Autoplay for Kodi is an Addon to play automatically media file and/or show photos (perfect for Kiosk mode).
It plays in loop a media file or a playlist and / or shows photos
In Setting Page some items help to customize behavior of Addon.
Two sections helps to activate a Media Playlist and / or a SlideShow (note that if you activate Slideshow and and Audio Playlist, images are shown with a musical background)
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Enable Audio / Video Media: enable play of audio / video media
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Media file or Playlist: choose media file or playlist
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Enable Slideshow: Enable Slideshow
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Slideshow folder: Select Slideshow folder**
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Use subfolders: Show also images in subfolder of that choosen
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Play images in random order: reproduce images in alphabetical order or random
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Start reproduction: start Addon for testing (to stop simply stop video or get back)
If you want to start this Addon at Kodi boot, I suggest to use Kodi Autoplay Addon (check correct branch for your Kodi version)
This Addon was tested on following platfoms (see branch compatibility on GitHub):
| Kodi version | Distribution | HW | Works | Branch | Notes |
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| Kripton - 17.6 | LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-8.2.5 | RasPi v1.2 model B+ | Y | py2 | |
| Leia - 18.9 | LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-9.2.6 | RasPi v1.2 model B+ | Y | py2 | |
| Matrix - 19.5 | LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-10.0.4 | RasPi v4 model B with 4GB | Y | py3 | |
| Nexus - 20.3 | LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-11.0.6 | RasPi v4 model B with 4GB | Y | py3 | |
| Nexus - 20.3 | LibreELEC-RPi5.arm-11.0.6 | RasPi v5 with 4GB | Y | py3 | Addon Icon not show |
If anyone tests this Addon on other HW platforms / SW distribution, I'll insert into list
Unless this addon was not included in a Kodi repository, must be installed manually. To do so:
- download this github repository as .zip
- transfer file on host with Kodi (via network, USB memory, etc.)
- in addon section choose "Install from .zip file" and browse file location (remember - if not asked - to enable installation of .zip addon from Settings -> Addon -> unknown source)
If you want to add other localizations, you're welcome!
(send me string.po file and Addon description in addon.xml or do a Pull Request)