Combining Audio and Video...

"RokuJoel" wrote:
go back to the videoplayer example. Modify your XML to include a field that says audio or video, like:

<contentformat>audio</contentformat>
and also, if it is audio, then add something like

<audiostreamurl>http://myserver.com/myfile.mp3</audiostreamurl>

and of course set the streamformat to mp3 or mp4 depending on the content type.

add a parser for that field to the parse_show_feed function.

item.contentformat = validstr(curShow.contentformat.GetText())
item.audiostreamurl = validstr(curShow.audiostreamurl.GetText())

In your Springboard screen code, check if the contentformat=audio or video, if not video, call your audioplayer function:

if msg.GetIndex() = 2
    if showlist[showindex].contentformat <> "audio" then
	showList[showIndex].PlayStart = 0
	showVideoScreen(showList[showIndex])
	refreshShowDetail(screen,showList,showIndex)
    else
	playaudio(showlist[showindex))
	refreshShowDetail(screen,showList,showIndex)
    end if
endif

That should provide you with a rough outline of how to do it.

- Joel

Okay, I added the new section to the parse_show_feed section:

'fetch all values from the xml for the current show
item.hdImg = validstr(curShow@hdImg)
item.sdImg = validstr(curShow@sdImg)
item.ContentId = validstr(curShow.contentId.GetText())
item.Title = validstr(curShow.title.GetText())
item.Description = validstr(curShow.description.GetText())
item.ContentType = validstr(curShow.contentType.GetText())
item.ContentQuality = validstr(curShow.contentQuality.GetText())
item.Synopsis = validstr(curShow.synopsis.GetText())
item.Genre = validstr(curShow.genres.GetText())
item.Runtime = validstr(curShow.runtime.GetText())
item.HDBifUrl = validstr(curShow.hdBifUrl.GetText())
item.SDBifUrl = validstr(curShow.sdBifUrl.GetText())
item.contentformat = validstr(curShow.contentformat.GetText())
item.audiostreamurl = validstr(curShow.audiostreamurl.GetText())
item.StreamFormat = validstr(curShow.streamFormat.GetText())
if item.StreamFormat = "" then 'set default streamFormat to mp4 if doesn't exist in xml
item.StreamFormat = "mp4"
endif

and then I added the other code:

.PlayStart = PlayStart.ToInt()
endif
endif
if msg.GetIndex() = 3
endif
print "Button pressed: "; msg.GetIndex(); " " msg.GetData()
end if

Now I'm locking up at the opening screen.

Did I add the code in the right places?

Do I have to bring any code from the AudioPlayer app to play audios, or does it have that function hiding somewhere?

I'm learning as I go...thanks for the help....again! 😄