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Retrieving artistid (and some other fields) requires extra logic which is currently not available in Files.GetDirectory.
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Files.PrepareDownload is only available on transport protocols that also support the download of the data itself.
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Hello
Is it possible to get the exif-data of the current shown Picture with a json request.
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I have a user who is not getting any thumbnails through Files.GetDirectory. Both art and thumbnail json return empty strings.
The thumbnails for the files have definitely been scanned in and are visible with VideoLibrary.GetMovies.
Looking at the users database I can see multiple thumnbails and fanart under the movies table columns c08 and c20.
The user is using XBMC 12.1 on a Windows machine.
Paths to the users files are network paths and are returned by Files.GetDirectory for example as //Network/films/thefilm.
In the database under movies (c22) it is listed as smb://Network/films/thefilm.
Any idea why the thumbnail or art is empty when using Files.GetDirectory?
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I'm retrieving streamdetails for tvshow episodes, but unless I've listed the episode in the GUI, or played back the episode, the streamdetails are always empty according to JSON.
Is there any way to force JSON to extract this information from the media (which I'm guessing is what the GUI does when you list episodes and wait for the SD/HD tags to appear), rather than return no details?
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I am controlling my xbmc media center using the XBMC JSON FRODO network codes downloaded from iRule.
I am using the GO TO (MUSIC, VIDEOS, PICTURES) MENU, that are working fine.
I would like to have similar codes for MUSICVIDEO and TVSHOWS.
If I replace the menu name (video) on the command:
jsonrpc?request=%7B%22jsonrpc%22%3A%222.0%22%2C%22method%22%3A%22GUI.ActivateWindow%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22window%22%3A%22video%22%7D%2C%22id%22%3A%221%22%7D%7D
nothing happens.
Any help?
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You need to pass in an additional parameter to tell the video window which node to open. IIRC the correct parameter for tvshows is "videodb://2/2" and for musicvideos it's "videodb://3/2".
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