BM-Link 1.5

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odlund (archived)
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Posted April 16, 2007 at 18:02 GMT
#1681993
Hello BeoWorld Users!

I'm happy to announce that a new version of BM-Link is released.

The main new feature is the ability to control Front Row if you have an IR Eye connected directly to the BeoPort box.

Some bug fixes, and enhancements to N.RADIO are also included.

Download here

Anders
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beoberlin (archived)
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Posted April 16, 2007 at 18:07 GMT
#1681994
I'm happy to announce that a new version of BM-Link is released.

The main new feature is the ability to control Front Row if you have an IR Eye connected directly to the BeoPort box.

Some bug fixes, and enhancements to N.RADIO are also included.

Download <a href="http://www.odlund.se/bmlink/">Here</a>

Anders

Cool, that´s really great! If this is your present for the new forum, here comes a big "Thank you" from Berlin!

beoberlin

PS: Does the new version supports the famous "fast-scrolling" in FrontRow?!
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Peter
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Posted April 16, 2007 at 18:10 GMT
#1681995
That is great! Downloaded! What I would really like is the ability to control the rest of my system from my Beolink PC2 though. It doesn't seem to work though every now and then, I do get sound when it is switched on in another room.

My B&O Icons:

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Beovox.png Beovox.png
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Beotime.png Beotime.png
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Beoplay-Portal.png Beoplay-Portal.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
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Alex (archived)
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Posted April 16, 2007 at 22:52 GMT
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arcdesigns (archived)
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Posted April 17, 2007 at 03:20 GMT
#1681997
Hi Anders,

Excellent. 

Thank you very much.

With the recent purchase of my new Macbook I had opted to disconnect the BeoPort and us the Apple remote enhanced with Mira.


But after upgrading to BM-Link 1.5 I am rethinking this choice. 

Mira has the ability to assign which IR input it uses (built in, Keyspan, etc) but I am not getting a pop-up for BM-Link or BeoPort.

Is there something that can be done on your end to enable Mira to see BM-Link/BeoPort or is it up to Mira to add support?

Also of interest (although I have not explored it much) is Griffins Proxi.


It seems to me that if these enhancement programs can see BM-Link/PeoPort then the sky is the limit.

Looking forward to any info.

Thanks again for 1.5

Regards, Neil
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Luigi (archived)
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Posted April 18, 2007 at 05:57 GMT
#1681998
I bought a MacBook in February and I absolutely love it. At the moment, I have beoport connected to my pc. It works great, and I can watch TV, V.tape, DTV,…. 
Yesterday I downloaded and installed the new software bm-media 1.5 on macbook. I had to update firmware of beoport. (from 1.30 to 1.31). I had fear, for a while I thought the new firmware didn't be compatible with pc. But I didn't have any problem and it works perfect on pc and mac. With the new software is possible to control coverflow. It is awesome!

You say you can control frontrow. I don't know how do it! At the moment, pressing n.music I can control coverflow.

Now I can only use: n.music, n.radio, up and down, an left and right of Beo4. The colours buttons doesn't work.

Which are the buttons for controlling frontrow?
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odlund (archived)
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Posted April 18, 2007 at 08:51 GMT
#1681999
In order to control Front-Row you need to have an IR-eye connected to the BeoPort box, then you start frontrow by selecting either PC or L-PC on the Beo4 (which one to use is determined by the setting in the preference pane)

In response to the question about Mira

I didn't know about this application, but from reading on it's webpage it seems like in order to use the BeoPort + IR-eye to use that I would somehow have to make a driver so the computer noticed the beoport as some kind of IR input device (pure speculation here)

As you might have noticed, there is a folder called AppleScript on the disk image, in that folder you can find instructions how to make your own applescripts and how to make BM-Link execute these, this is a completely unsupported feature – as in, if you experience problems with your own scripts, you will have to solve them yourselves :) this could be used to control for example QuickTime Player.. VLC, mplayer... maybe CenterStage or some of the other 3-rd party media center applications there are out there.
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willem.van der klugt
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Posted April 18, 2007 at 10:23 GMT
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Anders

Thank you for this excellent update of BM-Link, including Front Row support. A full "BeoMedia" solution hidden in a Mac Mini, exactly what I wanted.

Willem 

 

Location: The Netherlands

My B&O Icons:

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Beovision-Horizon.png Beovision-Horizon.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
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Beosound-5.png Beosound-5.png
Beoremote-One.png Beoremote-One.png
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Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
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francis (archived)
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Posted April 18, 2007 at 11:02 GMT
#1682001

Hello Anders,

thanks for sharing this with us!

I'm a relatively new Mac user, running a Mac Mini in my living room as a media server connectec to a BV7. Currently I am using the Apple remote to control Front Row, and Beo 4 to control my B&O setup.  I allways tried to avoid to have more than one remote, so this is the only disadvantage of this solution.

I have neither experience with your BM-Link nor with a Beoport connected to a Mac. However as I own (but currently do not use) a PC2/Beoport with infrared eye , there seems to be a new option for me to come back to a "single-remote-solution". Is my understandig right that by using my Beoport with your new version of BM-Link I could control Front Row and the associated applications like Itunes and Iphoto fully with my Beo 4, in the same way as with the apple remote?

Best regards

francis

 

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odlund (archived)
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Posted April 18, 2007 at 11:07 GMT
#1682002
Francis

Exactly what you describe is the intended usage of the infrared eye. Control using the Apple remote and the Beo 4 is a bit different, but to avoid having one extra remote it should do the trick. 

Please report back with your experience...

Anders
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