[AddonScriptorDE]

Hi,
I have a question about json queries. Im new into this, so I think theres a better solution at what im doing right now.
Currenlty i'm getting all movies/series with "GetMovies" / "GetEpisodes", then i search for the info i want. Thats not very efficient with large databases.

Is there a way for accessing GetMovieDetails()/GetEpisodeDetails() by path. It seems only possible by Library ID. I need this infos for the currently playing movie/series.
Its possible to get Infos with "xbmc.Player().getVideoInfoTag()". But the ID is missing... So, the the only info i have is the path.

Does anyone know a smarter solution to get the media details?

Btw: Accessing details by path is possible with the HTTP API, but it will be gone with frodo, so its no solution.

Thanks in advance...

[jmarshall]

You should be able to get the ID in current master using dbid on the currently playing item (via infomanager) - let me know if this doesn't work.

We'd definitely want support for the id from the videoinfotag - if you want to take a crack yourself, check xbmc/interfaces/python/xbmcmodule/videoinfotag.cpp or thereabouts.

Cheers,
Jonathan

[AddonScriptorDE]

You should be able to get the ID in current master using dbid on the currently playing item (via infomanager) - let me know if this doesn't work.

Sorry, i'm using Eden final right now. Im going to check out the latest frodo version.
Could you please post a link/infos to the "infomanager" you mentioned, couldn't find much about it.

Edit: Are you talking about "xbmc.getInfoLabel('ListItem.DBID')"?
Only tested this under eden final (returns an empty string while playing media in fullscreen).
But I think this is not what youre talking about, because its for the selected Item (not for the playing media).

We'd definitely want support for the id from the videoinfotag - if you want to take a crack yourself, check xbmc/interfaces/python/xbmcmodule/videoinfotag.cpp or thereabouts.

I dont have much experience in c++, but will have a look at this. Of course, if i can, i will try to help adding this missing id info to the videoinfotag.