VLC Remote
Not maintained anymore.
This project has been merged into Skipstone. Use Skipstone instead.
VLC Remote is a remote control watch app for VLC Media Player for Pebble which allows you to toggle play/pause, change volume, seek, and get recent status of what's playing and how far you've watched - all right on your wrist!
It uses PebbleKit JS to make HTTP requests to VLC's native web interface API.
Installation
Stable release:
Get the latest
pbwfrom releases.Compile your own:
$ pebble build && pebble install
Configuration
- Open Pebble mobile app and tap the gear icon to list all the watchapps.
- Tap VLC Remote to open the configuration page.
- Enter your VLC server host and password; then tap submit.
Controls
| Button | Function |
|---|---|
| Single click select | Toggle play/pause |
| Long click select | Switch between option 1/2 |
| Single click up (option 1) | Increment volume 5% |
| Single click down (option 1) | Decrement volume 5% |
| Long click up (option 1) | Set volume to 0% |
| Long click down (option 1) | Set volume to 200% |
| Single click up (option 2) | Seek +10 seconds |
| Single click down (option 2) | Seek -10 seconds |
| Long click up (option 2) | Seek +1 minute |
| Long click down (option 2) | Seek -1 minute |
Features
- Toggle play/pause.
- Increment or decrement volume 5% and set it to lowest or highest.
- Seek +- 10 seconds and +- 1 minute.
- Title text layer on top displays "Refreshing..." until it fetches data, then to the filename VLC provides, or an error if one occurs.
- Status gets the status from VLC - should be "Playing", "Paused", "Stopped", or "Unknown" when not known.
- Volume is displayed in a progress bar and as text; both range from 0% to 200% (0% when unknown).
- Seek progress bar shows how far in the movie you are.
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