// Process Zoom player TCP control commands
private void StartPlayPositionRetrieval(string fileName, bool firstStart = false, bool scrobbleEnabled = false)
{
double postitionTimeCodeMs = 0;
try
{
if (firstStart)
{
// Wait for process to start and skip short playbacks
var startupDelay = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
Thread.Sleep(startupDelay);
// Check if still running
if (!IsPlaying)
{
Debug.WriteLine("Zoom player - After waiting 5 seconds ZP was no longer running, stopping playback record.");
return;
}
}
var tc = new ZPConnection("localhost", _tcpControlPort);
var playerInactive = false;
char[] charSeparator = {' '};
var videoDuration = "";
// Disable live reporting
if (tc.IsConnected)
{
tc.Write("1100 0" + Environment.NewLine);
}
else
{
Debug.WriteLine("Zoom player - No connection could be made to zoom player API using port 4769 to store time code!");
return;
}
while (tc.IsConnected && IsPlaying)
{
try
{
// Check if playing
tc.Write("1000" + Environment.NewLine);
var playing = tc.Read();
if (playing.StartsWith("1000 "))
{
if (playing.Contains(" "))
{
var playingSplit = playing.Split(charSeparator);
playing = playingSplit[1].Trim();
if (playing != "3")
{
playerInactive = true;
//Debug.WriteLine("Zoom player is paused");
}
else
{
playerInactive = false;
//Debug.WriteLine("Zoom player is running");
}
}
}
Thread.Sleep(100);
if (!playerInactive)
{
tc.Write("1110" + Environment.NewLine);
videoDuration = tc.Read();
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(videoDuration.Trim()) || videoDuration.ToLower().Contains("seek") ||
videoDuration.ToLower().StartsWith("2200") ||
videoDuration.ToLower().Contains("derived"))
{
continue;
}
Thread.Sleep(100);
tc.Write("1120" + Environment.NewLine);
var timecode = tc.Read();
if (timecode.StartsWith("1120 "))
{
try
{
if (videoDuration.Contains(" "))
{
var videoDurationSplit = videoDuration.Split(charSeparator);
var timeCodeSplit = timecode.Split(charSeparator);
videoDuration = videoDurationSplit[1].Trim();
timecode = timeCodeSplit[1].Trim();
double videoDurationMS = 0;
var successfullyParsedVideoDuration = double.TryParse(videoDuration,
out videoDurationMS);
var successfullyParsedTimeCode = double.TryParse(timecode,
out postitionTimeCodeMs);
if (successfullyParsedVideoDuration && successfullyParsedTimeCode)
{
tc.Write("1800" + Environment.NewLine);
var videoFilenameRetrieved = tc.Read();
if (videoFilenameRetrieved.StartsWith("1800 "))
{
var videoFilenameReadOut =
videoFilenameRetrieved.Replace("1800 ", string.Empty).Trim();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(videoFilenameReadOut) &&
videoFilenameReadOut.ToLower() != fileName.ToLower())
{
Debug.WriteLine("Zoom player - Video filename didn't match original: " +
videoFilenameReadOut);
return;
}
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Thread.Sleep(1000);
if (!IsPlaying)
{
Thread.Sleep(250);
Debug.WriteLine("[Position retrieval] Zoom player - no longer running");
UpdateFilePosition(fileName, postitionTimeCodeMs);
}
else
{
Thread.Sleep(250);
Debug.WriteLine("[Position retrieval] Zoom player - error occured");
Debug.WriteLine(e.Message);
StartPlayPositionRetrieval(fileName);
}
}
// Keep updating positions if we have scrobble enabled
if (scrobbleEnabled)
{
UpdateFilePosition(fileName, postitionTimeCodeMs);
}
}
UpdateFilePosition(fileName, postitionTimeCodeMs);
}
catch (Exception)
{
Thread.Sleep(1000);
if (!IsPlaying)
{
UpdateFilePosition(fileName, postitionTimeCodeMs);
}
else
{
StartPlayPositionRetrieval(fileName, false, scrobbleEnabled);
}
}
}
// Process Zoom player TCP control commands
private void StartPlayPositionRetrieval(string fileName, bool firstStart = false, bool scrobbleEnabled = false)
{
double postitionTimeCodeMs = 0;
try
{
if (firstStart)
{
// Wait for process to start and skip short playbacks
var startupDelay = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
Thread.Sleep(startupDelay);
// Check if still running
if (!IsPlaying)
{
Debug.WriteLine("Zoom player - After waiting 5 seconds ZP was no longer running, stopping playback record.");
return;
}
}
var tc = new ZPConnection("localhost", _tcpControlPort);
var playerInactive = false;
char[] charSeparator = { ' ' };
var videoDuration = "";
// Disable live reporting
if (tc.IsConnected)
{
tc.Write("1100 0" + Environment.NewLine);
}
else
{
Debug.WriteLine("Zoom player - No connection could be made to zoom player API using port 4769 to store time code!");
return;
}
while (tc.IsConnected && IsPlaying)
{
try
{
// Check if playing
tc.Write("1000" + Environment.NewLine);
var playing = tc.Read();
if (playing.StartsWith("1000 "))
{
if (playing.Contains(" "))
{
var playingSplit = playing.Split(charSeparator);
playing = playingSplit[1].Trim();
if (playing != "3")
{
playerInactive = true;
//Debug.WriteLine("Zoom player is paused");
}
else
{
playerInactive = false;
//Debug.WriteLine("Zoom player is running");
}
}
}
Thread.Sleep(100);
if (!playerInactive)
{
tc.Write("1110" + Environment.NewLine);
videoDuration = tc.Read();
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(videoDuration.Trim()) || videoDuration.ToLower().Contains("seek") ||
videoDuration.ToLower().StartsWith("2200") ||
videoDuration.ToLower().Contains("derived"))
{
continue;
}
Thread.Sleep(100);
tc.Write("1120" + Environment.NewLine);
var timecode = tc.Read();
if (timecode.StartsWith("1120 "))
{
try
{
if (videoDuration.Contains(" "))
{
var videoDurationSplit = videoDuration.Split(charSeparator);
var timeCodeSplit = timecode.Split(charSeparator);
videoDuration = videoDurationSplit[1].Trim();
timecode = timeCodeSplit[1].Trim();
double videoDurationMS = 0;
var successfullyParsedVideoDuration = double.TryParse(videoDuration,
out videoDurationMS);
var successfullyParsedTimeCode = double.TryParse(timecode,
out postitionTimeCodeMs);
if (successfullyParsedVideoDuration && successfullyParsedTimeCode)
{
tc.Write("1800" + Environment.NewLine);
var videoFilenameRetrieved = tc.Read();
if (videoFilenameRetrieved.StartsWith("1800 "))
{
var videoFilenameReadOut =
videoFilenameRetrieved.Replace("1800 ", string.Empty).Trim();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(videoFilenameReadOut) &&
videoFilenameReadOut.ToLower() != fileName.ToLower())
{
Debug.WriteLine("Zoom player - Video filename didn't match original: " +
videoFilenameReadOut);
return;
}
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Thread.Sleep(1000);
if (!IsPlaying)
{
Thread.Sleep(250);
Debug.WriteLine("[Position retrieval] Zoom player - no longer running");
UpdateFilePosition(fileName, postitionTimeCodeMs);
}
else
{
Thread.Sleep(250);
Debug.WriteLine("[Position retrieval] Zoom player - error occured");
Debug.WriteLine(e.Message);
StartPlayPositionRetrieval(fileName);
}
}
// Keep updating positions if we have scrobble enabled
if (scrobbleEnabled)
{
UpdateFilePosition(fileName, postitionTimeCodeMs);
}
}
UpdateFilePosition(fileName, postitionTimeCodeMs);
}
catch (Exception)
{
Thread.Sleep(1000);
if (!IsPlaying)
{
UpdateFilePosition(fileName, postitionTimeCodeMs);
}
else
{
StartPlayPositionRetrieval(fileName, false, scrobbleEnabled);
}
}
}
