Jumping into X-Newa directly at XBMC startup..

[osx-addict]

So, I really like XBMC (I moved back to Eden last night from the Frodo series -- too glitchy for now).. Anyway, I installed X-Newa without issue but it took a while to find it as it was not where I was expecting -- I expected something like it being under LiveTV or similar but it was hiding under Programs->Add-ons if I recall..

Is there a way to have XBMC jump right into it at startup (and then of course allow navigation out of it in the off chance someone wants to use other areas of XBMC)? I'm going to predict that IR is going to play a role here with a macro or something.. Is there a way to automagically do it one way or another..

IMHO (don't take this the wrong way), I think it's currently buried too deep in menus for the rest of the family to find -- it'd be nice if it was right up front with the rest of the video, music, etc ..

[mvallevand]

I made a conscience decision to not make x-newa high profile or load it where it's function could confuse people using sub plugin. Eventually I expect that the main raison d'etre for x-newa will be scheduling so it thought programs would be the logical location

To autostart x-newa add the following to line to addon.xml

Code:

<extension point="xbmc.service" library="default.py"  start="startup"></extension>

To place the shortcut to xnewa somewhere else go to

System->Appearance->Settings->Skin->Settings->Addon Shortcuts

This will likely need an icon.png in the folder with addon.xml, I haven't made one yet.

Martin

[osx-addict]

Thanks Martin! I appreciate that.. In my case (which I know is not what others might be doing) I've decided to stick with the Eden version (hence no ability to use Sub's plugin) for now to reduce stability problems with the nightly builds.

[T800]

I use the skin Aeon Nox.
I disabled 'Live TV' in the skin settings and created another custom selection 'Live TV' on the main screen and linked it to the X-NEWA program addon.
It doesn't start live TV when XBMC boots but it's very easy to select and works very well until Frodo is ready.

[mvallevand]

Personally, I would recommend avoiding the LiveTV options just to avoid problems in the future when you upgrade to sub's addon. I have attached the icon.png (compressed to ensure it is XBMC standards) that should go into the script.xbmc.x-newa folder If you use the Settings approach I mentioned this would give a new option to Videos

Martin

[digidad]

I made a conscience decision to not make x-newa high profile or load it where it's function could confuse people using sub plugin. Eventually I expect that the main raison d'etre for x-newa will be scheduling so it thought programs would be the logical location

To autostart x-newa add the following to line to addon.xml

Code:

<extension point="xbmc.service" library="default.py"  start="startup"></extension>

To place the shortcut to xnewa somewhere else go to

System->Appearance->Settings->Skin->Settings->Addon Shortcuts

This will likely need an icon.png in the folder with addon.xml, I haven't made one yet.

Martin

How do you later remove it from startup if you no longer want it to run automatically?

[mvallevand]

Remove the line you added to addon.xml

Martin

[digidad]

Remove the line you added to addon.xml

Martin

Thus my question... In actuality it looks like the line gets commented out somehow and subsequently removing it seems to have no effect.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<addon id="script.xbmc.x-newa" name="X-NEWA" version="1.4.8" provider-name="emveepee">
<requires>
<import addon="xbmc.python" version="2.0"/>
</requires>
<extension point="xbmc.python.script" library="default.py">
</extension>
<!--extension point="xbmc.service" library="default.py" start="startup"></extension-->
<extension point="xbmc.addon.metadata">
<platform>all</platform>
<minversion>28764</minversion>
<summary lang="en">X-NEWA python script to access NextPVR using NEWA web services</summary>
<description lang="en">Supplement NextPVR PVR Addon with additional functionality </description>
</extension>
<extension point="xbmc.service" library="default.py" start="startup"></extension>
</addon>

[mvallevand]

There is a commented out line in the addon.xml that I distributed, but look down lower, you may have added it.

Martin

[digidad]

My bad - deleted the wrong one.

Thanks