Manually adding files to the queue = link instead of file/art in Yatse

[koralkor]

Playing playlist in Yatse shows file names and art, but if files are chosen manually (added to queue or even single file chosen to play instantly) link is presented and not resolved to nice entry (name+art) ...shit, I need to learn python:)

[Dariusz Biskup]

Unfortunately, I have a little control over Yatse and how it interprets add-ons. This is cool feature that Yatse is able to recognize add-on based on native menus but not always all features that work in XBMC will work in Yatse. In this case, Yatse queues an URL instead of the whole item. I will be investigating if there is any way to force Yatse to queue the full item.

[Sören]

Ok, I did some digging on this (and posted a forum topic, that nobody replied to thus far)

Apparently the JSON RPC does not really support remote controlling generic plugins, but software like Yatse uses XBMC's GetDirectory calls to be able to browse through a plugin.

From there it can retrieve some URLs and start playback, but I don't think you are actually supposed to start playback of items this way, so XBMC starts to behave weirdly.

I don't think this helps in any way. Since pretty much any plugin has the same problem (most audio plugins only start one radio stream, so it's not as noticeable) and there does not seem to be any documentation on this, I fear that we are SOL here, until someone implements an actual api for remote controlling plugins

:(

[Dariusz Biskup]

What about writing a dedicated mobile app i. e. Spotlight mobile? ;) It would give the full control but would require some work.