My 30 Add-on API wishes
Hi,

I know I already created a thread a while ago about this, but this place seems to be more suited to ask for this feature; Sorry for the duplicate.

I would love to see something to be able to force refresh on a specific media file (either music, movie, tv episode or even tvshows directories)
How about adding a built-in 'Refresh' function ? It would take 1 parameter : a path to a file or a directory, and would just call the same method as the 'Refresh' button in movie information. This could also complete the existing 'UpdateLibrary' which currently only accepts directories.

I'm asking for this because there seems to be no way of reproducing the same behavior as in the FileBrowser / VideoNavigator from an addon : When displaying the 'Info' window for a given media, the 'Refresh' button is greyed out, even if all the other informations are correct (using XBMC.Action('Info') as a context-menu action). Using the same on an unparsed file shows an empty information window, while it actually refreshes the file's data in library mode.

I think other addons/people faced this issue too, I found a few other topics mentioning this on the forum. If I had to name just one, addons such as 'missing movie scanner' would greatly benefit from this kind of this function.

Thanks !
BePov
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My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-02-05, 18:23
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Martijn - 2013-02-05, 19:16
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by MassIV - 2013-02-05, 19:28
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by bossanova808 - 2013-02-06, 02:33
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-02-06, 10:07
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by marv_el - 2013-02-06, 09:47
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Martijn - 2013-02-06, 10:03
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by takoi - 2013-02-06, 10:43
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by takoi - 2013-02-06, 12:40
Odp: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Marx1 - 2013-02-06, 14:37
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Memphiz - 2013-02-06, 14:45
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-02-06, 16:26
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by da-anda - 2013-02-06, 19:29
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-02-06, 21:29
Odp: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Marx1 - 2013-02-06, 19:43
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by zag - 2013-02-06, 23:28
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by hippojay - 2013-02-12, 00:30
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by leechguy - 2013-02-07, 18:44
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by pieh - 2013-02-11, 17:43
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-02-11, 18:42
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by pieh - 2013-02-12, 09:54
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by jmarshall - 2013-02-12, 21:57
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by pieh - 2013-04-06, 09:33
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-02-21, 15:42
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Nuka1195 - 2013-03-17, 15:16
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Martijn - 2013-03-17, 15:18
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Nuka1195 - 2013-03-17, 15:31
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-03-17, 19:29
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Nuka1195 - 2013-03-18, 00:14
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-04-01, 13:31
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by ruuk - 2013-04-05, 20:06
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by pieh - 2013-04-06, 09:50
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-04-06, 09:54
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by pieh - 2013-04-06, 10:21
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-04-06, 10:39
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by pieh - 2013-04-06, 11:02
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Bstrdsmkr - 2013-04-06, 17:29
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Nuka1195 - 2013-04-06, 23:43
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by pan2 - 2013-04-07, 17:03
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Martijn - 2013-04-16, 08:30
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Nuka1195 - 2013-04-16, 18:44
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Martijn - 2013-04-20, 21:22
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Bstrdsmkr - 2013-04-21, 00:09
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by jmarshall - 2013-04-21, 07:07
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-04-21, 10:33
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by takoi - 2013-04-21, 11:29
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by ruuk - 2013-04-21, 20:49
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Martijn - 2013-04-21, 20:57
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Baswazz - 2013-05-05, 10:08
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-05-05, 16:04
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Desvio - 2013-06-14, 23:32
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by EDevil - 2013-07-31, 18:43
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-07-31, 21:12
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sarbes - 2013-08-04, 04:04
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-08-04, 12:27
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-08-07, 23:46
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by rogerthis - 2013-08-09, 11:44
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by fightnight - 2013-08-10, 11:52
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Fice - 2013-10-07, 22:54
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-10-09, 00:47
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Roman_V_M - 2013-10-09, 14:56
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Basje - 2013-11-16, 00:46
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by jmarshall - 2013-11-16, 01:04
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Basje - 2013-11-16, 19:41
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by jmarshall - 2013-11-17, 04:23
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Basje - 2013-11-17, 12:52
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by jmarshall - 2013-11-18, 00:46
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Basje - 2013-11-18, 10:39
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by zag - 2013-11-18, 11:34
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Basje - 2013-11-19, 00:20
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by jmarshall - 2013-11-19, 01:23
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Basje - 2013-11-19, 01:25
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by queeup - 2013-12-01, 18:17
Re: RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Basje - 2013-12-02, 01:05
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2013-12-12, 01:52
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Basje - 2013-12-12, 23:01
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Basje - 2014-01-13, 12:35
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2014-01-13, 13:46
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by takoi - 2013-12-13, 12:28
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Bitboy - 2014-01-13, 12:22
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Bstrdsmkr - 2014-01-13, 18:14
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2014-01-14, 11:26
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by HenrikDK - 2014-01-14, 13:24
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Bstrdsmkr - 2014-01-14, 15:03
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Anthirian - 2014-05-09, 12:08
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by robweber - 2014-05-09, 15:28
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Anthirian - 2014-05-09, 15:31
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by tria - 2014-08-08, 02:12
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by ndxtg - 2014-08-09, 03:49
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by takoi - 2014-08-10, 13:38
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by takoi - 2014-08-18, 17:38
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by uksa007 - 2015-01-06, 02:33
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2014-10-10, 12:24
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by zag - 2014-10-10, 12:47
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by KenV99 - 2014-11-19, 23:26
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Karnagious - 2014-11-20, 00:54
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by takoi - 2015-01-06, 13:16
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by ruuk - 2015-01-06, 13:39
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by jjd-uk - 2015-01-06, 14:35
Re: RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Martijn - 2015-01-06, 22:34
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by lukemb - 2015-01-11, 19:01
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by ronie - 2015-01-09, 00:55
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by BePov - 2015-02-01, 22:17
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by BeesKnees - 2015-04-22, 03:03
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by BeesKnees - 2015-04-22, 21:31
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by phil65 - 2015-06-12, 21:06
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by sphere - 2015-06-12, 22:30
RE: My 30 Add-on API wishes - by Sorien - 2015-12-23, 10:41
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