voltagexdt 4 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 id like the ability to send out broadcast messages. these messages would come accrossed the screen almost like the emergency broadcast messages. example, in 10 minutes the server will be restarted.. sorry for any issues. or, the movie blah blah was just added. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speechles 1917 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) You can already do this from the web client dashboard. It's within the remote control, then advanced. You need to manually broadcast these. The client sent to that you've chosen from the remote control list must support messages, not all do. I agree it is lacking. There is presently no way to send "global" messages. Maybe make some default messages in a list associated with an action and make it event driven, add message queueing and timers. Think of a child who is to be in bed by 9pm. You can set a message timer to show up on their client at 9pm to remind them each night. This would vastly improve the experience and parental control. This is just the most immediately obvious benefit of such a system. I agree it needs to be more fleshed out. The most obvious being pressure developer support of receiving and displaying messages in any official MB branded client. The legwork, setup, and message delivery engine is entirely server based. I agree this needs more Attention than its presently seeing. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk Edited October 10, 2014 by speechles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspdend 174 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 You can already do this from the web client dashboard. It's within the remote control, then advanced. You need to manually broadcast these. The client sent to that you've chosen from the remote control list must support messages, not all do. I agree it is lacking. There is presently no way to send "global" messages. Maybe make some default messages in a list associated with an action and make it event driven, add message queueing and timers. Think of a child who is to be in bed by 9pm. You can set a message timer to show up on their client at 9pm to remind them each night. This would vastly improve the experience and parental control. This is just the most immediately obvious benefit of such a system. I agree it needs to be more fleshed out. The most obvious being pressure developer support of receiving and displaying messages in any official MB branded client. The legwork, setup, and message delivery engine is entirely server based. I agree this needs more Attention than its presently seeing. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk Never knew this could be done. I cannot keep up with the sheer improvements and tweaks the team keep adding to the software! Good work again everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAS 225 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) What clients support these type of server messages? Anyone know? Also since its hidden in remote control, advanced I'm assuming you would need to target each user one at a time to send these? Does anyone currently use this feature? Edited October 10, 2014 by BAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 MBC supports these - even during playback if you are using the new custom interface. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott84Z28 39 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 The messages are very handy when I'm at work and want to tell the kids to turn off the TV and get their homework done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voltagexdt 4 Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 ok but not server done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 ok but not server done? Sorry, didn't follow that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voltagexdt 4 Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 its not something I can do from the server based area.. localhost....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 its not something I can do from the server based area.. localhost....... Why not? The web client can send messages to any current session (if the client supports them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voltagexdt 4 Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 ok I am still not thinking you understand.. when I click on the MB icon in taskbar and select configure server.. that's where im curious if the messages can be sent. instead of having to do it through web client. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8282 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 ok I am still not thinking you understand.. when I click on the MB icon in taskbar and select configure server.. that's where im curious if the messages can be sent. instead of having to do it through web client. Those are the exact same thing. (configure server is web client) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voltagexdt 4 Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 (edited) nope doesn't even look the same. http://localhost:8096/mediabrowser/web/dashboard.html and http://localhost:8096/mediabrowser/web/index.html Edited October 11, 2014 by voltagexdt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8282 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 (edited) Well it is a matter of clicking the gear in the top right for dashboard or clicking the three line on the top left to get to the different views. It is still the web client/interface. Edited October 11, 2014 by Happy2Play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Yeah, one is simply the interface for configuration and the other for browsing/remote control. You use the remote control interface to send messages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAS 225 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Yeah, one is simply the interface for configuration and the other for browsing/remote control. You use the remote control interface to send messages. I find that as a admin for my server I don't want to have remote control functions showing up for all my users under my profile. I think the settings/server information page for an admin would be the perfect place for sending global messages or specific user messages as this is where I always look to see who's connected and what they are currently watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 A context menu on the tiles for active sessions would be nice - send a message, remote control, force off, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voltagexdt 4 Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 BAS that's exactly what I was trying to say. thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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