Greatly speed up displaying context menu

contextmenu.py

@@ -1,52 +1,44 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 ###############################################################################
+from logging import getLogger
+from os import path as os_path
+from sys import path as sys_path
 
-import logging
-import os
-import sys
+from xbmcaddon import Addon
+from xbmc import translatePath, sleep
+from xbmcgui import Window
 
-import xbmc
-import xbmcaddon
-
-###############################################################################
-
-_addon = xbmcaddon.Addon(id='plugin.video.plexkodiconnect')
+_addon = Addon(id='plugin.video.plexkodiconnect')
 try:
     _addon_path = _addon.getAddonInfo('path').decode('utf-8')
 except TypeError:
     _addon_path = _addon.getAddonInfo('path').decode()
 try:
-    _base_resource = xbmc.translatePath(os.path.join(
+    _base_resource = translatePath(os_path.join(
         _addon_path,
         'resources',
         'lib')).decode('utf-8')
 except TypeError:
-    _base_resource = xbmc.translatePath(os.path.join(
+    _base_resource = translatePath(os_path.join(
         _addon_path,
         'resources',
         'lib')).decode()
-sys.path.append(_base_resource)
+sys_path.append(_base_resource)
+
+from pickler import unpickle_me, pickl_window
 
 ###############################################################################
-
-import loghandler
-from context_entry import ContextMenu
-
-###############################################################################
-
-loghandler.config()
-log = logging.getLogger("PLEX.contextmenu")
-
+log = getLogger("PLEX."+__name__)
 ###############################################################################
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-
-    try:
-        # Start the context menu
-        ContextMenu()
-    except Exception as error:
-        log.error(error)
-        import traceback
-        log.error("Traceback:\n%s" % traceback.format_exc())
-        raise
+    win = Window(10000)
+    while win.getProperty('plex_command'):
+        sleep(20)
+    win.setProperty('plex_command', 'CONTEXT_menu')
+    while not pickl_window('plex_result'):
+        sleep(50)
+    result = unpickle_me()
+    if result is None:
+        log.error('Error encountered, aborting')

resources/lib/command_pipeline.py

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class Monitor_Window(Thread):
                         value.replace('PLEX_USERNAME-', '') or None
                 elif value.startswith('RUN_LIB_SCAN-'):
                     state.RUN_LIB_SCAN = value.replace('RUN_LIB_SCAN-', '')
+                elif value == 'CONTEXT_menu':
+                    queue.put('dummy?mode=context_menu')
                 else:
                     raise NotImplementedError('%s not implemented' % value)
             else:

resources/lib/playback_starter.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import variables as v
 from downloadutils import DownloadUtils
 from PKC_listitem import convert_PKC_to_listitem
 import plexdb_functions as plexdb
+from context_entry import ContextMenu
 import state
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -142,6 +143,9 @@ class Playback_Starter(Thread):
                     params.get('view_offset'),
                     directplay=True if params.get('play_directly') else False,
                     node=False if params.get('node') == 'false' else True)
+            elif mode == 'context_menu':
+                ContextMenu()
+                result = Playback_Successful()
         except:
             log.error('Error encountered for mode %s, params %s'
                       % (mode, params))