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

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@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.