[Resolved] Show Playlist items/movies instead of playing them.

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[Resolved] Show Playlist items/movies instead of playing them. - MANswers - 2013-09-04

Hi, i am trying to create a command on my remote which shows the movies in the playlist.
Player.Open
[{"file":"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\XBMC\\userdata\\playlists\\video\\FrenchMovies.xsp"}]

Plays the movie as soon as the playlist is loaded.

But i dont want it to start playing any movie, but instead show the movies(thumbnails) in that playlist.
What do i use?

RE: Show Playlist items/movies instead of playing them. - artrafael - 2013-09-04

You need to display your playlist in a Videos window instead:

Code:
ActivateWindow(Videos,"special://profile/playlists/video/FrenchMovies.xsp")

RE: Show Playlist items/movies instead of playing them. - artrafael - 2013-09-04

I just realized you had posted in the JSON-RPC subforum. While I'm no expert on the subject, I believe the following request should be able to display your playlist:

Code:
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method": "GUI.ActivateWindow", "params": { "window": "video", "parameters": [ "special://profile/playlists/video/FrenchMovies.xsp" ] }, "id": 1 }

RE: Show Playlist items/movies instead of playing them. - MANswers - 2013-09-04

Thanks Artrafael...
I think you might be very close.. I tried the commands and got an error.

Quote: Error:
{
"code": -32602,
"data": {
"method": "GUI.ActivateWindow",
"stack": {
"message": "Missing parameter",
"name": "window",
"type": "string"
}
},
"message": "Invalid params."
}

I was looking at an old post here, where the user requested something similar, and the member responded to use GetDirectory action, is that true?
however i still need help with the commands.. I program in java and C, but this stuff is new to me, hence i understand the importance of missing out any paranthesis or comma might cause the action to fail.. hence dont want to mess up.

Please guide.

RE: Show Playlist items/movies instead of playing them. - artrafael - 2013-09-04

You can test out your request via a web browser if you have the XBMC webserver enabled:

Code:
http://username:password@ip-address:port/jsonrpc?request={"jsonrpc":"2.0","method": "GUI.ActivateWindow", "params": { "window": "video", "parameters": [ "special://profile/playlists/video/FrenchMovies.xsp" ] }, "id": 1 }

where username, password and port are as specified on your XBMC webserver settings page, and ip-address is that of your XBMC system.

RE: Show Playlist items/movies instead of playing them. - MANswers - 2013-09-04

Thanks so much mod.. your tips helped the author of eventghost plugin xbmc2 repeater to get me in in the right direction.
this is what got me going.

{ "window": "video", "parameters": [ "special://profile/playlists/video/FrenchMovies.xsp" ] }

RE: [Resolved] Show Playlist items/movies instead of playing them. - XELOR - 2017-01-13

Thanks for this. However, once I open this playlist and press back to return to where I was, it takes be back through all the folders of the videos. What needs to be added to just take me back to where I was when I pressed the button? I tried to add the ,return but get an error I'm doing it wrong.