Open module from desktop via command line

tjcinnamon · 2012-05-12 17:02

Is it possible to enter a command line arg to open a specific app within XBMC? Example: I want to create a shortcut on the desktop where XBMC opens directly to Pandora.

Is this possible?

Plaguester · 2012-05-13 01:48

Guide to launch applications from XBMC

tjcinnamon · 2012-05-13 16:28

Not launching add-ons from XBMC but launch XBMC from the desktop right into an app. So right now I launch XBMC and then launch pandora within xbmc. I'd like to create a shortcut with command lines that opens xbmc and the pandora add-on immediately.

**Martijn** · 2012-05-13 17:32

No IIRC

**jhsrennie** · 2012-05-14 11:15

You could create an autoexec.py file in your userdata folder. When XBMC starts it looks to see if there is an autoexec.py, and if there is it executes it. The autoexec.py will need to contain something like:

Code:

import xbmc

xbmc.executebuiltin("RunScript(script.xbmc.pandora)")

tjcinnamon · 2012-05-14 16:30

hmmm. Would it be possible to do that conditionally?

I was envisioning being able to create a standard xbmc icon and then a pandora icon. Perhaps I could write a script that would create that script, open xbmc and then delete the script. Therefore, when the pandora shortcut was clicked, the script would run and create the auoexec and run xbmc; When the standard xbmc shortcut is run, then xbmc would open.

I'll play around with it.

**jhsrennie** · 2012-05-15 10:33

I suppose the cleanest solution would be a command line argument to allow you to pass some sort of information to XBMC, but no such argument exists. However, while it's slightly hacky, it would be easy to do something from a script. For example you could have your script create a file then have autoexec.py read the contents of that file and take some appropriate action.

tjcinnamon · 2012-08-31 18:54

Now I'm trying to open Rom Collection Browser using autorun.py and it's still not working. Rom Collection Browser is also a service so perhaps I should use that instead of autorun.py? The documentation said services made autorun.py obsolete in Eden.

ECHO import xbmc > "%appdata%\XBMC\autorun.py"
ECHO xbmc.executescript('C:\Users\allnightpwny\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.games.rom.collection.browser\default.py') >> "%appdata%\XBMC\autorun.py"
ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
start "" "c:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC\XBMC.exe"

tjcinnamon · 2012-09-01 09:24

I found my issue. Two things:

1) the autoexec.py needs to be in the %appdata%\XBMC\userdata folder not just the %appdata%\XBMC\ folder

2) This script xbmc.executescript('C:\Users\allnightpwny\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.games.rom.collection.browser\default.py') is okay EXCEPT the backslash "\" small "a" is an escape sequence. I needed to add extra slashes to get it interpreted properly xbmc.executescript('C:\Users\\allnightpwny\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\\addons\script.games.rom.collection.browser\default.py')

Now it's working perfect!

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Martijn Team-XBMC Posts: 7,787 Joined: Jul 2011 Reputation: 115 Location: Dawn of time	2012-05-13 17:32 Post: #4 No IIRC Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forums before posting. Do NOT e-mail Team-XBMC members asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting, make sure you read this first For your mediacenter artwork go to
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jhsrennie Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 7,237 Joined: Nov 2008 Reputation: 117 Location: Chester, UK	2012-05-14 11:15 Post: #5 You could create an autoexec.py file in your userdata folder. When XBMC starts it looks to see if there is an autoexec.py, and if there is it executes it. The autoexec.py will need to contain something like: Code: `import xbmc xbmc.executebuiltin("RunScript(script.xbmc.pandora)")`
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