[robweber]

I've got updated code based on 0.5.0 that will allow you to run any command that can be run by xbmc.executebuiltin. You can run as many as you want with separate lines in a cron.txt file. The code as well as a patch file for service.py is available at https://github.com/pkscout/service.libra...update.exp. The readme was updated as well just to add an explanation of what I did.

Basically, service.py now looks for cron.txt in the addon's data folder. If it finds one, it loops through each line and runs it through the same logic as the library update and then runs whatever command you stick at the end.

Here's the cron.txt I have right now:

Code:

45 6 * * * RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.hulu/?mode='QueueLibrary')
30 6 * * * UpdateLibrary(music)
15 * * * * UpdateLibrary(video)

That runs the Hulu queue update at 6:45am, a music library update at 6:30am, and video library updates 15 minutes after every hour.

This is set as an easter egg right now. There is no setting to enable or disable it, and no way to set a different path for the cron.txt file. That could certainly be done, but for now enabling advanced timers gets you the extra functionality.

I'm pretty sure I could get this to run any command, but given the number of platform specific ways to run native commands, I wasn't sure it was worth it.

I also included some code to create the addon datadir if it doesn't exist. This might not matter if you install the plugin through the XBMC repo (or a zip file), but when I created the plugin directory by hand and put the code in, it generated an error that the datadir wasn't there until I went into the settings. Lastly, I truncated the last_run seconds down to the minute. By doing that, the updates run at the top of the minute rather than sometime during that minute. That's an ADD thing with me. I'll live if that doesn't get incorporated into an actual release.

Thanks for the work on this. I actually did a clean install from the repo in XBMC and noticed the addon directory does not get created unless you modify the settings so that piece of code is something that needs to be added for sure. I'll merge most of this into the main release when I get a spare minute (maybe tonight or tomorrow). I like the reading in of the cron.txt file but I think I might just spin that off into a new addon. I'm thinking of some type of GUI interface via the programs area to create the commands - maybe even pre-populate a drop down of xbmc commands.

Does this work with an atv2 on eden beta3? Also is it possible to update a different profile when in another profile? I have a master profile and then a kids profile. I would like to update both profile libraries (at different times).

Thanks.

As far as I know this should work like any other addon for the atv2 - it doesn't rely on any additional libraries or anything. I'm using it on Eden Beta 3 as well with no issues. As far as the multiple profile thing I really don't know. I think the UpdateLibrary() built in command will run for whatever user is logged in at the time it runs, but I'll have to check on that one. I read through the wiki quick and couldn't see any additional parameters to specify which profile to run the update for. I'll see what else I can find.

Any devs have any insight into this?