Embed plugin inside script

Bstrdsmkr · 2012-05-09 05:02

Try using RunPlugin('plugin://script.video.something/?mode=0') first

Failing that, how are you calling addItem()? Make sure you're creating it as a folder if the items you're adding aren't the end of the chain.

bossanova808 · 2012-05-09 05:10

Ok running it that way gives me an invalid handle error - the sys.argv dump shows:

Code:

chooser="RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.program.xsqueezechooser/?mode=0)"

      xbmc.executebuiltin(chooser)

13:06:17 T:6828  NOTICE: Called as: ['plugin://plugin.program.xsqueezechooser/', '-1', '?mode=0']

..I guess the -1 is the handle?

addItem is being called:

Code:

#dummy nodes for root menu for modes

def buildRootListing():

  addNode("New Music","",1,"")

  addNode("Albums","",2,"")

def addNode(name, url, mode, iconimage, album="", artist=""):

        u=sys.argv[0]+"?url="+urllib.quote_plus(url)+"&mode="+str(mode)+"&name="+urllib.quote_plus(name) +"&album="+urllib.quote_plus(album) +"&artist="+urllib.quote_plus(artist)

        is_ok=True

        listItem=xbmcgui.ListItem(name, iconImage="DefaultFolder.png", thumbnailImage=iconimage)

        listItem.setInfo( type="Video", infoLabels={ "Title": name } )

        is_ok=xbmcplugin.addDirectoryItem(thisPlugin,url=u,listitem=listItem,isFold​er=True)

        return is_ok

Bstrdsmkr · 2012-05-09 05:48

Yeah, -1 is the handle. That usually happens when the current directory is not created as a directory. Xbmc expects everything currently displayed to be playable, not build a new list.

How is xbmc.executebuiltin(chooser) being called? Is it from a context menu?

bossanova808 · 2012-05-09 05:50

it's bound to an action in my windowXML:

Code:

#chooser

    elif action == ACTION_CODES['ACTION_SHOW_INFO']:

      Logger.log("### Starting Chooser...")

      ####chooser = "RunAddon(plugin.program.xsqueezechooser,mode=0)"

      chooser="RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.program.xsqueezechooser/?mode=0)"

      xbmc.executebuiltin(chooser)

...and yeah I want it to start at root precisely because it's remembering where it was (actually jsut a dummy message that says 'album queued' - and this retriggers the adding of the album...I really need to be able to force it back to the root...

Nuka1195 · 2012-05-09 13:48

Activatewindow() which runaddon() should call should work. I see you have it commented out. Did you try it? A -1 handle just means invalid. runplugin is used when you're calling back to your plugin to do a task. Activatewindow or runaddon is when you want a new listing.

bossanova808 · 2012-05-09 13:51

The commented out one is the way I do it, actually. But then I can't pass arguments and force the plugin to start at the root each time.

So with RunAddon, it re-enters the plugin wherever it finished last time....

**spiff** · 2012-05-09 14:28

yeah, i totally screwed up the params on RunAddon i see. what should work is

xbmc.executebuiltin('ActivateWindow(Programs,plugin://plugin.program.xsqueezechooser/?mode=0)')

bossanova808 · 2012-05-09 14:31

Yep that does it. Thanks!

Don't be too hard on yourself mate, a few of the lines you've written work ok Wink

Bstrdsmkr Fan Posts: 655 Joined: Oct 2010 Reputation: 12	2012-05-09 05:02 Post: #11 Try using RunPlugin('plugin://script.video.something/?mode=0') first Failing that, how are you calling addItem()? Make sure you're creating it as a folder if the items you're adding aren't the end of the chain.
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Bstrdsmkr Fan Posts: 655 Joined: Oct 2010 Reputation: 12	2012-05-09 05:48 Post: #13 Yeah, -1 is the handle. That usually happens when the current directory is not created as a directory. Xbmc expects everything currently displayed to be playable, not build a new list. How is xbmc.executebuiltin(chooser) being called? Is it from a context menu?
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Nuka1195 Skilled Python Coder Posts: 3,917 Joined: Dec 2004 Reputation: 17	2012-05-09 13:48 Post: #15 Activatewindow() which runaddon() should call should work. I see you have it commented out. Did you try it? A -1 handle just means invalid. runplugin is used when you're calling back to your plugin to do a task. Activatewindow or runaddon is when you want a new listing. For python coding questions first see http://mirrors.xbmc.org/docs/python-docs/
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bossanova808 Member+ Posts: 1,532 Joined: Sep 2009 Reputation: 20 Location: Melbourne, Australia	2012-05-09 14:31 Post: #18 Yep that does it. Thanks! Don't be too hard on yourself mate, a few of the lines you've written work ok My XBMC stuff: ...inc: My Addons: XSqueeze - Squeezebox for XBMC, XZen - Zenfolio for XBMC and OzWeather - weather with Australian BOM data & radars Notes on my fanless, silent, powerful XBMC build Get Win7 to run RemoteApps
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