ZoomPlayer and External Display

[trosty]

Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC3 (2006-03-18)
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder
Video Codec: Mpeg2Dec Filter
CPU Type: AMD Athlon XP 2600+
Memory: 512 MB
Motherboard: A7N8X-E (ASUSTeK Computer INC.)
TV Card Model: -
TV Card Type: -
TV Card Driver: -
Video Card Model: Radeon 9600 Series (128 MB)
Video Card Driver: -
Video Card Resolution: 1024x768
Video Render Type: -
Audio Card Model: CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device
Audio Card Driver: -
Synopsis:: -
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I am using Zoom Player as external videoplayer and really like it. As I also have an external display installed I would like to have a few properties displayed on it but I cannot figure out how to get the properties out of Zoom Player (just like on the on screen display).

I would like to have the following properties displayed (original propertynames in brackets):
- current playingtime of the movie (#currentplaytime)
- total time of the movie (#duration)
- title (#title)

Doe anybody more familiar with Zoom Player have a clue how to get that information out of ZP onto my display? Thanks in advance!

[trosty]

After some timeconsuming research on the web I found an application for ZoomPlayer to communicate with external prorams (ZP Communication Interface). But because I am a total noob to programming (besides some html-knowledge - that why I at least understand what the xml-files do) I need some help to get ist done.

This is what the application does and gives as output:

* Messages Sent by Zoom Player:

 When the SendMessage interface is used, the message number is returned
 on the "WParam" value and the message content is returned on the "LParam"
 value.  If the LParam contain a string, it is stored as an ATOM String.

 When the TCP interface is used, the message number is always returned/sent
 as a 4-digit code. The message content is seperated by a space character
 following the message number.  All content is string based and UTF-8
 encoded to preserve country specific text codes.

 When sending Zoom Player TCP commands, make sure to terminate each
 command with CRLF (Ascii #13#10)..

 The default TCP/IP port is 4769, but a user can change it under
 Advanced Options / Values / Interface.

 External Messages (ZP -> Program, TCP/IP or SendMessage):

 [WParam]                             | [LParam]
 -------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------
 0000 - Application Name              | String describing the Application
 0001 - Application Version           | String with the version text
 1000 - State Change                  | 0  - Closed
                                        1  - Stopped (doesn't apply to DVD,
                                                      DVD Stop = Closed)
                                        2  - Paused
                                        3  - Playing
 1010 - Current Fullscreen State      | 0  - Windowed
                                        1  - Fullscreen
 1020 - Current FastForward State     | 0  - Disabled
                                        1  - Enabled
 1021 - Current Rewind State          | 0  - Disabled
                                        1  - Enabled
 1100 - TimeLine update               | String containing timeline data
 1110 - Current Duration              | Current Duration in milliseconds
 1120 - Current Position              | Current Position in milliseconds
 1200 - OSD Message                   | String containing the OSD message
 1201 - OSD Message Off               | No value, message just tells that the OSD
                                        has disappeared
 1300 - Current Play Mode             | 0  - DVD Mode
                                        1  - Media Mode
                                        2  - Audio Mode
 1310 - TV/PC Mode                    | 0  - PC Mode
                                        1  - TV Mode (unused)
 1400 - DVD Title Change              | Current Title
 1401 - DVD Title Count               | Number of Titles
 1410 - DVD Domain Change             | See EC_DVD_DOMAIN_CHANGE in DirectX SDK
 1420 - DVD Menu Mode                 | 0  - Not in a Menu
                                      | 1  - In a Menu
 1450 - DVD Unique String             | Returns a unique DVD indentifer
 1500 - DVD Chapter Change            | Current Chapter
 1501 - DVD Chapter Count             | Number of Chapters
 1600 - DVD Audio Change              | Current Audio Track
 1601 - DVD Audio Count               | Number of Audio Tracks
 1602 - DVD Audio Name                | Contains the name of the Audio track and a
                                        padded number for example "001 5.1 AC3"
 1700 - DVD Sub Change                | Current Subtitle Track
 1701 - DVD Sub Count                 | Number of Subtitle Tracks
 1702 - DVD Sub Name                  | Contains the name of the Subtitle track and a
                                        padded number for example "001 5.1 AC3"
 1704 - DVD Sub Disabled              | 0 - Sub Visible
                                      | 1 - Sub Hidden
 1750 - DVD Angle Change              | Current Angle
 1751 - DVD Angle Count               | Number of Angles in the DVD Title 
 1800 - Currently Loaded File         | String containing file name
 1810 - Current Play List             | String containing the Zoom Player Play List
                                        structure.  Each entry is separated by the
                                        ">" character.  Each entry is sub-divided
                                        into additional information:
                                        |N .. |n - Name
                                        |E .. |e - Extension
                                        |D .. |d - Date
                                        |S .. |s - Size
                                        |P .. |p - Path
                                        |R .. |r - Duration
                                        |F .. |f - Forced Duration
                                        It is possible addtional tags will be used
                                        in future version, so code safely.
 1855 - End of File                   | End of file has been reached
 1900 - File PlayList Pos             | String containing file
                                        position in play list
 2000 - Video Resolution              | String containing the
                                        video resolution (if there is one)
 2100 - Video Frame Rate              | String containing the
                                        video frame rate (if there is one)
 2200 - AR Change                     | String containing the AR String
                                        (same as OSD message)
 2210 - DVD AR Mode Change            | 0  - Unknown
                                        1  - Full-Frame
                                        2  - Letterbox
                                        3  - Anamorphic
 2300 - Current Audio Volume          | The current Audio Volume
 2400 - Media Content Tags            | Returns Media Content Strings
                                        (ID3/APE/WMA/Etc... Tags)
 2500 - A CD/DVD Was Inserted         | Returns path to drive the disc was inserted to
 3000 - ZP Error Message              | String of error messsage
                                        Note that there can be multiple errors
                                        appearing in sequence, only the last
                                        error may be visible by the user.
 3100 - Nav Dialog Opened             | A Navigator Dialog has opened
                                         0 - Blanking Navigator
                                         1 - Chapter Navigator
                                         2 - Context Navigator
                                         3 - File Navigator
                                         4 - GoTo Navigator
                                         5 - Media Library Navigator
                                         6 - MouseWheel Navigator
                                         7 - Color Control Navigator
                                         8 - Play List Navigator
                                         9 - Resize Navigator
                                        10 - Station Navigator
                                        11 - Web URL Navigator
 3110 - Nav Dialog Closed             | A Navigator Dialog has closed
                                        (Values are the same as #3100)
 3200 - Screen Saver Mode             | The ZP Screen Saver has:
                                        0 - Started
                                        1 - Ended
 5100 - ZP Function Called            | Value contains name of function
 5110 - ZP ExFunction Called          | Value contains name of function
 5120 - ZP ScanCode Called            | Value contains ScanCode.



* Getting additional information:

 Message Number : [WM_APP+50]

 Send the message with one of the following parameters in the LParam field (hex):

  ZP_GetFileName    = $1000;
  ZP_GetDuration    = $1010;
  ZP_GetPosition    = $1020;
  ZP_GetMode        = $1030;
  ZP_GetState       = $1040;
  ZP_GetPlayIndex   = $1050;

 The return value of the message will be an integer value with the current
 state (with the exception of "ZP_GetFileName" which returns an atom to a
 string containing the file name, make sure to deallocate the atom).

Now I would like to translate the information (ZP_GetFilename, ZP_GetPosition and ZP_GetDuration) into an xml-file so I can get it on the display. How is that possible? Some advice by a programmer/develop would be grealy appreciated, I am also thankfull for some helpfull links!

Thanks a lot in advance!

[trosty]

After some more research I found a PlugIn for LCDHype that converts the information from Zoom Player for the display. Can that one be adapted for MediaPortal?

http://lcdhype.de/index.php?showtopic=504 (on the bottom of the page)

Any help/support is greatly appreciated! Thanks!