Detect if XBMC plays video

phanos · 2013-04-14 21:53

Hi,

I am developing a utility that will enter my computer in stand by when :

1) no other client is connected to it (this is the main pvr HTPC), and
2) when XBMC does not play video. I am developing the utility in c#.

So far I was successful implementing part 1 (when no clients are connected on the main pvr HTPC) but I am having problems detecting when XBMC plays video.

Is there a way to detect when XBMC is playing video?

Thanks

Phanos

**Montellese** · 2013-04-14 22:01

You can use JSON-RPC's Player.GetActivePlayers method.

phanos · 2013-04-15 13:51

I tried to use the recommendation for JSON-RPC. Through my browser it works fine (http://127.0.0.1:8080/jsonrpc) but through c# code I get

{"error":{"code":-32700,"message":"Parse error."},"id":null,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}

My code works fine when I try to use it for POST on other web servers.

Does anybody have a clue about what the problem here?

My code is the following

Code:

String uri = "http://127.0.0.1:8080/jsonrpc";

            try

            {

                // create a request

                HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)

                WebRequest.Create(uri); request.KeepAlive = false;

                request.ProtocolVersion = HttpVersion.Version10;

                request.Method = "POST";

                // turn our request string into a byte stream

                byte[] postBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(uri);

                // this is important - make sure you specify type this way

                request.ContentType = "application/json";

                request.ContentLength = postBytes.Length;

                Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();

                // now send it

                requestStream.Write(postBytes, 0, postBytes.Length);

                requestStream.Close();

                // grab te response and print it out to the console along with the status code

                HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

                returnresults = (new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()).ReadToEnd()).ToString();

                MessageBox.Show(returnresults, "Results");

                StreamWriter t = File.AppendText("out.txt");

                t.Write(returnresults);

                t.Close();

                MessageBox.Show(response.StatusCode.ToString(), "Results");

                //Console.WriteLine(returnresults);

                //Console.WriteLine(response.StatusCode);

            }

            catch (Exception ex)

            {

                LogEntry("Log.txt", ex.Message); 

                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error");

            }

Tolriq · 2013-04-16 13:24

We don't see the request in this but byte[] postBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(uri); is a potential problem all should be UTF 8 in and out Smile

phanos · 2013-04-17 15:46

I tried UTF8 in my code but the result is the same byte[] postBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(uri). Do I have to change it somewhere in XBMC as well?

Montellese Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 2,834 Joined: Jan 2009 Reputation: 20 Location: Switzerland	2013-04-14 22:01 Post: #2 You can use JSON-RPC's Player.GetActivePlayers method. Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first. (This post was last modified: 2013-04-14 22:02 by Montellese.)
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Tolriq Member+ Posts: 1,875 Joined: Jun 2009 Reputation: 53 Location: France	2013-04-16 13:24 Post: #4 We don't see the request in this but byte[] postBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(uri); is a potential problem all should be UTF 8 in and out Yatse 2 : Media Center Remote Control for Touch Screens Yatse, the Xbmc Remote and Widgets for Android
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phanos Junior Member Posts: 34 Joined: Feb 2011 Reputation: 0	2013-04-17 15:46 Post: #5 I tried UTF8 in my code but the result is the same byte[] postBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(uri). Do I have to change it somewhere in XBMC as well?
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