PartyMode Options

[TuCsaT]

Hi all,

I was wondering if there is a way to have more than 1 "party mode"? what I mean by this is I currently have "party mode" set to the default of "all" for my music and set it to begin when I press the number 1 on my remote. which is cool and works 90% of the time but I was wondering if I could set up multiple "smart playlists" at the same time so I could press my number 2 on the remote and have all the genre of say the 80's play and have 3 mapped to hip hop or rock etc etc... it would be pretty cool if this were possible but I haven't been able to get it to work. anyone have any ideas?

thanks in advance

TuCsaT

[jmarshall]

I don't think it's currently possible, but it would be a useful addition to simply be able to choose a smart playlist and have that start as partymode. eg a built in function:

PartyMode(playlist_goes_here)

Perhaps post in feature requests?

We could also have a context menu item (Party mode from this playlist).

Cheers,
Jonathan

[TuCsaT]

I hadn't realized that this wasn't possible yet or else I would have posted it here... thanks for moving it:grin:. I hope some one could make this possible I think it would be a pretty cool feature.

[chadoe]

Both features are already available, "Play in Partymode" contextmenu for smart playlists and builtin function XBMC.PlayerControl(PartyMode(path to xspfile)).

Since you would like it mapped to a key on your remote you need the builtin:
<two>XBMC.PlayerControl(PartyMode(q:\userdata\playlists \music\bfs.xsp))</two>

[Nick8888]

Nice, for linux would you simply put the path as /home/user/XBMC/build/userdata/playlists/music/rock.xsp? or would q:\.. work as well?

I am definately going to use this on my remote so I can select "Music" then "Playlists" then be presented with a menu "Rock", "Dance", "Rap" etc which are links to specific playlists.

[Nick8888]

On a side note, "Play in Partymode" contextmenu for smart playlists isnt working for me. It fills the glasses and then doesnt play any songs.

Didnt get a chance to test on xbox so Im sorry if its linux specific.

http://pastebin.com/m6f9c50f8

[Nick8888]

Ok I just made a larger playlist and it worked.. the other two i tried contained 1 song and 2 songs.