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I have a list of paths to plug-in directories with movies and episodes (example below), and I'm trying access all of the ListItems in those paths.  I don't want to actually open the plugin windows because this script will be running in a background service.  How do I access these items from a Python script?

python:
example_list = ['plugin://plugin.video.crackle/?id=%2fmovies&mode=101', 'plugin://plugin.video.foodnetwork/?mode=GE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foodnetwork.com%2Fvideos%2Ffull-episodes%2Fgood-eats']

I've tried all of the built-in functions I can think of... GetDirectory, RunAddon, RunPlugin, RunScript, ActivateWindow... None of them do what I need.  I think skins are able to access ListItems from plugins, but I don't have enough experience with them to figure out how.

I do know how to access all of the ListItems in the current container, so would it be possible to load the plugin items into a "hidden" container?  Then, I could run a script similar to this one.

python:


    # example: loop through all items in current container and get paths

    item_paths = []

    ref_path = xbmc.getInfoLabel('ListItem.FileNameAndPath')

    path = xbmc.getInfoLabel('ListItem.FileNameAndPath')

    offset = 0

    while True:

        item_paths.append(path)

        offset += 1

        path = xbmc.getInfoLabel('Container.ListItem(%s).FileNameAndPath' % offset)

        # returned ListItems will wrap back to beginning, so just check for the original item path

        if path == ref_path:

            break

Since I only want the path of the items, is there an easier way to do this?  Maybe a JSON-RPC call?

Any help is much appreciated