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is it possible to get my Pi to boot into Music/Library/Artists ?
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More likely a skinning issue I think. Not sure what OS you have on your Pi (LE, OSMC etc.), but pretty sure they all have to go to the home screen.
But your question is a more general really - "how can I start Kodi on something other than the home screen".
Persoanlly my Pi (running LE) is on 24/7, it takes so little power, and the lack of accessible off switch where it is located means it is the easy route.
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which skin are you using?
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thanks troggy yes thats worked a treat it now boots into Artists
at the moment its controlled by a modified keyboard, i kept the controller part of the keyboard ditched the rest and wired in some buttons to the pins, i think i gave myself about 8 keys to play
with, just need to figure out the best way to use them, i have a wireless logitech media controller connected as well in case i need it.
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2017-05-25, 13:59
(This post was last modified: 2017-05-25, 14:02 by trogggy.)
If you're using a keyboard I'd think about mapping home / exit / escape (if you're using any of them, I'd guess you'll have one) to 'music / artists' (as you said) but also mapping back (edit: thinking about it not just back - you could map all 8 keys) on the home screen to 'music / artists' - that way if someone backs out too far they just have to keep pressing.
Otherwise I'm not sure how you'd manage to navigate without a 'back' button.
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at the moment i dont think a back button is necessary
now im booting into Artist the user would use up and down to chose the artist same to chose the album then select song or songs, then a key to go back to home, being 'music / artists'
so the user shouldn't be able to navigate anywhere else, the only downside i can see at the moment for this is if you wanted to put another song on by the same artist but in a different album,
but that shouldn't be to bad as when you go back to the 'home' the last artist should still be highlighted.
keys
home, up and down (possibly looking into a scroll wheel from a mouse), select
then maybe a shut down key, a key to go to current playlist and pause and play (toggle maybe?)
that would make 8