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Windows => Third Party Plug-ins, Programs, and Skins => Topic started by: sarkonovich on February 15, 2016, 07:20:56 pm
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What is the secret recipe for playing a playlist by name with MCWS. I would have thought:
"....MCWS/v1/Files/Search?Action=Play&Query=[Playlist]=[mellow jazz]"
or
"...MCWS/v1/Files/Search?Action=Play&Query=[Playlists]=[mellow jazz]"
but no luck. Any help?
Thanks,
Steve
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Looks like something like this works:
http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Playback/PlayPlaylist?Zone=-1&ZoneType=ID&PlaylistType=Path&Playlist=Desert%20Island
If you make Playlist Type=ID, then you can use ID numbers of your playlists, but that doesn't seem very fun.
Brian.
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Thank you, but....
....doesn't work for me. Don't know why.
It seems to download the current (now playing) playlist. And adding "&Action=Play" doesn't help, either.
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Did you copy the above text exactly? Then substitute your own playlist name? Note that the playlist name is a full path. The playlist I specified is right in the root of Playlists. If you have your playlists in groups, then you'd need to use a path something like:
Playlist=MyPlaylistGroup/GreatPlaylist1
Brian.
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Hmm. I did copy it exactly, replacing the playlist name with one of mine that is in the root of the Playlists lists. When I do that, I actually get the following:
<Response Status="Failure" Information="Function 'Playback/PlayPlaylist' not found."/>
If I modify the path to:
http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Playback/Playlist?Zone=-1&ZoneType=ID&PlaylistType=Path&Playlist=mellow%20 tunes
I get an MPL as a response.
I even tried changing to PlaylistType=ID and got the same thing.
Here's there info on the playlist, so I'm pretty sure it's not a path problem:
<Field Name="ID">660310479</Field>
<Field Name="Name">mellow tunes</Field>
<Field Name="Path">mellow tunes</Field>
<Field Name="Type">Playlist</Field>
I'm sure I'm just doing something wrong here, but I can't figure it out!
Steve
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You must be running a different version of MC or something, as you don't seem to have the function called "PlayPlaylist".
I'm running MC21.0.48 . What version are you using?
You can find a full list of commands, with their own documentation built right in, by using MCWS itself:
http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/
Brian.
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Brian,
Just got it! Thanks...you pointed me in the right direction.
localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Playlist/Files?Action=play&PlaylistType=Path&Playlist=desert%20island......etc.
Thanks again,
Steve
p.s. Using 20.0.129