[scoochie]

I'm relatively new to any kind of skinning in xbmc. So sorry if this will seem like an easy question to any experts. I have searched online and couldn't find a solution to my problem. I basically have a submenu on my HOME screen in xbmc where I have links to various playlists that I have created for my movies based on various rules I have created. (I'm using a modified Aeon skin)

What I would like to to is create some kind of infolabel or text next to each link which sums the total number of items within that specific playlist.

E.g If I made a playlist of all movies that are tagged with "HDTV". I would like to have an text on the home screen next to that playlist link that summarizes the total number of items in that playlist : HDTV (35). That is if I had 35 HDTV movies. And this number changes automatically as movies are added and removed from this playlist.

This is what I currently have for the link. It is missing the code I would need to put the total number of items next to it.

Code:

<control type="button" id="39">
                    <visible>!Skin.HasSetting(enabletrailers)</visible>
                    <include>Submenu_MovieButton</include>
                    <include>MovieShortcutBools</include>
                    <label>HDTV</label>
                    <onclick>XBMC.ActivateWindow(MyVideoLibrary,special://profile/playlists/video/HDTV.xsp,return)</onclick>
                </control>

Thanks for any help in advance.

[Jeroen]

Not possible. The only way to count the number of items is using Container(id).NumItems but that's only for "opened" lists.

[scoochie]

that is too bad..thanks for the info!

[Marc0810]

I Think a FakeContainer with the same content will do this?

<content target="Video>special://profile/playlists/video/HDTV.xsp<content>
And a Container(ID of the fakelist).NumItems

[Jeroen]

I Think a FakeContainer with the same content will do this?

<content target="Video>special://profile/playlists/video/HDTV.xsp<content>
And a Container(ID of the fakelist).NumItems

Yes, that would work, but then you will have to actually place that container in Home.xml. Depending on how many playlists we're talking about here, that could cause a performance hit.

[Marc0810]

Hey Jeroen,

Thanks for the note. I Set 108 Strings in the Startup.xml with Fake Lists.
It Works very well, sometimes some Strings are Empty on a complete start, but most it works.

I thought there might be a way over variables for this problem...

PS. Sorry für my bad englisch..

[scoochie]

Could you guys help give me a step by step of the code that you are talking about?

So In Home.xml or startup.xml what exact code would I put in for each of my playlists? I have 9 playlists.
And then in Home.xml how would I modify the label code that I pasted earlier in my original post?

Thanks so much guys....I need the step by step because I'm very new to understanding skinning

[Marc0810]

Hey,

Are your Buttons in a Content like <content> <item="1">...?
ContainerNumItems I think doesent work in another Container Layout.
If You have separat buttons you can use:

Create a Fake Container like this in Home xml

Code:

            <control type="fixedlist" id="5111">
                <top>1</top>
                <height>1</height>
                <orientation>horizontal</orientation>
                <viewtype>list</viewtype>
                <scrolltime tween="sine" easing="out">320</scrolltime>
                <itemlayout width="1" height="1">
                <control type="label">
                    <label>$INFO[ListItem.Label]</label>
                </control>
                </itemlayout>
                <focusedlayout width="1" height="1">
                <control type="label">
                    <label>$INFO[ListItem.Label]</label>
                </control>
                </focusedlayout>
                <content target="video">special://profile/playlists/video/HDTV.xsp</content>
            </control>

Then you have Container(5111).NumItems for the Playlist HD in the same window.
Speed ​​must be tested. Jeroen has thus certainly right that there can be problems.

You can create this for each Playlist you want, or create a variable like Control.HasFocus with the nine playlists for displaying the number of items on ButtonFocus

Code:

    <variable name="xxx">
        <value condition="Control.HasFocus(39)">videodb://tvshows/titles/special://profile/playlists/video/HDTV.xsp</value>
        <value condition="Control.HasFocus(40)">videodb://tvshows/titles/xxx.xsp</value>
    </variable>

regards

[scoochie]

I'm at work right now. I'll take a look at implementing and testing speed etc...when I get home and on the weekend. I'll let you guys know how it goes. Thanks so much for all your help so far!

[scoochie]

Sorry I never got a chance to look at this until now. So I orignally miswrote. My buttons are in Includes_Submenu.xml

Here is an example of one of my buttons in the Includes_Submenu xml:

Code:

<control type="grouplist" id="940">
                <posx>-7</posx>
            <posy>20</posy>

                <width>1300</width>
                <height>70</height>
                <itemgap>-50</itemgap>
                <onup>300</onup>
                <ondown>352</ondown>
                
                <orientation>horizontal</orientation>
                <control type="button" id="38">
                    <include>Submenu_MovieButton</include>
                    <include>MovieShortcutBools</include>
                    <label>HDTV</label>
                    <onclick>XBMC.ActivateWindow(MyVideoLibrary,special://profile/playlists/video/HDTV.xsp,return)</onclick>
                </control>
.
.
.
.(All other button codes here...)
.
.
</control>

So where do I put the original code you provided? Do I still put it in Home.xml? I tried putting it in Includes_Submenu.xml but wasn't sure where exactly to place it.
Also can you tell me how I would modify the <label> code for the button? Would it be something like below?

Code:

<label>HDTV[CR]$INFO[Container(5111).NumItems]</label>

All I get in the end is a "0" like there are no items in the given playlist.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks again for all your help.