“Now Playing” data
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I was thinking about building a little “album art” display with a Raspberry Pi and 4” square display. Is there a way to access the Now Playing info that I see when I’m on the console page (playback notification status messages)?
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I found the API documentation on Apiary, and this seems like it would provide me with what I need. However, while I can see two of my renderers, I can’t seem to query my iPad when it is running various DLNA-compliant apps (like MConnect or 8Player Pro). The Serviio Console knows the iPad is playing something, but I guess since these apps aren’t exactly renderers the API can’t see what’s happening?
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Just documenting in case someone (unlikely, I know) is interested in getting track title, artist, *and* album through the APIs. Unless I’m missing something, the Rest API only yields track title and artist from rest/playback-status. But, since it also lists the thumbnail id, I store that and then do a cds/search for the track title. Once I have those results (often multiple, especially in jazz where standards are often recorded by many artists), I look for the entry that has the same album thumbnail, and then I can determine the album. There may be an easier way, but I haven’t been able to figure it out, and this works for now.
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Thanks for providing this information. I'm sure it will be of assistance to someone else playing with the APIs.
Dan
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LG NANO85 4K TV, Samsung JU7100 4K TV, Sony BDP-S3500, Sharp 4K Roku TV, Insignia Roku TV, Roku Ultra, Premiere and Stick, Nvidia Shield, Yamaha RX-V583 AVR.
Primary server: Intel i5-6400, 16 gig ram, Windows 10 Pro, 22 TB hard drive space | Test server Windows 10 Pro, AMD Phenom II X4 965, 8 gig ram
HOWTO: Enable debug logging HOWTO: Identify media file contents
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