2012-03-15, 23:56
Hi guys,
I recently built a new HTPC for my television, and the only thing missing is a proper screensaver. As corny as it is, I'd like to use one of the fish tank SS's or a fireplace...something like that.
I'm reading about script development, and it seems to me that it shouldn't be too hard to create an addon that launches with XBMC, and monitors the GUI params or playing parameter. Once it determines that the system is not playing or the GUI moving, it initiates it's own timer, and once reaches X, just runs a system.exec command to the FOO.scr file, or exe, or whatever, then stops the timer. Input resets everything.
So, I know what I want to do. I have a rough idea of how to do it. However, I'm hoping that I can save myself a bit of digging through documentation, maybe get a rough idea of what I'd need to do to implement this. I've seen the python scripting doc, functions, etc. What I'm unfamiliar with is how to install and configure it to launch, as well as the most efficient way to monitor the system without hurting performance.
And...yeah. That's it. Any pointers, suggestions, snippets of code, whatever are greatly appreciated. Else I'll update here when I've got something going...
I recently built a new HTPC for my television, and the only thing missing is a proper screensaver. As corny as it is, I'd like to use one of the fish tank SS's or a fireplace...something like that.
I'm reading about script development, and it seems to me that it shouldn't be too hard to create an addon that launches with XBMC, and monitors the GUI params or playing parameter. Once it determines that the system is not playing or the GUI moving, it initiates it's own timer, and once reaches X, just runs a system.exec command to the FOO.scr file, or exe, or whatever, then stops the timer. Input resets everything.
So, I know what I want to do. I have a rough idea of how to do it. However, I'm hoping that I can save myself a bit of digging through documentation, maybe get a rough idea of what I'd need to do to implement this. I've seen the python scripting doc, functions, etc. What I'm unfamiliar with is how to install and configure it to launch, as well as the most efficient way to monitor the system without hurting performance.
And...yeah. That's it. Any pointers, suggestions, snippets of code, whatever are greatly appreciated. Else I'll update here when I've got something going...
Best starting point IMHO is dersphere's pull request.:
