Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] start player with 'play queue' as source

[Ron Croonenberg <ronc depauw edu>]

Ok,

I can probably check if the player is playing using another source.

If it is I can make it stop doing that, switch the source. and start the 
player again.

I am a bit clumsy around writing plugins; new to it.

How do I switch the source to the "play queue"?


The end goal is that I am writing an interface for a player on an 
embedded system (no keyboard, mouse etc) just a touch screen.
From that interface I want to select tracks, send them to the "play 
queue" and have them played without having to go back to the mainwindow.


so something like?

# regardless if playing or not
shell.props.shell_player.stop()
# change the source to be the "play queue"
shell.props.shell_player.set_playing_source(shell.props.playqueue_source)
shell.props.sourcelist.select(shell.props.playqueue_source)
# start the player again
shell.props.shell_player.play()


The only thing (I think) is I am not sure about is how to select the new 
source (the "play queue") so that I can start the player there (in python)

So...  how do I select the "play queue" to be the new source for the player?


thanks,

Ron

Jonathan Matthew wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Ron Croonenberg <ronc depauw edu> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to figure out how to get the player started (in python) with as
> > source for playing songs/tracks the 'play queue'
>
> I don't think there's a (good) way to do that presently. You can
> probably make it work in some conditions, though. What's the end goal
> here?
>
> > I tried something like this:
> >
> > shell.props.shell_player.set_playing_source(shell.props.playqueue_source)
>
> It might be better to stop playback instead. Then, selecting a source
> and starting playback will cause that to become the playing source.
>
> > shell.props.sourcelist.select(shell.props.playqueue_source)
>
> This will crash if the play queue is visible as a side pane rather
> than a source.
>
> > shell.props.shell_player.play()
>
> shell.props.shell_player.playpause() might work better here.
> shell_player.play() only works if there's already something selected
> for playback, so it's not very useful.
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