<div class="gmail_quote">2011/7/11 Nick Rout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Artem Astafyev<br>
<div class="im"><<a href="mailto:artem.astafyev@gmail.com">artem.astafyev@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">> Then again I have to make playlists for all folders and remake them after<br>
> adding/removing files. And playlist will always start from first file but I<br>
> want to start from any file in a folder and then next videos play<br>
> automatically one by one.<br>
> It's default behaviour of most hardware dvd players and I don't understand<br>
> why it haven't been done it mythvideo yet.<br>
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</div>please note that top posting is frowned on here (although I admit I<br>
did it in response to yours)<br>
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It would be easyish to write a script that would to what you want then<br>
activate it as a custom player. It would also be easy to write a<br>
script to automatically add new files to your playlists.<br>
<br>
Overall you need to appreciate the open source ethos - if you want it<br>
bad enough you have two choices:<br>
<br>
1. write the code and submit a patch; or<br>
<br>
2. create a groundswell of people who want the same thing, and<br>
convince the developers that enough people want them to implement the<br>
feature. then hope some coder pickes up the torch and creates your<br>
dream feature.<br>
<br>
Frankly I have no need for this feature, I can understand it if you<br>
have, eg, a load of music videos and want to keep playing music videos<br>
continuously.<br>
<br>
But i use mythvideo for movies and tv programmes, and don't want some<br>
random video popping up after the latest movie I watched.<br>
<br>
A system that automatically started the next video in some arbitrary<br>
order would p*** me off. In fact my LG tv accessing mythvideo via DLNA<br>
does that, which makes me hate it.<br>
<br>
So basically it's a matter of taste and don't think because some<br>
hardware player does this that myth should. On the other hand if it is<br>
a useful addition (despite my own misgivings, and I am only one<br>
opinion) then once you submit a patch it will undoubtedly become an<br>
option :)</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I just want to know if it's possible before writing a patch :) By the way it may be configurable whether to play next video automatically.</div><div>But writing custom script is a good idea. I'll have to use external player but it's better then nothing.</div>
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