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xbmc.Player().isPlaying()? - tungmeister - 2014-07-03
I'm very new to python so I'm just experimenting making a little script at the moment however I'm having trouble checking if xbmc is playing: I've got this section of code however the if statement is always passed even when something is playing. I thought that xbmc.Player().isPlaying() should return true when something is playing, I've probably got something wrong somewhere but anyway here's the code:
PHP Code:
def _play_episode(self, genre) :
xbmc.executebuiltin("PlayMedia("+ str(self._playlist_path(genre)) +".xsp)")
if xbmc.Player().isPlaying() :
if info == "true" :
xbmc.executebuiltin("ActivateWindow(fullscreeninfo)")
time.sleep(dur)
xbmc.executebuiltin("Dialog.Close(fullscreeninfo)")
exit()
else :
exit()
else :
self._error_msg(genre)
exit()
Can someone point out what's wrong?
RE: xbmc.Player().isPlaying()? - jorgercosta - 2014-07-03
Maybe you are going to fast, i think should xbmc.sleep(500) between xbmc.executebuiltin("PlayMedia("+ str(self._playlist_path(genre)) +".xsp)")
and
if xbmc.Player().isPlaying() :
RE: xbmc.Player().isPlaying()? - tungmeister - 2014-07-03
That was my initial thought, I've tried sleeping for several seconds yet it still behaves as though xbmc.Player().isPlaying() is returning false as far as I can see.
EDIT: I've tried with xbmc.sleep() as you suggested and now it's working fine, I was using time.sleep() before I wasn't aware of the xbmc method or that it would behave differently. Thanks for the help.
RE: xbmc.Player().isPlaying()? - enen92 - 2014-07-04
Maybe it is better to execute that section of the code only when playback has started. Create a new Inheritance of the XBMC player to execute actions on specific player events:
PHP Code:
class Player(xbmc.Player):
def __init__(self):
xbmc.Player.__init__(self)
print("player initialized")
def onPlayBackStarted(self):
print("player Started")
if info == "true" :
xbmc.executebuiltin("ActivateWindow(fullscreeninfo)")
xbmc.sleep(dur) #1000 = 1sec
xbmc.executebuiltin("Dialog.Close(fullscreeninfo)")
def onPlayBackStopped(self):
print("player stopped")
def onPlayBackEnded(self):
self.onPlayBackStopped()
To call the player just use:
PHP Code:
xbmcPlayer = xbmc.Player(xbmc.PLAYER_CORE_AUTO)
xbmcPlayer.play(your_video_file)