boxeehack battery indicator

boxee boxee team removed this don't know when maybe we can have it back the battery indicator from the remote if possible

Dec 31 '12 19:12 ghost

Did this ever work on the boxee box? Maybe theres a way to bring it back. Do you remember what screen it showed on?

Jan 02 '13 16:01 d4yz

What version of the software was this in, I dont recall this feature? While I think it would be really nice, my guess is they probably removed it since it requires the remote and Boxee to "poll" each other like a wireless mouse does with a computer, which shortens battery life (even though just by a little bit maybe?).

Jan 04 '13 01:01 xler8r

Just had a look through the code, but the battery status monitoring is still in the Boxee executable. Don't know yet if we can access it through the UI though, but will look into it...

Jan 07 '13 00:01 boxeehacks

What Version was it in?

Jan 25 '13 14:01 Toliver182

not sure anymore ah its not so importend but it was handy 1.1.2.19250 until 1.3 than they took it out than back at early 1.5 and than one day it was gone you coud select in the menu if you whant it or not but now its gone its not so importend

Jan 25 '13 14:01 ghost

There is some commented out XML in boxee_browse_menu.xml

<!-- control type="image">
                    <visible>Boxee.RemoteLowBattery + !boxee.isdownloadingupdate</visible>
                    <posy>4</posy>
                    <width>40</width>
                    <height>24</height>
                    <texture>mainmenu/graphic-battery.png</texture>
                </control -->

I've tried uncommenting this, and it does seem to work so far as I am getting the low battery symbol appearing in the popup menu every few times I press a button on the remote. However, I'm not sure how accurate this is as my remote control seems fine. I think this is the reason that the feature was removed, it has a tendency for false positives.

Jan 25 '13 20:01 gadgetchnnel

While I think it would be really nice, my guess is they probably removed it since it requires the remote and Boxee to "poll" each other like a wireless mouse does with a computer, which shortens battery life (even though just by a little bit maybe?).

Problem was most likely the frequency of a poll.

Jun 16 '13 02:06 StephenOTT