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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 32 for Windows => Topic started by: Striker on March 06, 2024, 05:06:04 pm
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I've upgraded to MC v32 64-bit and need to use the new Playback/Info?Fields= ....
In testing using the url below... I can get Genre and "Track #" using "Track%20%23"
I can't get "Date (readable)" with the encoding shown.
Is there something I'm doing wrong or something I should be doing differently?
http://127.0.0.1:52199/MCWS/v1/Playback/Info?Fields=Genre;Genre-All;Track%20%23;Last%20Played;Date %28readable%29
<Item Name="Genre">Blues</Item>
<Item Name="Genre-All">Live; Blues</Item>
<Item Name="Track #">4</Item>
<Item Name="Last Played">2023-11-08 09:49:33</Item>
<Item Name="Date (readable)"/>
If I get the "Date" field I get 40544 for year 2011. What is the calc to convert that 40544 to a year?
All of my user fields and "Date (readable)" show up using
MCWS/v1/File/GetInfo?File=34608833&Action=json
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The space in "Date (readable)" should be encoded as %20, try that.
For the date conversion, check this post:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,100449.msg959077.html#msg959077
Python can convert it with xlrd:
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python-convert-excel-serial-date-to-datetime/
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Thank You for the reply.
I found I already wrote code a few decades ago to make this easy... my C++ library date object lets me do this for dates (not handling decimal time) in just a few lines to do the conversion back and forth.
The space in "Date (readable)" should be encoded as %20, try that.
No that doesn't work either... I just get <Item Name="Date (readable)"/> in the output
For the date conversion, check this post:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,100449.msg959077.html#msg959077
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Works fine for me with a calculated field called "Aspect Ratio (crop)". Are you sure the file pointed to by FileKey has a value in that field?
http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Playback/Info?Fields=Genre;Last%20Played;Aspect%20Ratio%20%28Crop%29
<Item Name="FileKey">44809</Item>
(...)
<Item Name="Genre">Animation;Comedy;Adventure;Fantasy</Item>
<Item Name="Last Played">02/03/2021 20:37:29</Item>
<Item Name="Aspect Ratio (Crop)">1.85</Item>
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Works fine for me with a calculated field called "Aspect Ratio (crop)". Are you sure the file pointed to by FileKey has a value in that field?
Okay it works using "Date (Year)" with the appropriate % chars.
I see a value for "Date (readable)" in the MCWS File/Info json output
Date (readable) "2000"
But I cannot get it using Fields with MCWS PlaybackInfo.
But since I can get "Date (Year)" I'm good.
Thank You for your help and replies.
I've updated to v32 64-bit from my prior v30 32-bit. Sadly I also notice the WritePlaying plugin no longer works. I guess I can live without that one.
For my project to get rid of the PlayingNow plugin from 2007.... I will get it. But I keep getting returns that are legit but I don't want to use, and finding that magic logic to know which MCWS replies I want to use for the displays around my house and which I don't is messy. But I will get it.
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I see a value for "Date (readable)" in the MCWS File/Info json output
Date (readable) "2000"
But I cannot get it using Fields with MCWS PlaybackInfo.
This is not an MC field - it's a pseudo-field that MC returns in Files/GetInfo.