2011-08-19, 13:59
Hello All,
Since I am not expecting any workable solutions to the strange XBMC behaviour as mentioned in my earlier post http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=107962, I am trying to have a makeshift remedy to the problem by using external players option.
I have installed the 'PotPlayer' as it seems the most feature rich free media player newly available, with most of the default options left as-is. Installed it from http://www.dvbsupport.net/download/index...iew&id=230
After that as guided I created and tweaked the playercorefactory.xml according to my need as follows :
It works, and I get the potplayer launched by default when running any AVI file.
Well the fix is pretty acceptable except the fact that I will not get the default XBMC OSD controls during playback, instead I would get the eternal player features kicking in. This OK for the while.
However my question is that when I stop playback in the external player the control and focus remains in the console window of the external player, and does not return back to XBMC (have not tried MPC-HC or VLC to check whether it happens with all of them). I chose PotPlayer because of its ability to use Crystal HD decoder drivers as I have the Broadcom BCM700xxxx graphics accelerator card installed.
When I press stop button, I have to manually quit (or press Alt+F4 on the MPC remote) the external player to get the full screen XBMC window back.
Is there or can there be any possibility that if I click stop button in the external player, then it quits the external player program and returns the control to XBMC for a more smooth and seamless transition between XBMC and External Player.
Maybe would involve editing the registry keys for the PotPlayer media player, just dont know where and how :-)
Thanks for the guidance.
Since I am not expecting any workable solutions to the strange XBMC behaviour as mentioned in my earlier post http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=107962, I am trying to have a makeshift remedy to the problem by using external players option.
I have installed the 'PotPlayer' as it seems the most feature rich free media player newly available, with most of the default options left as-is. Installed it from http://www.dvbsupport.net/download/index...iew&id=230
After that as guided I created and tweaked the playercorefactory.xml according to my need as follows :
Code:
<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="PotPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\Program Files\Daum\PotPlayer\PotPlayerMini.exe</filename>
<args>"{1}" /fullscreen /close</args>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>true</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule filetypes="avi" videocodec="xvid|divx|div3|div4|div5" player="PotPlayer"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>
It works, and I get the potplayer launched by default when running any AVI file.
Well the fix is pretty acceptable except the fact that I will not get the default XBMC OSD controls during playback, instead I would get the eternal player features kicking in. This OK for the while.
However my question is that when I stop playback in the external player the control and focus remains in the console window of the external player, and does not return back to XBMC (have not tried MPC-HC or VLC to check whether it happens with all of them). I chose PotPlayer because of its ability to use Crystal HD decoder drivers as I have the Broadcom BCM700xxxx graphics accelerator card installed.
When I press stop button, I have to manually quit (or press Alt+F4 on the MPC remote) the external player to get the full screen XBMC window back.
Is there or can there be any possibility that if I click stop button in the external player, then it quits the external player program and returns the control to XBMC for a more smooth and seamless transition between XBMC and External Player.
Maybe would involve editing the registry keys for the PotPlayer media player, just dont know where and how :-)
Thanks for the guidance.