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2009-08-27, 14:12
Hi, I'm using last Windows XBMC 9.04.1-repack2 with Aeon Hitched in Windows 7 x64 and I'm getting two problems:
-I want to use a external video player because XBMC player doesn't work fine, it shows some refresh horizontal lines sometimes, and I haven't found the right way to do this. I've tried two different methods but anyone work. Where could I find the method for use external player with the last release?
-I want to view films media info (resolution, audio codec, ...) and I've read there is a option called "Extract metadata from files" or something like this in options menu, but I haven't found it. Is it availabe on this release and skin?
Thanks.
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Sounds like you need to enable 'Vertical Blank Sync' (Settings > Appearance > Screen) and you'll need the latest SVN build of XBMC as stated in the first post of the Aeon Hitcher Skin thread.
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'Vertical Blank Sync' option solves that problem, thanks.
Although, how could I use a external player to use hardware acceleration?
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i use kmplayer + ffdshow + coreavc for hardware acceleration.
Works great for me so far.
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I'll probably use MPC-HC (Media Player Classic) with ffdshow and CoreAVC but I don't know how to launch it from XBMC as a external player.
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already told on the forum, but it's not a skin matters, should visit other section, i know you'll have to create a advancesettings.xml in usedata, you should find something with that.
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The method to use a external player in last svn releases is the explained in the first post? Two days ago I tried it but didn't work for me. I'm using Windows 7.
I'll try it again.
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the method has changed, its now playercorefactory.xml
here is mine:
playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="kmplayer classic" type="externalplayer" audio="true" video="true">
<filename>C:\Program Files\The KMPlayer\kmplayer.exe</filename>
<args>/fullscreen /close</args>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<hidecursor>false</hidecursor>
</player>
</players>
</playercorefactory>
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Thanks neurosis13, now it works fine.