Rewire detection of add-on paths playlists playback

- Pain to fix Kodi bugs

resources/lib/kodimonitor.py

@@ -216,6 +216,18 @@ class KodiMonitor(xbmc.Monitor):
         }
         Will NOT be called if playback initiated by Kodi widgets
         """
+        if data['item'] == {'type': 'unknown'}:
+            # Kodi will return something like this if user started a PLAYLIST
+            # from add-on paths:
+            #   {u'item': {u'type': u'unknown'},
+            #    u'playlistid': 0,
+            #    u'position': 4}
+            if not state.PLAYLIST_PLAY:
+                LOG.debug('Detected playback from a playlist')
+                state.PLAYLIST_PLAY = True
+            return
+        else:
+            state.PLAYLIST_PLAY = False
         if 'id' not in data['item']:
             return
         old = state.OLD_PLAYER_STATES[data['playlistid']]

resources/lib/playback.py

@@ -60,14 +60,21 @@ def playback_triage(plex_id=None, plex_type=None, path=None, resolve=True):
         dialog('notification', lang(29999), lang(30017))
         _ensure_resolve(abort=True)
         return
+    if state.PLAYLIST_PLAY:
+        LOG.debug('Kodi playlist play detected')
+        state.PLAYLIST_PLAY = False
+        _playlist_playback(plex_id, plex_type)
+        return
     playqueue = PQ.get_playqueue_from_type(
         v.KODI_PLAYLIST_TYPE_FROM_PLEX_TYPE[plex_type])
     try:
         pos = js.get_position(playqueue.playlistid)
     except KeyError:
-        LOG.info('No position returned from Kodi player! Assuming playlist')
+        LOG.error('No position returned from Kodi player!')
-        _playlist_playback(plex_id, plex_type)
+        # "Play error"
-    else:
+        dialog('notification', lang(29999), lang(30128), icon='{error}')
+        _ensure_resolve(abort=True)
+        return
     # Can return -1 (as in "no playlist")
     pos = pos if pos != -1 else 0
     LOG.debug('playQueue position %s for %s', pos, playqueue)
@@ -102,9 +109,6 @@ def _playlist_playback(plex_id, plex_type):
     for the next item in line :-)
     (by the way: trying to get active Kodi player id will return [])
     """
-    # Kodi bug: playqueue will ALWAYS be audio playqueue
-    playqueue = PQ.get_playqueue_from_type(v.KODI_PLAYLIST_TYPE_AUDIO)
-    playqueue.clear(kodi=False)
     xml = GetPlexMetadata(plex_id)
     try:
         xml[0].attrib
@@ -114,9 +118,15 @@ def _playlist_playback(plex_id, plex_type):
         dialog('notification', lang(29999), lang(30128), icon='{error}')
         _ensure_resolve(abort=True)
         return
+    # Kodi bug: playqueue will ALWAYS be audio playqueue UNTIL playback
+    # has actually started. Need to tell Kodimonitor
+    playqueue = PQ.get_playqueue_from_type(v.KODI_PLAYLIST_TYPE_AUDIO)
+    playqueue.clear(kodi=False)
+    # Set the flag for the potentially WRONG audio playlist so Kodimonitor
+    # can pick up on it
+    playqueue.kodi_playlist_playback = True
     playlist_item = PL.playlist_item_from_xml(xml[0])
     playqueue.items.append(playlist_item)
-    playqueue.kodi_playlist_playback = True
     _conclude_playback(playqueue, pos=0)
 
 

resources/lib/state.py

@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ RESUME_PLAYBACK = False
 CONTEXT_MENU_PLAY = False
 # Set by context menu - shall we force-transcode the next playing item?
 FORCE_TRANSCODE = False
+# Flag if user started playback of a PLAYLIST (not playqueue) for add-on paths
+PLAYLIST_PLAY = False
 
 # Kodi webserver details
 WEBSERVER_PORT = 8080