def sendToFlash(message):
try:
flashConnection.send(message.encode('utf-8'))
except socket.error:
Error.flashClientFail(flashSock, iTunesSock)
flashSock.bind(('127.0.0.1', PORT))
flashSock.listen(1)
# 60 second connection to flash timeout so aethyrHelper doesn't live forever
flashSock.settimeout(60)
# launch flash frontend
if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
os.startfile(os.path.abspath("AethyrBin.exe"))
# wait for flash to connect
try:
flashConnection, address = flashSock.accept()
except socket.error, e:
print('Exception while connecting to Flash: ' + str(e))
Error.flashClientFail(flashSock, iTunesSock)
# remove timeout
flashSock.setblocking(1)
flashConnection.setblocking(1)
# must be non-blocking to utilize threads properly
iTunesSock.setblocking(0)
if (Helper.isNeedUpdate()):
sendToFlash('needToUpdateClient' + DELIMITER)
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global tracks
global currentLibrary
