[mythtv] Playing a media directory randomly

[Miroslav Suchý]

Daniel Kristjansson napsal(a):
> On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 01:18 -0400, Kevin Peltola wrote:
>> I absolutely love MythTV, and have used it for years.  I would like to thank
>> every developer for all of their work.  After building a large media library,
>> however, there was one feature it seemed to be lacking - to shuffle video files.
>> Similar to how mythMusic randomly plays tracks, I thought we should be able to
>> do this for TV show collections, or movies, music videos, as well.
>>
>> After googling it for a while, got bits and pieces of ideas but no real solution,
>> finally got it perfected.  It involves a rather simple customizable script, and 
>> I've integrated it into the media library menu. Where might I post the details?
> 
> This can already be accomplished by adding the "All Programs" group to
> the playlist and selecting the random play playlist option.

I think you meant mythtv recordings. Whereas Kevin thought about media 
library (mythvideo plugin).
In mythvideo plugin you can play only one folder and do it sequentially 
(select folder -> press I (info) -> play folder).
It has several glitches. For example it will not play subdirectories 
contents and playing could not be interrupted (fixed in ticket #8130).
I have in my mind rewrite of PlayFolder() to have option to play 
randomly. I even start coding, but it is not finished.

Anyway - Kevin, best way to contribute is to open new ticket and add 
there your patch. If you have questions or would like to start 
discussion send it here and reference that ticket you created.

Miroslav Suchy