tiben20 Wrote:for virtual drive
for the external player you create the xml file in your userdata directory like you said and you insert the defaultplayer settings like this

Code:

]<advancedsettings>
  <video>
    <defaultplayer>externalplayer</defaultplayer>
  </video>

<externalplayer>
  <filename>C:\mplayer\mplayer.exe.....</filename>
  <forceontop>false</forceontop>
  <hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
  <hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
  <hidecursor>false</hidecursor>
</externalplayer>
</advancedsettings>

and about the auto mount you want it would be easier to do it with daemon tools than virtual drive

tiben20 Wrote:i just did a work around that work with only one extension i added after

Code:

// only dvdplayer can handle these normally
  if (url.GetFileType().Equals("sdp")
  ||  url.GetFileType().Equals("asf"))
  {
    vecCores.push_back(EPC_DVDPLAYER);
  }

in the PlayerCoreFactory.cpp

Code:

CURL externalPlayerUrl(g_advancedSettings.m_externalPlayerFilename);
  

    if (url.GetFileType().Equals("wmv") && externalPlayerUrl.GetFileType().Equals("exe"))
      {
        vecCores.push_back(EPC_EXTPLAYER);
      }

Im not really an expert in c++ but this is doing the job.
Its looking the extension of the file and its looking if the external player is an .exe extension too. Just in case you dont have an external setted

tiben20 Wrote:http://xbmc.org/ticket/6383this is something i done 3 days ago

to have custom external player settings for every file extension.

spiff Wrote:in it current state it definitely won't be merged. there is absolutely no reason to limit this to external players.

tiben20 Wrote:The only reason why i did this patch. its only because im having some playback problem with wmv file. And i hate having to use the sub menu to select a different player everytime i play a wmv file.
And just for telling everyone its the first time i was coding in c++. So dont expect too much from me to develop this patch very far.