Is xbmc.executebuiltin("XBMC.Extract()") - broken ?

~~Voinage~~ · 2008-12-12 01:36

I`ve been trying for bloody hours to extract a rar via xbmc, can someone please either tell me the correct usage or tell me if it cannot be done on atlantis.

Code:

ok = xbmcgui.Dialog().select( 'Select Video Quality',['Extract test'])

        if ok==0:

                xbmc.executebuiltin("XBMC.Extract(Q://plugins/video/test/frog.rar)")

I`ve tried Lowercase extract, quotes around the path, single / after Q - just frog.rar, absolute extract path and nothing.....

HELP ME PLEASE ! Frown

:mad:

Nuka1195 · 2008-12-12 02:38

on the xbox? if so a large rar may not extract, memory issues.

~~Voinage~~ · 2008-12-12 03:41

Edit- Have Fixed the issue.

Xbmc will not unrar a file from the plugins/video folder had to shutil it first.

Onwards to the Voinage all-in-one plugin.

Nuka1195 · 2008-12-12 18:57

don't know if it still works but iu believe the t3ch installer uses it.

it should only be one / after the q:/ though.

**spiff** · 2008-12-12 19:20

issues;

1) you need to use those fugly backslashes. i suspect this was the real issue(?)
2) as nuka said only one slash after q

~~Voinage~~ · 2008-12-15 01:48

Hehe removed the fuglies Spiff - cheers
The issues are with my gradually improving , but slowly, coding.;->

Temhil · 2008-12-20 23:38

Hi Voinage,

I have similar problem the XBMC.Extract buildin doesn't work anymore for me (I don't get why), I porbably did a change in the script I am working on it that broke it, but O don't see what it could be.
Could you gimme me more detail on what was your issue and more importantly how you solved it?

Thanks a lot!

~~Voinage~~ · 2008-12-20 23:59

Nasty piece of work the Extract. I fixed the problem then stopped using it and went for the inbuilt python Zipimport instead.

But for the rar.

[code]
xbmc.executebuiltin("XBMC.Extract(Q:/plugins/video/VPR/Repo.rar,Q:/plugins/)")
[\code]

it needs direct paths , no virtuals and as spiff and nuka pointed out single slashes.

Also it doesn`t like extracting from virtual directories, if you are having touble try extracting to X:/ then shutil.move it to where you want.

Temhil · 2008-12-21 07:40

Thanks very much for the information, I gonna have a look at that!

[edit]
Just checked the path it seems valid, but the extract of a rar still does not work, here is the path for example:
D:\Program Files\XBMC\scripts\Test\Apple Movie Trailers_24-11-08.rar
I also tried:
D:/Program Files/XBMC/scripts/Test/Apple Movie Trailers_24-11-08.rar
But it didn't work either.

~~Voinage~~ · 2008-12-21 11:11

Your not developing on the xbox i see.

Set a full debug log to run then try the extract.
It show the error generally where normal debug doesn`t.

It`s probably file permissions- i know i had hell with them.

Nuka1195 Skilled Python Coder Posts: 3,917 Joined: Dec 2004 Reputation: 17	2008-12-12 02:38 Post: #2 on the xbox? if so a large rar may not extract, memory issues. For python coding questions first see http://mirrors.xbmc.org/docs/python-docs/
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~~Voinage~~ Banned Posts: 856 Joined: Mar 2008 Location: England	2008-12-12 03:41 Post: #3 Edit- Have Fixed the issue. Xbmc will not unrar a file from the plugins/video folder had to shutil it first. Onwards to the Voinage all-in-one plugin. (This post was last modified: 2008-12-12 05:08 by Voinage.)
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Nuka1195 Skilled Python Coder Posts: 3,917 Joined: Dec 2004 Reputation: 17	2008-12-12 18:57 Post: #4 don't know if it still works but iu believe the t3ch installer uses it. it should only be one / after the q:/ though. For python coding questions first see http://mirrors.xbmc.org/docs/python-docs/
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~~Voinage~~ Banned Posts: 856 Joined: Mar 2008 Location: England	2008-12-15 01:48 Post: #6 Hehe removed the fuglies Spiff - cheers The issues are with my gradually improving , but slowly, coding.;->
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~~Voinage~~ Banned Posts: 856 Joined: Mar 2008 Location: England	2008-12-21 11:11 Post: #10 Your not developing on the xbox i see. Set a full debug log to run then try the extract. It show the error generally where normal debug doesn`t. It`s probably file permissions- i know i had hell with them.
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