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You're using this with PlayOn, right? I have XBMC restart evertime before this script runs. This prevents caching issues. XBMC likes to cahe upnp listings, so when new content is added in PlayOn, XBMC actually doesn't seet it. PlayOn and XBMC are supposed to play nice so and be able to tell when a directory has new content to disregard the cache, but from what I've seen, this is not the case. For me, new content is added hourly from Netflix and Hulu because XBMC is always restarted before this script (I have a dedicated XBMC Instance that run in the background on my server, so restarting whenever it needs isn't a problem in my case)

Apologies for such an old quote. Is this still the case? How do you watch anything if your machine gets rebooted every hr? From what I can tell, the only thing xbmc would cache is the path the to pseudo strm file so the upnp link changing within that file shouldnt be a problem (unless xbmc has run that file in the past I guess). I'd of thought new content would be picked up on a regular scan as normal, from the newly generated strm's?

Sorry, just trying to get my head around it as restarting the box isn't an option. removing all sources and re-adding would in fact be easier for me! Though I guess a dumb mysql based client instance could be restarted, thereby updating all others?

(Congrats on your 100 page thread! Its a terrific idea)


EDIT: aaahhhh, nevermind the upnp source in xbmc is what is cached, therefore subsequent running of the app is pointless as xbmc is returning cached data.

UPDATE: I've written a cut down upnp client from scratch so no libraries with built in caching. (what an overly complex protocol for such a simple service!) That way I can query playon directly rather than through xbmc, bonus is that xbmc doesnt have to be on either. will see what happens...