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Randomize movie/show poster - taleman - 2020-11-07

Is it possible to have multiple movie poster and show a random one each time? Sort of like how netflix will have multiple movie posters and show a different one.

I know netflix uses and algorithm to determine which one it will show. I just want to know if its possible to randomize.

RE: Randomize movie/show poster - pkscout - 2020-11-07

I think it's possible, but you'd have to write a service addon to do it.  That addon would sit in the background and periodically pick a new poster from the list of available posters in Kodi. But by default, no, there isn't a setting or anything to do that.

RE: Randomize movie/show poster - taleman - 2020-11-10

(2020-11-07, 18:06)pkscout Wrote: I think it's possible, but you'd have to write a service addon to do it.  That addon would sit in the background and periodically pick a new poster from the list of available posters in Kodi. But by default, no, there isn't a setting or anything to do that.

I think that's something I can do. Only thing that isn't obvious from reading the documentation. Is how do you get a list of the movies/tv shows in your library?

RE: Randomize movie/show poster - pkscout - 2020-11-10

(2020-11-10, 16:02)taleman Wrote:
(2020-11-07, 18:06)pkscout Wrote: I think it's possible, but you'd have to write a service addon to do it.  That addon would sit in the background and periodically pick a new poster from the list of available posters in Kodi. But by default, no, there isn't a setting or anything to do that.

I think that's something I can do. Only thing that isn't obvious from reading the documentation. Is how do you get a list of the movies/tv shows in your library?
Take a look at this JSON RPC call:

https://kodi.wiki/view/JSON-RPC_API/v12#VideoLibrary.GetMovies