You should be able to change the combobox next to the first Command text.Livin wrote:I cannot change/edit the Command Syntax box.
Sadly no, something I will improve hopefully when I'm done with events. The command info don't change that often so I save it locally so not to download it unnecessarily.Livin wrote:EDIT: I needed to select the UPDATE button again... seems it does not refresh on its own, even after an EG restart?
the proper info is showing now in the dialog box
Don't forget that you need to activate events in the plugins settings.I'll see if it receiving XBMC info now...
Thanks.Livin wrote:Reporting Back...
Good. Those are the OnAction events basically any button/action you send from EventGhost will generate those. You can disable those by setting SetBroadcast to "1".Looks like it is working. I get events such as...
XBMC2.OnAction.ACTION_BUILT_IN_FUNCTION
XBMC2.OnAction.ACTION_PLAYER_PLAY
Hihi, sorry but I was expecting this reaction. The broadcast events are a bit limited. I'll be adding JSON-RPC notifications next and those should be a bit more useful.Though, this info is not useful for me. I already get 99% of these based on IR that EG already logs.
Unfortunately I don't think XBMC supports any of these kind of event yet.I will need to know specifics like...
- what section has been selected: Movies, TV, Photos, Favorite="New", etc. This is the only way to trigger events relevant to what is happening.
These kind of events should be showing, have you tried to start/stop playing files- name of the video, music, photo, etc is showing/playing.
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XBMC.MediaChanged.MovieTitle u"ETC: EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: Transformers 3D the RIDE BEHIND THE SCENES!"
XBMC.OnPlayBackPaused
XBMC.OnPlayBackStopped
XBMC.OnPlayBackStarted
XBMC.OnPlayBackResumed
XBMC.OnPlayBackSeek.25951Next test version should have more useful events, but I'm limited to what XBMC supports.Possible to get these specifics passed through?
Hmm, that's weird, would you mind running the attached Python script and see what events you get (it's not for EventGhost). What XBMC version are you using?Livin wrote:I did not get any events like you posted.
If you know something happened, you can always get more info via JSONRPC or HTTPAPI actions.For Home Automation most of the events listed are not what we call "actionable"... there is no usable info to form conclusions on what is happening to trigger events.
Well that's up to the XBMC developers, when I get the JSONRPC events implemented if there are missing events you can always make a feature request.I don't see why the JSON interface would not be able to easily add reporting of what menu item has been selected... I'd think this would be only a single (or few) lines of code to enable it... the XBMC debug log captures it already.
I'd think if they are not sent then that is all there is to it. Do I misunderstand?If you know something happened, you can always get more info via JSONRPC or HTTPAPI actions.
Interesting, and you did not check the Event workaround option?Livin wrote:I can run the script later today. I don't get repeated events in the log.
For example if you get a "Video starts playing" event you could use the JSONRPC\Player.GetItem action to retrieve more info like filename and other things.I'd think if they are not sent then that is all there is to it. Do I misunderstand?
I did not check any options but to turn on the eventsjonib wrote:Interesting, and you did not check the Event workaround option?Livin wrote:I don't get repeated events in the log.
For example if you get a "Video starts playing" event you could use the JSONRPC\Player.GetItem action to retrieve more info like filename and other things.
XBMC should simply have an option to send those events automatically, aka push notifications.
The root of the issue is dependent on what the goal(s) of the event system are...
If it is simply to provide information on a "pull" basis then fine, though this is inefficient, and tedious to work with if information is needed often... and nearly impossible if information is needed in real-time.
If it is to provide enough information to create automation around the events then detailed information will be required in real-time (aka push notifications)
As it sits, without push notifications from XBMC of specifics, the notifications are simply noise, and not actionable. Getting a button press or the title of a movie/song/show etc is of no use for an automation system...
These are some examples of JSON-RPC events from the plugin:Livin wrote:From what I'm hearing, and reading, the OnPlayer notifications from JSON provide a 'type' which might provide what we need to add context to the action - thus get some real HA from it.
Can you see about pulling out this 'type' from the notifications?
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XBMC.Player.OnPlay {u'item': {u'type': u'movie', u'id': 4030}, u'player': {u'playerid': 1, u'speed': 1}}
XBMC.Player.OnPlay {u'item': {u'type': u'song', u'id': 66}, u'player': {u'playerid': 0, u'speed': 1}}
XBMC.VideoLibrary.OnUpdate {u'item': {u'type': u'movie', u'id': 4324}}I don't remember seeing it but I could be wrong. I'll look in a bit - I need to upgrade XBMC to Eden gold after we finish watching basketball.jonib wrote:Edit: Do you get a XBMC.StartUp event when starting up XBMC?
Thanks, as I would like to use the StartUp event to connect to XBMC when XBMC starts if they are not on the same machine.Livin wrote:I'll look in a bit
I didn't mean they needed to be on the same machine just that XBMC2 plugin needs to have an active connection to XBMC to get JSON-RPC events, with broadcast events XBMC2 only needs to listen on the network and not be connected to a specific XBMC. (Probably still not making senseI have XBMC & EG on the same PC so a direct connection should not be an issue.
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