!need help! timer-started playing!

hiqweever · 2005-03-18 17:16

description:
-the script has to start on turning on the xbox
-the script has to start playing a movie on a defined time (ex 12:00)
-the script has to loop until a defined time
-another script has to shut down the xbox

is this possible or should i forget it?

Asteron · 2005-03-19 00:46

(hiqweever @ mar. 18 2005,10:16 Wrote:description:
-the script has to start on turning on the xbox
-the script has to start playing a movie on a defined time (ex 12:00)
-the script has to loop until a defined time
-another script has to shut down the xbox

is this possible or should i forget it?

1. call the script autoexec.py (i believe)
2-3. yeah have a while 1 loop and have it sleep for a few seconds in the polling... check out the yac script for an example of something like this
4. yeah xbmc.shutdown()

everything you said is doable and pretty easy.

hiqweever · 2005-03-24 15:47

thx!

the startup thing is ready! also the loop and the shut down!

the only thing now i need is to define a time on which the video began to play! is this possible? which string i need?

(sorry for my bad english! german! Wink

Asteron · 2005-03-24 16:45

heres the standard python time module
http://www.python.org/doc/2.3/lib/module-time.html
im not totally sure xbmc supports it but it probably does.

you need to "import time"

you can either calculate the number of seconds from now until "12:00" and sleep for that time followed by a
player.play("f:\movie.avi")

or you can poll the time in your loop and play the movie when you reach the time.

theres a calendar script out there somewhere that you should look at as it probably makes use of the time module.

solexalex · 2005-03-24 19:24

you can have a look in the thread module
it is supported with xbmc.
or you can do something like this :

while 1:
if timenow==starttime: playmovie
time.sleep(1)

but your script will use python 'all the time'

i really think that thread is the best way.
here is an example that should be interesting : wakeup !.rar

hiqweever · 2005-03-25 17:26

thats it! but i need this wakeup without the dialogs! only to set the wakeup time in the script! also i need to play a playlist file. and finally i need to set more wakeup times, to play different playlists on different time! is this possible?

i tried to modify your wakeup script but it will not work!

can you help me writing such a script?

hiqweever Junior Member Posts: 15 Joined: Mar 2005 Reputation: 0	2005-03-18 17:16 Post: #1 description: -the script has to start on turning on the xbox -the script has to start playing a movie on a defined time (ex 12:00) -the script has to loop until a defined time -another script has to shut down the xbox is this possible or should i forget it?
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hiqweever Junior Member Posts: 15 Joined: Mar 2005 Reputation: 0	2005-03-24 15:47 Post: #3 thx! the startup thing is ready! also the loop and the shut down! the only thing now i need is to define a time on which the video began to play! is this possible? which string i need? (sorry for my bad english! german!
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solexalex Skilled Python Coder Posts: 706 Joined: Jul 2004 Reputation: 6	2005-03-24 19:24 Post: #5 you can have a look in the thread module it is supported with xbmc. or you can do something like this : while 1: if timenow==starttime: playmovie time.sleep(1) but your script will use python 'all the time' i really think that thread is the best way. here is an example that should be interesting : wakeup !.rar
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hiqweever Junior Member Posts: 15 Joined: Mar 2005 Reputation: 0	2005-03-25 17:26 Post: #6 thats it! but i need this wakeup without the dialogs! only to set the wakeup time in the script! also i need to play a playlist file. and finally i need to set more wakeup times, to play different playlists on different time! is this possible? i tried to modify your wakeup script but it will not work! can you help me writing such a script?
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