HC2 & iTunes on OS X integration ... any idea ?

[gucio1234 79]

I have found several topics on HC2 and iTunes.  However there were only brief ideas and I did not find any complete, well documented solution.

 

Is there anybody who managed to integrate  iTunes running on OS X system and Fibaro HC2 box in the way that VD would be able to control iTunes ?

 

It would be great to have VD with buttoons to play, stop, select playlist, etc.  directly from HC2.

 

Any hint is highly appreciated.

 

[gucio1234 79]

@amatt

 

real path and relative path are different. That is why I gave you example of my settings.

My relative path does not have "/Sites".

 

The content of PHP script between   /*    and    */  are just comments so I deleted this to keep PHP script more clear.

 

 

[amatt 5]

8 minutes ago, gucio1234 said:

@amatt

 

real path and relative path are different. That is why I gave you example of my settings.

My relative path does not have "/Sites".

 

The content of PHP script between   /*    and    */  are just comments so I deleted this to keep PHP script more clear.

 

 

@gucio1234

can you tell from what I provided if anything is incorrect?

[gucio1234 79]

@amatt

 

The details of make it working depends on settings of your apache and php module.

 

Anyway I will try to help :

 

you have line on your VD :

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I assume your settings of apache web server are similar to mine. Try replace the line with :

 

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Edited October 22, 2017 by gucio1234

[amatt 5]

@gucio1234

 

my actual path that the file is located on my Mac is 

 

/Library/Server/Web/Data/itunesremote/index.php

 

[See screenshot]

 

so in my VD it shows as:

 

 response, status, errorCode = HC2:GET("~/Library/Server/Web/Data/itunesremote/index.php/?cmd="..command);

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[gucio1234 79]

@amatt

 

Try:

 

1.

Place your PHP script as :

 

/Users/username/Sites/itunesremote/index.php

 

2.

Modify the path in VD as :

 

response, status, errorCode = HC2:GET("/~username/itunesremote/?cmd="..command);

 

 

NOTE:  Rename  username  to your actual name of user's  directory.

 

 

[amatt 5]

@gucio1234

 

now I get error code 302

[gucio1234 79]

@amatt

 

It looks you have problem with configuration of your apache web server.

 

I have followed the guide from here :

 

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The best if you start all over and follow the guide.

However you may focus first on point 3.1 of this guide (' tell Apache where to serve content from ').

 

 

[amatt 5]

@gucio1234

 

after removing OS X server I was able to get some of it to work. 

 

But there are issues.

 

I cannot use the Vol +, Vol - and Get Info

 

they all come back with:

 

 

[ERROR] 21:10:48: line 18: Expected value but found invalid token at character 1

 

Line 18 is: response = json.decode(response);

 

 

 

also when I pull the php file in a browser I get the errors in the screenshot attached. 

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[amatt 5]

@gucio1234, @StarkJohan

 

is there a way to have the fibaro VD slider to update the value of the current iTunes slider if the iTunes slider is changed?

[gucio1234 79]

Yes, I have it done using the php script running on external server (in my case iMac where the iTunes is running).

 

It was already published and discussed on this forum.

[amatt 5]

the script had current volume yes but it only updated it when the VD slider changed not when iTunes is changed.

 

i actually figured it out today will post results later. 

[Bodyart 229]

I woul'd be interested in a solution for iTunes on Windows

 

[amatt 5]

Has anyone figured out how to get this to work with MacOS Monterey since php has been deprecated?