Returns the number of bytes necessary to store the given integer.

Will return None, None if no media is playing or an error occures.

Perform a request to the XBMC http api. @return raw request result or None in case of error

Wrap calls to the json-rpc proxy to conveniently handle exceptions. @return response, exception

This differs from the Python implementation in that it implements the rpcid argument since the 2.0 spec requires it for responses.

Tries to write an object reference, adding it to the references table. Does not write the actual object bytes or set the reference

Play/Pause media playback.

Return the current state for the given player. @param player a valid player (e.g. videoplayer, audioplayer etc)

Convenience method, get a string with the current host and port. @return <host>:<port>

XBMC is currently not fully compliant to the JSON-RPC 2.0 spec. When a single argument is passed an array with one element should be prov

delete pidfile

Parse http api responses. We except the following response format: - One or more lines with key/value pairs O

XBMC doesn't have a real play command, just play/pause. This method is purely for code readability.

XBMC doesn't seem to wake the screen when the screen is dimmed and a slideshow is started. See http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/10883.

Get the current videoplayer positon. @returns int current position, int total length

Get information about the currently playing media.

Determine if Plex is currently playing any media. Playing: A file is loaded and PlayStatus != Paused

Set current videoplayer position, in percentage. @param percentage_position float

Called on application shutdown. Stop the webserver and stop the media backend.

Stop playing media.

Serializes the given object to the output. Returns output. If setReferencePosition is True, will set the position the object was

Strategy is: - write header - wrap root object so everything is hashable - compute size of objects which will be writ

Configure logging. When no logfile argument is given we log to stdout.

Perform a http request andapply HTTP Basic authentication headers, if an username and password are supplied in settings.

Set the responseformat so we can conveniently parse the result

Setup kill signal handlers.

Register our service with bonjour.

Backends follow the following naming convention: Backend module should be named <backend_name>_media_backend and should cont

Sends a notification to XBMC, this is displayed to the user as a popup.

Start the webserver and connect our media backend.

Called when airplayer is about to shutdown.

Get the current videoplayer positon. @returns int current position, int total length

Return wether the backend is currently playing any media. @returns boolean

This differs from the Python implementation, in that it returns the request structure in Dict format instead of the method, params. It wi

Notify the user that Airplayer has started.

Pause media playback.

Play media

Play a movie from the given location.

If the given object has been written already, return its position in the offset table. Otherwise, return None.

Raises NotBinaryPlistException, InvalidPlistException

Run the application. Perform some bootstrapping, fork/daemonize if necessary.

Set the current videoplayer position. @param position integer in seconds

Set current videoplayer position, in percentage. @param percentage_position float

Play media from the given location @param percentage_position float

Show a picture. @param data raw picture data.