xbmc-logger - keep track of every video watched on xbmc

graysky · 2013-09-01 10:19:02

Description
xbmc-logger is a simple perl script that will keep a log of everything you watch on xbmc.

Usage
To use xbmc-logger, simply call the script as the user that runs xbmc as some regular interval (once every 5 min for example) which is easily accomplished in your crontab:

crontab -l
*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/xbmc-logger

The extracted output is saved to $HOME/.xbmc/xbmc-logger.log and simply shows the date/time and file name that was viewed.

Example log

Thu Jul 18 10:50:01 2013 /media/DVD_Rips/Sopranos/Season_3/3x01-Mr._Ruggerios_Neighborhood.mkv
Thu Jul 18 12:50:01 2013 /media/DVD_Rips/Sopranos/Season_3/3x02-Proshai_Livushka.mkv
Thu Jul 18 22:50:01 2013 /media/DVD_Rips/Sopranos/Season_3/3x03-Fortunate_Son.mkv
Fri Jul 19 20:20:01 2013 /media/DVD_Rips/Movies/There_Will_Be_Blood.mkv
Sat Jul 20 20:30:02 2013 /media/DVD_Rips/Movies/The_Girl_With_the_Dragon_Tattoo_2011.mkv

Links
AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xbmc-logger
Github: https://github.com/graysky2/xbmc-logger

Last edited by graysky (2013-09-01 10:35:51)

donniezazen · 2013-09-01 15:02:13

Thanks this would be a nice addition to data collected through rescuetime specially on Raspberry Pi.

graysky · 2013-09-01 15:11:50

Never used rescuetime before... this script just records the time you started watching. It doesn't log when you stop.

maggie · 2013-09-02 17:05:27

This is a great program. Thank you. Now if I could just get xscreensaver to stop running when I load my xbmc.

graysky · 2013-09-02 17:21:06

...did you search?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=161518

You actually replied to that same thread... must have forgotten

Last edited by graysky (2013-09-16 15:42:30)

maggie · 2013-09-16 15:37:12

graysky wrote:

...did you search?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=161518

This is perfect, thank you.

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#1 2013-09-01 10:19:02

xbmc-logger - keep track of every video watched on xbmc

#2 2013-09-01 15:02:13

Re: xbmc-logger - keep track of every video watched on xbmc

#3 2013-09-01 15:11:50

Re: xbmc-logger - keep track of every video watched on xbmc

#4 2013-09-02 17:05:27

Re: xbmc-logger - keep track of every video watched on xbmc

#5 2013-09-02 17:21:06

Re: xbmc-logger - keep track of every video watched on xbmc

#6 2013-09-16 15:37:12

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