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Pvt_Ryan
2008-12-10, 19:23
Hi,

I am looking at a htpc case with an LCD screen (very small text only). Was thinking it would be nice if xbmc could either output to a file or otherwise make available the following info:

1) Track (or name of film)
2) Playtime
3) Remaining time
4) Playtime/Remaining time

they could be output to /dev/xbmctr, /dev/xbmcpt, /dev/xbmcrt. I could then just poll those files for the relevent information.

Ideally though these would be stored in memory and not on the physical disk (to reduce the disk i/o) as I am considering using a flash based disk for my system disk.

Failing an official fix, if one of the devs could point me at the relevent src files I may be able to munge something together myself if/when i get the case.

Regards,

Ryan

althekiller
2008-12-10, 21:28
We already support lcd/vfd through lcdproc. If you need the info otherwise grab it from the httpapi.

paularms
2008-12-10, 21:29
XBMC already does LCD output via lcdproc.

Ah crap, althekiller beat me to it

Pvt_Ryan
2008-12-11, 12:14
ok cool. thanks for the info.