Reruns Script

Everyone watches reruns of shows on TV, you turn on the TV, nothing new is on, so you find the next best thing: a show you’ve already seen. What do you do when you can’t find something you like on TV though? My answer has always been to delve into my archive and pick something to watch, but in that case I always end up watching Arrested Development (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.), so to mix up I’ve written a little script to randomize my ‘rerun’ viewing again.

It’s written in Python and uses VLC to generate an XSPF playlist for your media files, which is then played back randomly in VLC. There are some variables that you must edit in the file so it searches the correct directories and knows where to save the generated playlist. Just specify some paths, run the script, sit back, and watch.

Some ideas:

• Point it at your NAS to play random shows whenever you are bored.
• Integrate this with Remote Buddy so you can run it on your HTPC from your couch.

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