JSON menu navigation

Owel · 2012-04-11 14:11

Hi, this is my first post here.
XBMC is a great thing ! I'm loving it Smile

I want to develop a xbmc plugin for LCD smartie.
Providing an Interface to use XBMC without Monitor, just an 4x20Char LCD.
I can get all the media information very well. But i'm having trouble to get the menu navigation.
Is there a possibility to get the menu info via json? So i can see where i am currently.

I Want to Display it on the LCD like the following:

Code:

|   XBMC       |

|-TV-Shows     |

|-Movies <---- | 

|-Settings     |

Can you help me?

Owel

**Montellese** · 2012-04-12 11:40

Using JSON-RPC getting the label of the currently selected item in the GUI is possible through XBMC.GetInfoLabels using the System.CurrentControl label but I don't really recommend using it as XBMC.GetInfoLabels is deprecated. Getting the labels of any other GUI items is not really possible through JSON-RPC and I wouldn't hold my breath for it to be ever available.

AFAIK xbmc already has some LCD support (for linux at least) so it might be worth looking at if it is possible to tap into that part of the code.

**Memphiz** · 2012-04-12 16:08

You are also welcome to tap into this code as well. It was my start to isolate lcd support out into an addon. But its not really a thing i personally would bring forward to. So if you want Wink

https://github.com/Memphiz/script.xbmc.lcd

Owel · 2012-04-13 12:08

Ah OK,
The Problem is, I'm using a Windows machine. Linux is not an option because I use Eventghost which is a Windows only tool. As far as I see, you are using "LCDProc" for your LCD support.
On Windows I want to use "LCD smartie", and i already have a working addon with JSON-RPC for this tool. The only thing is missing, is this GUI thing. Are there any other possibilities to get the GUI information?

Owel

Edit1: But is it possible to get these GUI Info thorugh an Addon? LCDsmartie is able to get information through a Socket. So this looks like a possible solution...
What do you mean?

Edit2: is it possible to get the GUI Info through the old HTTP Interface?

**Montellese** · 2012-04-13 12:51

I absolutely know that there is no way through JSON-RPC and HTTP-API to get anything else than the label of the current window and the current label. I'm not 100% if this applies to addons as well but I think it does. So you'd be stuck with only being able to display the label of the currently active item/button/...

Owel · 2012-04-17 14:55

Mhm.....
Better than nothing, i will try ...

argh! · 2012-06-19 05:47

Any progress on this, Owel? I have a Nmedia 2x20 LCD that I've never been able to work with XBMC Sad

Owel · 2012-06-22 07:20

nope, no progress.
There are other construction zones with higher priority

Owel Junior Member Posts: 19 Joined: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-04-17 14:55 Post: #6 Mhm..... Better than nothing, i will try ...
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argh! Fan Posts: 322 Joined: Jun 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-06-19 05:47 Post: #7 Any progress on this, Owel? I have a Nmedia 2x20 LCD that I've never been able to work with XBMC
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Owel Junior Member Posts: 19 Joined: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-06-22 07:20 Post: #8 nope, no progress. There are other construction zones with higher priority
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