Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Player specific information in MusicInfoSCR
I can't reproduce the issue I encountered this afternoon...
Feel free to give this version a try. It hasn't been tested a lot, but
should basically work (trunk only). The key to integrating your data
with MIS is a function called getMusicInfoSCRCustomItems():
Code:
sub getMusicInfoSCRCustomItems {
return {
'BUFFER' => {
'cb' =>
\&Plugins::MusicInfoSCR::Info::getBufferFullness,
'cache' => 0
},
'NOTESYMBOL' => {
'cb' => sub {
my $client = shift;
return $client->symbols('notesymbol');
}
}
};
}
There are two parameters:
- 'cb': a reference to the function to be called. $client and $song
(the currently playing track object) are passed to that function.
- 'cache' can have one of two values: undef or a number >=0
* undef: update on song change only
* 0: don't cache
* 1+: cache for x seconds (eg. 3600 to update wheather forecast once
an hour)
In the above example you see that the buffer state is updated once a
second, while the notesymbol is updated on song change only (pure
laziness: it could be updated every 99 seconds as well).
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Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Player specific information in MusicInfoSCR
Michael Herger;208609 Wrote: > are you already working on the trunk or still 6.5.x? I've got a basic > version running, allowing plugins to register custom items - but it's > trunk only for now.I'm still on 6.5.x, I've started to look at 7.0 but > haven't actually converted any plugin yet. But it's not critical for me to get it to work with 6.5.x, so if you like to keep this as 7.0 only, it will be fine by me. Michael Herger;208609 Wrote: > And I do encounter a problem with SlimServer itself > (Slim::Utils::PluginManager->enabledPlugins() not returning anything). > Would be great if you could at least confirm the latter issue. > I'll try to get some simple test plugin running and check if enabledPlugins() returns nothing for me too. I'll get back to you. If you like me to verify something with the new MusicInfoSCR, just mail me the new version or post it here. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and RandomPlayList plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35997 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Player specific information in MusicInfoSCR
Erland, are you already working on the trunk or still 6.5.x? I've got a basic version running, allowing plugins to register custom items - but it's trunk only for now. And I do encounter a problem with SlimServer itself (Slim::Utils::PluginManager->enabledPlugins() not returning anything). Would be great if you could at least confirm the latter issue. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Player specific information in MusicInfoSCR
Michael Herger;208130 Wrote: > > Looking at your code I see one thing I think should have to be changed: > > caching. Who should do the caching? While MIP does some caching anyway, > > the providing plugin knows much better how long a given value is valid. > > Let's take your example: when does the collection name change? I guess > > _never_ within a playlist. If MIP checked for every song this would be > a > waste of CPU cycles. I'd therefore rather leave it to the information > > provider or add a parameter which will tell MIP whether to cache or not > a > value. Eg. > > 0: don't cache > -1: cache for the song's duration > > =1: update every x seconds > > What do you think? > An extra parameter as you describe sounds good. In my situation I think I will be able to cache it in the plugin, but the extra parameter is good if other plugins can't cache it. I also found something that I think is the 2.20 release on my harddrive, I have attached it to this post if you want it. +---+ |Filename: MusicInfoSCR.pm | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2954| +---+ -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and RandomPlayList plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35997 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Player specific information in MusicInfoSCR
> It might be the hook I gave you a patch for some time ago, I still have > the patch on my download page up to the 2.10 release of MusicInfoSCR, > so I think you introduced it officially in the 2.20 release and removed > it a bit later. Exactly: # Changelog # 2.30- remove that support again, as addFormat() should do the same... # 2.20- add support for third party plugins (thanks a lot Erland Isaksson!) And you know what? I _never_ checked in neither 2.10 nor 2.20... All I have in my SVN repository is 2.05 and 2.30 :-(. > It looks like the patch took both the $client and $item as > in-parameters which would suggest that the information might be player > specific. I'll give it another try. I'm glad you still have it... Looking at your code I see one thing I think should have to be changed: caching. Who should do the caching? While MIP does some caching anyway, the providing plugin knows much better how long a given value is valid. Let's take your example: when does the collection name change? I guess _never_ within a playlist. If MIP checked for every song this would be a waste of CPU cycles. I'd therefore rather leave it to the information provider or add a parameter which will tell MIP whether to cache or not a value. Eg. 0: don't cache -1: cache for the song's duration > =1: update every x seconds What do you think? -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Player specific information in MusicInfoSCR
Michael Herger;208103 Wrote: > > So, is there some way to do this through MusicInfoSCR ? > > No, no more. Or not yet? I thought I once had some kind of plugin > support... Will dig through the changelog. > It might be the hook I gave you a patch for some time ago, I still have the patch on my download page up to the 2.10 release of MusicInfoSCR, so I think you introduced it officially in the 2.20 release and removed it a bit later. It looks like the patch took both the $client and $item as in-parameters which would suggest that the information might be player specific. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and RandomPlayList plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35997 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Player specific information in MusicInfoSCR
> So, is there some way to do this through MusicInfoSCR ? No, no more. Or not yet? I thought I once had some kind of plugin support... Will dig through the changelog. > Michael, if it isn't possible, do you have any idea how it should be > done and if it is suitable ? As the subject had been discussed before I guess I'll have to add some kind of hook to support this. > The thing I like to this display is the currently active library from > the MultiLibrary plugin. The user can select different a library on > each player. I like it to be displayed on the "Now Playing" screen. There have been other use cases before, which makes this a reasonable request. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Player specific information in MusicInfoSCR
Is there someway for a plugin to show player specific information through the MusicInfoSCR screensaver ? It can't be done through standard title formats, since these aren't specific for each player. The plugin doesn't get any $client in the callback when it shall return the title format value. See this thread for an earlier discussion: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35402 So, is there some way to do this through MusicInfoSCR ? Michael, if it isn't possible, do you have any idea how it should be done and if it is suitable ? The thing I like to this display is the currently active library from the MultiLibrary plugin. The user can select different a library on each player. I like it to be displayed on the "Now Playing" screen. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and RandomPlayList plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35997 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
