How can I easily get the video status of OSMC via network?

[Noah_Krasser]

Hi,

I would like to know how to get the status of osmc over the network. I want to start a specific action if there is a video running on my mediacenter. What query do I have to send and on which port? I would really appreciate help.

Thanks!

PS: Sorry, I didnt write much, but its the first time Im writing on a phone. Hard for me.

[Tom_Doyle]

Hi,

I’m assuming your after the kodi status, could ssh in (command-line)

Then issue the following command:

tail -f /home/osmc/.kodi/temp/kodi.log

If you need to more information you could enable debug logging, which can either be turned on via the advancesettings.xml or the gui.

Thanks Tom.

[fzinken]

@Noah_Krasser

What query do I have to send and on which port? I would really appreciate help.

You would need to enable the webserver in Kodi and then you can use json queries.
http://kodi.wiki/view/JSON-RPC_API/Examples

Detect from CLI if OSMC is playing something

So if you had been there I wonder why you didn’t continue to search there. What I found is that {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "Player.GetProperties", "params": {"playerid": 0, "properties": ["speed"]}, "id": 1} tells you that if speed=0 the item is paused.

[Noah_Krasser]

Thank you so much! Thats exactly what I was looking for.