A Kodi add-on to quickly play random videos from (nearly) any list. This add-on can play random episodes from TV shows, movies from genres/sets/years/tags, and videos from playlists, file systems, and just about anything else*.
It adds a context item to most playable lists of videos and provides a script
that can be executed by skins with RunScript and JSON-RPC with Addons.ExecuteAddon.
Install it from the official Kodi repo, under "Context menus", for Kodi 16 Jarvis and newer.
Support and feedback thread on the Kodi Forums.
Source available on GitHub at script.playrandomvideos.
Skins can use it with an action like so: RunScript(script.playrandomvideos, <list path>, "label=<list label>").
List path is the path to the list to play, like ListItem.FolderPath, which should be
escaped ($ESCINFO[ListItem.FolderPath]). label is the list name, like
ListItem.Label or FolderName, and is required when available, also escaped/quoted. There are optional
arguments watchmode, which can override the default watch mode selected in the add-on settings,
and singlevideo to play just a single video, if you have occasion for such an action.
In MyVideoNav.xml an action like RunScript(script.playrandomvideos, "$INFO[Container.FolderPath]", "label=$INFO[Container.FolderName]", watchmode=$INFO[Control.GetLabel(10)])
makes for a good button in the sidebar or as some other container-focused option. Use
<visible>ListItem.IsFolder + !ListItem.IsParentFolder + !String.Contains(ListItem.FolderPath, plugin, Left) + !String.Contains(ListItem.FolderPath, addons, Left) + !String.Contains(ListItem.FolderPath, sources, Left) + !String.IsEqual(ListItem.FolderPath, add)</visible>
to match the context item's visibility on this window.
A label is available with $ADDON[script.playrandomvideos 32100], 'Play Random'.
watchmode accepts 'Unwatched', 'Watched', and 'Ask me', as well
as their localized equivalents with these IDs: 16101, 16102, and 36521.
In MyVideoNav.xml, watchmode=$INFO[Control.GetLabel(10)] should
match the behavior of the button that switches between watched/unwatched/all,
if it is on your window. singlevideo needs no value.
It is also possible to create an action that always plays randomly from one specific list, for use in a home menu or even as flair on another window, which can be assigned with Skin Shortcuts or added directly to skin files.
- Play randomly from a list of all movies:
RunScript(script.playrandomvideos, "videodb://movies/") - all episodes:
RunScript(script.playrandomvideos, "videodb://tvshows/") - all music videos:
RunScript(script.playrandomvideos, "videodb://musicvideos/") - from any of your playlists:
RunScript(script.playrandomvideos, "special://playlists/video/<playlist filename>") - movies from any genre:
RunScript(script.playrandomvideos, "videodb://movies/genres/xx/", "label=Documentary") - episodes from any TV network:
RunScript(script.playrandomvideos, "videodb://tvshows/studios/xx/", "label=Cartoon Network")
It doesn't work for plugin paths :(. I would like it to, but I can't figure a good way to implement it, considering all the things plugins do.