Random API questions

[whurlston]

1. What's the difference between SettingsHelper.SetSetting() and SettingsHelper.SetOverride()?
   
2. Is there a way to monitor and intercept/override keypresses? I would like to intercept keys while playing video and override the default behaviour but implimenting IScreenPlugin will only fire OnKeyDown() if the plugin is active and OnKeyPress() never seems to be fired when implementing IKeyPress.
   
3. If I want to display my own subtitles on videos (non .ts files), can I just call Native.UpdateCCBitmap() or do I need to implement ICCSubtitleData. If the latter, how would I do that? I see SetSubtitleStream() but not a SetSubtitlePlugin()
   

I do realize that the answer for 2 and 3 is probably "It wasn't meant to do this".

[sub]

1.What's the difference between SettingsHelper.SetSetting() and SettingsHelper.SetOverride()?

It not intended that developers use SetOverride(). It was only added as a workaround for a complicated circular problem I created for myself.

2.Is there a way to monitor and intercept/override keypresses? I would like to intercept keys while playing video and override the default behaviour but implimenting IScreenPlugin will only fire OnKeyDown() if the plugin is active and OnKeyPress() never seems to be fired when implementing IKeyPress.

If your plugin is listening for event bus notifications, it'll get the PLAYBACK_KEYDOWN event, where "args" is a KeyEventArgs object.

3.If I want to display my own subtitles on videos (non .ts files), can I just call Native.UpdateCCBitmap() or do I need to implement ICCSubtitleData. If the latter, how would I do that? I see SetSubtitleStream() but not a SetSubtitlePlugin()

You'd maybe call PluginHelperFactory.GetInstance().GetPlaybackProxy().SetOSD() passing in a renderlist of UiElement objects. In your case that renderlist would be one object, containing your bitmap.

[whurlston]

It not intended that developers use SetOverride(). It was only added as a workaround for a complicated circular problem I created for myself.

That makes my choice easy then. I want to set <MenuItem> enabled to false when saving settings to make sure that "background" plugins don't ever appear in the menu and SetOverride() made me stop and think.

If your plugin is listening for event bus notifications, it'll get the PLAYBACK_KEYDOWN event, where "args" is a KeyEventArgs object.

Doh, I missed that event somehow.

You'd maybe call PluginHelperFactory.GetInstance().GetPlaybackProxy().SetOSD() passing in a renderlist of UiElement objects. In your case that renderlist would be one object, containing your bitmap.

One of these days I will have to learn how to not make things so complicated.

[whurlston]

If your plugin is listening for event bus notifications, it'll get the PLAYBACK_KEYDOWN event, where "args" is a KeyEventArgs object.

That worked to capture the the event but I can't override the default handling. Even if I activate my own popup, the defaults kill it and activate.

Next time you're in that part of the code, would it be possible to get a Notify("ACTIVATE_POPUP", "SelectAudio") and Notify("ACTIVATE_POPUP", "SelectSubtitles") for videos and dvds? (I'm filtering filetypes if it is fired for all playback or none type of deal)

I can then override it with my own popup.

[sub]

I should be able to do something like that. I'm a bit busy today though.

[whurlston]

There's no rush on it. I'm off to bed and not sure if I will get back to it tomorrow or not. I just figure there is not much point to assigning yet another key for existing functions just for BD playback.

[whurlston]

sub, I set a delay so that my popup will render after the default popup and it serves my purpose. One thing I noticed though is that once the default audio/subtitle selection is activated, PluginHelperFactory.GetPluginHelper().GetActivePopup() still returns null. So even though I render my popup, once my popup is cleared, the default popup reappears on screen.

I hope I'm making some sense.

Edit: Here's my code:

Code:

public void Notify(string eventName, object eventArg)
        {
            if (eventName == "PLAYBACK_KEYDOWN")
            {
                string s = new KeyCommandHelper(SettingsHelper.GetInstance().GetDataDirectory() + "KeyMappings.xml").GetCommand("VideoPlayback", (KeyEventArgs)eventArg);
                if (s == "SelectAudio" || s == "SelectSubtitles")
                {
                    delay = new System.Timers.Timer(1000);
                    delay.AutoReset = false;
                    delay.Elapsed += new System.Timers.ElapsedEventHandler(delay_Elapsed);
                    delay.Start();
                }
        }

        void delay_Elapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e)
        {
            IScreenPlugin currentPopup = PluginHelperFactory.GetPluginHelper().GetActivePopup();
            if (currentPopup != null)
              PluginHelperFactory.GetPluginHelper().ActivatePopup(null);                         // This never gets fired because GetActivePopup always returns null even though there is a popup on screen.
            PluginHelperFactory.GetPluginHelper().ActivatePopup(new StreamPopup());
        }

[whurlston]

End result (with a few niggles):

And yes... the selections do actually work.