the most part, solid.

More Good News
As a team, we have decided that, in the near future, we will share an un-official release, for testing only.

IF YOU WANT TO TEST: This post will be updated, and a zip file (for testing) with instructions will be added.

After we make the interim version available, we respectfully request that you limit comments to bugs and glitches. Things that make OM unusable or crash. Requests for added functionality to existing plug-ins, or new plug-ins, cannot be entertained at this point. You are free to build your own plug-ins. We will do our best to let you know if/when a rebuild may be necessary should the framework change. The open source code is still available where it has always been.

There has been NO DATE SPECIFIED as of this writing. However, we promise it won�t be 6 months from now. And it will be worth the wait.

Finally, we will do our best to answer your questions, but be patient. We all live and work in different time zones and may not be able to answer right away. But we will as soon as we can.

John

Build from SVN or download a "nightly" build?

aindfan — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:16:48 GMT

First of all, thank you for making such a great front end - the UI is simple, very functional, and does exactly what I need it to (and nothing more).

I'm trying to build from the SVN source (to get the latest and greatest), but I'm on Windows 7 (unlike another recent gentoo thread). Can you provide any tips on getting up and running? On Visual Studio 2008 C# Express, I get an error message about being unable to open a project with VB files when I open the solution, and I get runtime errors when building with VS2010 Pro (only .Net 3.5 is installed on the build/target machine).

Do you have something like a nightly build (I use nightly as a general term - I do not mean to suggest how often there should be new builds - it's your project, so you set the pace!) that provides access to a more recent copy of OpenMobile without getting the compilation working on my machine?

Thank you very much, and thanks again for the great frontend!

Attempting to build from source (SVN + Gentoo ebuild)

cyberwizzard — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 22:46:16 GMT

In an attempt to check out OpenMobile on Gentoo I find that the pre-build binary install seems to result in a brain-dead installation: the "Open Mobile.exe" program halts before producing any results and even the Debug plugin doesn't seem to get loaded as no debug file is created.

Being a Gentoo user, I have adversity against prebuild binaries so I decided to attempt to build OM from scratch. I consider myself a fairly proficient linux user with lots of experience with GCC and scripting so I decided to attempt to build this Mono project by hand (I don't have the development GUI installed, only Mono itself with the compiler).

After figuring out that I was missing a lot of dependencies (something quite obvious from the compiler complaints) I run into a new roadblock. Or rather - 2 roadblocks.

The first is that "EnvironmentSetup.exe" returns with exit code 127 according to the project build. Since its completely silent, I have no clue what its trying to do or why its failing. Commenting out this part in the project file allowed me to build OM without errors (but still wondering if I'm missing anything). As I'm trying to convert the build process into an ebuild to allow easy installation/deinstallation on Gentoo - including dependencies - I'd rather fix the problem than patch around it.

Problem 2: When I attempt to start the resulting "Open Mobile.exe" (which seems to have build in Debug mode) I now get a X warning and then the program halts again. 'strace' on the program does not seem to yield any useful information so how does one debug this problem, use the mono debugger?

Finally a more generic question: since the default result is a Debug build in the SVN structure and there does not seem to be a "Install" target - what is the best way to extract the executables and resource folders from the SVN structure to install into a directory on the system?

Edit 1: I found the tracing options and I see 2 potential problems:

Quote:

[0x7fec6a215740:] EXCEPTION handling: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: ApplicationName='lsb_release', CommandLine='-d', CurrentDirectory=''

It seems that OM stops at this error (and using tracing I can see its actually doing a LOT so at least I know mono is working properly):

Quote:

[0x7fdba1e66700: 9.16510 6] ENTER: OpenMobile.Platform.X11.X11GLNative:get_Visible ()(this:0x7fdba9497e00[OpenMobile.Platform.X11.X11GLNative Open Mobile.exe], )
[0x7fdba1e66700: 9.16511 6] LEAVE: OpenMobile.Platform.X11.X11GLNative:get_Visible ()FALSE
[0x7fdba1e66700: 9.16512 5] LEAVE: OpenMobile.NativeWindow:get_Visible ()FALSE
ENTER: (wrapper unknown) OpenMobile.Platform.X11.XIAnyClassInfo:PtrToStruct ure (intptr,object)(0x7fdb9c2a6408, [OpenMobile.Platform.X11.XIAnyClassInfo:0x7fdba94c0 648], )
[0x7fdbadda4740: 9.16650 12] LEAVE: (wrapper unknown) OpenMobile.Platform.X11.XIAnyClassInfo:PtrToStruct ure (intptr,object)
[0x7fdbadda4740: 9.16656 10] LEAVE: (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal:PtrToStruct ure (intptr,System.Type)[OpenMobile.Platform.X11.XIAnyClassInfo:0x7fdba94c0 648]
[0x7fdbadda4740: 9.16660 10] ENTER: (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal:PtrToStruct ure (intptr,System.Type)(0x7fdb9c2a64f4, [TYPE:OpenMobile.Platform.X11.XIAnyClassInfo], )
[0x7fdbadda4740: 9.16666 12] ENTER: (wrapper unknown) OpenMobile.Platform.X11.XIAnyClassInfo:PtrToStruct ure (intptr,object)(0x7fdb9c2a64f4, [OpenMobile.Platform.X11.XIAnyClassInfo:0x7fdba94c0 630], )
[0x7fdbadda4740: 9.16670 12] LEAVE: (wrapper unknown) OpenMobile.Platform.X11.XIAnyClassInfo:PtrToStruct ure (intptr,object)
[0x7fdbadda4740: 9.16675 10] LEAVE: (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal:PtrToStruct ure (intptr,System.Type)[OpenMobile.Platform.X11.XIAnyClassInfo:0x7fdba94c0 630]
[0x7fdbadda4740: 9.16682 10] ENTER: (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal:PtrToStruct ure (intptr,System.Type)(0x7fdb9c2a64f4, [TYPE:OpenMobile.Platform.X11.XIValuatorInfo], )
[0x7fdbadda4740: 9.16703 12] ENTER: (wrapper unknown) OpenMobile.Platform.X11.XIValuatorInfo:PtrToStruct ure (intptr,object)(0x7fdb9c2a64f4, [OpenMobile.Platform.X11.XIValuatorInfo:0x7fdba9495 680], )
[0x7fdbadda4740: 9.16713 12] LEAVE: (wrapper unknown) OpenMobile.Platform.X11.XIValuatorInfo:PtrToStruct ure (intptr,object)
[0x7fdbadda4740: 9.16718 10] LEAVE: (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal:PtrToStruct ure (intptr,System.Type)[OpenMobile.Platform.X11.XIValuatorInfo:0x7fdba9495 680]
[0x7fdbadda4740: 9.16737 10] ENTER: (wrapper managed-to-native) OpenMobile.Platform.X11.Functions:XGetAtomName (intptr,uint)(0x7fdb9c247f00, -1677721480, )
X Error of failed request: BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 17 (X_GetAtomName)
Atom id in failed request: 0x9c000078
Serial number of failed request: 16
Current serial number in output stream: 16

Blu-Ray

Ryven — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:43:13 GMT

Got myself a Blu-Ray drive for my setup. I was able to find software to allow me to play the discs in windows, but from what I've read, OM won't be able to touch it unless Windows Media Player can play it.
WMP still can only read the label of the disc and none of the contents.

Does anyone know how to get that working in WMP and if/once it is, will OM automatically work for blu ray just like DVD?

-Ryven

via iPhone

OMVisteonRadio Plugin updated with HD sub channel support.

untermensch — Fri, 20 May 2011 23:02:39 GMT

I used .net reflector to convert this plugin to C# and then finished support
for HD sub channel tunning, HD meta data, and fixed the signal strength and
some data type issues. (damn you VB).

The attached file is for the 0.8 branch.

Attached Files

OMVisteonRadio.zip (38.9 KB)

State of the Pandora plugin?

dulaithol — Mon, 16 May 2011 03:44:34 GMT

I recently downloaded the Pandora plugin but it does not seem to be working for me. Looking into the problem i installed the omdebug plugin. The debug log had a message saying "Need to upgrade protocol versions." I dug in to the code and quickly realized that PandoraPlayer plugin dll is really a wrapper for another dll (named Pandora.dll). My guess is that this "other" dll needs to be updated I just have not idea where to acquire a new version of this "other" dll.

HDRadio direct tune fix

untermensch — Sat, 14 May 2011 04:54:34 GMT

this is the replacement dll for the radio skin, which fixes the cant direct tune the radio
to fix the code in the trunk

change Button_TuneTo_OnClick method.

Code:

newStation = info.stationID.Substring(0, info.stationID.IndexOf(':')) + newStation;

Code:

newStation = info.stationID.Substring(0, info.stationID.IndexOf(':') + 1) + newStation;

direct tune is a little weird if you want to tune 92.3 you would input 92300
and if you want to tune 101.1 you would input 101100 this is how the original
author intended it to work but should be changed to something more intuitive.

the attached file has the modified dll for the 0.8 branch

.

Attached Files

OMRadio.zip (10.2 KB)

I am testing multi-zone and.....

jmullan99 — Fri, 13 May 2011 12:06:02 GMT

Just an observation/theory. I have a full two zones in the car and the 3rd should be complete this summer. I am playing with / testing version 0.9

I have noticed (and possibly mentioned in the forum elsewhere a while ago) that there are some issues with assigning inputs to zones.

I just started browsing the SVN sources so cannot validate my "theory" yet, however...

I think that input device naming may be the issue. I noticed that, in the zone settings screen, if there is more than one identical input device name it only shows once in the list. My thought is that somehow identical text names are being condensed such that only unique names are used. It might explain why I notice issues with assigning devices.

This issue may carry on to audio zones as well. I had added two identical USB headsets which generate identical device text descriptions and had issue trying to set them up as different zones. Enough issue that I could not do it successfully. I resorted to buying another different headset and could see two different zones.

These are just observations. And my "thinking" may be out-of-whack, it's just based on other coding experience.

Cheers,
John

Future Navigation

jmullan99 — Tue, 10 May 2011 01:00:29 GMT

Okay, so the OpenMobile forum is WAY to quiet yet again. So I thought I would add a small bit of life ;)

I, like some others, use Garmin Mobile PC in the car. Support for it from Garmin has or soon will be stopped. And while I'll be able to use it for a little while, I need to know:

What are the alternatives?

There are map choices. I have not found too many that seem appealling. Routing is kind of high up on my priority list. And lowest cost is right up there as well. Then there is small touch screen friendly.

John

Has anyone heard from Justin?

CohesiveTech — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:39:01 GMT

He hasn't been around sine late Jan/early Feb (after someone here pi$$ed him off during a debate over what is open-source). Is he in one piece?

OM on Ubuntu

Borte — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:52:44 GMT

I'm starting this new thread so that people that are new to linux (like me) can get some help to get OM up and running on linux (even being able to develop on linux).

Since I don't know anything about linux my self I need some basic step by steps...
I got a nice how to list from Kevin in another thread but it seems I need some more (the quote below is from that thread).

Quote:

Originally Posted by kross

Go to http://www.virtualbox.org/ and install VirtualBox.
Go to http://www.ubuntu.com/ and download an Ubuntu .iso disk image.
Run VirtualBox, and create a new Virtual Machine. Select Linux Ubuntu as the OS type, and use defaults for the rest of the options.
Click settings, then click Storage, and associate the virtual CD-ROM drive for the VM to the .iso image you downloaded. This will let you boot the VM from the .iso to install Ubuntu into the VM.
Start the VM, letting it boot from the .iso image. Install Ubuntu onto your VM.
When it's done installing, you'll need to reboot the VM. Before starting the VM again, make sure you go back into settings, and remove the .iso image, so it doesn't try booting from the .iso image again.

Now you should have Ubuntu installed in a VM. But when you run it, you'll need to install some development tools. Go to a command prompt (you can also do this from the GUI, but I find command line easier), and install some stuff:

sudo apt-get install subversion monodevelop

You'll use subversion to check out the source code into your home folder. This is the command line version of subversion, it doesn't have the nice shell integration like TortoiseSVN. Monodevelop is the development environment, similar to Visual Studio (it can read VS solution and project files).

I think you'll need some extra library dependencies, as I mentioned in another Linux thread here. libgdiplus and libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil-dev are the ones that immediately come to mind. Just apt-get install them, like above.

This is the bare minimum to get you going. If you run into problems, give me a shout!

-- Kevin

I'll try to provide a list of what's needed to load here:

libgdiplus
libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil-dev
libasound2
libasound2-dev

Use the following line in a terminal window to load the above libraries:

Code:

sudo apt-get install libgdiplus libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil-dev libasound2 libasound2-dev

The following is only valid when testing OM by running the code from Monodevelop (otherwise this is handled by the installer):
Copy the file libgstreamersharpglue-0.10.so from the OMPlayer folder located under plugin-farm in the source code downloaded from svn to /usr/local/lib by using the following code for a 32bit install:

Code:

sudo cp openmobile/branches/plugin-farm/OMPlayer/lin32/libgstreamersharpglue-0.10.so /usr/local/lib

Then register this new library with the code:

Code:

sudo ldconfig

You should now be ready to test OM by running it from MonoDevelop.

To add microsoft font's (to allow usage of webdings font) use the following code:

Code:

sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

sudo fc-cache -fv

Patch: (Linux) Remove dependence on PulseAudio

kross — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:32:33 GMT

Currently, OM has a dependence on PulseAudio, but only for changing the volume. The audio isn't output through PA, but rather however GStreamer is configured to output sound (which could be ALSA, PA, JACK, etc.). Furthermore, on a standard installation, the PulseAudio volume control is just forwarded to the ALSA mixer anyway.

On some distros, such as Debian (which is what I run), PulseAudio isn't even installed by default. I don't like having to install PA just for one application, especially when that application doesn't even make use of PA, but only uses it for a volume control (which as I said, just gets forwarded to ALSA anyway).

The following patch removes OM's dependence on PA, and instead uses the ALSA mixer for adjusting the volume.

(Sorry for the indenting issues, I think the tab size was set wrong.)

Thanks!
-- Kevin

Code:

Index: MainWindow.cs

===================================================================

--- MainWindow.cs        (revision 627)

+++ MainWindow.cs        (working copy)

@@ -24,52 +24,135 @@

     PowerDevil pd;

         UDisks disks; 

         MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService mediaKeys=new MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService();

-        

-        void checkVolume (int instance)

+

+    void checkAllVolume()

+    {

+        Int32 card = -1;

+        while(ASound.snd_card_next(ref card) == 0)

+        {

+            raiseSystemEvent(eFunction.systemVolumeChanged, getVolume(card).ToString(), card.ToString(), "");

+        }

+    }

+

+        int getVolume (int instance)

         {

-        

-                Process p=new Process();

-        try

+        String strDevice = "hw:" + instance; // Could be "default", or hw:X where X is the soundcard number

+

+        UIntPtr mixer;

+        if(ASound.snd_mixer_open(out mixer, 0) != 0)

+            return -1;

+        if(ASound.snd_mixer_attach(mixer, strDevice) != 0)

         {

-            ProcessStartInfo info = new ProcessStartInfo("pacmd", "list-sinks volume");

-            info.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;

-            info.UseShellExecute = false;

-            info.RedirectStandardOutput = true;

-            p.StartInfo = info;

-            p.Start();

-            p.WaitForExit();

+            ASound.snd_mixer_close(mixer);

+            return -1;

         }

-        catch (Exception) { return; }

-                string response=p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();

-                string[] lines=response.Split(new char[]{'\r','\n','\t'});

-                int i=0;

-                string vol="0";

-                foreach(string line in lines)

-                {

-                        if (line.StartsWith("volume:"))

-                        {

-                                vol=line.Substring(11,3).Trim();

-                        }

-                        else if(line.StartsWith("muted:"))

-                        {

-                                if (line.Contains("yes"))

-                                {

-                                        if (instance!=i)

-                                                raiseSystemEvent(eFunction.systemVolumeChanged,"-1",i.ToString(),"");

-                                        else

-                                                sendIt("3|"+i.ToString()+"|-1");

-                                }

-                                else

-                                {

-                                        if (instance!=i)

-                                                raiseSystemEvent(eFunction.systemVolumeChanged,vol,i.ToString(),"");

-                                        else

-                                                sendIt("3|"+i.ToString()+"|"+vol);

-                                        i++;

-                                }

-                        }

-                }

+        if(ASound.snd_mixer_selem_register(mixer, (UIntPtr)0, (UIntPtr)0) != 0)

+        {

+            ASound.snd_mixer_detach(mixer, strDevice);

+            ASound.snd_mixer_close(mixer);

+            return -1;

+        }

+        if(ASound.snd_mixer_load(mixer) != 0)

+        {

+            ASound.snd_mixer_detach(mixer, strDevice);

+            ASound.snd_mixer_close(mixer);

+            return -1;

+        }

+

+        UIntPtr mixerelem = ASound.snd_mixer_first_elem(mixer);

+

+        while (mixerelem != (UIntPtr)0)

+        {

+            String name = ASound.snd_mixer_selem_get_name(mixerelem);

+            if (name.ToLower().Equals("master"))

+                break;

+            mixerelem = ASound.snd_mixer_elem_next(mixerelem);

+        }

+

+        int volumePercent = 0;

+        if(mixerelem != (UIntPtr)0)

+        {

+            Int32 playbackSwitch;

+            ASound.snd_mixer_selem_get_playback_switch(mixerelem, 0, out playbackSwitch);

+

+            bool bMuted = (playbackSwitch == 0);

+            if(bMuted)

+            {

+                volumePercent = -1;

+            }

+            else

+            {

+                IntPtr min, max;

+                ASound.snd_mixer_selem_get_playback_volume_range(mixerelem, out min, out max);

+

+                IntPtr volume;

+                ASound.snd_mixer_selem_get_playback_volume(mixerelem, 0, out volume);

+

+                volumePercent = (int)volume * 100 / (int)max;

+            }

+        }

+        ASound.snd_mixer_detach(mixer, strDevice);

+        ASound.snd_mixer_close(mixer);

+

+        return volumePercent;

         }

+

+    void setVolume (int instance, int volumePercent)

+    {

+        String strDevice = "hw:" + instance; // Could be "default", or hw:X where X is the soundcard number

+

+        UIntPtr mixer;

+        if(ASound.snd_mixer_open(out mixer, 0) != 0)

+            return;

+        if(ASound.snd_mixer_attach(mixer, strDevice) != 0)

+        {

+            ASound.snd_mixer_close(mixer);

+            return;

+        }

+        if(ASound.snd_mixer_selem_register(mixer, (UIntPtr)0, (UIntPtr)0) != 0)

+        {

+            ASound.snd_mixer_detach(mixer, strDevice);

+            ASound.snd_mixer_close(mixer);

+            return;

+        }

+        if(ASound.snd_mixer_load(mixer) != 0)

+        {

+            ASound.snd_mixer_detach(mixer, strDevice);

+            ASound.snd_mixer_close(mixer);

+            return;

+        }

+

+        UIntPtr mixerelem = ASound.snd_mixer_first_elem(mixer);

+

+        while (mixerelem != (UIntPtr)0)

+        {

+            String name = ASound.snd_mixer_selem_get_name(mixerelem);

+            if (name.ToLower().Equals("master"))

+                break;

+            mixerelem = ASound.snd_mixer_elem_next(mixerelem);

+        }

+

+        if(mixerelem != (UIntPtr)0)

+        {

+            if(volumePercent < 0)

+            {

+                ASound.snd_mixer_selem_set_playback_switch_all(mixerelem, 0);

+            }

+            else

+            {

+                ASound.snd_mixer_selem_set_playback_switch_all(mixerelem, 1);

+

+                IntPtr min, max;

+                ASound.snd_mixer_selem_get_playback_volume_range(mixerelem, out min, out max);

+

+                IntPtr volume = (IntPtr)((int)max * volumePercent / 100);

+                ASound.snd_mixer_selem_set_playback_volume_all(mixerelem, volume);

+            }

+        }

+        ASound.snd_mixer_detach(mixer, strDevice);

+        ASound.snd_mixer_close(mixer);

+    }

+

     static string DM;

         public MainWindow () : base(Gtk.WindowType.Toplevel)

         {

@@ -111,7 +194,7 @@

                 disks.DeviceAdded+=added;

                 disks.DeviceChanged+=changed;

         disks.DeviceRemoved+=remove;

-                checkVolume(-1);

+        checkAllVolume();

         if (DM == "gnome")

         {

             mediaKeys.keyPressed += new MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService.MediaPlayerKeyPressedHandler(handleKey);

@@ -264,16 +347,21 @@

             switch (parts[0])

             {

                                 case "-1":

-                                    Thread.Sleep(250);

-                                            checkVolume(-1);

+                        Thread.Sleep(250);

+                                    checkAllVolume();

                                         break;

                 case "3": //GetData - System Volume

-                                        int ret;

-                    if (int.TryParse(arg1,out ret))

-                                        {

-                        if(ret>=0)

-                                                        checkVolume(ret);

-                                        }

+                    int instance;

+                    if (int.TryParse(arg1,out instance) && instance >= 0)

+                    {

+                        try

+                        {

+                            sendIt("3|" + arg1 + "|" + getVolume(instance));

+                        }

+                        catch (Exception)

+                        {

+                        }

+                    }

                     break;

                                 case "32": //Plugins Loaded

                                         foreach(ObjectPath path in disks.EnumerateDevices())

@@ -303,24 +391,7 @@

                     if (int.TryParse(arg2,out val))

                                                 if (int.TryParse(arg1,out val))

                                                 {

-                                                        Process p=new Process();

-                                                        ProcessStartInfo info;

-                                                        if (val==-1)

-                                                                info=new ProcessStartInfo("pacmd","set-sink-mute "+arg2+" true");

-                                                        else

-                                                                info=new ProcessStartInfo("pacmd","set-sink-mute "+arg2+" false");

-                                                        info.WindowStyle=ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;

-                                                        Process q=new Process();

-                                                        q.StartInfo=info;

-                                                        q.Start();

-                                                        if (val==-2)

-                                                                checkVolume(-1);

-                                                        if(val<0)

-                                                                return;

-                                                        info=new ProcessStartInfo("pacmd","set-sink-volume "+arg2+" "+((int)(val*655.35)).ToString());

-                                                        info.WindowStyle=ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;

-                                                        p.StartInfo=info;

-                                                        p.Start();

+                            setVolume(int.Parse(arg2), val);

                                                 }

                     break;

                 case "35": //Eject Disc

Index: OMLinHal.csproj

===================================================================

--- OMLinHal.csproj        (revision 627)

+++ OMLinHal.csproj        (working copy)

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@

     

     

     

+    

   

   

     

Index: ASound.cs

===================================================================

--- ASound.cs        (revision 0)

+++ ASound.cs        (revision 0)

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@

+using System;

+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

+

+public class ASound

+{

+    [DllImport("libasound.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]

+    public static extern Int32 snd_card_next(ref Int32 card);

+

+    [DllImport("libasound.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]

+    public static extern Int32 snd_mixer_open(out UIntPtr mixer, UInt32 mode);

+

+    [DllImport("libasound.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]

+    public static extern Int32 snd_mixer_attach(UIntPtr mixer, String name);

+

+    [DllImport("libasound.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]

+    public static extern Int32 snd_mixer_detach(UIntPtr mixer, String name);

+

+    [DllImport("libasound.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]

+    public static extern Int32 snd_mixer_close(UIntPtr mixer);

+

+    [DllImport("libasound.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]

+    public static extern Int32 snd_mixer_selem_register(UIntPtr mixer, UIntPtr options, UIntPtr classp);

+

+    [DllImport("libasound.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]

+    public static extern Int32 snd_mixer_load(UIntPtr mixer);

+

+    [DllImport("libasound.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]

+    public static extern UIntPtr snd_mixer_first_elem(UIntPtr mixer);

+

+    [DllImport("libasound.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]

+    public static extern UIntPtr snd_mixer_elem_next(UIntPtr elem);

+

+    [DllImport("libasound.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]

+    public static extern Int32 snd_mixer_selem_get_playback_volume_range(UIntPtr elem, out IntPtr min, out IntPtr max);

+

+    [DllImport("libasound.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]

+    public static extern Int32 snd_mixer_selem_set_playback_volume_all(UIntPtr mixer, IntPtr newValue);

+

+    [DllImport("libasound.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]

+    public static extern Int32 snd_mixer_selem_get_playback_volume(UIntPtr mixer, Int32 channel, out IntPtr val);

+

+    [DllImport("libasound.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]

+    public static extern Int32 snd_mixer_selem_set_playback_switch_all(UIntPtr mixer, Int32 newValue);

+

+    [DllImport("libasound.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]

+    public static extern Int32 snd_mixer_selem_get_playback_switch(UIntPtr mixer, Int32 channel, out Int32 val);

+

+    public static String snd_mixer_selem_get_name(UIntPtr elem)

+    {

+        IntPtr ret = _snd_mixer_selem_get_name(elem);

+        return Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(ret);

+    }

+

+    [DllImport("libasound.so", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, EntryPoint="snd_mixer_selem_get_name")]

+    private static extern IntPtr _snd_mixer_selem_get_name(UIntPtr elem);

+}

Android Remote Interface

UnusuallyGenius — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:55:12 GMT

Now I do not claim to be a programmer in any way, shape or form, but I have an idea, and I am wondering if it is possible.

The idea would be to allow OpenMobile to exchange information and data with an android device over wifi, bluetooth, and possibly a cell data connection.

Possible uses for this would be:

Remote monitoring and control of your car
Using an Android device such as the Archos 28 to be a built in display to show song information/music controls
Allow the back seat users to have a "remote control" for their headrest monitors instead of relying a touch screen or other input

The one thing I would like to do with it it to build the Archos 28 device into the review mirror and have it display current song information, and even notifications such as text messages, emails, anything you would possibly want to send to the remote display.

So the question is, is this possible from a programming point of view? I really hope so.

ETA for .9, 1.0?

CohesiveTech — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:07:22 GMT

We have had an update in a while and Justin hasn't been around since middle February; which is unusual based on previous drops.

Justin, are you OK brother?

Is there an ETA for V.next?

Fixes for OMLinPlayer

kross — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:48:57 GMT

This patch addresses a problem where the metadata wouldn't be displayed at the top of the screen, nor the current position or duration.

Code:

Index: MyClass.cs

===================================================================

--- MyClass.cs  (revision 627)

+++ MyClass.cs  (working copy)

@@ -75,19 +75,21 @@

         }

 

         MainLoop loop;

-        public bool play (int instance, string url, OpenMobile.eMediaType type)

+        public bool play (int instance, string location, OpenMobile.eMediaType type)

         {

             error=false;

             stop(instance);

+            string url;

             switch(type)

             {

                 case eMediaType.Local:

-                    url="file://"+url;

+                    url="file://"+location;

                     break;

                 case eMediaType.DVD:

                     url="dvd://";

                     break;

                 case eMediaType.AudioCD:

+                    url=location;

                     break;

                 default:

                     return false;

@@ -105,9 +107,9 @@

             player.SetState(State.Playing);

             if (type==eMediaType.Local)

             {

-                nowPlaying=TagReader.getInfo(url);

+                nowPlaying=TagReader.getInfo(location);

                 if (nowPlaying == null)

-                    nowPlaying = new mediaInfo(url);

+                    nowPlaying = new mediaInfo(location);

                 nowPlaying.Type = eMediaType.Local;

                 if (nowPlaying.coverArt == null)

                     nowPlaying.coverArt = TagReader.getCoverFromDB(nowPlaying.Artist, nowPlaying.Album, theHost);

@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@

                     nowPlaying.coverArt = TagReader.getFolderImage(nowPlaying.Location);

                 if (nowPlaying.coverArt == null)

                     nowPlaying.coverArt = TagReader.getLastFMImage(nowPlaying.Artist, nowPlaying.Album);

-                if (nowPlaying.Length==0)

+                if (nowPlaying.Length<=0)

                     setDuration();

             }else

             {

@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@

                 }

                 if (nowPlaying==null)

                     nowPlaying=new mediaInfo(url);

-                if (nowPlaying.Length==0)

+                if (nowPlaying.Length<=0)

                     setDuration();

                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(nowPlaying.Name))

                     nowPlaying.Name=url;

The main problem was TagLib doesn't like "file://" at the beginning of filenames. Also, nowPlaying.Length would be -1, not 0 in that case, causing setDuration to not be called. So I changed the == 0 comparison to <= 0.

-- Kevin

Minor fixes for Highway skin

kross — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:51:47 GMT

This is to get the volume control to work with the Highway skin on Linux.

Code:

Index: FrontEnd/OpenMobile/PluginHost.cs

===================================================================

--- FrontEnd/OpenMobile/PluginHost.cs        (revision 627)

+++ FrontEnd/OpenMobile/PluginHost.cs        (working copy)

@@ -1250,7 +1250,8 @@

                             return false;

                         if (int.TryParse(arg2, out ret) == false)

                             return false;

-                        if ((ret < 0) || (ret >= instanceCount))

+                        if (ret < 0)

                             return false;

                         hal.snd("34|" + arg1 + "|" + arg2);

                         raiseSystemEvent(eFunction.systemVolumeChanged, arg1, arg2, String.Empty);

Index: Plugins/Highway/UI/UI.cs

===================================================================

--- Plugins/Highway/UI/UI.cs        (revision 627)

+++ Plugins/Highway/UI/UI.cs        (working copy)

@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@

 {

     public sealed class UI:IHighLevel

     {

+        IPluginHost theHost;

+        ScreenManager manager;

+        System.Timers.Timer tmr;

+        int[] volCount;

+        

         public OMPanel loadPanel(string name, int screen)

         {

             if (name == "")

@@ -40,9 +45,7 @@

         {

             get { return "UI"; }

         }

-        IPluginHost theHost;

-        ScreenManager manager;

-        System.Timers.Timer tmr;

+        

         public eLoadStatus initialize(IPluginHost host)

         {

             theHost = host;

@@ -92,9 +95,9 @@

             voldown.OnClick += new userInteraction(voldown_OnClick);

             voldown.Transition = eButtonTransition.None;

             OMButton volup = new OMButton(-11, 525, 112, 84);

-            volup.Image = theHost.getSkinImage("VolUp");

-            volup.FocusImage = theHost.getSkinImage("VolUp_HL");

-            volup.DownImage = theHost.getSkinImage("VolUp_Selected");

+            volup.Image = theHost.getSkinImage("VolUP");

+            volup.FocusImage = theHost.getSkinImage("VolUP_HL");

+            volup.DownImage = theHost.getSkinImage("VolUP_Selected");

             volup.OnClick += new userInteraction(volup_OnClick);

             volup.Transition = eButtonTransition.None;

             OMButton mute = new OMButton(180, 477, 178, 146);

@@ -206,35 +209,37 @@

         void voldown_OnClick(OMControl sender, int screen)

         {

             int vol = ((VolumeBar)manager[screen, "volume"][1]).Value;

-            if (vol == 0)

-                return;

+            if (vol > 0)

+                theHost.execute(eFunction.setSystemVolume, (vol - 1).ToString(), theHost.instanceForScreen(screen).ToString());

             

-            theHost.execute(eFunction.setSystemVolume, (vol - 1).ToString(), theHost.instanceForScreen(screen).ToString());

             if (volCount[screen] == 0)

             {

                 theHost.execute(eFunction.TransitionToPanel, screen.ToString(), "UI", "volume");

                 theHost.execute(eFunction.ExecuteTransition, screen.ToString(), "SlideRight");

             }

+            

             volCount[screen] = 4;

         }

 

         void bar_OnSliderMoved(OMControl sender, int screen)

         {

-            theHost.execute(eFunction.setSystemVolume, ((VolumeBar)sender).Value.ToString());

+            volCount[screen] = 4;

+            theHost.execute(eFunction.setSystemVolume, ((VolumeBar)sender).Value.ToString(), theHost.instanceForScreen(screen).ToString());

         }

 

         void volup_OnClick(OMControl sender, int screen)

         {

             int vol=((VolumeBar)manager[screen, "volume"][1]).Value;

-            if (vol==100)

-                return;

+            if (vol < 100)

+                theHost.execute(eFunction.setSystemVolume, (vol + 1).ToString(), theHost.instanceForScreen(screen).ToString());

             

-            theHost.execute(eFunction.setSystemVolume, (vol + 1).ToString(), theHost.instanceForScreen(screen).ToString());

             if (volCount[screen] == 0)

             {

                 theHost.execute(eFunction.TransitionToPanel, screen.ToString(), "UI", "volume");

                 theHost.execute(eFunction.ExecuteTransition, screen.ToString(), "SlideRight");

             }

+            

             volCount[screen] = 4;

         }

 

@@ -316,7 +321,7 @@

             theHost.execute(eFunction.Stop, theHost.instanceForScreen(screen).ToString());

             theHost.execute(eFunction.unloadTunedContent, theHost.instanceForScreen(screen).ToString());

         }

-        int[] volCount;

+

         void tmr_Elapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e)

         {

             object o;

Index: Plugins/Highway/UI/Volume.cs

===================================================================

--- Plugins/Highway/UI/Volume.cs        (revision 627)

+++ Plugins/Highway/UI/Volume.cs        (working copy)

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@

 

 namespace OpenMobile.Controls

 {

-    internal sealed class VolumeBar:OMProgress,IMouse

+    internal sealed class VolumeBar:OMProgress,IMouse,IThrow

     {

         imageItem bottom;

         imageItem overlay;

@@ -87,5 +87,24 @@

         }

 

         #endregion

+        

+        #region IThrow Members

+        //Implemented to prevent gestures

+        public void MouseThrow(int screen, Point TotalDistance, Point RelativeDistance)

+        {

+            //

+        }

+

+        public void MouseThrowStart(int screen, Point StartLocation, PointF scaleFactors, ref bool Cancel)

+        {

+            Cancel = true;

+        }

+

+        public void MouseThrowEnd(int screen, Point EndLocation)

+        {

+            //

+        }

+

+        #endregion

     }

 }

Here's a summary of my changes:

1. When using the Highway skin, PluginHost.instanceCount is always -1, so setting the volume would fail. This is because instanceCount isn't initialized until someone actually queries it. Using the default skin, the NewMedia plugin queries the instanceCount, but the Highway Music page doesn't query it. I tried calling refreshDevices from the PluginHost constructor to properly initialize instanceCount, but that crashed. So instead I just removed the check, since it doesn't seem to be really needed.
2. File names are case sensitive on Linux.
3. Hitting volume + or - will always show the volume display, even if you hit + when the volume is maxed. Otherwise, you get no feedback letting you know the current volume.
4. Adjusting the volume with the progress bar thingy works better now, since before it would disappear after 2 seconds, even if you're actively tapping on it.
5. Disabled gestures on the volume bar.

I'll have more changes coming in the near future.

Just in working out these fixes, I noticed way, way, WAY too many magic numbers sprinkled about. For example, in the patch above you can see

hal.snd("34|" + arg1 + "|" + arg2);

This should be changed, so that all of those Hal messages are declared in a single file as const strings, and then when you call hal.snd, it would be with the proper identifier, such as

hal.snd(HAL_MSG_SET_SYSTEM_VOL ....

Same thing with the case statement that receives the messages.

But the biggest offender of magic numbers is the referencing of controls by numeric index. There appear to be tons of those, maybe hundreds (I didn't actually count them). The best solution to this, is when creating each control, give it a name, and then when you need to reference it later, reference it by name instead of numeric index.

Here's an example:

void albums_OnClick(OMControl sender, int screen)
{
((OMLabel)manager[screen][10]).Text = "All Albums";
manager[screen][11].Visible = false;
manager[screen][12].Visible = true;
SafeThread.Asynchronous(delegate() { showAlbums(screen); }, theHost);
}

To improve this, when declaring the controls, give them names, something like this:

OMLabel caption = new OMLabel(225, 115, 560, 45, "caption");
OMList textList = new OMList(225, 162, 563, 316, "textList");
OMList mainList = new OMList(225, 162, 563, 316, "mainList");

Then the above function would look like this:

void albums_OnClick(OMControl sender, int screen)
{
((OMLabel)manager[screen]["caption"]).Text = "All Albums";
manager[screen]["textList"].Visible = false;
manager[screen]["mainList"].Visible = true;
SafeThread.Asynchronous(delegate() { showAlbums(screen); }, theHost);
}

BTW, I hope nobody takes offense to my suggestions. I'm just trying to help improve OM.

Thanks!
-- Kevin

windowed mode?

digitalfriction — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:22:28 GMT

Hi, Ive just downloaded OM and would like to know if I can run it in a window, whilst I am testing things?

---------- Post added at 10:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:37 PM ----------

Sorry, scrap this request, I used my eyes and found the answer !!!!

For anyone else, right click on the shortcut for openmobile, and select properties. In the TARGET box you will see that after the openmobile.exe there is a switch, or parameter -fullscreen. Delete that and it runs in windowed mode.

Using a Phone

Ryven — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:14:53 GMT

I want to start by saying that I very much love the work the OM crew is doing to make this front end. The teasers of the 1.0 skins are great and I'm chomping at the bit to upgrade when it is available.

I have some questions that may seem simple to carPC vets and I'm posting here because I'm not sure if the issue is OM specific or a general carPC thing...

...phone support in OM: how is this done? Do I just connect my phone via bluetooth? I was hoping to get a dedicated phone for my car and wanted to hardwire something in. Are there any phones that can integrate to OM via USB (calls, answering, etc) or am I way over-thinking something that good ol' 802.11 takes care of?

The other question I have is simply; Do I need to create my own skin to have OM optimized for the resolution of my screen, or is there a setting I'm missing in the current 0.8 version?

question on current state of 0.9 build

jmullan99 — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:21:10 GMT

I'm playing around with zones, in preparation for when I get the rest of my gear.

The OM build I've been playing with seems to be doing pretty good. Unfortunately I have issues with assigning mice to each zone.

I am presented with 3 different "mice" to attach. The "default", the touchpad, and an HID-compliant mouse. I indeed have one touchpad and two mice.

No matter how I assign each device to a zone, I do not get any good results. I can move either device and the pointer moves along. In full screen, sometimes it will be restricted (ie; pointer will not cross zones as it will when not full screen), but still produce results on another screen, and when you click, the click will register on one or more screens.

Is this a known issue (since 0.9 is not complete) or am I not doing something that I should (quite likely)?

John

HDRadio on Linux?

kross — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 03:47:37 GMT

I downloaded the latest code from svn trunk, opened the OpenMobile-Linux solution file in MonoDevelop, and built it. The solution didn't include the OMVisteonRadio project, so I added it, and tried to build it (after adding the VB.NET compiler, yuck!). It complains that it's missing AudioRouter, which after a while I found in svn under a branch called Libraries (why is there a branch called Libraries? That's not what branches are for, but that's irrelevant for this question). AudioRouter references WindowsAudio, and DirectShowLib, and this I cannot find a way to get around.

So is HDRadio Windows only? I sure hope not. I'd be happy to fix it so it builds under Linux, but unfortunately I'm not familiar enough with your framework, and it would take me a while to get up to speed.

Thanks!
-- Kevin

Bluetooth

dan_the_coder — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 07:03:59 GMT

I just downloaded OpenMobile and it looks like a very promising solution for a car pc. One thing I can't figure out is if it supports connecting to a cell phone via bluetooth. On some of the screenshots I see a link that says "Phone" so it looks like it can but I can't figure out how to set that up. Is that something that's built in or can it only be done via an external app?

Instructions for installing on Linux?

andrewfblack — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 05:25:25 GMT

I can't find any instructions for installing this on linux. Can someone help me?

Video for Multi-zone: Opinions & Ideas please.

jmullan99 — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:35:58 GMT

I have spent more than enough time cruising the MP3Car forums, and it looks like Open Mobile would be the best choice (and the leader) in mult-zone tech.

My Zotac board has one PCI enhanced X16 slot, which when used, would disable the on-board video (no choice). Most boards suggest a minimum PSU capable of 250-300 watts. Wow, this is a car PC after all.

USB video cards, seem to not support OpenGL. And pretty much all the units I read up on (and their related reviews) says that they suffer when used for full screen video.

Ultimately I wish to have 3 zones. I really don't want to put in a full size, full power desktop unit.

What would be the suggested route? Do I really need OpenGL (no intense gaming going on in my car). Is the source info wrong about watching video via USB?

I invite all to please share their ideas and experiences. It's almost that time of year I can get out and start the upgrades!

John

Updates?

CohesiveTech — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:22:13 GMT

The last drop was on 2/14 on SourceForge. Are there new builds?

UiaAtkBridge.Table problem openmobile

thatguy666 — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:21:55 GMT

remove
'libmono-winforms1.0-cil' and 'libmono-system-runtime1.0-cil'.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...www.google.com

Sourceforge/OpenMobile is no workie

CohesiveTech — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:14:30 GMT

It was up briefly. Now it has SQL issues.
I love technology.

Installer creator keeps crashing

lambosprit — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:12:41 GMT

I was trying to create an installer for my plugin when suddenly the installer creation app crashed. Now everytime I try to run it it crashes before even opening. I get a windows application crashed message thats all. Any ideas what it might be?

Myriad Dalvik Turbo Android Apps on Open mobile

ObsidianSTI07 — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 05:43:31 GMT

Anyone seen the Myriad Dalvik Turbo?? the ability to run android apps on any platform what do you guys think?? http://androidcommunity.com/myriad-a...come-20110208/

Help installing/configuring OM on Gentoo Linux

Mixu — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:21:20 GMT

Hi!

I am installing OM on my Gentoo box, and trying to configure it.
I ran the installer, but then when the configuration window pops up I can't see the buttons and so on. They're all joined in one straight vertical line.

Anyone can tell me which dependencies OM uses?
Or if there's something I should do before?

Thanks! :D

Arduino for OM - In progress

jmullan99 — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:03:45 GMT

This is my first plug-in. I am not yet comfortable with releasing it, pending a couple others testing it out, but it should be ready in a week or two.

The plug-in allows basic operation with an Arduino. My test bed is an Arduino Uno with v0022 with firmata 2.2. I should be able to test it against an Arduino Mini at some point.

Rather than worry about Arduino users coming up with their own "sketch" to put on the Arduino, and then try to communicate with it, I chose Firmata. The protocol is loosely based on MIDI and allows the PC to tell the Arduino what to do, and receive status from the Arduino.

First: I am novice at using Visual Studio and OM plug-ins, and have learned quite a bit about it over the last 1-2 weeks (when I had free time), and this plug-in may reflect that, but I have had input from OM devs and I feel this plug-in is not that bad :bolt:

Second: What the plug-in can do:

allows the user to specify a digital pin as Input or Output, in Settings
allows the user to specify a label for analog inputs (such as TempIN), in Settings
allows the user to specify com port, baud rate, and Arduino type, in Settings
allows the user to toggle the state of any pin designated as Output, in the main screen
shows the label and status of the pins, in the main screen
provides OM Sensors for the digital and analog pins for other plug-ins & skins
future: allow user to specify a label for digital pins - Done
future: allow user to specify min and max range values for analog bar - Done
future: use globalization for display of values that have regional differences - Done
possible future: support multiple boards
to do: basic documentation
to do: new allow user to specify an pin action based on another pin value (Conditions)

A reasonably skilled Arduino programmer could also add custom code to the main loop of the Firmata sketch, download it (outside OM) and perform some autonomous tasks, but the trade-off would be that the plug-in would not know the state of any outputs (Arduino/Firmata does not report back the state of OUTPUTS). I have added code that basically remembers the last write to a digital pin that is designated OUTPUT, and report that back when a read is done.

I have a few little nagging items to take care of (such as ensuring good behaviour on sleep/resume), but the current code does work for me. I have made it to handle most versions of Arduino except Mega. Although a future version may include it.

I have not implemented PWM. I have not come up with an idea I am happy with on how to do PWM with a user interface in OM. There are as many implementations for PWM as there are users so a common interface may be difficult.

If you have ideas and dream list items, feel free to post here so I have food-for-thought. That is, other than fancy skin items as I am not a graphics designer ;)

Oh, PS: Only built against the upcoming 0.9 versions.

Cheers,
John

NOTE: the Conditions button is just a placeholder for now

Attached Images

Character LCD - Coming Soon

heezer7 — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:31:45 GMT

Most of the data being shown was from fake sensors so I had items to cycle though in the house. Coming with .9

OM versions

nst6563 — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:41:40 GMT

I'm really itchin' to ditch RR and I see the monthly updates of OM and am determined to use OM full time. One question I have is that with the OM versions uploaded to the repository...when OM is installed...is it using those updated versions? Or would those have to be downloaded and compiled seperately? I looked on SF and didn't wasn't able to get to the SVN repository so am just curious.

Also - Is there a way to support multiple external GPS at the same time? For example, Garmin, Iguidance, and Igo8?

Thanks ;) you guys are awesome :)

Installed OM in car and...

detlion1643 — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:00:47 GMT

Well, I finally got my carpc up to a running state. First thing I had to do, install/configure OM... if only it was easy banghead...

I originally had .Net 4.0 installed. It error'd upon install because of not having 3.5, doh! So I downloaded and installed .Net 3.5 even though it took forever, stupid wireless signal from the house to the car. Anyways I opened up the program to install the plugins, nothing. It error'd upon opening that saying something like packages could not be found and lists nothing in the plugin or skin sections... So I transferred all my plugins/skins to the car from my dev pc. I then attempted to open up OM...

It looked like 4 different windows opened, or the same window resized about 4 times. I couldn't check the task manager to see if more than once instance of OM was running as I don't have access to a keyboard in the drivers seat. So OM ran like worse than a snail :(. If I clicked a button on the main menu, 2 seconds later it would try to transition the panels with great lag. I disabled enhanced graphics but that didn't make a difference.

What I know about the hardware:
Lenovo IdeaPad Netbook
1.00ghz to 1.66ghz (someone in there)
1gb ram
windows xp sp3 (no nlite, normal home install - doing a reinstall is not likely, main LCD laptop screen is broken and can't see anything, not even bios :().
.net 3.5/4 frameworks installed
winamp/riderunner/OM installed (so no other bloating programs)
everything disabled in msconfig
7" USB touchscreen monitor (USB for power/video/data, uses 2 USB's total)******

I think the touchscreen having to run power/video/data through USB might be a problem as it couldn't run winamp visualizations one time when I tried. Couldn't do certain graphics, but it never complained about openGL.

Just an fyi thread because I would love to use OM and since developing a couple plugins, would be nice if I could use those as well. I'm not sure if I missed anything about trying to optimize OM, so any recommendations would be welcome!

Can GPL plugins be used in closed source front ends?

justchat_1 — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:35:38 GMT

The Pandora Plugin is not open source...and even if it was, GPL plugins cannot be used with a closed source plugin host (like centrafuse) - thats a violation of the license.

In the future I would also ask that when something is clearly licensed "License: For openMobile use only" that you respect that.

tripzeros playground

tripzero — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:56:59 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by justchat_1

OM also has voice control, text to speech, dvd player, mp3 player support, iPod support (which cf does NOT have - the fact that they list it is very misleading) and rear camera

0.9 adds mixer control, dab/dab+ radio, built in updater and built in app store. In the works (eta unknown) are email, obdii, garmin navigation, web browser and facebook.

lambospirit has also just ported his skype plugin and I believe will be porting bluetooth next.

OM also lacks support for:

ofono
osdash
nobdy
proximity
connman

OM Vs. CF Comparison List.

HiJackZX1 — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:00:24 GMT

MEDIA PLAYER [OM]
SAT [OM]
HD RADIO [OM]
AM/FM RADIO [OM]
10-BAND EQUALIZER
FULL MIXER CONTROL
BUILT-IN UPDATER
BLUETOOTH HANDSFREE
GPS NAVIGATION
WEB BROWSER
WEATHER [OM]
EMAIL CLIENT
VOICE CONTROL [OM]
TEXT-TO-SPEECH [OM]
DVD PLAYER [OM]
OBD-II ENGINE DIAGNOSTICS
MP3 PLAYER SUPPORT [OM]
IPOD SUPPORT [OM]
MULTIPLE MEDIA ZONES [OM]
REAR CAMERA

Now here is stuff I would love to see as far as plugins.
TIRE PRESSURE PLUGIN
FUEL PRICES
GOOGLE SEARCH AND ROUTING
GOOGLE TRAFFIC
SHOUTCAST
UAS [OM]
USB RELAY

Ive checked off what I know OM has, but what about the rest not checked.

Om on BeagleBoard XM

smp4488 — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:14:29 GMT

I have ubuntu 10.10 netbook running on my BeagleBoard XM. I trying to run OpenMobile but i get a warning about software rendering. I believe that I installed the SGX video drivers ok but this is the only thing i have to test them. This is probably not an OpenMobile question but i thought someone might have some advice.

Some problem with a test plug in

martin_p — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:50:47 GMT

Hi everybody!
I'm making some tests to include a plug in done by myself in OM.
It is very simple, just a button to play a system beep. Just to understand better the architecture of the Class.
Here's what happen:
when I try to assign a plug in to a button of the main menu, my plug in does not appear in the list. But as soon as I click whatever item in the list, the "beep" button of my plug in appears on the panel, and it works fine. But after this when i click "back" in the bottom right corner I'm no more able to go back to main panel. The interface just become black and the only thing which remains visible is my button, still working.

I compiled the DLL using VS c# XP 2005, I named it "test_OpenMobile_00" as well as the namespace in the code, and I put it in the /plugin directory. I've also tried to call the namespace as "OpenMobile" as suggested in the on-line guide, but the result is the same.

I'm using OM 0.8 (downloaded 3 days ago) on a Acer laptop with Win XP sp3.
I attach here the code and the DLL, I appreciate if somebody can help me.

Thanks!

Attached Files

test_openMobile_00.rar (15.1 KB)

some more ideas/issues

detlion1643 — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:04:58 GMT

Videos
- The volume bar should drop down in front of the video, it appears behind it.
- When using 2 monitors (testing on laptop with external) and only 1 zone set up, when playing a video, only one of the monitors displays the video. Is this is a limitation of hardware/software based on OS's and video displays?
- The timer for movies don't display correctly. Some do, some don't. I had some full length .avi files display as less than a minute. Length is correctly displayed by winamp/wmp/vlc/file properties.

SQL
- When making changes to music folders/files/tags/anything, starting a new index should delete the previous table that holds that info (at least IMO). I have multiple artists/albums/songs/etc still listed media when the file location/artist/album/etc have been changed. Thus, the old listings I still see but they do nothing...

General
- The media bar that tracks lengths for music/movies/etc should be clickable as well as draggable. The media should jump to that location that has been clicked (same as dragging, but use click location instead of drag location).

Plugins
- I have 1 plugin that is listed twice in the plugin settings. OMMediaDBSettings. If I change anything in 1 of them, the other is changed as well...
- On my first monitor I am not able to change the crossfade settings for seconds in OMPlayer Settings, but I can change them on the second monitor (remember all same zone).

Other
- I know there is a BatterySupport Settings plugin that I am using. It might be nice to make a little graphic or percentage or something that indicates the battery level. It could be displayed left of the clock or somewhere else not used yet. Maybe make it an option in the actual plugin. This suggestion is here because as I am led to believe this plugin was made by the OM team?
- I'm an avid vb.net hobbiest. I was coding my own front end (well, really just audio/video player), but realized I might be able to help with some plugins. I figured I wouldn't be able to figure out half the car stuff that has been discovered/developed so far... Anyways, I downloaded the vb.net example from the OM wiki site and started playing around some. Is it possible to get access to the sql tables that OM creates (to pull artist/album/other tag info that indexes)? If I place my *.dll inside the OM\Plugins\*\*.dll how would I get OM to load the actual plugin so I can place a button on the main menu to show the plugin I'm developing? I couldn't find these answers on the OM plugin docs, so if there, let me know an forgive my asking?

general music ideas

detlion1643 — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:43:31 GMT

Not sure if I'm the only one who thinks this way, but a couple ideas I thought of. If anything, maybe they can be turned on/off in the settings.

1. Having more than 1 music path. I use jump drives/external drives a lot, and always copying music to the internal drive of my carpc takes time/HD space that I'd rather avoid. Anything besides the first path could be periodically checked to see if it exists and if it does load the artists/albums normally (Maybe a check for usb plug-n-play type stuff).

2. Music sorting. I noticed that the songs inside the albums folders are arranged alphabetically. To myself, it makes sense if the songs were arranged in the track orders.

Great job so far though!

Future Character LCD plugin?

jmullan99 — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:36:08 GMT

I do not recall seeing any OM posts about a future plugin to handle those little 2x16 2x20 2x40, 4x20 (insert your size here) LCD displays. I was wondering if there is anything planned. If there is, would it be RS232 (via USB), Arduino / Fusion Brain (again via USB) or ????

I have a couple units in my junk box and it got me thinking.....

Cheers,
John

OpenMobile Linux Install help

NightJumper — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:24:53 GMT

Im new to linux and trying it out and cant seem to get this to install. Itried using the terminal but i get an error saying it cant write to the default location. Anybody know how to install this on ubuntu

Looking for Web Designers and Developers

justchat_1 — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:16:28 GMT

openMobile will be launching a brand new website this January and is looking for some help pulling it off. Sourceforge has been great to us but their servers place a lot of restrictions on what we can do. Finally, thanks to the donations and support from the community, we will be moving to our own hosting.

Things we're looking to do:

Redesign the website so its easier to navigate
Redesign the plugin repository to better support OMs new features
Begin hosting web services for OM
Better integrate our build farm, documentation generator and source repository to provide better support for developers
Use Wave-in-a-box as our new developer communication backend
Track supported and unsupported hardware

Once again thank you to all those that have supported the project and to anyone who can lend some time and experience to this endeavor.

ECUTracker embeded in OpenMobile

Skidd — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:35:16 GMT

Just thought anybody using Open Mobile might be interested to know that ECUTracker SE(I'm the Author) appears to work when used with the EmbedApp plugin in XP. I have not yet tried it in Linux though.

ECUTracker is a multiplatform ECU Display App. It runs on J2ME Mobile Phones, Full Java Desktop/Laptops, and soon Android Phones. I know that OpenMobile has plans for an OBD plugin. The thing ECUTracker provides that few others do is support for the Subaru SSM protocol as well as the common ELM modules. The Innovate LC1 also works.

Steps I used:

Download and Install ECUTracker SE (www.mympgtracker.com/ecutracker)
Setup ECUTracker to your liking via it's web based online setup. Keep it simple to start by creating only 1 profile. I own a Subaru, so I used an SSM protocol based profile.
Download and save the configuration XML file to your ECUTracker install. Name it something like "carpc.xml" or what ever you like
Edit the settings.ini file. set the following values. Use these values as there are outstanding bugs if you change the window.type value, or window.layout value.

Code:

window.type=window window.titlebar=false window.x=200 window.y=150 window.width=400 window.height=300 window.layout=tabs
Set the device.filename to your downloaded XML file

Code:

device.filename=carpc.xml
Modify the profile.0 values to reflect your hardware. If you created more than one profile in the online config, you'll need an entry for each profile.

Code:

profile.0.protocol=comm: profile.0.port=com1
At this point, launch ECUTracker by its self to see if it can correctly start, and connect to your ECU. If you are having trouble, you can start ECUTracker with debugging output from the command line with

Code:

java -jar ECUTrackerSE.jar --debug --logging

or to output to a file

Code:

java -jar ECUTrackerSE.jar --debug --logging > output.txt
Within the OpenMobile EmbedApp1 settings, set it to launch the ECUTrackerSE.jar. Yes, the .jar file NOT the .exe file. Since the .exe is just a utility to launch Java and quit, OpenMobile seems to have trouble tracking down the correct app to grab and embed.
Assign ECUTracker to one of the front screen buttons
Launch It! A small 400x350 window will pop up for about 3 seconds. Then, after this short time, OpenMobile will (should) grab the window, resize it and embed it into it's main window.
Control ECUTracker with your mouse/touch screen by pressing in the center for the main menu; press left & right sides to change pages; press the top and botton to change day/night color modes.

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No Pandora Sound

Skidd — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:10:44 GMT

I'm having trouble getting sound out of the Pandora plugin.
I'm able to play MP3 no problem through the Music interface.
I managed to get the Pandora plugin installed, and setup in a "Radio" button.
it shows my pandora account channels, and even appears to start playing a song... but no sound. When I say it looks like it starts playing, what happens is it shows a music track up top, but no playback activity shows. I don't see any indication of it actually playing the song. No numbers increasing, and the indicator doesn't progress. Now, the time value at the right of the media indicator does show different total track length values for different songs, so like I said, it sure looks like it's trying to play it. I press the "Pause" button, and it turns into a "Play" button. Press the "Play" it turns back into a "Pause", but still no sound.

I installed the Debug plugin, but I cant' for the life of me find any Debug.txt file. I had to create the openMobile directory in the "Application Data" directory, but still no debug.txt file. I even tried a search for debug.txt in the "Local Settings" directory, but still nothing. I've restarted OM a number of times, still no debug file.

System Info:
Windows XP sp3
OM 0.8 (Installed Yesterday)

Thanks for any help.
And, nice work on the software!!
P.S. I've written various OBD2 programs before, and am currently working on ECUTracker (www.mympgtracker.com/ecutracker/) Perhaps I'll be able to build a plugin to make it work with OM. ECUTracker works with more than just ELM modules. :) Widebands, Subarus and in the future, Phidets.

Shane

FAQ: How to make OM faster and more responsive

justchat_1 — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:27:45 GMT

One of the questions performance enthusiasts usually ask is how to make the front end even snappier. For those of you where every millisecond counts we've created this quick guide to speeding things up.

In order of effectiveness:

Disable Enhanced Graphics
Navigate to Settings-> General Settings and check the Disable Enhanced Graphics checkbox. This does not in any way decrease graphics performance but instead disables animations and transitions which can make things appear slower.

Set Up Your Zones*
Set each zones mouse and/or keyboard to the specific device instead of the default. This enables the new zero latency input framework.

Run the OM Optimizer*
The OM Optimizer.exe located in the OpenMobile/Tools/ folder can be run to precompile and optimize OpenMobile and its supporting libraries. This significantly reduces startup time for users who cold start their computer frequently.

Disable Indexing on Startup
Indexing on every startup requires system resources and can slow down startup times slightly. Enabling indexing only when new music has been added can reduce this problem.

Remove unused plugins
Every plugin takes up resources while loaded. In order to minimize resource usage, uninstall these unneeded plugins.

Typical panel transition time with the above settings is <4ms. That means 4/1000's of a second from your finger leaving the screen, the new panel is already being displayed.

*These items require OM 0.9 or higher

OpenMobile December Update

justchat_1 — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:29:13 GMT

Another month down....another monthly update. The theme for this month can be summed up with two words-performance and stability.

Total Bugs fixed since 0.8: 64
Total Code Commits since 0.8: 137
Major New Features Added: 14

Whats New:
Brand new OMPlayer Version 2:

Supports new Vista and windows 7 multimedia capabilities
Fixes mp3 playback glitches never patched by microsoft
Adds support for DRM and HDCP Playback [vista+]
Adds support for DXVA2 (fully hardware accelerated video playback-lower CPU usage then VLC or winamp when playing back movies) [vista+]

Improved Linux Support:

Linux Hal now supports KDE
Linux Dependency Installer
- Handles dependency downloading and installation using a variety of package managers
- Configures File Associations, Mime Types, Shortcuts and Menu items

Major Optimization:
0.8 was kind of a vista type release..a lot of new functionality but not fully refined until the next release.

Reduced memory footprint by almost 10%
Reduced startup time by 48%
Platform specific builds are optimized for the target platform
Brand new self-managed consolidated thread-pool removes almost all task latency
Over 50 profiling runs to eliminate slow spots

Benchmarks:

0.8 display framework initialization: 30ms
0.9 display framework initialization: 5ms
0.8 device framework initialization (3 drives): 700ms
0.9 device framework initialization (3 drives): 11ms
0.8 full startup and plugin initialization (15plugins): 2.3sec
0.9 full startup and plugin initialization (15plugins): 1.2sec

Stability Improvements:

Brand new Plugin Guidelines
All plugins tweaked to follow the plugin guidelines...speeding them up and eliminating any potential stability issues
Refactored entire framework into 4 libraries-Framework, Graphics, WindowsAudio and VistaAudio and digitally signed all of them (speeds up startup and prevents version inconsistencies)

New Projects:

OM Optimizer completed and included with installer-compiles the framework into native code on installation)
DPYTraffic - Yahoo Traffic Data Provider

If you like what you see, a donation helps build even better features and even more plugins:

All donations are kept in-project to further development.

Linux OSK

smp4488 — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:27:58 GMT

This might be a really stupid question, but how do you enable the on screen keyboard? I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 with the OpenMobile trunk build 523.

This is my new favourite front end. You all have done an excellent job.

Interesting discover - or too Obvious?

jmullan99 — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:57:38 GMT

I thought I would share this in case anyone in the future comes across the same thing and searches the forum for answers.

For a little while now, at least with OM 0.8, I found that every so often a music track would stop at the end of a song, remaining in the Now Playing banner at t the top. I was forced to advance it to the next song manually. Every so often the banner was actually blank.

This puzzled me, as I did not notice if it was the same set of songs or not, as I play my entire collection in shuffle mode.

As it happens, I use TVersity in my home to serve my movies and music to other clients in the house. This weekend I added my music library. TVersity would stop/quit while indexing the collection. Removing songs that stopped it would find even more.

Now I'm getting irritated at this point. The songs would play in other players (WMP, iTunes, Media Player Classic).

I decided that somehow these files may be corrupt in some fashion. So I downloaded MP3TAG as it can re-write files. And while I was in there I would complete more of the tag info and add some missing cover art.

Well, after forcing re-write of the files, lo-and-behold TVersity would index the entire collection. Beautiful. So time to erase and re-load the library into the car and delete the database and config files.

OM still had some problems, but this time telling me a particular song failed. But, after I exited OM and restarted it (re-index at every start) the problems started to disappear. That is to say, it was like OM corrected a bad item or marked it as bad. I have yet to check if it now ignores that song file altogether somehow. I suppose I can again delete the database to see if that is the case, but I'm sure the devs will step up and offer some explanations of what I encountered. Otherwise, at this point, the collection plays fine. Even the crackle/pop between "some" songs has gone.

So my conclusion is that quite a few of my songs had damaged ID3 tag info in them and the re-write fixed them up.

Cheers,
John

Pandora

jnot2 — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:04:24 GMT

I am still trying to figure out how to access the Pandora Plugin. It has been installed but It does not appear as an option to asign it to a button. Is there another way to access Pandora.

Thanksbanghead

Help me understand OM.

HiJackZX1 — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:32:57 GMT

I guess I am creating this thread to understand how OM works and use it to my benefit.

I am hoping the creators and or users can help me out so I can have a similar functionality as CF.

The first question I have is how do I embed programs into OM. With CF I am using a lot of embeded programs, but can not seem to figure out how to do it.

Once I have mastered that, I will ask more questions.

Thanx in advance.

Line-in audio issues with 0.8 and new install

jmullan99 — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:34:11 GMT

I bit the bullet and bought a new board and chip to replace the 1.6ghz Atom board. Now using a dual core celeron at 2.5ghz on a Zotac board. All in anticipation of adding 2 zones in the rear seats.

I did a fresh install of OM 0.8 that I had on thumb drive.

When OM starts, I can hear the Directed HD (connected into the line-in). If I go into the Radio screen, two streams start (the familiar echo). If I exit OM the audio stops.

I did indeed verify the "listen to this device" in the line-in properties, and it is set as the default recording device.

I will go out and capture a debug log (shortly) to post here in case it is helpful.

Any other ideas will be appreciated.

Cheers,
John

EDIT:

I did this twice. Once with the current fresh install, once with a re-downloaded 0.8 "just in case".

First one:

Code:

------------------Software-------------------

OS: Windows 7

Framework: Microsoft .Net v3.5 SP1

Open Mobile: v0.8.0.6

Open GL v.2.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.1855

------------------Hardware-------------------

Processors: 2

Architecture: x86

Screens: 1

Graphics Card: Intel(R) G45/G43 Express Chipset

----------------Inital Assemblies-------------

0.000: LOADED (mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)

0.000: LOADED (Open Mobile, Version=0.8.0.6, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (OpenMobile.Framework, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (OpenMobile.Graphics, Version=1.0.0.201, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)

0.000: LOADED (Mono.Data.Sqlite, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=0738eb9f132ed756)

0.000: LOADED (System.Data, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)

0.062: LOADED (System.Transactions, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)

0.062: LOADED (System.Drawing, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a)

0.062: LOADED (System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a)

0.062: LOADED (System.Xml, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)

0.062: LOADED (System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a)

0.062: LOADED (UI, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.062: LOADED (MainMenu, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.062: LOADED (!OMDebug, Version=0.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.062: LOADED (AudioRouter, Version=1.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.062: LOADED (DirectShowLib-2005, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=67e7b740cdfc2d3f)

0.062: LOADED (DPGWeather, Version=0.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.062: LOADED (HDRadioComm, Version=1.6.0.3, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6059837a14fef3b8)

0.062: LOADED (iPodDB, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.062: LOADED (OpenPOD, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.062: LOADED (OMMediaDB, Version=0.0.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.062: LOADED (OMPlayer, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.062: LOADED (System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)

0.062: LOADED (OMVisteonRadio, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.078: LOADED (Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a)

0.078: LOADED (WinWifi, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.078: LOADED (ExternalNav, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.078: LOADED (Networking, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.078: LOADED (NewMedia, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.078: LOADED (OMDir, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.078: LOADED (OMNotify, Version=0.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.078: LOADED (OMRadio, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.078: LOADED (OMSettings, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.078: LOADED (OMWeather, Version=0.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.078: LOADED (OSK, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.078: LOADED (Video, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

---------------------------------------------

0.093: RenderingWindowResized(0,,)

0.249: loadAVPlayer(0,OMPlayer)

0.312: RandomChanged(0,Disabled)

0.312: playlistChanged(0,)

0.312: playlistChanged(1,)

0.327: RandomChanged(1,Disabled)

0.327: playlistChanged(2,)

0.358: RandomChanged(2,Disabled)

0.358: playlistChanged(3,)

0.358: playlistChanged(4,)

0.358: playlistChanged(5,)

0.358: playlistChanged(6,)

0.374: playlistChanged(7,)

0.608: pluginLoadingComplete(,,)

0.670: ********TaskManager******

Task Started: Load Artists

0.686: ********TaskManager******

Task Ended: Load Artists

0.686: ********TaskManager******

Task Started: Refresh Networks

0.702: ********TaskManager******

Task Ended: Refresh Networks

0.702: ********TaskManager******

Task Started: Load Plugin Settings

0.717: ********TaskManager******

Task Ended: Load Plugin Settings

0.717: ********TaskManager******

Task Started: Index Music Directory

0.764: ********TaskManager******

Task Ended: Index Music Directory

0.764: ********TaskManager******

Task Started: Delete Old Weather

0.764: ********TaskManager******

Task Ended: Delete Old Weather

0.858: connectedToInternet(,,)

1.092: backgroundOperationStatus(Indexing Complete!,,)

10.998: TransitionFromPanel(0,MainMenu,)

10.998: TransitionToPanel(0,Radio,)

10.998: unloadAVPlayer(0,)

11.013: loadTunedContent(0,HD Radio)

11.232: ExecuteTransition(0,Crossfade,)

13.353: Play(0,)

18.299: TransitionFromAny(0,,)

18.299: TransitionToPanel(0,MainMenu,)

18.517: ExecuteTransition(0,Crossfade,)

19.765: TransitionToPanel(0,MainMenu,Quit)

19.999: ExecuteTransition(0,Crossfade,)

23.649: closeProgram(,,)

Second one:

Code:

------------------Software-------------------

OS: Windows 7

Framework: Microsoft .Net v3.5 SP1

Open Mobile: v0.8.0.6

Open GL v.2.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.1855

------------------Hardware-------------------

Processors: 2

Architecture: x86

Screens: 1

Graphics Card: Intel(R) G45/G43 Express Chipset

----------------Inital Assemblies-------------

0.000: LOADED (mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)

0.000: LOADED (Open Mobile, Version=0.8.0.6, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (OpenMobile.Framework, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (OpenMobile.Graphics, Version=1.0.0.201, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)

0.000: LOADED (Mono.Data.Sqlite, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=0738eb9f132ed756)

0.000: LOADED (System.Data, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)

0.000: LOADED (System.Transactions, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)

0.000: LOADED (System.Drawing, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a)

0.000: LOADED (System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a)

0.000: LOADED (System.Xml, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)

0.000: LOADED (System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a)

0.000: LOADED (UI, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (MainMenu, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (!OMDebug, Version=0.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (AudioRouter, Version=1.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (DirectShowLib-2005, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=67e7b740cdfc2d3f)

0.000: LOADED (DPGWeather, Version=0.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (HDRadioComm, Version=1.6.0.3, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6059837a14fef3b8)

0.000: LOADED (iPodDB, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (OpenPOD, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (OMMediaDB, Version=0.0.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (OMPlayer, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)

0.000: LOADED (OMVisteonRadio, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a)

0.000: LOADED (RemovableDB, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (WinWifi, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (ExternalNav, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (Networking, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (NewMedia, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (OMDir, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (OMNotify, Version=0.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (OMRadio, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (OMSettings, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (OMWeather, Version=0.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (OSK, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

0.000: LOADED (Video, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

---------------------------------------------

0.094: RenderingWindowResized(0,,)

0.188: loadAVPlayer(0,OMPlayer)

0.328: RandomChanged(0,Disabled)

0.328: playlistChanged(0,)

0.328: playlistChanged(1,)

0.344: RandomChanged(1,Disabled)

0.359: RandomChanged(2,Disabled)

0.359: playlistChanged(2,)

0.359: playlistChanged(3,)

0.375: LOADED (System.Management, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a)@file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Management/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Management.dll

0.406: playlistChanged(4,)

0.406: playlistChanged(5,)

0.406: playlistChanged(6,)

0.406: playlistChanged(7,)

1.951: pluginLoadingComplete(,,)

1.966: Storage Event(NotSet,False,D:\)

2.013: ********TaskManager******

Task Started: Load Artists

2.013: ********TaskManager******

Task Ended: Load Artists

2.013: ********TaskManager******

Task Started: Refresh Networks

2.044: ********TaskManager******

Task Ended: Refresh Networks

2.044: ********TaskManager******

Task Started: Load Plugin Settings

2.075: ********TaskManager******

Task Ended: Load Plugin Settings

2.075: ********TaskManager******

Task Started: Index Music Directory

2.107: ********TaskManager******

Task Ended: Index Music Directory

2.107: ********TaskManager******

Task Started: Delete Old Weather

2.107: ********TaskManager******

Task Ended: Delete Old Weather

2.231: connectedToInternet(,,)

2.387: backgroundOperationStatus(Indexing Complete!,,)

2.668: Storage Event(LocalHardware,False,D:\)

10.421: TransitionFromPanel(0,MainMenu,)

10.421: TransitionToPanel(0,Radio,)

10.421: unloadAVPlayer(0,)

10.437: loadTunedContent(0,HD Radio)

10.655: ExecuteTransition(0,Crossfade,)

14.399: TransitionFromAny(0,,)

14.399: TransitionToPanel(0,MainMenu,)

14.618: ExecuteTransition(0,Crossfade,)

15.788: Play(0,)

17.644: TransitionToPanel(0,MainMenu,Quit)

17.863: ExecuteTransition(0,Crossfade,)

20.920: closeProgram(,,)

Please note all I did was start OM, wait for the audio to start, select Radio, Home, Exit, Quit.

Cheers.
John

om on ubuntu/kubuntu

chronoglass — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:01:48 GMT

As usual, everything im seeing coming out of this project looks 100% BA.. but it seems as if there is so much bad assery that my computer can't even run it! ha ha ha.

ever since the update to .8 I havn't been able to get OM to even start. Well, lemme take that back, I WAS able to get it to start then after trying a few revs.. it won't anymore.

I've uninstalled manually (deleting all of the files it creates) and via the uninstall "script"? (which leaves a few things behind even when you tell it not to) and still, when i try to run it from command line it hangs (using mono "open mobile.exe") if i do it with sudo it exits after a few seconds.. no errors blips or blops.. just looks like i started a service or something.

when i choose it from the gui I see the open mobile window in my taskbar.. but then it just goes away. I'm actually considering the idea of reinstalling my OS again, but part of me is waiting to see what happens with the tiny linux and meego tests.

So all of this aside, I'd like to maybe try and make this thread an example of the troubleshooting steps that I or someone like me that doesn't have their head 100% wrapped around *nix might be able to try. Can anyone suggest maybe an app that I can run that will tell me what files are accessed by a running process so i can see if there's just some junk left behind from a previous install that I am missing? or maybe I should try compiling from the svn to see where it fails as a fallback?

November Update

justchat_1 — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:35:58 GMT

Today revision 500 was committed to our code repository. I feel this great milestone is the perfect time for a project update. Since 0.8 was released we have optimized, fixed bugs and added even more features.

Total Bugs fixed since 0.8: 47
Total Code Commits since 0.8: 88
Major New Features Added: 9

New Features:
Brand new version 2 backend:
GreenNitrous v2 adds support for OpenGL 2.0 specific features along with OpenGL ES 2.0 support. This backend is automatically selected for graphics cards which support it otherwise the v1 backend is used. Using this backend should further reduce CPU usage and support the different architecture of modern graphics chipsets.

OSX Build Target:
For any interested OSX developers, the OSX build target now exists in trunk and fully compiles. Should a dev be interested in developing the HAL and music plugin, then OSX can be officially supported again.

New keyboard navigation algorithm:
As some of you may know, unlike the competition, OM supports a much more intuitive 4 axis keyboard navigation then the regular tab order navigation. This has been completely rewritten to work with even more complex skin layouts without missing a single control.

Screen Orientation Detection:
Landscape and portration mode are automatically detected by the framework and skins can be notified if the screen orientation changes (typical on tablets and slate devices). This allows skins to support landscape and portrait layouts.

Zone Impersonation:
In a multi-zone setup, frequently one screen would like to be able to send music or playlists to another screen. Centrafuse implements this with a technique they call PUSH. We took this one step further with Zone Impersonation. Unlike competing methods this gives you full control of another zone with a single click. Play playlists, control the playing media, add songs to the current playlist, anything you can do in your own zone can now be done for any other zone.

Multi-Input:
OM is now the first front end to support multiple input devices. This allows for each screen to be assigned an individual mouse, keyboard, gamepad and/or joystick. It also prevents cursor fighting that all other dual zone implementations suffer from. Most importantly for performance enthusiasts, it eliminates OS overhead allowing near instant response (5ms typical compared to 100-250ms delay that all regular applications suffer from).

Multi-touch:
OM is the first front end (afaik) to support multi-touch. The multi-touch implementation (like everything else in OM) is platform independent, so a skin designed to use multi-touch on windows will work just as well on linux. Currently supported gestures include pinch-zoom, two finger rotate and multi-finger pan.

New threading model:
In addition to dozens of optimizations in OMs low level code, we have added a brand new thread pool implementation. This design further increases responsiveness (eliminating ~5-10ms of overhead found in the previous implementation) and decreases startup speed (by allowing context sharing and thread batching).

Improved platform detection:
Platform detection has been completely rewritten. The combination of optimizations and new features perfectly balances out for no additional overhead on windows and a 10% performance increase on Linux. On Linux, we have added support for detection of non-LSB distros, mono package version detection and touch framework detection. On windows, os detection now detects os edition in addition to version (touch, win embedded, server or standard). This enhanced code allows the framework to take advantage of the capabilities of each OS without adding overhead to unsupported editions.

Open Installer Updated:
Open Installer has been updated to meet (and exceed) all 1.0 design goals.
New features:

Support for PS3 and Android OS detection
Native and managed DLL registration (with automatic detection of which is required-including 32/64bit registration)
Registry key creation/editing
Cross platform font installation
Per package dependency and conflict resolution
Per file dependency tracking (not offered by any other package management system)
Plugin uninstallation and rollbacks

New Skins:

The MMI skin continues to progress forward taking advantage of the full capabilities of the OM graphics system. Look forward to lots of animations, custom controls and reflections when released.
The Highway skin is now 30% complete and on schedule for the 0.9 release. The main menu, UI and Music skin are already complete and available in the trunk builds.

New Skin Features:

The highway skin is the first skin to take advantage of our new global favorites extension. This allows a user to set and view a global favorites list with a single button press from anywhere in the skin. The favorites framework automatically figures out the intended favorite when the button is pushed (radio station, playlist, web site, nav location, etc.).
With the new Open Installer framework complete, the default and highway skin will be getting app store plugins to allow one click downloading and installing of any plugin or skin. It will also feature a front end first of allowing uninstallation as well from right within the front end.

If you like what you see, a donation helps build even better features and even more plugins:

All donations are kept in-project to further development.

Navigation with OM on Linux

CohesiveTech — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:04:20 GMT

A lot of work is going into OM on Linux (which is a good thing). What is the plan for navigation software? Is NavIt mature enough (map and way point support)? GMPC is limited to Windows (afaik).

Om + pandaboard + ubuntu

Punky — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:35:56 GMT

I'm planning to make my new carpc embedded linux with OM. I have a few things i haven't work out yet, ie. power, startup/shutdown,..etc. However, one of my biggest concern is the frontend and OM being the only linux compatible FE that i'm interested in running. My question for OM developer is: will OM be able to take advantage of hardware acceleration that is available on the panda board? So that the frontend runs smoothly with good graphic transition...etc.
Any other possible trouble i may run into running an embedded board?

approved hardware list?

khisanthax — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:52:09 GMT

I was wondering if there's an approved hardware list or if it will work with generic no brand name stuff too? I've been looking on ebay for usb fm tuners and usb tv ota tuners and was wondering if OM would automatically detect it for use once drivers are installed or how would device detection in OM work?

What hardware are you using for OM?

jmullan99 — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:30:20 GMT

I am in the planning stages of future upgrade of CarPC hardware. So, I am just curious to find out what others are using, or planning to use. I have tried to follow some posters links and decided it might be easier to ask.

My signature shows my hardware.

Cheers.
John

Google app integration

SGAsgard — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:13:48 GMT

i dont know if it is possible do configure the setting to work with a google apps account to get weather and contact because when i enter my google app account in the setting OM add @google.com to my complete mail adresse and it obviously didn't work. again i don't if there a way to make it work but thanks for the reply.

I'm Sirius about OM

jnot2 — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:52:55 GMT

I see that this works with XM however I have Sirius. Will OM work with the MJS_SC-CI usb interface for Sirius. Thanks.

OM very unresponsive

peijffertje — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:22:13 GMT

Hi,

I installed OM on my ASUS R50A which I use a my carputer. OM reacts really slow. It takes around 3 seconds between "pushing" a button and the program to react.

I installed the graphic drivers that come with the computer but that doesnt solve the issue.
Could you help me out by looking at the debug log?

------------------Software-------------------
OS: Windows 7
Framework: Microsoft .Net v4.0
Open Mobile: v0.8.0.6
Open GL v.1.1.0
------------------Hardware-------------------
Processors: 2
Architecture: x86
Screens: 1
Graphics Card: GDI Generic
----------------Inital Assemblies-------------
0,000: LOADED (mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)
0,047: LOADED (Open Mobile, Version=0.8.0.6, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)
0,047: LOADED (OpenMobile.Framework, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)
0,047: LOADED (OpenMobile.Graphics, Version=1.0.0.201, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)
0,047: LOADED (System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)
0,047: LOADED (Mono.Data.Sqlite, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=0738eb9f132ed756)
0,047: LOADED (System.Data, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)
0,047: LOADED (System.Transactions, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)
0,047: LOADED (System.Drawing, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a)
0,047: LOADED (System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a)
0,047: LOADED (System.Xml, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)
0,047: LOADED (System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a)
0,047: LOADED (UI, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)
0,047: LOADED (MainMenu, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)
0,047: LOADED (!OMDebug, Version=0.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)
0,047: LOADED (DirectShowLib-2005, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=67e7b740cdfc2d3f)
0,047: LOADED (OMMediaDB, Version=0.0.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)
0,047: LOADED (OMPlayer, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)
0,047: LOADED (System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089)
0,047: LOADED (NewMedia, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)
0,047: LOADED (OMDir, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)
0,047: LOADED (OMNotify, Version=0.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)
0,047: LOADED (OMSettings, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)
0,047: LOADED (OSK, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)
0,063: LOADED (System.Management, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a)
---------------------------------------------
1,794: pluginLoadingComplete(,,)
2,216: RenderingWindowResized(0,,)
2,855: ********TaskManager******
Task Started: Load Artists
2,902: ********TaskManager******
Task Ended: Load Artists
2,902: ********TaskManager******
Task Started: Load Plugin Settings
2,933: ********TaskManager******
Task Ended: Load Plugin Settings
3,557: connectedToInternet(,,)
3,791: Storage Event(NotSet,False,F:\)
4,712: Storage Event(LocalHardware,False,F:\)
14,306: TransitionFromPanel(0,MainMenu,)
14,306: TransitionToPanel(0,NewMedia,)
16,193: ExecuteTransition(0,Crossfade,)
23,167: TransitionFromPanel(0,NewMedia,)
23,167: TransitionFromPanel(0,NewMedia,)
23,167: TransitionToPanel(0,MainMenu,)
24,196: ExecuteTransition(0,SlideRight,)
27,597: TransitionToPanel(0,MainMenu,Quit)
29,672: ExecuteTransition(0,Crossfade,)
32,620: closeProgram(,,)

OM won't run

my87ss — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 06:53:19 GMT

I am a newbie to the carputer scene, Installed a setup in my car and was able to get it running good using CF. Decided that I wanted to try something different, so downloaded OM and installed it on a old setup in the house. When OM starts. I get 3 or 4 program boxes all with the desktop background, and that is it. I have to go into task manager to close it out, before I can do anything. Nor sure if its the system is just to slow 1.3, 1G memory, on-board graphics, or if it is something I am doing. It seemed to install properly. I would like to install it on this machine and make sure I like it before redoing the system in the car with OM.

Is OM going to be available in other language

SGAsgard — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:06:18 GMT

Is OM going to be available in other language in the long term?

FAQ: How to use the new music skin

justchat_1 — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:40:15 GMT

Music Screen:
Sources List:

The Six Tabs:
Artists - Displays a list of all artists from the selected source
Albums - Displays a list of albums from the selected source
Tracks - Displays a list of tracks from the selected source
Play - Clears the current playlist and then if nothing in the list is selected, plays all tracks in the given list. If an item is selected it plays only the selected item.
Enqueue - If nothing in the list is selected, adds all tracks in the given list to the current playlist. If an item is selected it adds only the selected item.
Playlists - Lists all playlists available on the current source along with the currently loaded playlist

Some common tasks:
To add a few tracks from an album to the current playlist
1) Select a track
2) Press the Enqueue button
3) Repeat

To Play all songs in you collection:
1) Press the artists tab
2) Press the play button

To play a playlist off of your iPod:
1) select the sources button
2) click your ipod
3) click the playlists tab
4) click a playlist and press the play button

To save your current playlist:
1) Long press the current playlist
2) Give it a name

To add an album to the current playlist:
1) Click the artist name (or the albums tab for all albums)
2) Click the album to add
3) Press the enqueue button

To see all playlists saved in any format on your computer:
1) Select the MyCarPC source (selected by default)
2) Press the playlists tab

To remove a song from the playlist:
1) Click the playlist
2) Long press the song to remove

To clear the current playlist
Anytime the play button is pressed, it sets the playlist to only the selected items (or all visible items if nothing is selected). This is the easiest way to clear the current playlist (replacing it with a new one).

openMobile 0.8 Released

justchat_1 — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:47:51 GMT

We are proud to announce the release of openMobile 0.8 Beta.

Important Note: Please completely remove prior versions of openMobile before installing 0.8

New Core Features:

Fully Hardware Accelerated Graphics (OpenGL)
A brand new graphics engine (codenamed: green nitrous)
Adaptive Framerate Technology (unique to openMobile) keeps CPU usage nice and low
New Sensors Framework
Haptic Feedback Support
New plugin security and secure storage frameworks
New cross-platform font system
New devices framework
Even better support for Linux and non-standard CPU architectures
Brand new fully functional Linux HAL
Brand new priority based window manager
Dozens of optimizations
Hundreds of bugfixes

Cool New Plugins:

iPod Support
UAS4 Plugin
Serial Amp Control
Email data provider (supports sending/receiving though any protocol)
OMLinPlayer - linux media player support (part of the OMPlayer package)
LinWifi - Linux wifi support (part of the WifiSupport package)
System Sensors
GPS Sensor

If you like what you see, a donation helps build even better features and even more plugins:

All donations are kept in-project to further development.

OM Install help and a couple other Qs

Squirtez — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:57:05 GMT

I've had my new system on the bench for a couple weeks now waiting on OM 0.8. I got impatient and thought I would just give OM 0.7 a try, but it doesn't seem to install correctly. The list of plugins on install was blank, but I installed anyway. On startup, I get a message "openmobile has stopped working."

I'm running Windows 7 64bit on an ASUS AT5IONT-I with 2GB Ram, Opus 320W PS, Corsair 80GB SSD, Lilliput 669GL HB Screen. I've updated all drivers to the most current. Any ideas why its failing?

I'm going to be installing this in an RV. I plan to send the 2nd HDMI output through a HDMI to composite video converter to a Pyle 22" flip down monitor. I'd like to send the DVD/TV/Video playback the the large screen, while keeping the controls for it on my touchscreen. Is this currently possible?

I want it to also have 5.1 channel surround sound. I intend to use the analog audio outputs to two 41hz Amp9 4 channel amps. Will the use of the front end affect the ability to have surround sound?

I saw on another post that the OM bluetooth module wasn't ready yet. But I assume that bluetooth pairing with a phone is cuurently built in. Is that right?

Thanks for the help. Really looking forward to OM 0.8!

John

Discussion: Best practices for sustainable UI design

CohesiveTech — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 02:38:32 GMT

One of my many *****es with several UIs I've seen on this and other forums is the fat, complicated, clunky UIs.

I just traded up to a droid 2 (in part because I plan to support it) and I see a future in vehicle designs that include the Droid/iPod paradigm of simple floating applets and common nav and control.

I'd like to open a discussion on this.

I don't like lots of words and busy moving things. Its not sexy.

I propose that we (the pioneers of this market) adopt a standard usability model so that:

it looks familiar to new users
it is intuitive
it plays well with work of other authors

Think Droid Market or Apple's storefront.

A developer can choose to (or not to) adopt the standard, but having a standard (at least a paradigm) will inevitably be favored by consumers.

Thoughts?

Should I move from cf to om?

TheGuv — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:07:31 GMT

Oh right... So what would make OM a better choice than others? I personally use centrafuse (not the new one), it's never crashed on me, takes less than about 20secs to play music/videos from hibernation and imo it looks great with good expandability... It's not free to *legally* use the software, but it doesn't cost the earth either.

I haven't gone very far with free front ends because tbh Centrafuse was a doddle to setup compared to many I tried and looked much better than the majority.

Would OM realistically be competitive with something like Centrafuse putting cost aside?

om on the igep

tripzero — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:19:36 GMT

So firstly, this is what i did... Built a custom image of ubuntu 10.10 with the following:

Code:

sudo rootstock --fqdn ubuntu-igep --login kev --password secret --imagesize 4G --seed lxde,gdm,openssh-server,build-essential,libqt4-dev,network-manager --dist maverick

After that, I installed mono-runtime, libmono-sqlite2-cil, gtk-sharp, ndesk-dbus... grabbed the latest zip (please make deb packages for linux...).

Ran "mono Open\ Mobile.exe"

it brought up the UI however, I don't think gpu acceleration was enabled. It was unusable. Here's a pastie of top while idling:

Does OM have any sort of log file it uses? OM also complained that it couldn't connect to hal over dbus. both 10.04 and 10.10 have DeviceKit that replaces HAL.

That's my initial report for now. It's just a quick test before I go to bed. I'll run some other opengl demo's to make sure my drivers are properly installed/running.

EDIT: I ran some of the Qt QML demos and ran them. QML will use gpu/opengl acceleration if it's available and performance was surprising. I could get the cpu to shoot up to about 57% while flicking around the page enough to give someone a seizure. Because the cpu shot up, I'm not 100% sure i'm using the GPU via the drivers. I'll do more testing later. For now, sleep...

Attached Images

The excitement builds...

jmullan99 — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:52:10 GMT

Since I retired my old ride this summer, and picked up a 03 Altima in fantastic shape (97 Accord had 425000 kms!) and put the carputer in, I ordered another remote starter and installed this weekend. I had ordered up GMPC, it should arrive tomorrow, I will pick up Tuesday. I am nearly complete.

We still haven't figured out why my setup with HD Radio doesn't re-capture the Line-In on resume, and I dearly want to be able to play my entire music library (not just one artist/album at a time), but OM is still the best thing to hit carputers since GUI interfaces.

I can't wait until 0.8 but then, every pending new release gives me goose bumps :becky:

Of course, I guess I may never really be finished. So many possibilities. ODBII, mutli-zone, stronger motherboard, bluetooth, rear-view camera.

John.

What is the maximum bit rate

jpmack — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:03:32 GMT

What is the maximum bit rate for an mp3 file to play with OpenMobile .7? I have some music files that have a bit rate of 320kbps and won't play. When I select them they show up at the top of the screen but get no audio. However if i convert them to a lower bit rate, I have no issues.

Thanks,

BTW, I really like the potential of this software! Once the auto part of OpenMobile is complete, will there be any side projects for this to be customized for a HTPC?

Ooops. What did I do now?

jmullan99 — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:30:17 GMT

I used to be able to watch movies.

Now, when I select Video, navigate to a video, and try to play, it tosses me back to Main Menu.

I reindexed, re-installed, no change.

What did I do? Or what might have changed?

Cheers,
John

openMobile 0.8 Developer Preview

justchat_1 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:46:45 GMT

In response to high user demand for a 0.8 release and to give our users a more tangible idea of whats been happening on the development side we have decided to release a developer preview. This is by no means a fully tested or release quality build, it is just a trunk build that was tested by our development team to ensure it was stable before being pushed out the door. We have included a small subset of the common plugins, your mileage may vary adding 0.7 plugins which were not designed for this platform.

Whats New:

Fully Hardware Accelerated Graphics
A brand new graphics engine (codenamed: green nitrous)
Adaptive Framerate Technology (unique to openMobile) keeps CPU usage nice and low
New Sensors Framework
Haptic Feedback Support
New plugin security and secure storage frameworks
New cross-platform font system
Dozens of optimizations

The dev team is transitioning to mostly skin and plugin design now so look forward to some great skins with the official 0.8 release.
NOTE: After downloading, run the Run Me First executable before running OM. If you encounter problems and have an existing installation you may need to clear OMs data directory before use.

Attached Files

0.8dp7.zip (3.84 MB)

3rd Party App

Hicotton02 — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:23:02 GMT

Win7
OM .7

I have a program that is essentially a basic DVR. it has a 4 camera windows and some buttons that allow you to snapshot, record, or playback. minimum resolution for this program is 1024x768. thats too big for my touch screen. So, what I was wanting to do is take the 4 windows and a record (all cameras) from the original program (4eyeDeluxe.exe) and open them in OM.

Is that possible, if it is, what do I need to do?

TIA,
Skaz

Attached Images

openmobile.sourceforge.net is having issues

davedave1234 — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:18:30 GMT

Just thought I would let you know if you haddent tried it. I went to download the skin editor (if it is still there anyway) and found the site was down and giving a SQL error.

The next wave of plugins! Pt 2/2

justchat_1 — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:54:00 GMT

With our first wave of plugins released (pandora, XM, HD radio and DAB) we are now setting our sights on the next wave of plugin development (with this new platform now stable you can expect plugins to keep flying out at a steady pace ). The question is what do you guys want to see next? I'm allowing multiple votes so you can pick more then one-but don't go too crazy.

Anyone who sees a plugin they want to work on, or developers with a little extra time, please feel free to shoot me a PM,email,google wave or just reply here.

NOTE: I'm only allowed 10 items per poll so checkout part 1 here for the rest

The next wave of plugins! Pt 1/2

justchat_1 — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:49:15 GMT

With our first wave of plugins released (pandora, XM, HD radio and DAB) we are now setting our sights on the next wave of plugin development (with this new platform now stable you can expect plugins to keep flying out at a steady pace :)). The question is what do you guys want to see next? I'm allowing multiple votes so you can pick more then one-but don't go too crazy.

Anyone who sees a plugin they want to work on, or developers with a little extra time, please feel free to shoot me a PM,email,google wave or just reply here.

NOTE: I'm only allowed 10 items per poll so checkout part 2 here for the rest

Read this before posting!

justchat_1 — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:17:33 GMT

Before posting bug reports or questions check out the:

FAQ Page - to see if it is a common question
Known Issues Page - to see if it has already been reported and any known fixes

Before posting problems installing or setting up openMobile check out the:

Getting Started Guide - for installation instructions and configuration help

Then when your finally ready to post please include the following information so we can best assist you:

Operating System Version
openMobile Version
Debug Log for any crashes or bugs that have not previously been reported

Feature Requests Tracker - For any feature requests or plugin requests

Looking for users with slower computers

justchat_1 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:09:43 GMT

We are trying to get performance feedback on the new 0.8 graphics engine. This is an alpha release so please ignore a few minor graphical issues that exist-don't worry they will be fixed before release.

To Test:
1) Download the zip file below and unzip it
2) Run the Run This First.exe (only need to do it when first unzipped)
3) Run OpenMobile.exe

Provide feedback in this thread or in our bug tracker (be sure to include info on the system you tested on). Again we are looking for performance related feedback only (or compatibility issues with older hardware). As this is an alpha release, plugin sandboxing has been disabled along with automatic bug reporting.

Should Work With:

Windows x86/x64
Linux x86/x64 (music playback will not work without the linux version of omplayer)

Untested and Probably broken:

Attached Files

0.8b1.zip (3.73 MB)

HD Radio Question

jmullan99 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:27:04 GMT

Just curiosity: Is the Visteon / Directed unit capable of direct tuning? IE; can commands be sent to it for direct frequency entry?

Cheers,
John

Trying to figure out GPS options

ComputerChip — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:32:54 GMT

Please forgive the total newb questions, but I'm new to both carpc and OM. I have OM .7 installed and running (Music & Pandora) but am having trouble sorting through the GPS options. I've tried the External Nav plugin using a trial of MS Streets & Trips and don't really like the experience. I have seen GMPC and a plugin for it mentioned in several posts, but I see no way to install said plugin. Is this something that will not be available until .7 is 'released'? If so, does that mean that I could build it myself? And finally, if I can get it or build it, can GMPC be downloaded anywhere or do you have to get the physical media. OK, that wasn't final, if you have to get the media, do any local chains carry it?

Can you tell I'm leaving on a trip tomorrow???:doh:

ODBII Interface

fordmaniac — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:52:09 GMT

Hey Guys, great front end! I am very impressed with what I have been seeing. I own a company that does Home Automation and carputers are not far off from what we do in a home. Hence my extreme interest in building one. I have already decided to use Open Mobile, I am just working on my equipment list.

My question is what OBDII interface do I need? I will be installing the system in my 2004 F150.

Monodevelop

smp4488 — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:44:18 GMT

I know you all keep saying that monodevelop will be supported in version 7 but is there anything i can start working on now? I am a C# developer but im moving my carpc setup to a linux environment. My developer platforms are right now osx and linux. Any update would be appreciated.

Mounting Directed/Visteon box

jmullan99 — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:25:00 GMT

I have just picked up a Directed unit, for $14US no less. Good find.

I am tossed where to mount it. The choices are in the trunk with the computer, or up under the dash.

Of course, the trunk idea requires me to purchase an antenna extension. The dash option requires a serial cable extension + audio extension.

I am hoping others here have some valuable input as to what they have done and/or what option works better. It's bad enough trying to reduce the static the PSU causes me. I don't want to add to the headaches. :decision:

John

Graphics card technology has finally caught up

justchat_1 — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:44:20 GMT

When openMobile was first designed the idea of multi-monitor support seemed strange to many. After all, at that time computers were limited to 2 displays per graphics card. Not too long after that, USB monitors were created, allowing the possibility of up to 4 monitors per pc (although only standard resolution video playback was supported).

Now in the last few months, AMD has released a new line of Eyefinity graphics cards:
http://sites.amd.com/us/underground/...eyefinity.aspx

These cards support 3-6 monitors each, along with full 1080p HD playback (and some even support 3D gaming). This technology will no doubt be expanded and included in more of AMDs graphics cards (possibly even some of their onboard graphics offerings) and hopefully competing technology will begin appearing.

radio hardware you guys use

customaudioman — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:17:31 GMT

What type of hardware are you guys using for OM? I was thinking of getting the one that mp3 offers. http://store.mp3car.com/ProductDetai...ctCode=COM-109. anyone use this or is there a better option for am/fm radio?

Help Wanted: OpenGL Developer

justchat_1 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:55:29 GMT

Looking for any developers with openGL experience to help out with the openMobile project. Contribution can be purely in the brainstorming phase or can include actual development help using C# and the openTK library.

Help Wanted: Partnership Coordinator

justchat_1 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:48:18 GMT

We at the openMobile team are looking for one or more individuals to act as a Partnership Coordinator. Basically contacting and maintaining communications with various other open source projects and corporations to try and bring in as much outside support as possible . Outside inquires into helping out with the project along with actively seeking out great companies and projects for the carPC community would also be your responsibility.

Anyone interested feel free to reply here or send me a PM.

navigation question

customaudioman — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:55:48 GMT

I curently run sd2 for my front-end but looking for something a little better that has navigation. do you guys have navigation support something like sd2? thanks

OS X missing file issue

Moel — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:22:34 GMT

Hi there

Only just come across OpenMobile

Have been struggling for years with xhub and now the antiquated but kind of cool Mac AMP

Anyway I then noticed this, and rapidly downloaded it, and then downloaded mono (when i was confused as to how to run an .exe

However when I try and run it I get the following error

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly '/Applications/OpenMobile-0.5/Plugins/System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.65.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: '/Applications/OpenMobile-0.5/Plugins/System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.65.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139.dll'
at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.Assembly:LoadFrom (string,bool)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom (System.String assemblyFile) [0x00000] in :0
at OpenMobile.Core.CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve (System.Object sender, System.ResolveEventArgs args) [0x00000] in :0
at System.AppDomain.DoAssemblyResolve (System.String name, Boolean refonly) [0x00000] in :0
at OpenMobile.Core.loadMainMenu () [0x00000] in :0
at OpenMobile.Core.initialize () [0x00000] in :0

I assume it's down to the lack of this sqlite file. Any ideas where I would get one to fix this or how i would generate one?

openMobile 0.5 for Mac glitches

ndutyme — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:25:39 GMT

I know this may be somewhat obsolete now that there is a newer version in the pipeline (0.7), but just wanted to post my findings.

I downloaded the Mac installer (version 0.5) from the sourceforge page and installed it.
It only has an Open Mobile.exe. I installed the latest mono from The Mono Project and ran the command:

Code:

mono /path/to/openmobile.exe

It produced this error:

Code:

$ mono /Applications/OpenMobile-0.5/Open\ Mobile.exe 



Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly '/Applications/OpenMobile-0.5/Plugins/System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.65.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

File name: '/Applications/OpenMobile-0.5/Plugins/System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.65.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139.dll'

  at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.Assembly:LoadFrom (string,bool)

  at System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom (System.String assemblyFile) [0x00000] in :0 

  at OpenMobile.Core.CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve (System.Object sender, System.ResolveEventArgs args) [0x00000] in :0 

  at System.AppDomain.DoAssemblyResolve (System.String name, Boolean refonly) [0x00000] in :0 

  at OpenMobile.Core.loadMainMenu () [0x00000] in :0 

  at OpenMobile.Core.initialize () [0x00000] in :0

It didn't change the Open Mobile.exe to anything.

I can't wait to try this out on Mac!

openMobile 0.7 is now feature complete

justchat_1 — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:59:56 GMT

openMobile 0.7 has been marked as feature complete and is now transitioned to the release cycle. Demo video should be released shortly while beta testing.

What to look forward to in 0.7:

We now use our own tag library based off of TagLibSharp. It supports 27 audio formats, 12 video formats and 8 playlist formats. We also now index 18 different music formats from all major platforms. (list here)
Speech recognition now available for vista and xp (in addition to the current win7)
New DVD Player plugin
Automatic cover retrieval from the internet when indexing and playing music.
Battery Support, Wifi Support and Dial up networking support plugins
Media Player now gracefully fades music in/out on startup/shutdown and optionally crossfades between songs. Gapless playback support has also been improved.
All plugins now run on sandboxed threads which prevents a bug or crash in a plugin from ever effecting the stability of the front end.
New native Pandora radio plugin
Settings now use an automatic skinning and layout system which ensures a single plugin will always match the styling of the skin being used.
Support for TunedContent along with plugins for various radio's
Linux support has returned with a brand new OMPlayer for linux
Volume control in the UI and per plugin volume control for other plugins
Web Browser plugin which allows touch screen friendly browsing and displays websites optimized for use on a touchscreen
Garmin MobilePC Plugin
All reported bugs and feature requests have been implemented
Over 45 Bug Fixes, 35 Major Changes, 49 Additions (changelog here)

ideas

SapporoGuy — Sat, 15 May 2010 10:47:39 GMT

I started a thread in the mac forums but I thought I'd bring part of it over here too since I'm really beginning to like what I've seen here so far.

@ applications/plugins
Have you considered talking directly with different desktop application developers?
ie, VLC or bluephone elite for the mac

I really think that you could get developers from the desktop world to either open their APIs or even join in the fun and create APIs so that you could access their code directly and avoid the to end design.

@ OS integration
I have only briefly glanced through what is going on here and with mono.
Cool idea and I get the point of what is being done.

However, I am thinking that each OS has it's own APIs and services which might make users want for more a deeper integration than just universal code.

An example would be that since I'm on OSX, I'd love to be able to NOT have to run a separate DB of information for itunes, iphone contacts, and calendar.

Or does / will this already happen?

@ internationalization
What about the rest of the world?

OpenMobile on Linux

btilford — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:56:08 GMT

It's advertised as working and the install seems to have worked but...

nothing seems to be started automatically and I don't see any service or binary to run. Is there any documentation?

openMobile...now with a side of Pandora

justchat_1 — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:52:48 GMT

After almost a week in development we are proud to announce openMobile 0.7 will ship with a Pandora radio plugin. The plugin was written from scratch using openMobile's audio framework which makes it not only the first native Pandora player in the carPC scene, but one of the first multi-zone Pandora players. Special thanks goes to the devs that contributed this to the project.

More info to follow when 0.7 goes into beta testing.

how long should it take to load 250GB of music

bramlet — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:09:33 GMT

I have atom 330 and scorpio black running windows 7 and latest OM. I have already given up a few times. About how long should this database take to build? and what is the proper procedure? Is there any progress indicators? I'm probably just being impatient.

Good and Bad

UnusuallyGenius — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:12:21 GMT

I have good and bad news...

The good(or bad, depending on how you look at it): i am getting married in September. (thats good news, honestly)

The bad: my 1TB drive that i have all my data on...took a crap last week. so any files i had for openmobile are lost. I really need to implement a better backup plan.

The other bad news: because of the lost files, and the chaos that is my life right now, i am permanently leaving the openmobile project. it is sad, but i honestly have too. it is not fair to you guys to have me lagging behind.

i love this project, it is very dear to my heart, and will always follow it, and use it for sure, offer my input where i can, but i have to leave the development side.

thanks for including me in this project, i look forward to seeing where it goes from here on out.

Mono officially comes to android

justchat_1 — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:39:04 GMT

This was first reported almost a month ago but has finally been adopted and is in development.
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/it...id-957628.html
http://joesonic.com/blog/2010/03/18/...led-monodroid/
MonoDroid which is currently under development will allow not only openMobile to be ported to android as a fully native application (linking to androids libraries) but allow dozens of managed applications to be ported to the platform as well.

My Use&Development log

theBeachBoy — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:28:24 GMT

Hi guys, I showed interest in August last year when the project was starting, then got away from the car computing thing after installing road runner and seeing that it was a PITA to get running; but I'm now back with more time (lost job lately).

it seems openmobile made huge improvements since alpha in August, I really like what I'm seeing!!!

so I'm starting from scratch, and will post my questions and comments here. Maybe other people new to the project will want to follow to get them started for dev.

First comment:
Downloaded 0.6, started install. Got to the point where you select the items (separate window). checked components I wanted, then it showed a pop-up saying they were installed.

Then nothing.

I had to figure out that I need to close the Plugin Selection window with the red "x" in order to finish the installation.

It would be good to have either instructions, or a "finished installing plugins/skins/ button to close the window and actually finish the installation.

Modifying the default skin

NSFW — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:35:37 GMT

How can I modify the default skin? I'd like to make a few of the buttons launch some external applications.

Thanks!

Thoughts About OpenMobile

enigmacarpc — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:28:50 GMT

justchat_1 Thanks for taking the time to start this software.

I see you are also a victim of Street Deck and have been "motivated" to make your own front end.

I have been dealing with Street Deck for years and I'm not to happy with the support.

I have wanted a front end that was built on SD(look wise) and it's great navigation system.

I feel SD sorely lacks in the media department.

The way it handles MP3's is horrible.

It cant even see the MP3 tag pics.

No voice recognition I have to look at the screen instead of the road.

These are just the tip of the iceberg, I'm not here to bash but add these complaints so they are not repeated.

I installed it and tested last night.

Easy to use so far.

Not to big on the media player look or some of the overall look but I know that will be improved.

Opens nice and fast.

Some questions

1. Is it using Windows media player as the media player and how will it work with VLC in the future?

2. How do you feel this front end will differ from Riderunner's open community other then the removal of the config file setting?

3. What navigation software besides GMPC will Openmobile work with and will these work through plug-in or embedded?

Thanks for all the hard work.

Need a quick favor

justchat_1 — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:03:48 GMT

Version 0.7 will automatically scale back graphical effects based on what your hardware is capable of. In order to try to figure out where to draw the line we need some community feedback. Attached is a very simple benchmark utility....anyone who uses or has used openMobile is encouraged to give feedback (only takes a few seconds to run).

Replies should contain:

CPU Score (from the benchmark)
GPU Score (from the benchmark)
OM's responsiveness on your system: are the transitions smooth? mostly smooth but a little choppy? or very jerky?

If you want to include info on the test PC that would be great too but isn't necessary.

Attached Files

Benchmark.zip (6.6 KB)

Integration Re-Defined

justchat_1 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:30:35 GMT

This is a collection of 0.7 videos showing openMobiles push for the first fully integrated front end.
Every panel, every plugin, using a standardized graphics engine. Every plugin designed specifically for in vehicle use. All communicating through standardized interfaces, intelligently sharing information for easy, effortless use by end users.

Sample 1:

GeoLocation
TouchBrowser

Sample 2:

GeoLocation
TouchBrowser
Garmin Mobile PC Plugin

Sample 3:

Garmin Mobile PC Plugin
Gesture Recognition

Sample 4:

Garmin Mobile PC Plugin
Speech Recognition
openMobile Graphics Engine

Sample 5:

TouchBrowser

Windows Embedded 7 64-bit

Crinos — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:14:46 GMT

Hia.

I just tried to install OM on my Zotac ION running Windows Embedded 7 64-bit - "Application friendly install".

The installation worked fine, but when I ran the program. I got the menu screen, and then it just died/closed. No error messages.

Just wanted to let you know since I read some post about running Embedded compared to Win7 or XP.

If this have been covered before in another thread, I'm sorry for reposting. I'm at the office now, and did not have time do do a search :(

openMobile 0.6.0.16 Released (3/8/10)

justchat_1 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:12:29 GMT

We are proud to announce the release of OpenMobile 0.6 Beta.

Important Release Notes:
* A linux/OSX installer has not been released for this build. Mono support was dropped in 0.6 but will return in 0.7 with some brand new linux plugins.
* To assign an item to the Main Menu, press and hold the button and a button assignment window will pop up.

Whats new in this release:
* Speech recognition
* Navigation Framework
* Contacts Plugin (pairs with the google contacts data provider)
* Weather Plugin (pairs with either the yahoo weather data provider or the google weather provider)
* Media Player has point and click multi-zone support (currently 8 zones....99 possible with a different skin)
* Input Router Framework
* AutoPlay Notifications
* Gestures
* Smart Keyboard Navigation

Special Thanks To:
* UnusuallyGenius for the graphics work
* ws6vert for the testing and GMPC work
* Borte for development help
* BitRock for the new install builder
* mp3car for the forums, support and inspiration

openMobile 0.6 Released To Testers

justchat_1 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:04:00 GMT

openMobile 0.6 has been marked feature complete and is now released to testers.
The graphics are still being fixed up (a few images are just place holders atm) but as graphical changes will not introduce any bugs we'll do both at the same time and have it publicly released by mid-week.

A little feature preview:

Beta Testers should be getting a download link from me within 24hours but if you don't get one by tomorrow night shoot me a PM.

The sneak peak thread

justchat_1 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:13:35 GMT

A lot of times i'll give hints or sneak peaks about upcoming tech in openMobile...so I figured it might be easier to condense to one thread (and add a few new ones). Everything's going in the first post and i'll update as necessary.
Feel free to comment but fair warning some things are :tape: until release.

Touch Browser:

Geolocation:
=>

Natural Language Skin Design:

Bluetooth Audio:

Input Router:

Linux:

Navigation POC:

Navigation Actual:

MP3Car.com - OpenMobile

MyLCD: Serially Connected LCD Character Display

OM with Android. (MAYBE iOS)

GPS antenna crashes openMobile

Tapit SDK

Closes after a few seconds

Cant run in fresh windows 7 install

How to install on Ubuntu?

Multi-Zone Tutorial (work in progress)

Is it Open Mobile, or OpenMobile?

A new idea for OpenMobile

gestures and relating to skins

Graphically Talented people wanted.

*DING* Bring out your dead *DING*

The Dream is Alive

Build from SVN or download a "nightly" build?

Attempting to build from source (SVN + Gentoo ebuild)

Blu-Ray

OMVisteonRadio Plugin updated with HD sub channel support.

State of the Pandora plugin?

HDRadio direct tune fix

I am testing multi-zone and.....

Future Navigation

Has anyone heard from Justin?

OM on Ubuntu

Patch: (Linux) Remove dependence on PulseAudio

Android Remote Interface

ETA for .9, 1.0?

Fixes for OMLinPlayer

Minor fixes for Highway skin

windowed mode?

Using a Phone

question on current state of 0.9 build

HDRadio on Linux?

Bluetooth

Instructions for installing on Linux?

Video for Multi-zone: Opinions & Ideas please.

Updates?

UiaAtkBridge.Table problem openmobile

Sourceforge/OpenMobile is no workie

Installer creator keeps crashing

Myriad Dalvik Turbo Android Apps on Open mobile

Help installing/configuring OM on Gentoo Linux

Arduino for OM - In progress

Character LCD - Coming Soon

OM versions

Installed OM in car and...

Can GPL plugins be used in closed source front ends?

tripzeros playground

OM Vs. CF Comparison List.

Om on BeagleBoard XM

Some problem with a test plug in

some more ideas/issues

general music ideas

Future Character LCD plugin?

OpenMobile Linux Install help

Looking for Web Designers and Developers

ECUTracker embeded in OpenMobile

No Pandora Sound

FAQ: How to make OM faster and more responsive

OpenMobile December Update

Linux OSK

Interesting discover - or too Obvious?

Pandora

Help me understand OM.

Line-in audio issues with 0.8 and new install

om on ubuntu/kubuntu

November Update

Navigation with OM on Linux

Om + pandaboard + ubuntu

approved hardware list?

What hardware are you using for OM?

Google app integration

I'm Sirius about OM

OM very unresponsive

OM won't run

Is OM going to be available in other language

FAQ: How to use the new music skin

openMobile 0.8 Released

OM Install help and a couple other Qs

DING Bring out your dead DING