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<blockquote data-quote="hurley" data-source="post: 1163072" data-attributes="member: 151395"><p>You could put your third party library in the TVServer Plugins folder but the TVService will <strong><em>try</em></strong> to load it as a plugin, which should fail without error.</p><p>Don't know if that's a good idea or not. Refer to: <a href="https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/TvEngine3/TVLibrary/TvService/Service1.cs#L772" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000b3">TvService.TvServiceThread.StartPlugins()</span></a> and <a href="https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/TvEngine3/TVLibrary/TvService/PluginLoader.cs" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000b3">TvService.PluginLoader.Load()</span></a></p><p><a href="https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/TvEngine3/TVLibrary/TvService/PluginLoader.cs" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000b3"></span></a></p><p><strong>Edit:</strong> Re mm's link: <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682586%28v=vs.85%29.aspx" target="_blank">Dynamic-Link Library Search Order</a></p><p><em>"Application loaded from directory"</em> and <em>"Current Directory"</em> will both be <em>C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server</em> at plugin load. So above may be a moot point. <span style="font-size: 10px">(Sorry, last post edit I swear)</span> :|</p><p></p><p>Some tips from what I've learned:</p><p>The IController sent to your plugin through it's <span style="color: #0000b3">Start(IController controller)</span> method is an interface to the <em>TVService.TVController</em> instance. This has many useful functions for a TV Server plugin.</p><p></p><p>Other particularly useful classes for the areas you're looking at:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/TvEngine3/TVLibrary/TVDatabase/TvBusinessLayer/BusinessLayer.cs" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000b3">TvDatabase.TvBusinessLayer</span></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/TvEngine3/TVLibrary/TVDatabase/Program.cs" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000b3">TvDatabase.Program</span></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/TvEngine3/TVLibrary/TVDatabase/Schedule.cs" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000b3">TvDatabase.Schedule</span></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/TvEngine3/TVLibrary/TVDatabase/Recording.cs" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000b3">TvDatabase.Recording</span></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/TvEngine3/TVLibrary/TVDatabase/Channel.cs" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000b3">TvDatabase.Channel</span></a></p><p></p><p>Of course as mentioned the TvServerEvents will be useful and as mm said referring to the built in plugins helped me a lot too.</p><p>Subscribe to TvServerEvents in your plugin's Start method and unsubscribe in Close</p><p>[CODE]public void Start(IController controller)</p><p>{</p><p> //...</p><p></p><p> ITvServerEvent events = GlobalServiceProvider.Instance.Get<ITvServerEvent>();</p><p> events.OnTvServerEvent += new TvServerEventHandler(events_OnTvServerEvent);</p><p>}</p><p></p><p>public void Stop()</p><p>{</p><p> //...</p><p></p><p> if (GlobalServiceProvider.Instance.IsRegistered<ITvServerEvent>())</p><p> {</p><p> GlobalServiceProvider.Instance.Get<ITvServerEvent>().OnTvServerEvent -= events_OnTvServerEvent;</p><p> }</p><p>}[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>Ah, just found my link to Version Compatibility info, knew it was in the wiki somewhere: <a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/18_Contribute/6_Plugins/Version_Compatibility" target="_blank">Version Compatibility</a></p><p>Also just stumbled on <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/ledcontroller-control-your-leds-htpcmonitor-keep-an-eye-on-your-pc.44948/" target="_blank">LEDController</a> amongst my MePo archives. Unfortunately the original post has been deleted and there was no source code, but this looks like it did exactly what was requested in <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/visual-indicator-when-recording.132598/#post-1162925" target="_blank">Visual indicator when recording.</a></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]172468[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Edit: Fixed link to Version Compatibility. Added git links to source references.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hurley, post: 1163072, member: 151395"] You could put your third party library in the TVServer Plugins folder but the TVService will [B][I]try[/I][/B] to load it as a plugin, which should fail without error. Don't know if that's a good idea or not. Refer to: [URL='https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/TvEngine3/TVLibrary/TvService/Service1.cs#L772'][COLOR=#0000b3]TvService.TvServiceThread.StartPlugins()[/COLOR][/URL] and [URL='https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/TvEngine3/TVLibrary/TvService/PluginLoader.cs'][COLOR=#0000b3]TvService.PluginLoader.Load() [/COLOR][/URL] [B]Edit:[/B] Re mm's link: [URL='https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682586%28v=vs.85%29.aspx']Dynamic-Link Library Search Order[/URL] [I]"Application loaded from directory"[/I] and [I]"Current Directory"[/I] will both be [I]C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server[/I] at plugin load. So above may be a moot point. [SIZE=2](Sorry, last post edit I swear)[/SIZE] :| Some tips from what I've learned: The IController sent to your plugin through it's [COLOR=#0000b3]Start(IController controller)[/COLOR] method is an interface to the [I]TVService.TVController[/I] instance. This has many useful functions for a TV Server plugin. Other particularly useful classes for the areas you're looking at: [INDENT][URL='https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/TvEngine3/TVLibrary/TVDatabase/TvBusinessLayer/BusinessLayer.cs'][COLOR=#0000b3]TvDatabase.TvBusinessLayer[/COLOR][/URL] [URL='https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/TvEngine3/TVLibrary/TVDatabase/Program.cs'][COLOR=#0000b3]TvDatabase.Program[/COLOR][/URL] [URL='https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/TvEngine3/TVLibrary/TVDatabase/Schedule.cs'][COLOR=#0000b3]TvDatabase.Schedule[/COLOR][/URL] [URL='https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/TvEngine3/TVLibrary/TVDatabase/Recording.cs'][COLOR=#0000b3]TvDatabase.Recording[/COLOR][/URL] [URL='https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/TvEngine3/TVLibrary/TVDatabase/Channel.cs'][COLOR=#0000b3]TvDatabase.Channel[/COLOR][/URL][/INDENT] Of course as mentioned the TvServerEvents will be useful and as mm said referring to the built in plugins helped me a lot too. Subscribe to TvServerEvents in your plugin's Start method and unsubscribe in Close [CODE]public void Start(IController controller) { //... ITvServerEvent events = GlobalServiceProvider.Instance.Get<ITvServerEvent>(); events.OnTvServerEvent += new TvServerEventHandler(events_OnTvServerEvent); } public void Stop() { //... if (GlobalServiceProvider.Instance.IsRegistered<ITvServerEvent>()) { GlobalServiceProvider.Instance.Get<ITvServerEvent>().OnTvServerEvent -= events_OnTvServerEvent; } }[/CODE] Ah, just found my link to Version Compatibility info, knew it was in the wiki somewhere: [URL='http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/18_Contribute/6_Plugins/Version_Compatibility']Version Compatibility[/URL] Also just stumbled on [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/ledcontroller-control-your-leds-htpcmonitor-keep-an-eye-on-your-pc.44948/']LEDController[/URL] amongst my MePo archives. Unfortunately the original post has been deleted and there was no source code, but this looks like it did exactly what was requested in [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/visual-indicator-when-recording.132598/#post-1162925']Visual indicator when recording.[/URL] [ATTACH]172468[/ATTACH] [SIZE=2]Edit: Fixed link to Version Compatibility. Added git links to source references.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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