Dissabling video resume by code?

[cybershaman]

Hi,

I wrote a small plugin for viewing online streaming videos. It works well, but i'm having problems with the resume function of GB-PVR. I love that function in local videos but it doesn't work very well when watching streams. I'm using this to lauch the video:

PluginHelperFactory.getPluginHelper().PlayVideoFile(url,null,url);

Is there a way to dissable resume before launching video? Or maybe i could remove the url from the resume database, where ever that may be? Ideas?

PS. I'm a Delphi coder so i'm pretty lost with .NET.

[sub]

Sorry, no. At the moment there isnt a publically accessible way to avoid the resume prompt programmatically.

You can disable resume prompting in the config app though.

[cybershaman]

Hmm, i tried to delete the resume record before playing the video and it seems to work.

Code:

public void PlayVideo(string VidUrl)
{
    // Delete resume data
    string connectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\\Program Files\\devnz\\gbpvr\\gbpvr.mdb";

    OleDbConnection myConnection = new OleDbConnection( connectionString );
    myConnection.Open();

    string query = "delete from PLAYBACK_POSITION where filename = '" + VidUrl +"'";

    OleDbCommand myCommand = new OleDbCommand();
    myCommand.CommandText = query;
    myCommand.Connection = myConnection;
    myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();

    myConnection.Close();

    //Play video
    PluginHelperFactory.getPluginHelper().PlayVideoFile(VidUrl,null,VidUrl);
}

I have no idea if this is a good/safe thing to do. Any feedback? :confused:

[sub]

Its not a good idea to connect directly to the database, but I dont have any alternative for you.

[cybershaman]

Ok, thanks.

I guess i'll use this method for now. If/when it blows up my system, i'll try something else .

[sub]

Be aware though, I do know this will be broken by the release in the next few weeks, so you'll need to do a few changes when that happens.

[cybershaman]

That's ok.
I'm writing this plugin just to learn something about .NET and GB-PVR.

BTW. I was wondering if there's a way to get the graph status, so i could display something to indicate when the stream is buffering.

[sub]

BTW. I was wondering if there's a way to get the graph status, so i could display something to indicate when the stream is buffering.

No there isnt. I dont want to expose this sort of low level stuff.

[cybershaman]

Ok, no problem.

Thanks for your help.