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specifying default sortmethod per directory in a plugin? - rwparris2 - 2008-08-03
Is there a way to specify which sort method I want to use per directory in a plugin using xbmcplugin.addSortMethod()?
For example, for a music plugin, if I had the structure artist>album>song.mp3 , I would want artist & album to be sorted by title, but the songs to be sorted by track number.
If so, can someone paste or point me to a working example?
- Nuka1195 - 2008-08-03
xbmcplugin.addSortMethod() <- yes
the pydocs have all the possible sort methods. link in my signature.
- rwparris2 - 2008-08-03
I looked at the docs... but addSortMethod() just adds the ability to use that sort method, but doesn't force it.
so for example if I have
Code:
def listArtists():
xbmcplugin.addSortMethod(int(sys.argv[1]), 10)#sort by title
addDir(blah blah blah isfolder=true)
def listTracks():
xbmcplugin.addSortMethod(int(sys.argv[1]), 7)#sort by track
addDir(blah,blah,blah)assuming listTracks always comes after listArtists, the default sort method would always be title. At the point where listTracks gets called, I can manually change the sort to track, but it doesn't automatically do it.
I hope this clarifies my initial question -- Is there a way to not just add a sort method, but force it?
(I found a suitable work-around for this particular plugin, but I would still like to know for the future.)