Not a plugin-exactly, but want to get events...

[JohnInSJ]

I'd like to instrument the viewing behavior of my GBPVR users (yeah, I know, weird...)

I'd like to be able to detect the following events

1 user is interacting with gbpvr in any way (ie, navigation...)
2 user is watching a recorded show (recording details or at least name would be good to know)
2a (essentially 1 again) user pause/skip/play actions while watching)
3 ditto for 2/2a for live TV

This doesn't seem crazy hard to do, but I'm not sure its doable via the plugin system. All I need is the events. If they're already somewhere in a log file, that could work as well - I didn't find one but I don't think I have logging on.

I'm running one version back from current, but can update (just haven't got round to it...)

Thanks for any pointers!

[sub]

Sorry, most of this isnt visible from a plugin. You can get events to notify you when a media file starts playing (including the filename), playback stopping, live tv starting and notification of the channels changing. Plugins dont get any notification of play/pause/skip etc, or general user navigation.

[JohnInSJ]

Thanks, sub... so I can do some of it, anyway, just via a normal plugin? That will do for now. I'll give it a go and see where I get

[ACTCMS]

As well as event notifications, you can also monitor keystrokes (or remote control commands). You can also query the db to find current live TV info. I can't see any reason why you couldn't write a plugin to build a usage log.

[sub]

You just need to implement a .net class in your DLL which implements the IEventNotification interface. It doesnt need to have user interface.

[JohnInSJ]

You just need to implement a .net class in your DLL which implements the IEventNotification interface. It doesnt need to have user interface.

Sounds good! I won't have a chance to give it a go until tuesday, but I'll be back then with questions if I run into the limits of my intelligence

[K.S.]

1 user is interacting with gbpvr in any way (ie, navigation...)
2 user is watching a recorded show (recording details or at least name would be good to know)
2a (essentially 1 again) user pause/skip/play actions while watching)
3 ditto for 2/2a for live TV

1. is no problem (as long as you dont want to know where in the menu the user is, that might be impossible), see link for that below
2. video playback is also no problem, only one restriction (2a)... (from memory i'm not sure about details), again: check link for code.
2a that's most likely not possible (as i remember i could not get the current status (playing vs. paused) detected)
3. same as 2/2a

take a look at my modified bleepbloop plugin, i've attached the source (monitor.cs) at this post here, should help to get you started

[JohnInSJ]

Thanks KS - that code covers the interaction monitoring and looks like a great start.

[JohnInSJ]

I got to put a little time into this yesterday... got myself set up with the ic#code IDE, built a project based on KS's monitor.cs, and starting poking around... looks very doable. I can see how I can make a decent guess of what's going on based on the keys I see, and the video playing state.

It wasn't instantly obvious where/how I see these: "You can get events to notify you when a media file starts playing (including the filename), playback stopping, live tv starting and notification of the channels changing." - that would really help, of course... if anyone can give me a quick kick in the pants so I end up pointing at the right place to get that, I'll be all set *

* all set meaning all I have to do now is figure out how to do in c# what I could do in 2 lines of php code - make an http post using curl. But we digress

[sub]

IIt wasn't instantly obvious where/how I see these: "You can get events to notify you when a media file starts playing (including the filename), playback stopping, live tv starting and notification of the channels changing." - that would really help, of course...

Your plugin implements the IEventNotification interface. The app will call the Notify() method on this interface each time these types of events occur, supplying the event type and any parameters.