Make your own TV channel?

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Reply #1 - 2009 April 10, 9:16 am
bombpersons Member
From: UK Registered: 2008-10-08 Posts: 907 Website

Sort of...
I was thinking that if I could all my videos in one playlist I could sort of have my TV channel that plays all my anime, doramas etc in a random order, and It could just play in the background. I've been getting a bit fed up with starting and stopping Keyhole to keep the sound in sync sad

Only the problem is, if I set everything to random, and I have a show I haven't seen yet in the playlist, then I could end up seeing the last episode before I see the first. Is there any way to make a playlist play in a random order only for the items that have already been played once?

I just think it would be really cool if you could set it up just like a real TV channel complete with schedules and adverts big_smile

Edit:
This thread might explain it better: http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?p=288623

Last edited by bombpersons (2009 April 10, 9:44 am)

Reply #2 - 2009 April 10, 1:05 pm
wccrawford Member
From: FL US Registered: 2008-03-28 Posts: 1551

Have whatever program you use only pull the 'random' shows from a certain directory.  Keep new stuff in a different directory.  Problem solved.

Reply #3 - 2009 April 10, 2:31 pm
bombpersons Member
From: UK Registered: 2008-10-08 Posts: 907 Website

I was hoping for a more automated solution sad
Though it wouldn't be as annoying, I would still have the problem of shows appearing in the wrong order.

What I'm trying to do is to randomize which show is played, but each episode in a show played in the right order. E.g Show 1 episode 1 -> Show 5 episode 1 -> Show 3 episode 1 -> Show 1 episode 2 -> Show 2 episode 1 -> etc

I thought that I could have a playlist of playlists and shuffle the playlists, but (at least in vlc) you can only set shuffle for everything in the whole playlist, not individual playlists in a playlist...

Hope that makes sense....

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Reply #4 - 2009 April 10, 4:00 pm
EuPcsl Member
From: Spain Registered: 2007-04-18 Posts: 57

Maybe Mogulus can do what you want: http://www.mogulus.com/

Reply #5 - 2009 April 10, 4:23 pm
Jarvik7 Member
From: 名古屋 Registered: 2007-03-05 Posts: 3946

Or you could just watch Japanese TV live... (keyhole etc)

Reply #6 - 2009 April 10, 4:51 pm
Zarxrax Member
From: North Carolina Registered: 2008-03-24 Posts: 949

Why do you want the shows in random order? Cant you just make your own order? On real tv stuff comes up on a set schedule :p

Reply #7 - 2009 April 11, 9:31 am
bombpersons Member
From: UK Registered: 2008-10-08 Posts: 907 Website

Because I'm lazy big_smile

I couldn't find anything on the net, so I decided to make a python script to do it. It works, but since I'm a bit rusty at programming, it's a bit dodgey. There's probably a better way to do it with plugins and stuff but, meh..

If anyone wants the script it's here: http://pastebay.com/7659 Just copy and paste and save as *.py
Also to make it work you need a file called config.txt with the first line as the directory where all your files are (each series stored in a folder) and the second line as where your vlc install is.

You'll also need to set vlc so that it shuts down it gets to the end of a file.

Last edited by bombpersons (2009 April 11, 9:33 am)

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