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Hello everyone,

A friend of mine and I are building kodi-based car media centers based on Kodi and Raspberry-pi.
If you're wondering why, it's because we want to play surround audio in the car, and no off-the-shelf head units supports this anymore.

Hardware-wise, it's working just fine. My friend already installed his, and he's content with having one huge playlist that shuffles songs randomly.
I don't like surprises though, and want to have full control.

My means of control is a 7" touch screen and a remote control (using lircd).

I'm looking for a way to implement album or folder up.
Assuming that i have a playlist of several albums/folders - how can i do this?

Also, i'm looking for a way to easily select a playlist using the remote. Is it possible to create a shortcut with the remote?

Thanks in advance...

Is this really Raspberry Pi specific? I can move this to OS Independent which may help you receive more responses.

Hi Milhouse,

I don't see why it would be Raspberry Pi specific. Didn't know there was an OS independent forum. So yes, please move it there if you can.
Thanks...

Well, since you are using a Pi, you might want to check out this: http://www.engineering-diy.blogspot.ro/2...l.html?m=1

Even if you don't want to do all of that, they've made an awesome Kodi skin that is easier to use on 7 inch screens: https://github.com/idorel77/skin.CarPC-touch_carbon

(2015-05-24, 23:26)Ned Scott Wrote: [ -> ]Well, since you are using a Pi, you might want to check out this: http://www.engineering-diy.blogspot.ro/2...l.html?m=1

Even if you don't want to do all of that, they've made an awesome Kodi skin that is easier to use on 7 inch screens: https://github.com/idorel77/skin.CarPC-touch_carbon

Thanks Ned, i'm aware of Andrei's work. We've used his touchscreen driver.
But he's using a different Kodi release, we're using Openelec.
I think even their car skin (and it is indeed awesome) won't answer help me with my problems. Please correct me if i'm wrong (in case you've used it and know otherwise).