kodi_movie_screenshot.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
import sys
import os
import datetime
import json
import xbmc

reload(sys)
sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')

home_path = os.getenv('HOME')
screenshot_path = home_path + '/docs/images/screenshots/kodi'

def get_video_titles():
    """
    Get info about the currently played file via JSON-RPC.
    """
    request = json.dumps({'jsonrpc': '2.0',
        'method': 'Player.GetItem',
        'params': {
            'properties': ['title', 'showtitle', 'season', 'episode'],
            'playerid': 1
        },
        'id': '1',
    })
    return json.loads(xbmc.executeJSONRPC(request))['result']['item']

def get_video_time():
    request = json.dumps({'jsonrpc': '2.0',
        'method': 'Player.GetProperties', 
        'params': { 
            'properties': ['time'],
            'playerid': 1
        },
        'id': '1'
    })
    return json.loads(xbmc.executeJSONRPC(request))['result']['time']

vtitles = get_video_titles()
vtime   = get_video_time()

#if vtitles['type'] == 'episode':
if vtitles['showtitle']:
    title = "%s S%02dE%02d %s" % (vtitles['showtitle'], vtitles['season'], vtitles['episode'], vtitles['title'])
else:
    title = vtitles['title']

fname = "%s [%02d:%02d:%02d].png" % (title, vtime['hours'], vtime['minutes'], vtime['seconds'])

#xbmc.executebuiltin('Action(ShowSubtitles)')
xbmc.executebuiltin('TakeScreenshot(%s)' % (screenshot_path + '/' + fname))