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Dirki
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2012-11-07, 12:09
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How can I automatically show a special folder in "Videos" after starting xbmc? E.g. after starting xbmc I want to see the folder "Movies" I store my avi files etc. in to start such a file directly.
And is it possible to start the last seen video automatically when starting xbmc?
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I asked the same question a while back and despite a number of views, I had no replies. I am guessing it's not possible at the moment, but a definitive answer would be appreciated.
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You can go into settings and under appearance change the startup window to videos. That will take you to the videos section when you first start XBMC.
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2012-11-08, 10:57
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Thanks gabbott,
Yes, I did before. And one click faster or so would be to go to the file manager I assume.
And thank you Tomkun.
May be there is another way for you: just associate the extension(s) of your videos (or whatever) with xbmc, after that you can double click such a file (some where else than in xbmc unfortunately) and it should be opened in be running in xbmc.
I hope that does work, I didn't test in detail.
Many thanks again.
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Changing the startup window was not exactly what I had in mind; I would like to be able to start XBMC in whatever library I would like - I'd guess that a command line option would be the best bet.
If for example I want to watch a movie, I can click 'movie' on my remote and then that would start XBMC in the movie library; same for TV shows and music. However, I don't think this is possible at the moment.
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2012-11-09, 04:42
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(2012-11-09, 04:26)Tomkun Wrote: Changing the startup window was not exactly what I had in mind; I would like to be able to start XBMC in whatever library I would like - I'd guess that a command line option would be the best bet.
If for example I want to watch a movie, I can click 'movie' on my remote and then that would start XBMC in the movie library; same for TV shows and music. However, I don't think this is possible at the moment.
How is this any different from XBMC being open and then pressing "movie" on your remote? If it's not a dedicated XBMC box then you're probably doing some kind of extra steps anyways to go between PC and TV. If it is a dedicated box then you just press the button.
EDIT: well, whatever your reasons might be, I might have a solution for you in your feature request thread:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=144805
