[rz259]

Hello,

I've got a question not really related to JSON-RPC but maybe you can put me in the right direction...
I'd like to detect all KODI-servers on my network. What is the best way to go?

I thought of sending a broadcast event on the network, but I am not sure what would be the right port to use to detect the running servers.
I have tried to send broadcast events in java using but to no avail. I use the port 8278 I found mentioned in a website , but like I said I am not sure if that's the correct one.

Can anyone of you point me in the right direction? Perhaps somebody has a piece of source code - if it is not in Java, no problem - I'll try to map it to Java then.

Thanks a lot,


Rudi

[jonib]

I use SSDP (UPnP) to detect Kodi/XBMC in my XBMC2 plugin for EventGhost. You need to have UPnP enabled in Kodi/XBMC for it to work.

You need fairly simple code for it, here is an Python example (Not Kodi/XBMC specific)

jonib

[Montellese]

You could also try Zeroconf which is made for exactly this purpose and it also provides you with the ports you can use.

[topfs2]

Pretty sure Kore uses Zeroconf so if you adhere to the open source license you can peak at that code.

[jonib]

You could also try Zeroconf which is made for exactly this purpose and it also provides you with the ports you can use.

Don't you need some Apple software (at least on Windows) installed to use ZeroConf?

jonib

[Montellese]

Yes on windows you need the Bonjour Service installed. On any other platform Kodi has Zeroconf built in.

Nonetheless it's what Zeroconf has been made for.

[jonib]

Yes on windows you need the Bonjour Service installed. On any other platform Kodi has Zeroconf built in.

Hmm, why isn't it built in on Windows?

jonib

[Montellese]

AFAIK there's no library that runs on windows that we could use.