get selected libary item filename

[netmgr]

Can i get the currently select library item (say from my movies) via a script?

i want to alter the keymap.xml file so that on a certain keypress whilst viewing my library it runs a script (ive done this part) the script should then be able to tell me which library item is selected, ie its filename

[Nuka1195]

xbmc.getInfoLabel()

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[netmgr]

Originally Posted by Nuka1195

xbmc.getInfoLabel()

Link to pydocs and manual in my signature

Ah ha, I was using InfoTagVideo() obviously on the wrong track, cheers

[Nuka1195]

that label is for what is currently playing.

[netmgr]

no joy with this, im using:

label1 = xbmc.getInfoLabel("listitem.filename")

the label returned is blank.

I can use other labels like listitem.title, which works fine

Is there a problem with asking the filename in a library view?

Originally Posted by Nuka1195

xbmc.getInfoLabel()

Link to pydocs and manual in my signature

[Nuka1195]

looks like listitem.filename returns filename without the full path.

Sounds like you may want the full path? IS this correct?

[netmgr]

i do want the full path yep, however the request returns nothing at all, full or partial.

What should i be doing to get the full path?

[Nuka1195]

nothing, i'm testing something right now, just wondered if thats what you needed.

[Nuka1195]

ok, when i run from library, it returns the idMovie column of the database. Are you sure your getting nothing?

One way to return this strictly from python, would be to use an sql statement and httpapi to get the resulting path and filename. But I'm testing a new infolabel, with a correction for library. If this works then it will need to be approved before commiting and you'll need to compile your own or wait for the next t3ch.

If you want to just use the httpapi.

PHP Code:

import xbmc
from urllib import quote_plus
new_sql = "SELECT path.strPath, files.strFileName FROM movie JOIN files ON files.idFile=movie.idFile JOIN path ON files.idPath=path.idPath WHERE movie.idMovie=%s;" % ( xbmc.getInfoLabel( "ListItem.filename" ), )
records = xbmc.executehttpapi( "QueryVideoDatabase(%s)" % ( quote_plus( new_sql ), ) )
print records.replace( "<field>", "" ).replace( "</field>", "" ) 


[netmgr]

yes im getting nothing

When i run your alternate sql script im getting a sql error and when i look into it it seems that 'movie.idmovie=' and then it just stops so its not getting anything from xbmc.getInfoLabel( "ListItem.filename" )

thoughts?

Originally Posted by Nuka1195

ok, when i run from library, it returns the idMovie column of the database. Are you sure your getting nothing?