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--- doc:appunti:software:kodi_execute_script [2023/06/05 12:20] – [Executing something from a plugin add-on] niccolo
+++ doc:appunti:software:kodi_execute_script [2026/02/23 09:14] (current) – [Executing a script from a Kodi plugin add-on] niccolo
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 ====== Executing a script from a Kodi plugin add-on ======
-In trying to present my collection of images with a custom slideshow from Koid, I have tried different approaches. The first was to define an **[[kodi_external_player|external player]]**, the second was to create a **specific plugin that would launch an external program** and finally I created **a plugin that launches a Kodi add-on script**.
+In trying to present my collection of images with a custom slideshow from Kodi, I have tried different approaches. The first was to define an **[[kodi_external_player|external player]]**, the second was to create a **specific plugin that would launch an external program** and finally I created **a plugin that launches a Kodi add-on script**.
 The first two methods failed because [[kodi_addon#cannot_execute_a_graphical_external_program|it is not possible to run a graphics program while Kodi is running]].
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 When a plugin add-on is invoked, it produces a **directory listing** where **some elements are sub-folders** and others are **playable items**. If the user selects a sub-folder, the plugin is called again and it produces another listing. If instead the user selects a playable item, the appropriate Kodi player is called.
-If you want, it is possibile to customize the action associated to a **ListItem** (a media element shown into the plugin directory), overriding the default player; so it is possible to launch a generic external Python program or run a Kodi script add-on.
+It is possibile to customize the action associated to a playable **ListItem** (the playable media element shown into the plugin directory), overriding the default player; so it is possible to launch a generic external Python program or run a Kodi script add-on. To obtain this you must tag the ListItem as ''IsPlayable = false'' and define its **url** as pointing to the plugin add-on itself. When the user select that item, the plugin is called again (call-bak) and you can execute the custom action on it.
 ==== Executing an external Python program ====