eventTrigger [v1.3.5 Beta] (2 Viewers)

[packstlauren]

Re: EventGhostTrigger - (Send events to EventGhost)

I agree, i've used it for a long time. But i though it was not really user frendly. Making submenus was boring and it is not skinned with mediaportal. MyMenu uses your mediaportal skin so it is much more integrated.

 

[mickelin]

Re: EventGhostTrigger - (Send events to EventGhost)

Very well done! A lot of people have been asking for this for a long time and now you have done it, great!

Just a minor observation: as a name for the MP plugin, EventGhostTrigger makes a lot of sense, but perhaps the naming of the the actual events in EventGhost should be e.g. Main.MediaPortal.Music.Play. That would be more intuitive and easier to follow in a large EG tree with many plugins and events.

 

[moryoav]

Re: EventGhostTrigger - (Send events to EventGhost)

Very well done! A lot of people have been asking for this for a long time and now you have done it, great!

Just a minor observation: as a name for the MP plugin, EventGhostTrigger makes a lot of sense, but perhaps the naming of the the actual events in EventGhost should be e.g. Main.MediaPortal.Music.Play. That would be more intuitive and easier to follow in a large EG tree with many plugins and events.

Thank you Micke, you're absolutely right! I'll include this change in the next version release (which will probably be today...).

 

[moryoav]

Re: EventGhostTrigger - (Send events to EventGhost)

Cool plugin (works fine also with MP 1.1.2) !

Can you write a complete list of supported events ?

Done, post #1 was updated with a list of supported events.

Very well done! A lot of people have been asking for this for a long time and now you have done it, great!

Just a minor observation: as a name for the MP plugin, EventGhostTrigger makes a lot of sense, but perhaps the naming of the the actual events in EventGhost should be e.g. Main.MediaPortal.Music.Play. That would be more intuitive and easier to follow in a large EG tree with many plugins and events.

Done, see post #1 for the updated names of events.

for the feedback...

 

[Dragy]

Re: EventGhostTrigger - (Send events to EventGhost)

Damn, I can't wait for the plugin It still isn't accepted by the MP crew.

Just to be sure, you made it compatible with 1.2 beta?

 

[moryoav]

Re: EventGhostTrigger - (Send events to EventGhost)

A new version is available, and post #1 was updated with direct download links (at the bottom of the post)... Enjoy!

 

[CypherMK]

Re: EventGhostTrigger - (Send events to EventGhost)

I don't understand what this plugin does? Can someone tell me in plain English?

I only use event ghost to emulate keys with my gyration remote.

 

[moryoav]

Re: EventGhostTrigger - (Send events to EventGhost)

I don't understand what this plugin does? Can someone tell me in plain English?

I only use event ghost to emulate keys with my gyration remote.

Quite simple, as post #1 says, the plugin will generate events in EventGhost based on activities in MediaPortal (Music/TV/Movie/Videos - Stop/Pause/Play etc.). Part of the greatness of EventGhost is the ability to receive "events" from different sources (be it keyboard presses, remote control hits, scheduled tasks, etc) and act upon them - activating macros (or actions) based on those events. So for example you can have a macro that loads your favorite website whenever you press some key on the remote control.
So what this plugin does is basically "generate" events in MediaPortal, create events based on different activities - Music/Video/Movies play/stop/pause etc, so in EventGhost you can link these events with certain macros. For example - turn on lights in your living room when a movie is paused, amplify volume to 100% whenever music is played, etc etc. The sky is the limit with EventGhost...

If you still feel like you need further explanation, perhaps you can simply install the plugin and see what it does to EventGhost by yourself... (the attached screenshot in post #1 is also quite clear, in my honest opinion...).

 

[Dragy]

Re: EventGhostTrigger - (Send events to EventGhost)

Here the plugin for 1.2 beta Enjoy

And I have a suggestion. You can better use payloads for the events:
Mediaportal.Play with payload [TV | Media | etc]
Mediaportal.Stop with payload [TV | Media | etc]
etc

You can still trigger events on different payload, but you can also accept events on anything that start playing.

 

[moryoav]

Re: EventGhostTrigger - (Send events to EventGhost)

Here the plugin for 1.2 beta Enjoy

And I have a suggestion. You can better use payloads for the events:
Mediaportal.Play with payload [TV | Media | etc]
Mediaportal.Stop with payload [TV | Media | etc]
etc

You can still trigger events on different payload, but you can also accept events on anything that start playing.

Good idea and very simple to implement. I'll incorporate it in the next version I'll release today. Thanks!

Here the plugin for 1.2 beta Enjoy

And I have a suggestion. You can better use payloads for the events:
Mediaportal.Play with payload [TV | Media | etc]
Mediaportal.Stop with payload [TV | Media | etc]
etc

You can still trigger events on different payload, but you can also accept events on anything that start playing.

Good idea and very simple to implement. I'll incorporate it in the next version I'll release today. Thanks!

On second thought, I'll add it as a configuration option so users can choose if that's what they want...

...Working on it...