[_phantom_]

hello all,

i am trying to write a simple script for muting. some call it softmuting, that is, program never mutes the volume, however decreases the level to -say- 20% of the current level.

script gets the volume level by

Code:

xbmc.getInfoLabel('Player.Volume')

. output of the method is in dB.

however; the only way (that i've succeeded to find) to set volume level is using a builtin function as

Code:

xbmc.executebuiltin('SetVolume(20)')

the problem is, i get the volume level in dB, however i can only set the volume in a linear way with the SetVolume function.

is there any other method to get volume level in linear format or set volume level in dB?

i am a newbie in XBMC scripting...

thanks!

[garbear]

json? Try Application.GetProperties and Application.SetVolume

[giftie]

Just expanding on garbear's comments..

To get the current Volume(0-100):
For Pre-Eden(nightlies).

Code:

volume_query = '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "Application.GetProperties", "params": { "properties": [ "volume" ] }, "id": 1}'
result = xbmc.executeJSONRPC( volume_query )
match = re.search( '"volume": ?([0-9]{1,3})', result )
volume = int( match.group(1) )

For Dharma

Code:

volume_query = '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "XBMC.GetVolume", "id": 1}'
result = xbmc.executeJSONRPC( volume_query )
match = re.search( '"result": ?([0-9]{1,3})', result )
volume = int( match.group(1) )

Also something I came across in my addon, setting the volume to 0(using the built in command) will bring up the volume bar in mute mode.