Plugin suggestion: Run exectuable on channel change (1 Viewer)

[optimalt]

I get live-tv in MP through capture cards (Hauppague Colossus) connected to set top boxes. It would be relly nice if there was a TV-server plugin that reacted on the channel change event in the TV-server and ran an executable (.bat/.exe) with the channel name/number as a parameter. That would give me (and hopefully others) much better contol over the channel changes. For example you could use the plugin to generate an event in eventghost and control the STB with a blaster which works in Eventghost (and of course do a lot of other stuff i you want).

I have tried the ServerBlaster-plugin, but it only supports the Hauppague IR Blaster which I find unreliable. I briefly tried the IRSS but it was complicated to set up and I never got a grip on how it works.

I think that the Plugin Events section in the wiki could be a good help to anybody who would be interested in developing such a plugin:
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_...ent/TV-Server/TV-Server_Plugins/Plugin_Events

Also, NextPVR has an option to trigger an exceutable on channel change which works really good:
http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Config/ChannelChanger

Hopefully someone more than me are interested in this plugin

Thank you!

 

[mm1352000]

Somebody else proposed the same idea about 1 year ago. I liked it so much that I decided to add the feature (built-in; no plugin required) in TVE 3.5. Currently the code is present but there's no user interface to configure the EXE location etc. In general I intend to improve blaster support a lot over time...

 

[kiwijunglist]

yeah i think it was my idea

 

[mm1352000]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is the thread that I remember:
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...cards-pre-and-post-recording-behavior.122497/

You can share the credit if you want.

 

[kiwijunglist]

ahhh it was well before then lol. maybe no one likes my ideas

 

[mm1352000]

...maybe no one likes my ideas

Not even!
I've implemented this idea of yours in TVE 3.5 too:
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...r-to-schedule-a-task-to-update-the-epg.68823/

That's from August 2009, so I think you could safely take the credit in that case. Proof that you definitely have some good ideas.
...and if you have some more ideas [for TV Server], I'd be happy to listen...

 

[kiwijunglist]

hah! thats nice!

If I start using tv-server again I'm sure I'll be using that feature

I currently only watch downloaded video

 

[optimalt]

Somebody else proposed the same idea about 1 year ago. I liked it so much that I decided to add the feature (built-in; no plugin required) in TVE 3.5. Currently the code is present but there's no user interface to configure the EXE location etc. In general I intend to improve blaster support a lot over time...

It sounds great that it is possible to run an executable on channel change in TVE 3.5! I think I will try MP2 for this reason only.

However (at least as I understand it), for now TVE 3.5 can't be used by MP1, Kodi, Emby or any client except MP2 until someone writes add-ons for these clients (personally I use MP1, Kodi and Emby).

Given that you have managed to create this feature in TVE 3.5, is there any way you could find time to make such a plugin for TVE 3? That would be very much appreciated - at least from me . Of course, I completely understand if you are reluctant to do this - reading this thread I understand you already have much on your plate as the only developer of TVE 3.5: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/tve3-5-for-mp1.129997)

Thank you!

 

[mm1352000]

It sounds great that it is possible to run an executable on channel change in TVE 3.5! I think I will try MP2 for this reason only.

Sure, give it a shot... but expect a few hickups. TVE 3.5 is a work in progress, as is MP2.

However (at least as I understand it), for now TVE 3.5 can't be used by MP1, Kodi, Emby or any client except MP2 until someone writes add-ons for these clients (personally I use MP1, Kodi and Emby).

That's correct.

Given that you have managed to create this feature in TVE 3.5, is there any way you could find time to make such a plugin for TVE 3? That would be very much appreciated - at least from me . Of course, I completely understand if you are reluctant to do this - reading this thread I understand you already have much on your plate as the only developer of TVE 3.5: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/tve3-5-for-mp1.129997)

Sorry, I'm not able to do this in the foreseeable future.

 

[Nervesagent]

It can be done in a messy way...using VODSERVER.
If you edit the play.xml file in such a way that it will display your channel (or a dummy mp4 file) and run an executable.
I tried describing the way I did it in this topic
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...internet-streams-as-tv-channels.121732/page-7

I was able to run vlc when switching to a certain channel, but since I had no dummy mp4 running in the background, timeshifting gave me an error. Like I said.. it can be done.