[KenV99]

Tested on Gotham RC1 on windows7 x64:
Using Python API

Code:

import xbmc

class CapturePlayer(xbmc.Player):

    def __init__(self, *args):
        xbmc.Player.__init__(self)

    def onPlayBackStarted(self):
        xbmc.log("##### TEST - playback started", level=xbmc.LOGNOTICE)

    def onPlayBackEnded(self):
        xbmc.log("##### TEST - playback ended", level=xbmc.LOGNOTICE)

    def onPlayBackStopped(self):
        xbmc.log("##### TEST - playback stopped", level=xbmc.LOGNOTICE)


def main():

    player = CapturePlayer()
    while not xbmc.abortRequested:
        xbmc.sleep(500)
    del player

main()

To reproduce:
Configure an external player in playercorefactory.xml. For example:

Code:

<player name="MPC-HC" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
     <filename>C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\mpc-hc.exe</filename>
     <args>"{1}" /fullscreen /play /close</args>
     <hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
     <hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
     <warpcursor>topright</warpcursor>
</player>

Then start a video using the context menu -> 'Play using...'
If the native DVDPlayer is chosen, onPlayBackStarted event fires and event written to log.
If an external Player is chosen (i.e. MPC-HC) onPlayBackStarted event is not fired.
However, for both, either the onPlayBackEnded or the onPlayBackStopped event fires.

Will post to trac.xbmc.org if confirmed or if no one comments, will post tomorrow.

[KenV99]

In addition, while playing from an external player, player.isPlayingVideo() remains false so one cannot poll for that instead...

Edit: This isn't true...
For an example how to get around this bug for the time being, see here:
https://github.com/KenV99/script.testkv/...default.py

[KenV99]

Submitted to trac.xbmc.org: http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/15279

[KenV99]

This was fixed and merged: 4855 (PR)
But won't be available until the next release after 13.1

[Ben91]

Good job bro !

Thanks for the help.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=196483