[gnome-bluetooth] Remote music control

Christoph Wickert christoph.wickert at gmx.de
Wed Aug 10 00:54:15 BST 2005


Am Dienstag, den 09.08.2005, 23:02 +0100 schrieb Bastien Nocera:
> On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 21:02 +0100, Adam Lofts wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I would like to write a muine plugin and phone app to allow me to
> > control music with my phone. Looking at the gnome-bluetooth components
> > I'm guessing that it can be done with only the libbtctl library (which
> > handily has mono bindings).
> > 
> > What I dont understand is how to advertise a service on the computer
> > (to control the music). [ And then how to read / write to this
> > connection ]
> > 
> > If anyone has any hints or if a similar project is underway then your
> > knowledge would be very appreciated.
> 
> libbtctl just won't be enough. You'll also need to talk to the phone
> once you've managed to make the "hardware" connection (think of
> Bluetooth as Ethernet).
> 
> See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=312098
> It has a couple of links to the bemused project.
> 
> See also the existing:
> http://linuxbrit.co.uk/bluexmms/
> http://cardhu.pnx.se/jonatan/blueremote.php
> 
> The reference in that domain is the Mac program:
> http://homepage.mac.com/jonassalling/Shareware/Clicker/
> 

There also is a project based on libbtcl:
http://gbtcr.chileforge.cl/

Christoph



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