Videos/Movies Section?

[dr_greenthumb]

would it be possible to get a seperate section for movies, instead of using videos? i like to keep a bunch of movies on my hdd, but i also have a bunch of music videos in avi/mpeg format stored on it. i think that it would be nice to be able to play a bunch of videos more like the music files play, instead of having to keep on selecting each one after one stops, when they are stored in the videos section.

[MidKnight]

agree i use xbmc heavy for mvidz, so something like this would be great

[chrislee149]

err... did you try the stacking feature? and imdb?

[dr_greenthumb]

stacking, and imdb was ot what i was aiming for. whil stacking is close, my file names are not near the same enough for this to work. if i understand what stacking does. not really sure. was just looking for like randomization, playlists, shuffle, etc. personally i could do without the pictures section, if it is possible to set that one up for music vids.

[spiff]

all of which is available in my videos.

hit '0' on the remote or 'y' on the controller to queue a file / a directory with files. then open the context-menu and select now playing. here you can randomize & shuffle.

rtfm

[dr_greenthumb]

excellent, but i guess that my main goal was to get a seperate section for my movies. no big deal though.

thanks for xbmc!!

[kraqh3d]

excellent, but i guess that my main goal was to get a seperate section for my movies. no big deal though.

there is a seperate section for my movies, its called "my videos". change your strings.xml file if you want different text.

was just looking for like randomization, playlists, shuffle, etc.

playlists are built into video and music sections. and playlists can be both shuffled and randomized. but you need to put items into the playlist to use these features. they are not accessible in just the files view.

[dr_greenthumb]

there is a seperate section for my movies, its called "my videos". *change your strings.xml file if you want different text.

yes, i understand that, but as i said in my first post, i like to keep my music videos in there. would i be able to use playlists and shuffle if i were to change the "my pictures" in the xml since i dont use this one at all?

playlists are built into video and music sections. *and playlists can be both shuffled and randomized. *but you need to put items into the playlist to use these features. *they are not accessible in just the files view..

and this was answered, thanks again.

[kraqh3d]

yes, i understand that, but as i said in my first post, i like to keep my music videos in there. would i be able to use playlists and shuffle if i were to change the "my pictures" in the xml since i dont use this one at all?

yes, sorta... lets assume you have a nice and clean filesystem and you have your music videos in one particular bookmark or folder. you can then use the xbmc.activatewindow(window,location) command with a new (or reassigned) button.

xbmc.activatewindow(myvideos,path/to/music/videos)

if they are isolated into their own bookmark, you can use the bookmark name (assuming its "music videos"):

xbmc.activatewindow(myvideos,music videos)

the default pm3 skin is using the older <hyperlink> tag. you'll need to change it to an <execute> tag in order to use that command above.

<execute>xbmc.activatewindow(myvideos,music videos)</execute>

[dr_greenthumb]

ok so im looking through the online manual here: skinning how to change home buttons (http://manual.xboxmediacenter.de/wakka.php?wakka=skinninghowtochangehomebuttons&v=uqz)
would this be correct to follow?

[kraqh3d]

yes. thats about editing home.xml. just be sure to change the <hyperlink> tag to an <execute> tag.

[dr_greenthumb]

great, thanks youve been a big help.