2007-08-18, 01:08
Hi,
I'd like to start developing an interface between MeD's Movie Manager (pulls movie info from IMDB and stores it in a MySQL database: http://xmm.sourceforge.net/index.php?menu=main) and the XBMC. Currently my main concern with XBMC is that the movie database is stored on the XBox. I would like to have a central database using MeD's that a number of XBox's could query. Each entry would be able to return the file path, thereby allowing you play movies, but more importantly, it would allow to search through your movies for what you want, search by actor, genre etc. whatever you like. You would also have the option of viewing other information about the movie. Sifting through a file browser for the movie you want has now become a very large task...
I was going to start with a Java Servlet with which XBMC could communicate. But I need to know where to start. What is the best way for XBMC to perform queries? Would a list of movies returned in XML format be appropriate? I'm not really concerned about the XBMC end at the moment, I'll focus primarily on servlet side of things to start. I'll be able to get a start on it and leave figuring out XBMC development till a later date.
I'm a Java programmer with experience with servlets primarily. I have worked with C++ in the past.
The beauty of this method is that MeD's is also Java based, thereby allowing it to work with any future ports of XBMC!
Any help would be great, thanks!
I'd like to start developing an interface between MeD's Movie Manager (pulls movie info from IMDB and stores it in a MySQL database: http://xmm.sourceforge.net/index.php?menu=main) and the XBMC. Currently my main concern with XBMC is that the movie database is stored on the XBox. I would like to have a central database using MeD's that a number of XBox's could query. Each entry would be able to return the file path, thereby allowing you play movies, but more importantly, it would allow to search through your movies for what you want, search by actor, genre etc. whatever you like. You would also have the option of viewing other information about the movie. Sifting through a file browser for the movie you want has now become a very large task...
I was going to start with a Java Servlet with which XBMC could communicate. But I need to know where to start. What is the best way for XBMC to perform queries? Would a list of movies returned in XML format be appropriate? I'm not really concerned about the XBMC end at the moment, I'll focus primarily on servlet side of things to start. I'll be able to get a start on it and leave figuring out XBMC development till a later date.
I'm a Java programmer with experience with servlets primarily. I have worked with C++ in the past.
The beauty of this method is that MeD's is also Java based, thereby allowing it to work with any future ports of XBMC!
Any help would be great, thanks!