2014-08-01, 07:53
Hi,
I've been looking at creating an add-on which will run a second video stream. Researching through the forums, doing this via the XBMC core looks like a lot of tinkering with that would require a lot of work and it looks as though there are some structural issues with XBMC that don't allow the media player to be run twice - This is coming from people who are very familiar with XBMC and are excellent C++ coders. I'm reasonably familiar with the core but am only a beginner at C++.
What I was thinking was to use the pyglet module - http://www.pyglet.org/index.html - to display a second video stream. Before I rush into this, do you guys think this is a feasible option or is there a significant roadblock to stopping it from working? I'll be primarily building this into OpenELEC so will have to load the module which is no problem.
I have noticed quite a few requests for a picture in picture in the forums over the years.
I've been looking at creating an add-on which will run a second video stream. Researching through the forums, doing this via the XBMC core looks like a lot of tinkering with that would require a lot of work and it looks as though there are some structural issues with XBMC that don't allow the media player to be run twice - This is coming from people who are very familiar with XBMC and are excellent C++ coders. I'm reasonably familiar with the core but am only a beginner at C++.
What I was thinking was to use the pyglet module - http://www.pyglet.org/index.html - to display a second video stream. Before I rush into this, do you guys think this is a feasible option or is there a significant roadblock to stopping it from working? I'll be primarily building this into OpenELEC so will have to load the module which is no problem.
I have noticed quite a few requests for a picture in picture in the forums over the years.
