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 ====== Group 6. Media Player Remote ====== ====== Group 6. Media Player Remote ======
   * JIFENG XING   * JIFENG XING
-  * GOBINDA KANDEL + 
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 The aim of this application is working a remote which is used to control the Totem Movie Player running on a PC. So people can use his mobile device (tested on Nokia N810 Internet Tablet) to remotely operate the media player. The communication is established on Bluetooth. The aim of this application is working a remote which is used to control the Totem Movie Player running on a PC. So people can use his mobile device (tested on Nokia N810 Internet Tablet) to remotely operate the media player. The communication is established on Bluetooth.
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 +===== case examples =====
 +
 +Case 1:
 +Alice is preparing dinner in the kitchen. She wants to listen her favourite songs during the cooking. With this Media Player Remote, she is able to open the media player in her laptop without leaving the kitchen.
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 +Case 2:
 +Tommi is watching movie from his PC. Suddenly he feels this movie is boring and wants to change to another one. But the thing is that he doesn't want to stand up from his comfortable sofa. So he can use our remote to play a new movie without move step.
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 +===== Communication Methods =====
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 +The client and server are communicated through Bluetooth connection. 
 +
 +The standard procedural is:
 +  - Server opens a rfcomm socket, starts a service named "music controller", and waits connection request from client
 +  - client searches the server using service discover protocol, then connects to the server.
 +  - once the connection is established, user can use the client to control media player on the PC.
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 + 
  
 ===== Result ===== ===== Result =====
-Since my partner GOBINDA KANDEL lacks knowledge of Python and C++, I have to do everything by myself. 
  
 The programming language used is Python. The platform of server is a Laptop running Ubuntu 9.04. The client is running on a Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. The programming language used is Python. The platform of server is a Laptop running Ubuntu 9.04. The client is running on a Nokia N810 Internet Tablet.
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   * Potentially support all media player which can be controlled from command line. (control commands need to be changed associated with the player)   * Potentially support all media player which can be controlled from command line. (control commands need to be changed associated with the player)
   * Theoretically, this is a cross-platform application. The server part should be run well on both Windows based PC and Linux based machine. Since the UI of the client is using Maemo Gtk, it now only works on Maemo based device. But it cant be very difficult to create a modified version for other OS based device.   * Theoretically, this is a cross-platform application. The server part should be run well on both Windows based PC and Linux based machine. Since the UI of the client is using Maemo Gtk, it now only works on Maemo based device. But it cant be very difficult to create a modified version for other OS based device.
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 +note: this application works fine with Totem Media Player. It has also been test with rhythmbox, which is also works.