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Integrating an external application with XBMC - Andlon - 2014-03-13
Hi guys,
I'm working on a standalone, full-fledged Spotify client for media center computers, and I'd like to launch it from XBMC. Unfortunately, when I use Advanced Launcher, XBMC is still a huge resource hog running in the background, slowing down my application on low-end hardware. Hence, I'm investigating the possibility of writing a simple addon that somehow reduces the work XBMC is doing in the background while my application is on top. Which brings me to this forum post. I'm a little familiar with Python, but I'm not familiar with writing addons.
I looked through the API docs for the upcoming XBMC Gotham, and I couldn't find any obvious way to reduce the load XBMC puts on the system (heck, just minimizing it or somehow pausing the rendering process might be enough). I did however find xbmcgui.lock() and .unlock(), but I suspect locking the GUI for long intervals is a no-no?
I guess what I ultimately want to do is suspend any XBMC GUI operations while keeping any web servers and interfaces up while my application is on top. Is this possible?
PS: I'm also considering integration with XBMC - is it possible to let the XBMC Player interface display duration, track, artist etc. using data from my application instead of playing it through XBMC?