2013-07-01, 17:29
Well, looks like I was wrong.
I did a very crude test using refocus and setting the background image path to $INFO[Window(Home).Property(script.grab.fanart.FanArt)]. I then modified the service.py code to automatically update that same property with a different fanart image every 10 seconds.
The result was that it actually worked. Every 10 seconds when the property was updated the XBMC screen refreshed without any user input at all. I'm thinking that this can be coded to work with the suggestions I'm seeing. Specifically I'm thinking of a runscript() command to set options that the service will use (# of seconds to wait between grabs, which type of art, etc) and then the service will use those options to populate fields like FanArt path, Title, etc.
All a skinner would have to do is reference these properties in the skin and they will change dynamically as the service updates them. I'm going to get to work on this right away today, I'll post back here when the Git repo is updated.
I did a very crude test using refocus and setting the background image path to $INFO[Window(Home).Property(script.grab.fanart.FanArt)]. I then modified the service.py code to automatically update that same property with a different fanart image every 10 seconds.
The result was that it actually worked. Every 10 seconds when the property was updated the XBMC screen refreshed without any user input at all. I'm thinking that this can be coded to work with the suggestions I'm seeing. Specifically I'm thinking of a runscript() command to set options that the service will use (# of seconds to wait between grabs, which type of art, etc) and then the service will use those options to populate fields like FanArt path, Title, etc.
All a skinner would have to do is reference these properties in the skin and they will change dynamically as the service updates them. I'm going to get to work on this right away today, I'll post back here when the Git repo is updated.
