Mtv get lost

[aNtiBiOteK]

hi,
i just made the startupvideodir plugin who's purpose is to start up videos from a folder on your xbox every time you boot up. thereby eliminating the need for mtv and all that other nonsence. it can be found here:
http://www.xbmcscripts.com/index.p....ideodir (http://www.xbmcscripts.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=search_result&itemid=array&search_mode=phrase&search_phrase=startupvideodir)

now here is my question. i'm trying to make it not go full screen on boot. cause the videos load, and everything is good. except i still want to see the xbmc in the interface and videos play in the background instead of going full screen every time. how can i do that?

antibiotek.

[pike]

this is python related right?

ok, so im moving it to right forum

[Nuka1195]

xbmc.executebuiltin('xbmc.activatewindow(0)')

[aNtiBiOteK]

thanks,
that works but only for the fist video, when the next video turns on.. it goes full screen again.

antibiotek

[bozo8787]

hi,
i just made the startupvideodir plugin who's purpose is to start up videos from a folder on your xbox every time you boot up. thereby eliminating the need for mtv and all that other nonsence. it can be found here:
http://www.xbmcscripts.com/index.p....ideodir (http://www.xbmcscripts.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=search_result&itemid=array&search_mode=phrase&search_phrase=startupvideodir)

now here is my question. i'm trying to make it not go full screen on boot. cause the videos load, and everything is good. except i still want to see the xbmc in the interface and videos play in the background instead of going full screen every time. how can i do that?

antibiotek.
your a bad ass cause my girl and i have been talking about this for months now. at least i want what u did get to work.
here's my settings: where did i go wrong? could u post ur details so i can compare? thanx in advance.

''' vim: ts=8 sw=4 noexpandtab
by: antibiotek ver: 0.1
original script by rune hammersland ver: 0.3

this script is for those of you who love to turn on your xbox and watch music
vidoes in the morning. it will take a playlist or a music video directory,
randomize all the videos, and play them. be sure to modify your autoexec.py
to start it up!

'''

import xbmc
import os

# ---------------------------------------- #
# "configuration"
# ---------------------------------------- #

# change this to your playlist(s).
# written like this: ['path\\to\\plist1', 'to\\plist2', 'plist\\3']
playlist_files= ['e:\\media\\music\\playlist.m3u', 'f:\\all.m3u']
# dirs(s) to traverse if playlist does not exist. nb: no trailing slash.
# written like this: ['path\\to\\dir1', 'to\\dir2', 'dir\\3']
musicvideos_dirs = ['q:\\scripts\\', 'f:\\media\\musicvideos']
# shuffle playlist if this var equals 1.
shuffle_files = 1


# ---------------------------------------- #
# code
# ---------------------------------------- #

# function for adding files to playlist
def add_files(pl, dirname, names):
for filename in names:
if (os.path.isfile(dirname + "\\" + filename)):
add = 0

# check extension of file.
if (filename[-4:] == ".avi"): add = 1
if (filename[-4:] == ".mpg"): add = 1
if (filename[-4:] == ".wmv"): add = 1
if (filename[-4:] == ".asf"): add = 1
if (filename[-4:] == ".m2v"): add = 1

# if file is to be added, do it.
if (add == 1): pl.add(dirname + "\\" + filename)
elif (os.path.isdir(dirname + "\\" + filename)):
os.path.walk(dirname + "\\" + filename, add_files, pl)

# get music playlist from xbmc
plist = xbmc.playlist(0)
plist.clear()

# load playlist if it exists
for playlist_file in playlist_files:
if (os.path.isfile(playlist_file)):
plist.load(playlist_file)
# else, find all available music videos
else:
for musicvideos_dir in musicvideos_dirs:
os.path.walk(musicvideos_dir, add_files, plist)

# do the shuffle!
if (shuffle_files == 1): plist.shuffle()

xbmc.player().play(plist)
xbmc.executebuiltin('xbmc.activatewindow(0)')


and in my autoexec.py where:


# auto execute scripts when xbmc starts, place this file in xbmchome\scripts\
#
# note: - do not execute more than one script at a time which asks for user input!

# import xbmc

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

[bozo8787]

hi,
i just made the startupvideodir plugin who's purpose is to start up videos from a folder on your xbox every time you boot up. thereby eliminating the need for mtv and all that other nonsence. it can be found here:
http://www.xbmcscripts.com/index.p....ideodir (http://www.xbmcscripts.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=search_result&itemid=array&search_mode=phrase&search_phrase=startupvideodir)

now here is my question. i'm trying to make it not go full screen on boot. cause the videos load, and everything is good. except i still want to see the xbmc in the interface and videos play in the background instead of going full screen every time. how can i do that?

antibiotek.
more on the topic. i love when playing a video in the background also as opposed the entire screen.
what was the difference between yours and rune hammersland ver: 0.3

also if you get a chance go here at xbox-scence where someone combined videos or music at startup.
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.p....2820112 (http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=412081&st=0&p=2820112&#entry2820112)


btw. all i could get to work was by editing:

musicvideos_dirs = ['q:\\scripts\\', 'f:\\media\\musicvideos']

it does boot to some animae video for several seconds then it loads the "loading next video" and it repeats this over and over until i stop it.

originally i thought it would have to be like:
musicvideos_dirs = ['q:\\scripts\\launchbrowser.py\\favourites.xml',

but that does nothing.
thanx way in advance for i have been wishing for this script b4 it was written cause untill now i've been successful with auto loading my music files:)

[aNtiBiOteK]

i think you need to specify a directory with all your music videos like f:\media\musicvideos

[pike]

bozo8787,

bold is to mark certain words, not for entire posts. please refrain from using it on entire posts. tia

[bozo8787]

bozo8787,

bold is to mark certain words, not for entire posts. please refrain from using it on entire posts. tia
my bad, i been posting in all bold for over 5 years now in many forums, and i've never had anyone actually tell i to stop writing in bold. i always agreed with peeps flaming others with all caps was used completely. so this is new to me, well i actually had someone over in the tivo forums tell me it strainded their eyes so when i go there i kinda withhold my trademark. i c u have almost 2000 posts so this is pretty much your domain :bowdown: thus i will adhere to your request and in this forum i will change my style. i love the xbox scence and enemies is the last thing i want over a habit i picked up 1/2 a decade ago. thruth be told i can't stand plain old non-bold, to me it looks vanilla and i just wanted to add some color and seperate myself without yelling. btw, i thought i knew the net etiquete until now, i stand corrected.

[bozo8787]

i think you need to specify a directory with all your music videos like f:\media\musicvideos
well i actually don't have any music videos. all i have is a favorites list from "launchbrowser"
cause as of now i have over 300 on a favorites list on launch browser and when i select the list it randomly streams them over for hours. so i can c this is for actual video files on your hdd. i got confused with the playlist thing. cause i technically have a playlist but from streamed vids only.
thanx for the response though.

ps i'm trying to be good :saint: but this is gonna be hard to leave my :evil:boldness at the door when i enter this forum, i'm already getting withdrawl symptoms plus i'm feeling so plain but guess i'll just get used to it, lol

[rcrh]

first, let me say i've been looking for something like this for a very long time. i don't want it for quite the same purpose, but very close. i've got tonnes of tv episodes stored on a server, and i want to be able to play then in a random order. sort of like syndicated tv. you can get rid of mtv, & i'll get rid if tbs!

so, i want to edit your scirpt so that musicvideos_dirs points to where i have a particular show storied. then, when i run the script it should queue up all of the episode, but in a random order.

so far, so good. but, i've not replaced the hd in my xbox so all of my media is on a server. i can't figure out syntax that the script needs to be able to find the files on my server.

antibiotek, can you help?

thanks a tonne. hope you get back to me on this.

richard