automatic playlist startup

does this work with the 1006 build?
i can't get it to work whatsooever.

iv copied the script from this tread (and modified it a bit). i put it in /f:/apps/xbmc/scripts/
and then run it manually.

the script looks like: (iv x'ed out the user/pw bit):

import xbmc
pls = xbmc.playlist(0)
pls.load("smb://xxx:xxx@10.0.0.2/mp3/test.m3u")
pls.shuffle()
xbmc.player().play(pls)

this does not work. noting happens when i start the script.

iv also tried :
pls.load("f://apps/xbmc/albums/playlists/test.m3u")
and
pls.load("q:\\albums\\playlists\\test.m3u")

(yes, i copied the .m3u file to those locations).
still nothing. is there a logfile i can check to see what goes wrong? or does anyone see the error?

forget the question above. i fucked around with the scripts and fixed it

looks like whatever editor you're using is screwing the file up.

it just needs to be a plain text file. use notepad.

then rename it to .py and ftp across to your xbox.

hey guys ive written a script for car setups that starts playing as soon as the xbox comes on, and it has resume support, ie it remembers what song you last played and will load it up again next time you turn on the xbox.

it also creates a playlist of all the other files in the same directory as the resumed song

and failing being able to do that it will load a specified default playlist.


what i need to do to finish it off is to automatically switch to visuals when the playing starts... but i just cant see a way to do it! is there a way even to send keystrokes/button press messages to xbmc so i can send a display button command to it?

it's working very well in the car already, and this will just top it off if i can automate going to visuals too.

anyone have any ideas?

i can't really help you with figuring out how to get it to startup visualizations, but would love a copy of your script. been preping to do a car install and have been looking for a script to start up where it last left off.

Quote:what i need to do to finish it off is to automatically switch to visuals when the playing starts... but i just cant see a way to do it!  is there a way even to send keystrokes/button press messages to xbmc so i can send a display button command to it?

search for the file key.h in xbmc cvs. in there you will find a window id for the visualization screen (for example 10345)
now in your script you have to create a new window that uses the visualization screen

Quote:viswindow = xbmcgui.window(10345)

now you have access to that specific window and you will be able to show / close it with

Quote:viswindow.show()

yes can you please post your script, even if not 100% complete and tested.

thats exactly what i need for my car ! can yo post your script ? that would be great !

i tried learning python but i think it may be a bit too complicated since all i want is to know if its possible to make a script play a random mp3 file instead of a playlist from a network share or the hd

(xsintill @ mar. 21 2004,10:02 Wrote:or you can create the files yourself.. they are normal textfiles but with a .py extension. they should be put in the scripts directory in xbmc's 'home' directory.

one file should be named autoexec.py
and have the following code in it:

Quote:import xbmc

xbmc.executescript('q:\\scripts\\autoplay.py')

and the other one should be named autoplay.py
and have the following code in it:

Quote:
import xbmc

pls = xbmc.playlist(0)                                       ##0 should be music playlist and 2 should be video playlist... not tested      
pls.load("smb://user:password@/idm/test.m3u")   ## load non xbmc playlist into xbmc's playlist  m3u and pls work
pls.shuffle()                                                   ## delete this line if you don't want random songs to be played from your given playlist
xbmc.player().play(pls)                                    ## play the playlist

i did that exact thing, with the 11-16 build, and nothing happens. i looked in log and nothing. i go to scripts folder, and click on it in xbmc, and it flashes running for a second, nothing happens.