XBMC Plugin

[jesushumper]

Yes. Made no difference. Though, why would it? There's no mention of the webserver in the Smartie setup and implementation of the plugin.

[dottortanzy]

someone please reupload the plugin,thanks a lot

[PhilYHC]

i thought it pulled the data from the webserver....

anywho: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4X7BL17K is the first plugin from the first page.

[jesushumper]

thanks, but it's that first plugin that gives me the exception error. I was hoping the newer one would not..

or is the newer link simply a different link, and not a new version?

[PhilYHC]

the newer link is a newer version.

[jesushumper]

Ah. thanks.

But that one doesn't work for me, either - still getting the exception error. Dang.

[PhilYHC]

are you using XBMC 10.1?

[dottortanzy]

for me the plugin in first page works good but doesn't show the correct status,it gives to me always "0",with the plugin on page 2 the status is ok, but the video info doesn't work,music is ok

[jesushumper]

are you using XBMC 10.1?

Yes, 10.1. It's not a 'nightly' build, but the one from xbmc.org.

Perhaps I'll just try a re-install of everything. I also have .NET 4.0 Client, and a bunch of Visual C++ Redists: 6x 2005, 3x 2008, and 1 2010 release. the .NET 4.0 contains all previous versions, no? So i don't need to install a separate 3, 3.5, etc?

[virility]

hi @ all!

just found this thread, really great that someone wrote a plugin for xbmc....i want to buy a mdm166a display, just tried out if lcdsmartie works on my pc. i downloaded the xbmc.dll from the first post, but lcdsmartie says it cannot load the module ?!

"Load of plugin failed: LoadLibrary failed with #126: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden." (Module not found)

Can anyone help me?

[nunopicado]

Don't download the plugin in the first post. Somewhere down the thread (page 2 I think) there the 3rd version which is much better.

put it in the plugins folder and use something like this:

$Bar($dll(xbmc.dll,1,percentage,percentage),100,20) (this one gives you a progress bar of the currently playing file)

[julian31191]

hey,

is there a way to change the port of the plugin? I use port 8080 because port 80 is locked and i don't want to change my whole router setting

I hope that someone can help me

[nicobo]

Hi,

XBMC 10.1 work fine with the latest lcd smartie beta (dont work with the latest release: error 126). (XP sp3 with the latest update)

Would it be possible to add a keyword that retreive the first line off the "info" when xbmc is playing.

This screen shot is for music, but it is the same for video



First line=: LIve - Throwing Copper
Second line= The dam at otter creek.

For a video played form video file (no library) there is only one line with the filename.

For a movie (from library), the first line is the studio (same as #studio in the plugin), and the second the movie title (same as #title)

For a TV show (from library), the first line is the "tv show name - season N°x episode N°" eg: Breaking Bad - 4x01 and the second the episode title (same as #title).

I didn't find a keyword that retrieve the first line in tv show.

I think the best solution would be to add keyword #tv show name, # tv show season and #episode number.

And adding:
$dll(xbmc.dll,2,,)
Return :
"off" if xbmc isn't launched.
"on" if xbmx running
"playing audio"
"playing video"
"paused audio"
"paused video"
"playing movie"
"paused movie"
"playing tv show"
"paused tv show"

Where video=form file or video add on, movie=from movie library and tv show=from tv show library. This would allow to make different screen.

[nicobo]

Does anyone have the source code of the plugin? The link is dead.

[nicobo]

I solved my problem,

In fact you can get any keyword that is listed in the http://192.168.1.26/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?c ... tlyPlaying page.

Eg for tv show it return

Filename:Y:\sickbeard\Weeds\Saison07\Weeds.7x12.Qualitative.Spatial.Reasoning.mkv
PlayStatus:Playing
VideoNo:0
Type:Video
Show Title:Weeds
Title:Qualitative Spatial Reasoning
Studio:Showtime
Director:Scott Ellis
Plot:Nancy and Silas face off over who controls their drug business, while Andy tries to mediate; Shane goes to lengths to win back Detective Ouellette's trust, while Doug tries to keep the SEC distracted from his hedge fund's illegal activities.
Rating:7.8 ( votes)
Premiered:2005-08-07
First Aired:2011-09-19
Year:2011
Season:7
Episode:12
Thumb:special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/Video/d/d7484e15.tbn
Time:00:06
Duration:26:58
Percentage:0
File size:889337270
Changed:False

So $dll(xbmc.dll,1,Show Title,) will return the show title. Il no tv show is played (playing movie, music, or nothing) it will retrun nothing (no character)



For changing the screen when I play a tv show I put this condition:

If $dll(xbmc.dll,1,Show Title,) <> then enable my screen (diffrent form no character = a tv show is played)

When you play a movie or music, you have différent keyword, you just have to open http://192.168.1.26/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?c ... tlyPlaying page. (replace the IP) to know witch those are.

[Guest]

Hi ulysse,

first I want to thank you VERY VERY much for your work.
You siad, that you have written it in under 30 mins. For me it would have been impossible.

Your plugin works very fine on my LCD.

I want to know if it is possible to add some more functions:

Displaying more Information, than current playing.

Is it possible to display "Music", when I navigate with the arrow key to "Music", to displya "Movies", when I navigate to music an so on?

Further on is it possible to display the name of the movie/folder, that is focussed at the moment?

I would like to handly the XBMC Software without switching on my TV.

Thank you so much,

Unity

[TechLife]

What folder are you putting this in for Dharma? I can't find a plugin folder.

Has anyone tried this on the nightlies of Eden? Is it working??

Thanks in advance!

[mitpianoman]

@techlife it goes in the lcd smartie plugins folder

I'll echo the request for the source code if anyone has it. I'm willing to make some of the requested changes but none of the links are active

[jesushumper]

XBMC 11.0 Final is due any day now, so maybe some lovely soul can give this another crack, or may 11.0 will have easier support.

I've had my 3.5" LCD in my HTPC for almost a year now, and I never use it, since i only use my PC for XBMC

LCD Smartie is a bloody awesome program, but this plugin has never worked for me. (Eden screwed my Dharma install, so i used it for 2 minutes)

[Mellow]

Got this working after a bit of fussing.
Win7 x64 Ultimate
XBMC ver. EDEN 11.0 beta 1 (Dec 24th)
Plugin Used: http://forums.lcdsmartie.org/download/file.php?id=286 (the last one on page 2 of this thread)

The problem I was having was the error message "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"
The solution for me was with my .NET install.
I removed every version of .NET listed in add/remove programs. -=REQUIRES RESTART=-
Win7 comes with 3.5.1 installed by default. That is the version I am using as I do not have programs on my HTPC that require anything beyond 3.5.1
In win7 You can verify this for yourself under "Turn windows features on and off" which is located in the left pane of the add/remove programs window.

As mentioned before the plugin requires that you set XBMC to "Allow control of XBMC via HTTP" under "Settings->Network"
The plugin is set to use Port 80 with a blank username and password, so set XBMC accordingly.

Once I was down to .NET 3.5.1 with the above settings, the plugin worked perfectly.

[fultotop]

I can confirm that it works fine under eden and .net 4.0 , but I had to edit the config.ini by hand as saving actions is a bit hit and miss. I ended up with five screens in total, if anybody wants to try I put a copy of the config file at http://pastebin.com/e0nU8xDu just overwrite the screens and actions sections, but make sure you backup your config.ini first.

Just for information I was using the latest beta of LCD Smartie.

Thanks for this great plugin.

[Stiller]

I tried this plugin. But if it is running, LCD Smartie is slow and need a moment to answer. An other point of view is, that the plugin do not show anything!

[Czarny]

Helo
Sorry for my english
Becouse in the Frodo release of XBMC, Web Server HTTP API is no longer available.
Is any chace to rewrite plugin to use JSON RPC interface?


Plugin xbmc.dll is verry usefull and work verry well , but when I upgrade XBMC, LCD Smartie can`t get information from XBMC.

[stoph8ting87]

Helo
Sorry for my english
Becouse in the Frodo release of XBMC, Web Server HTTP API is no longer available.
Is any chace to rewrite plugin to use JSON RPC interface?


Plugin xbmc.dll is verry usefull and work verry well , but when I upgrade XBMC, LCD Smartie can`t get information from XBMC.

I'd also really appreciate this

[IzeQube]

Hello,

you can use XBMC4LCDSmartie. The Plugin only uses the new JSON-Api and is running without any Problems with Frodo Final. Download and full documentation can be found here: http://xbmc4lcdsmartie.codeplex.com/