Centrafuse SDK Information

**veetid** · 08-16-2005, 12:12 PM

you can't currently use the SDK to modify the existing sections... It's meant to build new plugins...

david

**0l33l** · 08-17-2005, 02:10 AM

Originally Posted by veetid

you can't currently use the SDK to modify the existing sections... It's meant to build new plugins...

david

**veetid** · 08-17-2005, 03:09 AM

Originally Posted by 0l33l

you still have access to all the system commands, events, and main text elements... you just can't modify the main applications button actions, except through buttonactions.xml...

david

**0l33l** · 08-17-2005, 03:16 AM

Originally Posted by veetid

you still have access to all the system commands, events, and main text elements... you just can't modify the main applications button actions, except through buttonactions.xml...

david

Oh, so it has that support already... cool

**veetid** · 08-17-2005, 03:57 AM

just added plugin to plugin communication... for example now my weather plugin can load up the web browser and browse to a url...

david

**Maximus** · 08-31-2005, 01:44 PM

I see you have controls for prev/next song, but how about scan ?

Do you have to load a plugin within CF or can you develop a stand-alone remote control (i-bus interface) using the SDK ?

/M

PREVSONG Load previous song.

NEXTSONG Load next song.

**veetid** · 08-31-2005, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Maximus

I see you have controls for prev/next song, but how about scan ?

Do you have to load a plugin within CF or can you develop a stand-alone remote control (i-bus interface) using the SDK ?

/M

everything you develop with the SDK would be loaded as a plugin, but plugins do not have to have an interface... they are intialized at the start of the application... the SDK could be used to write GUI plugins that have their own sections, GUI plugins that show up on the global NAV, or non graphical plugins that listen for commands or do whatever you can think of...

Not sure what you mean by scan... If random is enabled in media and a plugin sends the NEXT song command, it will randomly choose the next song, otherwise it will just go to the next song in the list...

david

**Maximus** · 08-31-2005, 04:52 PM

I'm about to start writing on an I-Bus interface for SAAB (different from BMW's interface even though the bus has the same name) and my initial plan was to write a windows service so that it could be used with other frontends as well.

I have no need for gui, all I need is to be able to control the basics of centrafuse and also be able to read track labels, then I'm happy ;-)

With "scan" I mean the feature when you'd press and hold the "next track" button.

On a side note... will you support the Radio tuners developed here when they're available ?

/M

**veetid** · 08-31-2005, 05:14 PM

you should be able to easily do what you want with the SDK... I don't currently have methods for fastforward/rewind... I will look into adding them... The two options for them would be to have it just move a specified amount, or have two functions for each.. A start fastforward/rewind and then a stop...

If the radios developed here provide an SDK, then I will definetly add support...

david

**Maximus** · 08-31-2005, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by veetid

A start fastforward/rewind and then a stop...

Very nice, thank you.

I'd prefer the fastforward until stop/play over fixed amount.
Is the SDK documentation available offline ?

Last question for now, I promise ;-)

/M