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Using KODI 18

Trying to use ExternalPlayer getting "no such player" ,, have tried just 1 player and get same result.....

Several time on othe files have gotten several line/tag errors -- and cannot really see why , suspect hidden char ?

Code:
<playercorefactory>

<players>

    <player name="VLCx" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">

    <filename>C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe</filename>

    <hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>    

    </player>

    <player name="VLCPortable" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">

      <filename>C:\VLCPortable\VLCPortable.exe</filename>

      <args>"{1}"</args>

      <hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>

      <hideconsole>true</hideconsole>

      <warpcursor>none</warpcursor>

    </player>

    <player name="PowerDVD" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">

      <filename>C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD16\PDVDLP.exe</filename>

      <args>"{1}"</args>

      <hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>

      <hideconsole>true</hideconsole>

      <warpcursor>none</warpcursor>                 

    </player>

  </players>

<rules name="MediaPlayers" action="prepend">

    <rule name="VLC" filetypes="avi|mkv|mp4|m4v|mpg|mpeg" player="VLC"/>

   <rule name="VLCPortable" filetypes="avi|mkv|mp4|m4v|mpg|mpeg" player="VLCPortable"/>

    <rule name="BlueRayIso" filetypes="iso" player="PowerDVD" /> 

    </rules>

    </playercorefactory>

I do see VLC is wrong dir but others are correct.......

Apparently "No Such Player" is a misleading misnomer....

After more testing I've found that I can play movies from my folders , for some reason VLCPortable has become the default player

I havn't tried playing any BlueRay yet ....

It appears that I need to pass a valid stream address to VLC, but how do I get a valid address Huh

??

So can KODI send correct stream address to VLC ?

Looks like your problem is in the rules (not just forum rules), with all the extensions chosen for each, the first rule takes precedence and that is VLC, with a video in focus the context menu should contain a drop down under 'Play with', how many video players are you seeing? Sounds like you only have one. External players (wiki) and search for HOW-TO:Use external players on Android - Official Kodi Wiki when the wiki's come back on stream.This forum offers some rules and select code to place in playercorefactory.xml. https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=215394

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