SMPA Setup Guide
December 2, 2022 Scala, Inc. Page | 76
get_player_name(filename='netic.sca')
Retrieves the name of the Scala Player from config files.
Options:
filename Change path or filename to search.
Returns:
PlayerName, or not available message.
get_player_vers()
Retrieves the version of the Scala Player software from the Registry.
The former function name of get_plr_vers() is deprecated.
Returns:
version string or None if not found.
get_plr_vers = get_player_vers()
Retrieves the version of the Scala Player software from the Registry.
The former function name of get_plr_vers() is deprecated.
Returns:
version string or None if not found.
get_server_datetime(url, interval=60, tries=5)
Poor Man's NTP Sync; asks for the Date header from an HTTP Server.
Arguments:
url URL to perform a HEAD request on.
Returns:
Date string compatible with set_datetime() (RFC2822).
Options:
interval On error, how long to wait in secs to try again.
tries On error, how many attempts before giving up.
get_vnc_hash(password)
Given a password, return a UltraVNC compatible hash from its first
eight chars.
Arguments:
password
Returns:
hash string.
Requires:
d3des module to be available.
http://vnc2flv.googlecode.com/svn-history/r2/trunk/vnc2flv/vnc2flv/d3des.py