[jurialmunkey]

Maybe this has been deprecated by the other skin helpers? 

It's been depreciated by lists that take dynamic content. Running a service that populates a window properties per widget item to use as static items in a list is a really excessive approach for something that can be easily achieved by sticking a library path in a dynamic content tag.

For instance:

Random Movies:

Code:

<content target="videos" sortby="random" limit="10">videodb://movies/titles/</content>

Recently Added Movies:

Code:

<content target="videos" limit="10">videodb://recentlyaddedmovies/</content>

In-Progress (aka Recommended) Movies:

Code:

<content target="videos" limit="10" sortby="lastplayed" sortorder="descending">videodb://movies/titles/?xsp=%7b%22rules%22%3a%7b%22and%22%3a%5b%7b%22field%22%3a%22inprogress%22%2c%22operator%22%3a%22true%22%2c%22value%22%3a%5b%5d%7d%5d%7d%2c%22type%22%3a%22movies%22%7d</content>