External Program Talking to MediaPortal (1 Viewer)

[BigBuddha]

Is there any way for an external program to ask/query MP if it is currently recording?

 

[Callifo]

Check the tvdatabase for set recordings and match against the current time?

 

[bigj]

Is there any way for an external program to ask/query MP if it is currently recording?

Let me know how you get on with this. I want to do the same.

Currently I have a daily procedure that restarts the PC, defrags runs WebEPG etc. It runs at about 4am and I just have to hope it doesn't occur in the middle of MP recording. I want a small exe that will let me ping MP for its status:

Are you recording now?
Are you going to start recording with the next N minutes?

Thinking forwards a little - this could also be used as the basis of a feature to test that MP is still alive. i.e. if the request timesout then an auto-reboot could be issued.... would require a process (app) that sleeps for N minutes, then pings MP, and if it's gone runs a user selected app/shell script.

 

[mzemina]

... I want a small exe that will let me ping MP for its status:

Are you recording now?
Are you going to start recording with the next N minutes?

Thinking forwards a little - this could also be used as the basis of a feature to test that MP is still alive. i.e. if the request timesout then an auto-reboot could be issued.... would require a process (app) that sleeps for N minutes, then pings MP, and if it's gone runs a user selected app/shell script.

What about a script that checks the log file?

Mike

 

[bigj]

What about a script that checks the log file?
Mike

Mmm, yes that would provide: "Is MP recording?", but not "Is MP going to start recording in the next N minutes?"

Looking at the DB could also work, but I think a general purpose interprocess interface would be good for this and any other stuff in the future.
Not sure how it would be implemented in .net though.

 

[samuel337]

It is possible using the web service that's included with MPW (the web interface).

Sam

 

[BigBuddha]

It is possible using the web service that's included with MPW (the web interface).

Could you give a little more detail on how to do this with MPW?

 

[samuel337]

It is possible using the web service that's included with MPW (the web interface).

Could you give a little more detail on how to do this with MPW?

Install MPW.

Navigate to http://<MP computer name>:81/MPExtControlWS/service.asmx

Click on the Get_MPPropertyManager link.

Try these properties for the relevant information - this only works when MP is running.

#TV.View.channel
#TV.View.thumb
#TV.View.start
#TV.View.stop
#TV.View.remaining
#TV.View.genre
#TV.View.title
#TV.View.description

#TV.Record.channel
#TV.Record.start
#TV.Record.stop
#TV.Record.genre
#TV.Record.title
#TV.Record.description
#TV.Record.thumb
#TV.Record.percent1
#TV.Record.percent2
#TV.Record.percent3
#TV.Record.duration
#TV.Record.current

Sam