[Gade]

I'm trying to replace playlists included in the skin with hardcoded content paths.

But I can't figure this problem out. Now I can't even think straight anymore, so I hope I have just missed something obvious.


My content path is:

Code:

ActivateWindow(Videos,videodb://movies/titles/?xsp=%7b%22order%22%3a%7b%22direction%22%3a%22descending%22%2c%22ignorefolders%22%3a0%2c%22method%22%3a%22lastplayed%22%7d%2c%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)

My playlist path is:

xml:


ActivateWindow(Videos,special://skin/extras/playlists/InProgressMovies.xsp)

The content of the playlist is:

xml:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>

<smartplaylist type="movies">

    <name>In Progress Movies</name>

    <match>all</match>

    <rule field="inprogress" operator="true" />

    <order direction="descending">lastplayed</order>

</smartplaylist>

The problem is:
- When I enter the library using the playlist, everything is fine and the content is sorted by lastplayed.
- When I enter the library using the path, the content is sorted by dateadded, and the option to sort by lastplayed is not available at all.


Any idea to what is happening?
I'm going crazy

[mardukL]

unsure if even possible for activate window method.

but
a)
a shot in the blue - add &
e.g.
ActivateWindow(Videos,videodb://movies/titles/&?xsp=%7b%22order%22%3a%7b%22direction%22%3a%22descending%22%2c%22ignorefolders%22%3a0%2c)


b) maybe syntax error
test with that template

oring example / playlist replace
albumartist contains label or album contains label
{"rules":{"or":[{"field":"albumartist","operator":"contains","value":["$INFO[Control.GetLabel(100002).index(1)]"]},{"field":"album","operator":"contains","value":["$INFO[Control.GetLabel(100002).index(1)]"]}]},"type":"albums"}

(use mme tool from notepad to decode
and give attention to missing
%2C = ,
%5B = [
%5D = ]
encoded symbols
or use an url encode site, like https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.urlencoder.org/

[Gade]

Hi mardukL.

Thanks for the answer.

Adding & breaks it completely.

I created the in progress movies node with library node editor, and the node itself works. But using the same node with ActivateWindow doesn't. Also using it as content in a container doesn't work.
Using this in a container works:

Code:

<content 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>

The problem is, that the path works, but that sorting by lastplayed is missing completely from the sort methods, when using it.
@ronie has found out that sort by lastplayed is not part of Kodi's sort methods.

So why it exists for playlists and nodes is a mystery to me.

[mardukL]

than, i have currently no idea, .

but i wonder about the 'last played' statement,

https://kodi.wiki/view/List_of_built-in_...rt_methods
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master...#L529-L577

container.setsortmethod()
1 Name
2 Date
3 Size
4 File
5 Path
6 DriveType
7 Title
8 TrackNumber
9 Time
10 Artist
11 ArtistThenYear
12 Album
13 AlbumType
14 Genre
15 Country
16 Year
17 Rating
18 UserRating
19 Votes
20 Top250
21 ProgramCount
22 PlaylistOrder
23 EpisodeNumber
24 Season
25 NumberOfEpisodes
26 NumberOfWatchedEpisodes
27 TvShowStatus
28 TvShowTitle
29 SortTitle
30 ProductionCode
31 MPAA
32 VideoResolution
33 VideoCodec
34 VideoAspectRatio
35 AudioChannels
36 AudioCodec
37 AudioLanguage
38 SubtitleLanguage
39 Studio
40 DateAdded
41 LastPlayed
42 Playcount
43 Listeners
44 Bitrate
45 Random
46 Channel
47 ChannelNumber
48 DateTaken
49 Relevance
50 InstallDate
51 LastUpdated
52 LastUsed

[jurialmunkey]

Hmm, yeah I can confirm that doesn't follow the sort method (I get Sort by: Titles).
Also can confirm that it is the correct path. I used Library Node editor to create it and then used KodiDevKit Display InfoLabel function to copy the Container.FolderPath and it matches your path exactly.

Enter the path through the node and it sorting is correctly applied. Copy that same Container.FolderPath and launch it with ActivateWindow and the sorting isn't applied.

[mardukL]

sadly i cannot test further on pc, just quick test on phone.

on my end using predefinded
order tags doenst work in activate window, but do for a custom container path


e.g. not working

code:
{"order":

	{"direction":"ascending","ignorefolders":0,"method":"year"},

{"rules":

	{"or":

	[

		{"field":"title","operator":"startswith","value":["zur"]},

		{"field":"title","operator":"contains","value":["dark"]}

	]},

	"type":"movies"}

which is

code:
%7B%22order%22%3A%0A%09%7B%22direction%22%3A%22ascending%22%2C%22ignorefolders%22%3A0%2C%22method%22%3A%22year%22%7D%2C%0A%7B%22rules%22%3A%0A%09%7B%22or%22%3A%0A%09%5B%0A%09%09%7B%22field%22%3A%22title%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22startswith%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22zur%22%5D%7D%2C%0A%09%09%7B%22field%22%3A%22title%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22contains%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22dark%22%5D%7D%0A%09%5D%7D%2C%0A%09%22type%22%3A%22movies%22%7D

working in activate window

code:
{"rules":

	{"or":

	[

		{"field":"title","operator":"startswith","value":["zur"]},

		{"field":"title","operator":"contains","value":["dark"]}

	]},

	"type":"movies"}

which is

code:
%7B%22rules%22%3A%7B%22or%22%3A%5B%7B%22field%22%3A%22title%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22startswith%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22zur%22%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22title%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22contains%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22dark%22%5D%7D%5D%7D%2C%22type%22%3A%22movies%22%7D

txt:
APPEND:

operator



contains 	True if the field contains the parameter as a substring

doesnotcontain 	True if the field does not contain the parameter as a substring

is 	True if the field matches the parameter exactly

isnot 	True if the field does not match the parameter exactly

startswith 	True if the start of the field matches the parameter

endswith 	True if the end of the field matches the parameter

lessthan 	True if the content of the field is less than the parameter

greaterthan 	True if the content of the field is greater than the parameter

after 	True if the content of the field comes after the parameter

before 	True if the content of the field comes before the parameter

inthelast 	True if the field falls in the last range specified by the parameter. Only applicable for a date field.

notinthelast 	True if the field does not fall in the last range specified by the parameter. Only applicable for a date field. 





container.setsortmethod()

1	Name

2	Date

3	Size

4	File

5	Path

6	DriveType

7	Title

8	TrackNumber

9	Time

10	Artist

11	ArtistThenYear

12	Album

13	AlbumType

14	Genre

15	Country

16	Year

17	Rating

18	UserRating

19	Votes

20	Top250

21	ProgramCount

22	PlaylistOrder

23	EpisodeNumber

24	Season

25	NumberOfEpisodes

26	NumberOfWatchedEpisodes

27	TvShowStatus

28	TvShowTitle

29	SortTitle

30	ProductionCode

31	MPAA

32	VideoResolution

33	VideoCodec

34	VideoAspectRatio

35	AudioChannels

36	AudioCodec

37	AudioLanguage

38	SubtitleLanguage

39	Studio

40	DateAdded

41	LastPlayed

42	Playcount

43	Listeners

44	Bitrate

45	Random

46	Channel

47	ChannelNumber

48	DateTaken

49	Relevance

50	InstallDate

51	LastUpdated

52	LastUsed

[Gade]

Enter the path through the node and it sorting is correctly applied. Copy that same Container.FolderPath and launch it with ActivateWindow and the sorting isn't applied.

Thanks a lot for testing and for the input.

This is exactly what my conclusion was.

We were discussing this a bit at Slack yesterday.
Let me write here what @ronie found out.

These are the available sort methods defined by Kodi in the movie title node:
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/6de683...#L228-L262

xml:


case NODE_TYPE_TITLE_MOVIES:

      {

        if (params.GetSetId() > -1) // Is this a listing within a set?

        {

          AddSortMethod(SortByYear, 562, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%Y"));  // Title, Year | empty, empty

          AddSortMethod(SortBySortTitle, sortAttributes, 556, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%R"));  // Title, Rating | empty, empty

        }

        else

        {

          AddSortMethod(SortBySortTitle, sortAttributes, 556, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%R", "%T", "%R"));  // Title, Rating | Title, Rating

          AddSortMethod(SortByYear, 562, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%Y", "%T", "%Y"));  // Title, Year | Title, Year

        }

        AddSortMethod(SortByRating, 563, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%R", "%T", "%R"));  // Title, Rating | Title, Rating

        AddSortMethod(SortByUserRating, 38018, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%r", "%T", "%r"));  // Title, Userrating | Title, Userrating

        AddSortMethod(SortByMPAA, 20074, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%O"));  // Title, MPAA | empty, empty

        AddSortMethod(SortByTime, 180, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%D"));  // Title, Duration | empty, empty

        AddSortMethod(SortByDateAdded, 570, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%a", "%T", "%a"));  // Title, DateAdded | Title, DateAdded



        if (CMediaSettings::GetInstance().GetWatchedMode(items.GetContent()) == WatchedModeAll)

          AddSortMethod(SortByPlaycount, 567, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%V", "%T", "%V"));  // Title, Playcount | Title, Playcount



        const CViewState *viewState = CViewStateSettings::GetInstance().Get("videonavtitles");

        if (params.GetSetId() > -1)

        {

          SetSortMethod(SortByYear);

          SetSortOrder(SortOrderAscending);

        }

        else

        {

          SetSortMethod(viewState->m_sortDescription);

          SetSortOrder(viewState->m_sortDescription.sortOrder);

        }



        SetViewAsControl(viewState->m_viewMode);

      }

Kodi will add the sort method defined by the <order> tag in a playlist or library node xml:
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/6de683...#L455-L456

xml:


if (items.IsSmartPlayList() || items.IsLibraryFolder())

    AddPlaylistOrder(items, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%R", "%T", "%R"));  // Title, Rating | Title, Rating

[mardukL]

Enter the path through the node and it sorting is correctly applied. Copy that same Container.FolderPath and launch it with ActivateWindow and the sorting isn't applied.

Thanks a lot for testing and for the input.

This is exactly what my conclusion was.

We were discussing this a bit at Slack yesterday.
Let me write here what @ronie found out.

These are the available sort methods defined by Kodi in the movie title node:
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/6de683...#L228-L262

xml:


case NODE_TYPE_TITLE_MOVIES:

      {

        if (params.GetSetId() > -1) // Is this a listing within a set?

        {

          AddSortMethod(SortByYear, 562, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%Y"));  // Title, Year | empty, empty

          AddSortMethod(SortBySortTitle, sortAttributes, 556, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%R"));  // Title, Rating | empty, empty

        }

        else

        {

          AddSortMethod(SortBySortTitle, sortAttributes, 556, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%R", "%T", "%R"));  // Title, Rating | Title, Rating

          AddSortMethod(SortByYear, 562, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%Y", "%T", "%Y"));  // Title, Year | Title, Year

        }

        AddSortMethod(SortByRating, 563, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%R", "%T", "%R"));  // Title, Rating | Title, Rating

        AddSortMethod(SortByUserRating, 38018, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%r", "%T", "%r"));  // Title, Userrating | Title, Userrating

        AddSortMethod(SortByMPAA, 20074, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%O"));  // Title, MPAA | empty, empty

        AddSortMethod(SortByTime, 180, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%D"));  // Title, Duration | empty, empty

        AddSortMethod(SortByDateAdded, 570, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%a", "%T", "%a"));  // Title, DateAdded | Title, DateAdded



        if (CMediaSettings::GetInstance().GetWatchedMode(items.GetContent()) == WatchedModeAll)

          AddSortMethod(SortByPlaycount, 567, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%V", "%T", "%V"));  // Title, Playcount | Title, Playcount



        const CViewState *viewState = CViewStateSettings::GetInstance().Get("videonavtitles");

        if (params.GetSetId() > -1)

        {

          SetSortMethod(SortByYear);

          SetSortOrder(SortOrderAscending);

        }

        else

        {

          SetSortMethod(viewState->m_sortDescription);

          SetSortOrder(viewState->m_sortDescription.sortOrder);

        }



        SetViewAsControl(viewState->m_viewMode);

      }

Kodi will add the sort method defined by the <order> tag in a playlist or library node xml:
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/6de683...#L455-L456

xml:


if (items.IsSmartPlayList() || items.IsLibraryFolder())

    AddPlaylistOrder(items, LABEL_MASKS("%T", "%R", "%T", "%R"));  // Title, Rating | Title, Rating

can you test/play around with that syntax template, seems to work on my end

code:


{

	"order":

	{

	"direction":"ascending","ignorefolders":0,"method":"year"

	},

  "rules":

	{

		"or":

	    [

		{"field":"title","operator":"startswith","value":["zur"]},

		{"field":"title","operator":"contains","value":["dark"]}

		]

	},

	"type":"movies"

}