ps4-time-tracking

This program helps you keep track of your PS4 gaming habits. It will create an iCalendar file which contains timespans from the time you were playing.

Prerequisites

Install the Python requirements with pip install -r requirements.txt.

If you want to use the Telegram Bot you need to install this Bot Framework first.

Usage

Run ps4watch.sh in very short frequency to track what game your PS4 is running at the time. After an amount of time the log file will fill with dates:

2016-08-12T14:55+0000,null,null
2016-08-12T15:00+0000,null,null
2016-08-12T15:05+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:10+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:15+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:20+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:25+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:30+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:35+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:40+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:45+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:50+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:55+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T16:00+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T16:05+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T16:10+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T16:15+0000,"Destiny","CUSA00219"
2016-08-12T16:20+0000,"Destiny","CUSA00219"
2016-08-12T16:25+0000,"Destiny","CUSA00219"
2016-08-12T16:30+0000,"Destiny","CUSA00219"

You can generate calendar entries in ics format by running parseTimeSpans.py ps4watch.log calendar.ics.

Run ps4ical.sh to calculate time-spans and to generate an ics file out of it. Adapt it to your needs. Currently it contains a statement for FTP uploading to my server.

makeScore.sh is also a utilty custom made for my needs, which will generate a top 10 list of my top games and will notify me whenever a different game enters or moves up the top 10.

If you're subscribing to this calendar, you will get a nice output:

Additionally a file called statistics.csv is generated which summarizes all minutes that you played one particular game.

Example crontab

The following crontab setting will run ps4watch.sh every 5 minutes between 10pm till 2am and every half hour between 3 am and 9 pm.

*/5 10-23 * * * ps4watch.sh
*/5 0-2 * * * ps4watch.sh
*/30 3-9 * * * ps4watch.sh

Firewall exception

After receiving the request from your client, the PS4 answers on a random UDP port in the range of 30000-65000. You will have to make a firewall exception for these ports. In my case this was:

firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=FedoraServer --add-port=30000-65000/udp

Bot Usage

Create new Telegram Bot via Telegrams own BotFather and insert your newly created Api Token in PS4-Time-Bot.py. In addition to your Api Token you need to specify the path to your ps4watch.log file. Thats it, now you can start PS4-Time-Bot.py with python3 and use your Telegram Bot.

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