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2013-07-14, 10:25
Hello,
Does anyone know if you can start playing a Smart Playlist from a keyboard shortcut please?
My plan is to then link this shortcut to a programmable Logitech remote for easy playback.
Thanks.
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You could probably do this with EventGhost and the XBMC2 plugin for it.
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I think it's something like this:
See
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Key...on_keymaps
Add a key in global that looks like this
<k>ActivateWindow(Videos,special://videoplaylists/name.xsp)</k>
Where "name" is the name of the smart playlist.
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Hi Ned,
Thanks for the great suggestion, it almost does what I'm after!
Pressing the keyboard shortcut (after configuring as suggested) does indeed take me to the playlist, but I was hoping it could just start playing the media straight away.
Do you or anyone else know how I can automatically start playing content within a smart playlist just by pressing a keyboard shortcut please?
Thanks.
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I think it can be phrased like a script or something. Basically, XBMC will need to do two steps, load the playlist, then play. SmartPlaylists normally work like a folder in XBMC and don't have a direct play option. It should still be possible to play it from a keyboard shortcut using a script. I'm just not sure how to make one.