On Jan 19, 2008 12:50 PM, Dirk Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Jonathan Isom" wrote: > > On Jan 19, 2008 12:15 PM, Dirk Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> "Jonathan Isom" wrote: > >> > Hi > >> > I'm working on a vlc plugin for the live pause plugin and I > >> > want/need to call a function once or twice a minute. > >> > I want to send a command to vlc to be read by the plugin. this works > >> > but I'm not sure the best way to call it. > >> > the purpose of the function is to update amount of subtitles and audio > >> > tracks that my get updated from time to > >> > time with different shows. should I put an `if time.time() % 60 == > >> > 0:' in the event loop or use another method. > >> > >> For Freevo 1.8 you can use > >> kaa.notifier.Timer(the_function_to_call).start(30) > >> and return False in that function if you don't need it anymore. > >> > >> Dischi > > Is the stop and unregister functions functional. I would think > > they are for stopping > > a timer from further execution but they don't seem to be doing what I > > expect, if anything. > > Calling stop will stop the callback from beeing called again > later. You can do the same with returning False. unregister is for > internal use (but should also do the same). > > > Dischi Thanks again, Somehow I had 2 calls returning to the same variable so the first wasn't being shutdown cause the second was overwriting it .
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