Refresh Picture Library

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FWIW, here’s my code. It appears to work as expected, from a local folder anyway.

import xbmc
from os import listdir
from time import sleep

xbmc.log('[refresh-slideshow] Starting')

monitor = xbmc.Monitor()
picfolder = "/home/osmc/images"

# Generate list of images and start slideshow
l1 = listdir(picfolder)
xbmc.executebuiltin('SlideShow(%s)' %(picfolder))
xbmc.log('[refresh-slideshow] Slideshow started, monitoring')

# Wait for slideshow to start
sleep(5)

# Monitor during slideshow
while not monitor.abortRequested():
    # If slideshow is still running, compare directory contents
    if xbmc.getCondVisibility('Window.IsActive(slideshow)'):
        l2 = listdir(picfolder)
        # Restart slideshow if directory contents have changed
        if l1 != l2:
            xbmc.log('[refresh-slideshow] Folder contents changed, restarting slideshow')
            xbmc.executebuiltin('SlideShow(%s)' %(picfolder))
            l1 = l2
    # If slideshow is no longer running (user has exited), exit script
    else:
        break
    
    # Wait for 60 seconds, break if abort is requested
    if monitor.waitForAbort(60):
        break

xbmc.log('[refresh-slideshow] Finished, exiting')
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