How to Boot into Favourites

JohnWB · August 23, 2017 at 8:18 AM

Is there a way to make Kodi boot into Favourites with nothing else on the screen. (I am using a Wetek Play2)

**chewitt** · August 24, 2017 at 5:08 AM Official Post

Not possible in Krypton. Might be possible in Kodi Leia if I continue to nag people on the Kodi side (as it's something I'd like to see too). No promises though as it requires core code changes (not just skin things) for it to happen.

JohnWB · August 24, 2017 at 8:27 AM

Thanks chewitt, it would make it more user friendly for my wife etc. Fingers crossed

trogggy · August 24, 2017 at 9:42 AM

You could load favourites on startup with an autoexec.py file in the root of userdata.

eg

Code

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import xbmc
c = 0
while c < 100:
    vis = xbmc.getCondVisibility('Window.IsVisible(10000)')
    if vis == 1:
        xbmc.executebuiltin("ActivateWindow(Favourites)")
        c = 100
        exit()
    else:
        xbmc.sleep(300)
        c = c + 1
exit()

Display More

All the above does is check the home screen is visible - if yes, load favourites; if not - wait 300ms and try again.

It times out after about 30s.

Favourites is a dialog, not a window, so it's displayed on top of the home screen, but depending on the skin (eg estuary) it's all you can see.

JohnWB · August 24, 2017 at 10:41 PM

Thanks for that, I will give it a go

Azertix · January 6, 2022 at 12:38 PM

Hello. I just migrate to Matrix 19.3 and this script doesn't run. Any solution ?

Thanks 😁