Manage your HTPC from anywhere

#1

Post by styxit » Sun, Oct 20, 2013, 8:56 AM UTC

Manage your HTPC from anywhere
htpc.io

Re: Manage your HTPC from anywhere

#2

Post by m_mueller » Sun, Oct 20, 2013, 10:19 AM UTC

What does 'HTPC' stand for? I've only ever heard 'Media Center PC' to describe that sort of appliance.

Re: Manage your HTPC from anywhere

#3

Post by Kudos » Sun, Oct 20, 2013, 10:22 AM UTC

m_mueller wrote: post #2

What does 'HTPC' stand for? I've only ever heard 'Media Center PC' to describe that sort of appliance.

Home Theatre PC.

Re: Manage your HTPC from anywhere

#4

Post by styxit » Sun, Oct 20, 2013, 10:22 AM UTC

m_mueller wrote: post #2

What does 'HTPC' stand for? I've only ever heard 'Media Center PC' to describe that sort of appliance.

'Home theater pc' so your media-center description is quite accurate.

Re: Manage your HTPC from anywhere

#5

Post by joelhaasnoot » Sun, Oct 20, 2013, 10:33 AM UTC

Bonus points for integrating everything. But meh, another solution for controlling newsgroups. As a more casual downloader who thinks newsgroups are too much hassle, this doesn't really work for me.

Re: Manage your HTPC from anywhere

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Post by Kudos » Sun, Oct 20, 2013, 10:38 AM UTC

joelhaasnoot wrote: post #5

Bonus points for integrating everything. But meh, another solution for controlling newsgroups. As a more casual downloader who thinks newsgroups are too much hassle, this doesn't really work for me.

It supports torrents too, though I'm not sure how reliable it is with public trackers.

Re: Manage your HTPC from anywhere

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Post by tombrossman » Sun, Oct 20, 2013, 10:45 AM UTC

styxit wrote: post #4

m_mueller wrote: post #2

What does 'HTPC' stand for? I've only ever heard 'Media Center PC' to describe that sort of appliance.

'Home theater pc' so your media-center description is quite accurate.

This looks very cool and I'll try it this week. I've got a new Raspberry Pi and I plan to replace a Popcorn Hour with it, if I can figure it all out (I'm brand new to Raspberry Pi & HTPCs).

One small suggestion, assuming this is your site? There are a couple typographical errors on the front page text, plus I might word the top line differently. The site looks great even if you ignore these suggestions though, and well done creating this project.

- Manage your Htpc from everywhere -> Manage your HTPC from anywhere

- Using multiple applications to control you htpc? No More! -> Using multiple applications to control your HTPC?

- ...to controll them all -> ...to control them all

Re: Manage your HTPC from anywhere

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Post by spdmn » Sun, Oct 20, 2013, 10:48 AM UTC

I've tried this software and find it doesn't quite stack up to the original HTPC frontend project, Maraschino (http://www.maraschinoproject.com) which offers more or less the same functionality. I prefer Maraschino mainly because of the integrated remote control which allows me to control XBMC with the keyboard from the web GUI. I'd recommend you try both and see what works for you.

Re: Manage your HTPC from anywhere

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Post by styxit » Sun, Oct 20, 2013, 10:51 AM UTC

tombrossman wrote: post #7

styxit wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

'Home theater pc' so your media-center description is quite accurate.

This looks very cool and I'll try it this week. I've got a new Raspberry Pi and I plan to replace a Popcorn Hour with it, if I can figure it all out (I'm brand new to Raspberry Pi & HTPCs). One small suggestion, assuming this is your site? There are a couple typographical errors on the front page text, plus I might word the top line differently. The site looks great even if you ignore these suggestions though, and we…

Thank you for the text corrections!

This project runs great on a raspberryPi (that is how i use it myself). I would recommend doing a git clone the get Htpc Manager running on the Pi. This makes auto-updating the htpc manager software a lot easier.

Re: Manage your HTPC from anywhere

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Post by CliffyA » Sun, Oct 20, 2013, 10:59 AM UTC

So it's a tool that makes it easier to pirate TV shows?

I'd prefer a tool that would pull all the episodes from my legitimate DVDs, or automatically dropped the DRM from my iTunes season pass episodes and imported them into my HTPC.