External Plugins???

[walts81]

Is it possible to control the TV engine without making an actual "MediaPortal TV plugin". For instance, I develop plugins for Meedio and would like to make a Meedio plugin control the TV engine. Is this currently possible?

Thanks,
Josh

[frodo]

Sure, thats what the tvplugin is doing after all.
You might want to read the development section of the wiki
it contains 2 examples showing how to control the tvserver from your own app

So one can indeed make a meedio or mce 2005 or sagetv plugin
which uses the tvserver

[ASiDiE]

Instead of writing a plug-in for Meedio to control the TV service... why not just use the plug-in that is already writen for MP... and then with your free time... write your meedio plug-ins for MP! The whole world would be a happier place

[walts81]

Originally Posted by frodo

Sure, thats what the tvplugin is doing after all.
You might want to read the development section of the wiki
it contains 2 examples showing how to control the tvserver from your own app

So one can indeed make a meedio or mce 2005 or sagetv plugin
which uses the tvserver

Yeah, I've been looking at that. But it keeps throwing an error

RemoteControl.HostName = "localhost";
string databaseConnection = RemoteControl.Instance.DatabaseConnectionString;

//error gets thrown on the following line of code
Gentle.Framework.ProviderFactory.SetDefaultProviderConnectionString(databaseConnection);

Exact error message....

System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Gentle.Framework.ProviderFactory' threw an exception. ---> 
Error: NoConfigStoreFoundUnclassified
Gentle.Common.GentleException: 
FATAL ERROR: No configuration store was found!
Gentle is unable to continue!
The handlers emitted the following error messages:
Unable to create GentleSectionHandler for section named \"gentle\" in file \"C:\\Program Files\\Meedio\\Meedio Essentials\\Meedio.exe.config\".
Unable to create FileHandler for file Gentle.config.
This usually means that the file could not be found in any of the default search locations. The handlers threw the following exceptions:
Error: DeveloperErrorUnclassified
Gentle.Common.GentleException: No configuration file could be located at
Gentle.Common.FileHandler..ctor(String file) at
Gentle.Common.Configurator.AddFileHandler(String configStoreName, String fileName) at
Gentle.Common.Configurator.InitializeHandlers() at
Gentle.Common.Configurator.Configure(String configStoreName, Object instance) at
Gentle.Common.Configurator.Configure(Object instance) at
Gentle.Framework.ProviderRegistry..ctor() at
Gentle.Framework.ProviderFactory..cctor()
--- End of inner exception stack trace --- at
Gentle.Framework.ProviderFactory.SetDefaultProviderConnectionString(String connectionString) at 
MPTV.MPTVplugin.ConnectToTVserver() in E:\\MyStuff\\Visual Studio Projects\\C#\\MPTV\\MPTV\\MPTVplugin.cs:line 192"
A first chance exception of type 'System.TypeInitializationException' occurred in MPTV.dll

Originally Posted by ASiDiE

Instead of writing a plug-in for Meedio to control the TV service... why not just use the plug-in that is already writen for MP... and then with your free time... write your meedio plug-ins for MP! The whole world would be a happier place

Actually, the plugin would eventually be for MeediOS, not Meedio.

- Josh

[walts81]

Any ideas why I'm getting that error???

- Josh

[frodo]

yes
You forgot to create a gentle.config file
or the file can not be found. perhaps read the gentle.net documentation

[walts81]

Thanks Frodo! I got it working. Now I have another question...

In looking at ScheduleRecordingTypes, there are...

Daily
EveryTimeOnEveryChannel
EveryTimeOnThisChannel
Once
Weekends
Weekly
WorkingDays

What is "WorkingDays"? Like Mon-Fri? And is "Weekly" equivalent to "Record First Runs"?

Thanks,
Josh

[samuel337]

WorkingDays = Mon to Fri I think.

Weekly = same time, same day, same channel, every week.

Sam

[walts81]

So there's no equivalent to "First Run Only"??? That's considered a "must have". Tivo, SageTV, BeyonTV all have this feature. Is this something that is planned for future, was overlooked, or not being considered??

Thanks,
Josh

[Hawkeye]

Originally Posted by walts81

So there's no equivalent to "First Run Only"??? That's considered a "must have". Tivo, SageTV, BeyonTV all have this feature. Is this something that is planned for future, was overlooked, or not being considered??

Thanks,
Josh

Maybe I misunderstand you but what about the type "once"?