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gsantner@pod.geraspora.de

Kodi random video playback

https://gsantner.net/blog/multimedia/2018/07/08/kodi-random-video-playback.html

Kodi has a feature called PartyMode, which instantly starts playback of random music. Currently the same feature is missing for Videos. This guide has a working solution on how to start playback of random videos from a remote client, local shell or kodi itself. Instead of PartyMode this makes use of the smart playlist feature.

The option for music can be invoked by the action PartyMode music action. In Kodi docs the same is listed for videos too, but apparently it doesn’t work as expected (tested on Kodi 17.6 and Kodi 18 Alpha). Kodi just starts the PartyMode sidebar, but doesn’t load any videos in the list or start any playback - nothing happens.

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#kodi #music #video #foss #homeautomation #openhab