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Feature request/bug : doesn't handle a Slingbox being in use, or being kicked off by another user

By oviano
May 17, 2013 in SlingFront - SlingBox HTPC Front End

https://forums.gameex.com/forums/topic/12808-feature-requestbug-doesnt-handle-a-slingbox-being-in-use-or-being-kicked-off-by-another-user/

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oviano

Posted May 17, 2013

Two things here:

1. When SlingFront tries to connect to a Slingbox, if the box is busy it just eventually times out and doesn't connect. I fixed this by passing (1) into the Player.Start() call which forces the connection to take over the stream. A possibly more elegant solution would be to mirror what the website does and prompt the user to kick the other user off, although personally I prefer the aggressive force connect by default.

2. When viewing a stream in SlingFront, if another user/Slingplayer takes the stream the screen just goes black without notification. You can hit the stop key to recover, but it's not elegant. I added some code to replicate the stopkey behaviour if the stream disappears, thus returning to the main menu. Happy to share this code change with you if you want.