INTERACT FORUM

Networks and Remotes => Media Network => Topic started by: avid on December 04, 2010, 04:04:37 pm

Title: MCWS action to get Playing now info?
Post by: avid on December 04, 2010, 04:04:37 pm

To get around various niggles I have with WebRemote, I am reworking my web remote service as an ASP.Net web application with similar (but more configurable) functionality. This reimplementation is generally going well. The browse methods are extremely useful!

But I can't work out how to get my "Playing Now" list. I can get a list of track Keys with http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Playback/Playlist but I can't find any method to convert each of those keys returned into track info. What I want is the equivalent of "[PlayingNowFile([z]).Name]" in web remote.

I thought I might be able to do it with http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Browse/Files?ID=4190 for each track's key. The documentation is vague as to what Browse/Files should return. But it simply returns "<Response Status="Failure" Information="Error retrieving files."/>"

Any ideas?

Brian

Title: Re: MCWS action to get Playing now info?
Post by: Matt on December 05, 2010, 10:25:13 am

Quote from: avid on December 04, 2010, 04:04:37 pm

But I can't work out how to get my "Playing Now" list. I can get a list of track Keys with http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Playback/Playlist but I can't find any method to convert each of those keys returned into track info. What I want is the equivalent of "[PlayingNowFile([z]).Name]" in web remote.

We are going to switch Playback/Playlist to be a standard files function, like browse.  Then it will allow returning an MPL with metadata, returning a list of keys, or any other files action.

We'll try to get it done this coming week.  Please feel free to bump this thread to remind us.

Thanks.

Title: Re: MCWS action to get Playing now info?
Post by: avid on December 05, 2010, 11:43:07 am

Thanks Matt,

I had hoped that was the direction you were taking, which is why I started the reimplementation using MCWS. It has already allowed me to eliminate all the tree navigation issues and CSS styling issues I currently have with my use of Web Remote, and I am starting to see other possibilities.

I shall keep a good lookout for forthcoming SDK enhancements to allow me to finish this phase and upgrade my "live" remote control.

Brian

Title: Re: MCWS action to get Playing now info?
Post by: Matt on December 07, 2010, 11:23:37 am

Coming in 15.0.163 and later:
SDK: Changed MCWS/v1/Playback/Playlist to a standard files function so it can return MPL (use &Action=Serialize to return previous serialized format).

Title: Re: MCWS action to get Playing now info?
Post by: avid on December 07, 2010, 02:38:39 pm

Thanks Matt - perfect  :)

And you can forget all my other WebRemote requests - I can do what I need with MCWS and my own web application.

Brian