2011-11-09, 23:16
pecinko Wrote:Until situation is improved, how about having Random Addons, spitted into categories?
Machine-Sanctum Wrote:Well maybe another hard one is using smartplaylists as a source
pecinko Wrote:I think it would be very handy to extend this to a music as well. I suggest adding a most played albums (preferably) or songs to this script.
maybe we have to step back for a moment and think about where we want to go with this.
it started out as a script to show 'in progress' episodes and movies on your home screen.
none of the suggestions above really fit that original idea of the script.
do i mind to add it? nope, not really...
but would it make sense to do so, or would another script be more suitable for this?
what i fear, and this is the felling i'm getting, is what we basically want
is to be able to show everything that's available in xbmc, in every possible combination, on your home screen.
we can already show recently added items, random items, addons, favourites, tv shows you're watching, movies you didn't finish, the item that's currently being played/listened to...
i'm thinking maybe it would make sense to merge all if it into one big script... seeing there's already a lot of duplicate code between random items and this script.
i'm also wondering why did we move recently added to xbmc core?
at the time it was a 'hot' item featured in many skins, but today it's just a fraction of what we want to be able to show on the home screen.
the global search script i did has to potential to replace all of the above.
it can already pull every single item from your library.
all i would need to do is make a gui-less version of it and add the option to pass filter and sort conditions to it.
so lets step for a moment and think about where we want to go with our home screen.
thoughts?