BBC iPlayer "Big Screen" Interface

[NumberFive]

Hi,

The BBC have recently lauched a portal for the iPlayer, http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bigscreen/

It's a "Big Screen" interface, designed to be navigated from the sofa with only a trackball.

Would it be possible to have GBPVR launch this website in fullscreen and use the remote arrow keys like a mouse cursor?? Then the 'back' button on the remote can be used to escape fullscreen and lead back to the main GBPVR menus.

No idea how to programme it, just an idea!

[gEd]

yes you could create a customer task to launch iexplorer with this page in full screen but the flash interface won't work properly with a remote. (try navigating with a keyboard only)

you could probably use a gyration remote that can control the cursor.

[NumberFive]

I guess what I'm getting at is, are there any competent programmers who could make the arrow buttons on the remote move the mouse cursor around on this iPlayer Big Screen interface?? I think it should be reasonable straight-forward (compared to the amazing plugins some of the guys here make).

Just to outline the concept again:

Step 1: GBPVR Main Menu - everything as normal except there is an "iPlayer" option
Step 2: Click on "iPlayer" and GBPVR launches an iexplorer window, fullscreen with no menu bars or anything. Assigns up, down, left, right arrows to moving the mouse cursor about, and OK button for left click.
Step 3: Enter iPlayer TV show name, watch and enjoy.
Step 4: Press back to escape iPlayer TV show.
Step 5: Press back again to exit iPlayer interface and return to GBPVR menu. Remote buttons are reassigned to their traditional functions.

This can certainly be done in Vista if not XP, although I'm sure there is a nicer way to programme this in an "all-in-one" package - http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training...ekeys.aspx

Cheers

[imilne]

If you can get HIP to work with your remote then it can be programmed to move the mouse cursor in response to button presses. It's a bit clunky, but functional enough.

Or why not use the iPlayer plugin for gbpvr instead?

[NumberFive]

Mainly because the iPlayer plugin downloads stuff and doesn't stream (at least last time I checked).

[three_sheds]

Just wondering if anyone has developed anything along these lines, with the potential demise of getiPlayer (mine seems to have stopped working now)?

Has anyone done it with HIP? If not, can anyone point me in the right direction to get started with HIP (using a Hauppauge control - Nova500T)?? I'd rather not reinvent the wheel though if someone has already done it.

Thanks.

[martint123]

Just wondering if anyone has developed anything along these lines, with the potential demise of getiPlayer (mine seems to have stopped working now)?

My standalone get_iplayer was resurected with this update
http://forums.gbpvr.com//showthread.php?...post375852

[ElihuRozen]

If you can configure HIP or irremote.ini to run an executable, I created the attached AutoIt script to move the mouse.
It can be run in one of two ways: either pass the direction and size of the move as parameters or by renaming the executable.

The direction is one of the following, without the quotes: "n", "ne", "e", "se", "s", "sw", "w", "nw". These values correspond to compass directions. The size is the number of pixels to move. If size isn't specified, it moves 5 pixels. Note that the multi-directionals move the number of pixels in each indicated direction. That means "mouser nw 20" will move the mouse 20 pixels up and 20 pixels to the left.

If no parameters are passed in, you can rename mouser.exe in the following manner: mouse_ddnn.exe, where "dd" is one of the direction values above and "nn" is zero or more numeric digits representing the number of pixels to move. Examples: mouse_nw20.exe, mouse_w.exe, mouse_se.exe, mouse_e50.exe, mouse_sw5.exe.

The attached zip file has the executable and the script file, which is pasted here as well.

Code:

#include <Constants.au3>
#NoTrayIcon

$size = 5
If ($CmdLine[0] = 0) Then
    $array = StringRegExp(@AutoItExe, "mouse_([nesw]*)([0-9]*).exe", 2)
    if (@error = 1) Then
        Exit
    EndIf
    $direction = $array[1]
    If ($array[2] <> "") Then
        $size = $array[2]
    EndIf
Else
    $direction = $CmdLine[1]
    If ($CmdLine[0] = 2) Then
        $size = $CmdLine[2]
    EndIf
EndIf

$position = MouseGetPos()
If (StringInStr($direction, "n")) Then
    $position[1] -= $size
ElseIf (StringInStr($direction, "s")) Then
    $position[1] += $size
EndIf
If (StringInStr($direction, "w")) Then
    $position[0] -= $size
ElseIf (StringInStr($direction, "e")) Then
    $position[0] += $size
EndIf
MouseMove($position[0], $position[1])
Exit

Func displayArray($array)
    for $index = 0 to (UBound($array) - 1)
        MsgBox(0, "DEBUG", "index: " & $index & ", data: " & $array[$index])
    Next
EndFunc