[johnsills1]

I understand that XBMC was designed to have almost everything displayed on the screen when you use different features. I am trying to incorporate a few things into a universal remote that I'm using and I can not figure out the command line to get the Currently Playing thumbnail to be displayed. I would also like to have the time remaining bar that is used in the Official XBMC Remote for Android.

If someone could assist me with this it would be greatly appreciated. I've been trying for over a month now to get some answers, but unfortunately the powers that be haven't seen my posts.

My XBMC is running on a Windows 7 computer and all of my videos are stored on a NAS server. If you need to know more specifics as to the type of folders I have for my movies, I'll be happy to elaborate.

[Hudson_Hawk04]

as much information as you can provide in your posts will help the community figure out your issues.

[da-anda]

have a look at the Json-RPC (http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=JSON-RPC_API/v3)

[johnsills1]

First of all, I've been trying to figure out the code on this web page....

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Arc...te_Actions

GetCurrentlyPlaying is the portion that I'm interested here. I am using iRule on my Motorola XOOM tablet to control my entire Home Theater System. I rule allows for you to have a panel with multiple buttons as well as URLs incorporated into it. I would like to draw from the getcurrentlyplaying command and insert the thumbnail for the movie into the panel on iRule. When I say panel, it's basically a page. iRule allows for many different panels so you can have command buttons for each type of equipment. I hope that makes sense.

I use this command line in iRule to query XBMC for the information.

xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=GetCurrentlyPlaying

iRule requires that you set up http Gateways which place the ip address and port number in front of the command.

The resulting command from iRule would be 192.168.1.x:8080/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=GetCurrentlyPlaying

Now, when I place that into an adress line on a computer in my network in a browser, it brings up all of the information about the movie I'm currently watching. The problem is, I do not know where XBMC stores the thumbnail on my computer. In addition, I do not know what format the command line needs to be to call up that thumbnail. For example, on the webpage I linked above, it says http://xbox/thumb.jpg is the correct format. I am guessing that I should adjust it to http://192.168.1.x:8080/thumb.jpg but I know that doesn't do what I need. If I knew where XBMC stores the nowplaying thumbnail, then could add to the command line.

In addition to these problems, I'm affraid that the .tbn image will not display on my tablet due to the fact that it isn't compatible with Android.

I'm sorry to be so long winded, but I'm totally lost.

[johnsills1]

have a look at the Json-RPC (http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=JSON-RPC_API/v3)

I appreciate the link, but I'm not a programmer, so alot if not all of that is a bit greek to me and I don't understand what portion to use...

I see GetMovieDetails, but that doesn't give me a command line to use

[johnsills1]

Can I get some answers from the developers by chance?

[jmarshall]

If you need anything out of XBMC, such as currently playing information or similar, use the JSON-RPC to get it.

You can use the Introspect to gain information on absolutely everything it supports.

If you don't understand anything, then you'll need to post exactly how you intend to get the information: What platform are you on, what capabilities does it have (eg can it post a web request?), what you need to get and so on.

Cheers,
Jonathan

[johnsills1]

iRule allows you to use feedbacks from equipment that are controlled by it. For instance, my Denon receiver allows a feed back that tells me what the volume is set at currently

I'm using the Android version of iRule. I want to set up a command line that will display the currently playing movie or song on the tablet, similar to what the Official XBMC Remote does. I can not figure out where XBMC stores the thumbnail when you call up the GetCurrentlyPlaying command. I don't know what else to say in order to explain what I'm trying to do.

iRule allows URLs to be inserted into the panel.....If you know of a way that I can display the currently playing movie thumbnail in a URL, that will work. I also want a time bar just like the Official XBMC Remote app has.

[xgutterratx]

i would like to do the same thing can anyone help, or have you worked it out