Adding additional Variables to Yamaha AVR device driver

[Dkip]

Is there a way for me to add additional Variables to Yamaha AVR device driver? We user our zone out channels nearly exclusively to drive Spotify
In the past I have been able to grab Artist, Album and track from this reply string.

<Feature_Availability>Ready</Feature_Availability><Playback_Info>Stop</Playback_Info><Meta_Info><Artist>Jidenna</Artist><Album>Classic Man</Album><Track>Classic Man</Track></Meta_Info><Input_Logo><Url_S>/YamahaRemoteControl/Logos/Logo005.png</Url_S><Url_M></Url_M><Url_L></Url_L></Input_Logo>

Its my hope one day to be able to use this to get album art but for now I would be happy with the Artist, Album and Track

is there a tutorial somewhere for me to see how to properly add these or is it part of the driver

Thanks

Dave

[CinemarDave]

Is that metadata appearing in the Yamaha device driver event log now or would the driver have to query for it? If it is currently in the driver events send me the event log so I can see exactly how it is logged. If I have to query for it I'll have to know how. In either case there is nothing you can do as it is driver code that I have to update.

[Dkip]

This information shows in the log and is reported with every change
if I skip through a few tracks it looks like this

2015-11-24 11:08:15 PM RX: @SYS:MODELNAME=RX-A3030
2015-11-24 11:08:15 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:PLAYBACKINFO=Play
2015-11-24 11:08:16 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:ARTIST=Jidenna
2015-11-24 11:08:16 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:ALBUM=Classic Man
2015-11-24 11:08:16 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:TRACK=Classic Man
2015-11-24 11:08:28 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:TRACK=Sweet Home Alabama
2015-11-24 11:08:28 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:ALBUM=Second Helping
2015-11-24 11:08:28 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:ARTIST=Lynyrd Skynyrd
2015-11-24 11:08:30 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:TRACK=Hotel California
2015-11-24 11:08:30 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:ALBUM=Hotel California (Remastered)
2015-11-24 11:08:30 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:ARTIST=Eagles
2015-11-24 11:08:39 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:TRACK=Poison
2015-11-24 11:08:39 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:ALBUM=Alice Cooper Classicks
2015-11-24 11:08:39 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:ARTIST=Alice Cooper
2015-11-24 11:08:42 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:TRACK=Cheerleader - Felix Jaehn Remix Radio Edit
2015-11-24 11:08:42 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:ALBUM=Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix Radio Edit)
2015-11-24 11:08:42 PM RX: @SPOTIFY:ARTIST=OMI
2015-11-24 11:08:44 PM ProcessCommand Cmd=[1~Model] Client=[]
2015-11-24 11:08:44 PM TX:1 @SYS:MODELNAME=?

[CinemarDave]

I just modified the Yamaha driver to pick up these additional items. Give it a try. You'll see variables like

av_<<id>>_spotify_artist
av_<<id>>_spotify_album
av_<<id>>_spotify_song

along with the generic variables

av_<<id>>_artist
av_<<id>>_album
av_<<id>>_song

Let me know if it works as expected.

[Dkip]

Thanks Dave

It works perfectly