SkipstoneSkipstone

A fully featured universal media player remote watch app for Pebble that allows you to control several media players such as Plex, VLC, XBMC, and WDTV.

Skipstone is an open-source project by @petehare, @spangborn, and @iNeal.

Skipstone on the Pebble appstore!

PebbleKit JS

Skipstone uses PebbleKit JS, introduced with Pebble SDK 2.0, to make HTTP requests and thus, not require a companion app.

Universal Remote

Skipstone is a universal remote that supports multiple media players and made with the 8 app limit in mind.

Multiple Players

Have 3 XBMC players in each room or all your computers have VLC or both of them? With Skipstone, you can control them all.


FAQs

How to add a Plex player to Skipstone?

  • Open Skipstone settings.
  • Add a new Plex player.
  • Enter a friendly name in the Title field.
  • Enter a anything else friendly to differentiate from the others in the Subtitle field.
  • Enter the IP address of the machine running Plex Media Server in the Server field. (eg. 10.0.1.8)
  • Tap the Save button when you're done.

How to set up VLC?

  • Open VLC preferences.
  • Click Show All on the bottom left to switch to advanced settings.
  • Click Main interface under Interface.
  • Select Web checkbox.
  • Click Lua under Main interface.
  • Enter a password in the Lua HTTP password field.
  • Click Save.
  • Restart VLC.

How to add a VLC player to Skipstone?

  • Open Skipstone settings.
  • Add a new VLC player.
  • Enter a friendly name in the Title field.
  • Enter a anything else friendly to differentiate from the others in the Subtitle field.
  • Enter the IP address and port of the computer running VLC in the Server field. (eg. 10.0.1.4:8080)
  • Enter the Lua password we set earlier in the Password field.
  • Tap the Save button when you're done.

How to add a XBMC player to Skipstone?

  • Open Skipstone settings.
  • Add a new XBMC player.
  • Enter a friendly name in the Title field.
  • Enter a anything else friendly to differentiate from the others in the Subtitle field.
  • Enter the IP address and port of the machine running XBMC in the Server field. (eg. 192.168.1.11:8080)
  • Enter the XBMC Webserver username in the Username field.
  • Enter the XBMC Webserver password in the Username field.
  • Tap the Save button when you're done.

How to add a WDTV player to Skipstone?

  • Open Skipstone settings.
  • Add a new WDTV player.
  • Enter a friendly name in the Title field.
  • Enter a anything else friendly to differentiate from the others in the Subtitle field.
  • Enter the IP address of your WDTV in the Server field. (eg. 192.168.1.11)
  • Tap the Save button when you're done.

Changelog

v1.1.2
Make XBMC and VLC refresh status every 5 seconds.
v1.1.1
Add WDTV support.
v1.1
Add Plex support.
v1.0.1
Fix XBMC authentication issue.
v1.0
Initial public release.

Open Source

Skipstone is open source under the MIT license and its source code is available on GitHub.

Support

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