XBMC autostart.sh

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To automatically do something at start up of OpenElec, place a shell script at /storage/.config/autostart.sh.


For example, to start playing a playlist at start up, you can place the following in autostart.sh, which will launch a different script in the background (and release, so XBMC will start):

    #!/bin/sh
    play_videos.sh


This is the content of play_videos.sh, which checks to see if xbmc is running first, and then release. Waits about 20 seconds to ensure XBMC started up completely, then play the video playlist:

    #!/bin/sh

    MATCH=`ps -elf | grep xbmc | grep standalone | wc -l`

    # Wait for XBMC to start
    while [[ $MATCH -eq 0 ]]; do
      sleep 5;
      MATCH=`ps -elf | grep xbmc | grep standalone | wc -l`
    done

    echo "Short Wait"
    sleep 20
    xbmc-send --action "PlayMedia(/storage/.xbmc/userdata/playlists/video/od.pls)"
    xbmc-send --action "PlayerControl(Repeat)"

Note the extra bonus second command in making it play in an infinite loop. :-)

Refer to http://kodi.wiki/view/List_of_built-in_functions for a list of commands that can be sent using:

    xbmc-send --action "<command>"


Also bonus, .pls play list format:

[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=1
Title1=Video Title
File1=/storage/videos/od/some_video.mp4