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- k1m0s - 2011-08-19

Angelscry Wrote:Oupsss... Sorry. "S" key action depend on the skin you are using. If your are using Confluence skin (default XBMC skin) : highlight "System" option on XBMC home menu, press right arrow, and select "File Manager". On the new window, select "Add Source" option, then add the internal, external or any network drive you want as source. Then this source will appear into Advanced Launcher.

Thank you so much for your quick reply. Worked like a charm.


- marjanovich - 2011-08-19

Thank you once again man for the modifications allowing direct access to xbmc features, I have now integrated SiriusXM Radio directly into XBMC and without you it never woulda happened!

Man hugs...

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- Angelscry - 2011-08-19

marjanovich Wrote:Thank you once again man for the modifications allowing direct access to xbmc features, I have now integrated SiriusXM Radio directly into XBMC and without you it never woulda happened!

Man hugs...

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Is it possible for you to post here a small tutorial how you do it? Maybe just post the corresponding part of your launchers.xml file. It may help or give ideas to other users. Nod


- marjanovich - 2011-08-19

To get...

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I did this...

Code:
    <launcher>
        <id>7a01c77f8283c50da7e28f6fd2bac0f7</id>
        <name>SiriusXM Radio</name>
        <application>xbmc</application>
        <args>PlayMedia(%rom%)</args>
        <rompath>F:\SiriusXM\</rompath>
        <thumbpath>F:\SiriusXM\</thumbpath>
        <fanartpath>F:\SiriusXM\</fanartpath>
        <extrafanartpath>F:\SiriusXM\</extrafanartpath>
        <romext>strm</romext>
        <platform>3DO</platform>
        <thumb>F:\SiriusXM\xbmc_thumb.jpg</thumb>
        <fanart></fanart>
        <genre></genre>
        <release></release>
        <publisher></publisher>
        <launcherplot></launcherplot>
        <minimize>true</minimize>
        <lnk>true</lnk>
        <roms>
            <rom>
                <id>3ad787f42008ded0c49e429b0b9b8b8d</id>
                <name>'40s on 4</name>
                <filename>F:\SiriusXM\'40s on 4.strm</filename>
                <platform>3DO</platform>
                <thumb>F:\SiriusXM\'40s on 4_thumb.jpg</thumb>
                <fanart></fanart>
                <extrafanart>F:\SiriusXM\</extrafanart>
                <genre></genre>
                <release>'40s Pop Hits/Big Band</release>
                <publisher>Sirius 4</publisher>
                <gameplot>All aboard Track Number 4. The Savoy Express with Big Bands, classic vocal stars and hits from the '40s and beyond!</gameplot>
            </rom>

And made a crapton of these... for my skin...

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People around here know i love bending whats possible in XBMC... and with every little feature you add here i'm tweaking it a bit to make a couple new toys...

Hulu, Netflix, and now SiriusXM Radio all from XBMC... my plans for world domination are almost complete... lol

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All thanks to some advanced launcher for 75% of the additions...


Verison 1.5.2 - Angelscry - 2011-08-20

Version 1.5.2 : This new version of advanced launcher bring some improvements into the support of the XBMC built in functions. Into previous versions of Advanced Launcher, manual edition of the launchers.xml file (to indicate xbmc application value) was necessary to use the XBMC built in functions. This is not anymore necessary with the actual version. You now just have to select the XBMC application to use the XBMC built in functions.
Code:
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<application>/usr/bin/xbmc</application>
...
Code:
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<application>C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC\XBMC.exe</application>
...
Old xbmc value still supported.
Code:
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<application>xbmc</application>
...
Also, once you have select the xbmc application, the arguments field will be automatically completed by the PlayMedia(%rom%) value. This function, will be, I think, the most used.

Changelog :
  • improve XBMC built in functions support (xbmc executable selection).
  • add arguments auto-completion for XBMC built in functions.



Play Live Streams with Advanced Launcher - Angelscry - 2011-08-20

Since Advanced Launcher support XBMC built-in functions (version 1.5.0), it can be use to manage and read a lot of media files. Here is a small example how to use Advanced Launcher to display and play Live Streams using .strm files.

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I have created a file launcher which use .strm files as items. Here his the file launcher setup :
Code:
<launcher>
    <id>7da7737b028e30baf01c7f4630854f55</id>
    <name>Live Streams</name>
    <application>[b]/usr/bin/xbmc[/b]</application>
    <args>[b]PlayMedia(%rom%)[/b]</args>
    <rompath>/media/GWENAEL/Emulation/advanced launcher/livestreams/streams/</rompath>
    <thumbpath>/media/GWENAEL/Emulation/advanced launcher/livestreams/thumbs/</thumbpath>
    <fanartpath>/media/GWENAEL/Emulation/advanced launcher/livestreams/fanarts/</fanartpath>
    <extrafanartpath>/media/GWENAEL/Emulation/advanced launcher/livestreams/fanarts/</extrafanartpath>
    <romext>[b]strm[/b]</romext>
    ...
Each item are configured as follow :
Code:
<rom>
    <id>fbc6bac348095e224af719fabd8e104f</id>
    <name>BBC News</name>
    <filename>[b]/media/GWENAEL/Emulation/advanced launcher/livestreams/streams/BBC News.strm[/b]</filename>
    <platform>Linux</platform>
    <thumb>/media/GWENAEL/Emulation/advanced launcher/livestreams/thumbs/BBC News.jpg</thumb>
    <fanart>/media/GWENAEL/Emulation/advanced launcher/livestreams/fanarts/BBC News.jpg</fanart>
    <extrafanart>/media/GWENAEL/Emulation/advanced launcher/livestreams/fanarts/</extrafanart>
    <genre>News</genre>
    <release>EN</release>
    <publisher>England</publisher>
    <gameplot>BBC News is the department of the BBC responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service maintains 44 foreign news bureaux and has correspondents in almost all of the world's 240 countries. Since 2004 the Director of BBC News has been Helen Boaden.</gameplot>
</rom>
All the .strm file are stored into the same folder and they contain the url the the video stream :

ABC News 24.strm:
Code:
rtmp://cp103653.live.edgefcs.net:1935/live?_fcs_vhost=cp103653.live.edgefcs.net&akmfv=1.8 playpath=international_medium@36382 swfVfy=true live=true

BBC News.strm:
Code:
rtmp://media2.lsops.net/live/ playpath=bbcnews_en_high.sdp swfUrl="http://www.livestation.com/flash/player/5.4/player.swf" swfVfy=true live=true
A large number of Streams URLs have already been listed by the XBMC community and can be found here : http://code.google.com/p/community-links/downloads/detail?name=XBMC-Streams.xml&can=2&q=. Stream files are already supported natively by XBMC or by a large number of videos add-ons. Advantage of using Advanced Launcher is that you could manage and sort all those Live streams exactly as you want.


- mbah.pande - 2011-08-22

Hi All

This is awesome addon, i've try to launch app base on linux it's pretty well works
But how i launch windows game using wine on my ubuntu natty?


- fr500 - 2011-08-22

Best way would be to create a small bash script to launch the game

Code:
#!/bin/sh

wine /path/to/game/game.exe

That's the simplest, you could do more stuff but if the game is already working with wine it should do fine


- schpitz - 2011-08-22

I can't see the games info on my screen.
i downloaded the circus-extended2 with the repository, and i imported the info from GameFAQs... but nothing...

anyone?


- Angelscry - 2011-08-23

schpitz Wrote:I can't see the games info on my screen.
i downloaded the circus-extended2 with the repository, and i imported the info from GameFAQs... but nothing...

anyone?
I think you have something wrong into Advanced Launcher configuration. Please post your launchers.xml file here using pastebin service.


- schpitz - 2011-08-23

Angelscry Wrote:I think you have something wrong into Advanced Launcher configuration. Please post your launchers.xml file here using pastebin service.

Well,
here is my xml file:
http://pastebin.com/BRbERdw0

there should be info about some of the games i entered.
is there anything else i should install except the launcher and the skin?
(is the game info should work with other skins ? )


- Angelscry - 2011-08-23

Angelscry Wrote:I think you have something wrong into Advanced Launcher configuration. Please post your launchers.xml file here using pastebin service.
There is no platform information for all your launchers. All the platform tags are emtpy.
Code:
<platform></platform>
When you create a launcher, you are asked to indicate the platform of the application/game you want to start. If you play Windows games, this platform is "IBM Pc Compatible". This value is used by the scraper to found the game info. If there is no platform, there is no result.


- schpitz - 2011-08-23

Angelscry Wrote:There is no platform information for all your launchers. All the platform tags are emtpy.
Code:
<platform></platform>
When you create a launcher, you are asked to indicate the platform of the application/game you want to start. If you play Windows games, this platform is "IBM Pc Compatible". This value is used by the scraper to found the game info. If there is no platform, there is no result.


still nothing changed...
i've deleted all games shourtcut and made new ones (with the right platform), but nothing really changed.
at the default skin i sometimes can change to "info" (and not just list and thumbs), but when i move the mouse over the game everything dissapear from desktop and i just can roll back to the main menu.
after that i cannot change to "info" anymore...

any ideas?
and can it work with other skins and not just circus v2 ?


- Angelscry - 2011-08-23

schpitz Wrote:still nothing changed...
i've deleted all games shourtcut and made new ones (with the right platform), but nothing really changed.
at the default skin i sometimes can change to "info" (and not just list and thumbs), but when i move the mouse over the game everything dissapear from desktop and i just can roll back to the main menu.
after that i cannot change to "info" anymore...

any ideas?
and can it work with other skins and not just circus v2 ?
Confluence default skin does not support the display of program add-ons information... so... it will not display the games information with Advanced Launcher. You need to use a skin that display these information. Here is table of the skins "compatible" with Advanced Launcher : http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Comparison_of_skin_features


- schpitz - 2011-08-23

thanx !!!
i've managed to download another skin, and manage it to show the info.

thank's for your patience Nod