Player

Detailed Description

Kodi's player.

Class: xbmc.Player()

To become and create the class to play something.

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Example:

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xbmc.Player().play(url, listitem, windowed)
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Topics
	Callback functions from Kodi to Add-On
	Callback functions.

Function Documentation

play()

play

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Function: play([item, listitem, windowed, startpos])

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Play an item.

Parameters

item	[opt] string - filename, url or playlist
listitem	[opt] listitem - used with setInfo() to set different infolabels.
windowed	[opt] bool - true=play video windowed, false=play users preference.(default) If playback is started windowed refresh rate switch (resolution update) is ignored. This might be useful if you are designing your own player window and want to avoid other GUI elements popping up on screen.
startpos	[opt] int - starting position when playing a playlist. Default = -1

Note

If item is not given then the Player will try to play the current item in the current playlist.

You can use the above as keywords for arguments and skip certain optional arguments.
Once you use a keyword, all following arguments require the keyword.

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Example:

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listitem = xbmcgui.ListItem('Ironman')
listitem.setInfo('video', {'Title': 'Ironman', 'Genre': 'Science Fiction'})
xbmc.Player().play(url, listitem, windowed)
xbmc.Player().play(playlist, listitem, windowed, startpos)
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stop()

stop

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Function: stop()

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Stop playing.

pause()

pause

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Function: pause()

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Pause or resume playing if already paused.

playnext()

playnext

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Function: playnext()

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Play next item in playlist.

playprevious()

playprevious

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Function: playprevious()

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Play previous item in playlist.

playselected()

playselected

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Function: playselected(selected)

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Play a certain item from the current playlist.

Parameters

selected

Integer - Item to select

isPlaying()

isPlaying

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Function: isPlaying()

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Check Kodi is playing something.

Returns

True if Kodi is playing a file.

isPlayingAudio()

isPlayingAudio

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Function: isPlayingAudio()

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Check for playing audio.

Returns

True if Kodi is playing an audio file.

isPlayingVideo()

isPlayingVideo

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Function: isPlayingVideo()

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Check for playing video.

Returns

True if Kodi is playing a video.

isPlayingRDS()

isPlayingRDS

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Function: isPlayingRDS()

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Check for playing radio data system (RDS).

Returns

True if kodi is playing a radio data system (RDS).

isPlayingGame()

isPlayingGame

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Function: isPlayingGame()

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Check for playing game.

Returns

True if kodi is playing a game

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v20 Python API changes

New function added.

isExternalPlayer()

isExternalPlayer

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Function: isExternalPlayer()

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Check for external player.

Returns

True if kodi is playing using an external player.

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v18 Python API changes

New function added.

getPlayingFile()

getPlayingFile

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Function: getPlayingFile()

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Returns the current playing file as a string.

Note

For LiveTV, returns a pvr:// url which is not translatable to an OS specific file or external url.

Returns

Playing filename

Exceptions

Exception

If player is not playing a file.

getPlayingItem()

getPlayingItem

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Function: getPlayingItem()

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Returns the current playing item.

Returns

Playing item

Exceptions

Exception

If player is not playing a file.

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v20 Python API changes

New function added.

getTime()

getTime

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Function: getTime()

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Get playing time.

Returns the current time of the current playing media as fractional seconds.

Returns

Current time as fractional seconds

Exceptions

Exception

If player is not playing a file.

seekTime()

seekTime

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Function: seekTime(seekTime)

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Seek time.

Seeks the specified amount of time as fractional seconds. The time specified is relative to the beginning of the currently. playing media file.

Parameters

seekTime

Time to seek as fractional seconds

Exceptions

Exception

If player is not playing a file.

setSubtitles()

setSubtitles

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Function: setSubtitles(subtitleFile)

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Set subtitle file and enable subtitles.

Parameters

subtitleFile

File to use as source ofsubtitles

showSubtitles()

showSubtitles

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Function: showSubtitles(visible)

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Enable / disable subtitles.

Parameters

visible

[boolean] True for visible subtitles.

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Example:

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xbmc.Player().showSubtitles(True)
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getSubtitles()

getSubtitles

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Function: getSubtitles()

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Get subtitle stream name.

Returns

Stream name

getAvailableSubtitleStreams()

getAvailableSubtitleStreams

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Function: getAvailableSubtitleStreams()

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Get Subtitle stream names.

Returns

List of subtitle streams as name

setSubtitleStream()

setSubtitleStream

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Function: setSubtitleStream(stream)

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Set Subtitle Stream.

Parameters

iStream

[int] Subtitle stream to select for play

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Example:

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xbmc.Player().setSubtitleStream(1)
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updateInfoTag()

updateInfoTag

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Function: updateInfoTag(item)

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Update info labels for currently playing item.

Parameters

item	ListItem with new info

Exceptions

Exception

If player is not playing a file

v18 Python API changes

New function added.

Example:

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item = xbmcgui.ListItem()
item.setPath(xbmc.Player().getPlayingFile())
item.setInfo('music', {'title' : 'foo', 'artist' : 'bar'})
xbmc.Player().updateInfoTag(item)
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getGameInfoTag()

getGameInfoTag

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Function: getGameInfoTag()

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To get game info tag.

Returns the GameInfoTag of the current playing game.

Returns

Game info tag

Exceptions

Exception

If player is not playing a file or current file is not a game file.

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v20 Python API changes

New function added.

getVideoInfoTag()

getVideoInfoTag

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Function: getVideoInfoTag()

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To get video info tag.

Returns the VideoInfoTag of the current playing Movie.

Returns

Video info tag

Exceptions

Exception

If player is not playing a file or current file is not a movie file.

getMusicInfoTag()

getMusicInfoTag

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Function: getMusicInfoTag()

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To get music info tag.

Returns the MusicInfoTag of the current playing 'Song'.

Returns

Music info tag

Exceptions

Exception

If player is not playing a file or current file is not a music file.

getRadioRDSInfoTag()

getRadioRDSInfoTag

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Function: getRadioRDSInfoTag()

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To get Radio RDS info tag

Returns the RadioRDSInfoTag of the current playing 'Radio Song if. present'.

Returns

Radio RDS info tag

Exceptions

Exception

If player is not playing a file or current file is not a rds file.

getTotalTime()

getTotalTime

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Function: getTotalTime()

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To get total playing time.

Returns the total time of the current playing media in seconds. This is only accurate to the full second.

Returns

Total time of the current playing media

Exceptions

Exception

If player is not playing a file.

getAvailableAudioStreams()

getAvailableAudioStreams

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Function: getAvailableAudioStreams()

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Get Audio stream names

Returns

List of audio streams as name

setAudioStream()

setAudioStream

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Function: setAudioStream(stream)

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Set Audio Stream.

Parameters

iStream

[int] Audio stream to select for play

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Example:

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xbmc.Player().setAudioStream(1)
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getAvailableVideoStreams()

getAvailableVideoStreams

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Function: getAvailableVideoStreams()

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Get Video stream names

Returns

List of video streams as name

setVideoStream()

setVideoStream

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Function: setVideoStream(stream)

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Set Video Stream.

Parameters

iStream

[int] Video stream to select for play

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Example:

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xbmc.Player().setVideoStream(1)
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