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Lunatixz edited this page Dec 3, 2024 · 53 revisions

  1. "... when an episode ends, the next episode/show on the channel starts 1-2 minutes into the episode."

  2. "What is the sorting method for Globals, Channel Manager and SmartPlaylist so that the order is by episode..."

    • Answer: There are several factors to take into account. Let us start with the hierarchy of operations. Global and Advanced Rule sorting methods can only be overridden by a secondary sort method provided by a Dynamic SmartPlaylist or SmartPlaylist. The path structure of your channel also needs to be taken into consideration. If you are using more than one path, each path is equally parsed in-order to build an array of content. The array will then interleave with each other. *See "Interleave set value". In short, there are many ways to accomplish episode ordering of various TV Shows, simplest being creating a "Episode" SmartPlaylist for each TV Show, select episode order. Then create a channel with multiple paths each mapped to the aforementioned SmartPlaylist. Then add an advanced channel rule to control interleaving to the amount of episodes from each playlist you'd like in blocks.

  3. "...how do I mix episodes and movies in a single channel."

    • Answer: Here are two solutions. One, when creating a channel add two seperate paths; One for TV content the other for Movies, then add a interleaving rule. Two, I've modified smartPlaylist parsing to treat "mixed" content as a TV/Movie Hybrid. In-Order to use the "Mixed" type within PseudoTV specific steps have to be taken when creating the smartPlaylist. Open Smartplaylist editor, Select "Mixed" Type. Enter playlist name and when prompted save the file. While in the "Mixed" smartplaylist navigate to playlist type select "TV", Enter a rule to select a "Path", "Virtualfolder" or "Playlist" with an inclusive operator of "is" or "contains". Navigate again to playlist type select "Movie" and repeat the steps above. Before leaving the editor it is required you switch playlist type back to "Mixed" and save. Below is a demonstration.

      https://i.imgur.com/MY7CO2p.mp4

  4. "...guide only shows file name, no video meta."

    • Answer: Assure all relevant paths in Kodi source list are scraped using a meta provider. When configuring your channel double check the path included in the channel has a meta provider assigned to it.

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