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- dudurma - 2011-01-22

dudurma Wrote:Im using XBMC in german language. The launcher works also in german. Is this a problem ?
Or can i change only the language of the launcher to English to make it work ?

Ok,

i changed the language in xbmc to english and now the scrapper works :-)
but when i turned back to german it breaks again :-(. How to fix this ?

What other settings must i do, to get all the infos about the rom in the skin of xbmc. I tried with confluence, night an alsaka. But only the cover appears. No info about the rom etc.

greets dudurma

- Angelscry - 2011-01-22

Thrasher666 Wrote:is it in anyway possible to exit with L+Start on Gamepad

i tried with mapping the exit in misc keys to "Q" and combine keys to "L+START" but it don´t work (ZSNES)

it might be possible to add a .xml stroke to my controller for exiting in xbmc or your plugin but i don´t know where to search for that line? (XBMC, ADVANCED LAUNCHER)
Advanced Launcher has nothing to do with key mapping. Is it something only related to XBMC and the launched application.

- Angelscry - 2011-01-22

dudurma Wrote:i changed the language in xbmc to english and now the scrapper works :-)
but when i turned back to german it breaks again :-(. How to fix this ?
The German strings.xml file included into Advanced Launhcer which make the translation need to be updated. Last translation update has been made by mandark. I do not speak German... so I cannot really help. Sorry. Oo

dudurma Wrote:What other settings must i do, to get all the infos about the rom in the skin of xbmc. I tried with confluence, night an alsaka. But only the cover appears. No info about the rom etc.
You need to use skins that support the display of those informations.
  • for confluence you need to use a MOD
  • for night it normally support it
  • for alaska you need to use the alaska.revisited version
Be also sure to use recents versions of your skins. List of the supported skins and mod are listed and linked if the bottom of the first post of this thread.

Use Advanced Launcher for WWW Bookmarks - Angelscry - 2011-01-22

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Here is a new application for the Advanced Launcher. You can use it to start a WWW navigator and use the "Files launchers" mode properties to manage websites like using bookmarks. Here is the corresponding part of the launchers.xml configuration file:
Code:
<launcher>
    <name>Internet (chromium)</name>
    <application>[b]/usr/bin/chromium[/b]</application>
    <args>[b]-kiosk "%rom%"[/b]</args>
    <rompath>/media/emulation/Internet/roms/</rompath>
    <thumbpath>/media/emulation/Internet/covers/</thumbpath>
    <fanartpath>/media/emulation/Internet/fanarts/</fanartpath>
    <romext>[b]htm|html[/b]</romext>
    <platform>IBM PC Compatible</platform>
    <thumb>/media/emulation/Internet/covers/chromium.jpg</thumb>
    <fanart>/media/emulation/Internet/fanarts/Internet.jpg</fanart>
    <genre>Browser</genre>
    <release></release>
    <publisher></publisher>
    <launcherplot>The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support electronic mail.</launcherplot>
    <wait></wait>
    <minimize>true</minimize>
    <lnk></lnk>
    <roms>
    </roms>
</launcher>
I'm using chromium as navigator but it may be possible to use any other navigator that support can start into fullscreen mode using the command line. For a true fullscreen mode with Chromium you need to use the -kiosk argument. Roms file are here replaced by HTML files which will be all stored into the same directory. You will need to create 1 corresponding HTML file for each website. Here is the content of the HTML file :
Code:
<html><head>
<meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0;url=[b]http://espn.go.com/[/b]">
</head></html>
And here is the corresponding part of the launchers.xml configuration file for the website information (here ESPN):
Code:
<rom>
    <name>espn</name>
    <filename>[b]/media/emulation/Internet/roms/espn.html[/b]</filename>
    <platform>IBM PC Compatible</platform>
    <thumb>/media/emulation/Internet/covers/espn.png</thumb>
    <fanart>/media/emulation/Internet/fanarts/espn.jpg</fanart>
    <genre>Sports</genre>
    <release></release>
    <publisher></publisher>
    <gameplot>The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support electronic mail.</gameplot>
</rom>
Have fun !!!!! Wink

- TomPiXX - 2011-01-22

Thanks for this launcher! I love it.

Do you think, it's possble to add a feature like "focus" for applications?

Background: I have some applications running in background. These apps start automatically with the OS.
XBMC stays in focus. I just want to send a command like "get focus" to these applications.

For example, DVBViewer. A have a menu point "Live TV" that should just say DVBViewer to come in foreground.

I hope you understand what I mean...


Thanks & greets
Tom

- Angelscry - 2011-01-22

TomPiXX Wrote:Thanks for this launcher! I love it.

Do you think, it's possble to add a feature like "focus" for applications?

Background: I have some applications running in background. These apps start automatically with the OS.
XBMC stays in focus. I just want to send a command like "get focus" to these applications.

For example, DVBViewer. A have a menu point "Live TV" that should just say DVBViewer to come in foreground.

I hope you understand what I mean...
Yes I understand. You are using Windows right?

- TomPiXX - 2011-01-22

Yes, Windows 7 (x86).
I played around with Python scripting and the Win32API and something like this but I don't know anything about Python.
So, it would be nice to have such a feature in the Advanced Launcher.

- Angelscry - 2011-01-22

TomPiXX Wrote:Yes, Windows 7 (x86).
I played around with Python scripting and the Win32API and something like this but I doesn't know anything about Python.
So, it would be nice to have such a feature in the Advanced Launcher.
Yes... and no... It will be impossible for me to create a launcher that will support all the existing applications. Each application start differently. Did DVBViewer can start directly into background? Is there a specific command line for this? Also DVBViewer is not freeware....Confused

- TomPiXX - 2011-01-22

Angelscry Wrote:Yes... and no... It will be impossible for me to create a launcher that will support all the existing applications. Each application start differently. Did DVBViewer can start directly into background? Is there a specific command line for this? Also DVBViewer is not freeware....Confused

I understand...

DVBViewer has many command lines.

I don't find something english speaking.
Just this link:
http://de.dvbviewer.tv/wiki/Kommandoparameter

- Angelscry - 2011-01-22

TomPiXX Wrote:I understand...

DVBViewer has many command lines.

I don't find something english speaking.
Just this link:
http://de.dvbviewer.tv/wiki/Kommandoparameter
Maybe you can take a look at AutoIt. AutoIt is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting.
It use internal functions to control the windows interface. This one could interest you : http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/WinActivate.htm also this one : http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/WinSetState.htm
Then you can compile the script to an executable file an start it using XBMC. This script will start DVBViewer, hide it, and restore the focus to XBMC. Better then using the Advanced Launcher.

I think it will be the best for you because you will be able to control exactly how DVBViewer and XBMC windows will act.

- TomPiXX - 2011-01-22

Angelscry, many thanks for this extra support. Image

I will give it a try and I'm sure it's worth it.

Thanks again! Image

- dudurma - 2011-01-23

Angelscry Wrote:The German strings.xml file included into Advanced Launhcer which make the translation need to be updated. Last translation update has been made by mandark. I do not speak German... so I cannot really help. Sorry. Oo

You need to use skins that support the display of those informations.
  • for confluence you need to use a MOD
  • for night it normally support it
  • for alaska you need to use the alaska.revisited version
Be also sure to use recents versions of your skins. List of the supported skins and mod are listed and linked if the bottom of the first post of this thread.

I´ve read that before i installed the launcher.
I use this files "[MOD] Advanced Launcher Info View" in confluence but nothing happend. Only normal Poster view. No info about the rom. The same with night skin. Only normal Poster view.

- htpc guy - 2011-01-23

dudurma Wrote:I´ve read that before i installed the launcher.
I use this files "[MOD] Advanced Launcher Info View" in confluence but nothing happend. Only normal Poster view. No info about the rom. The same with night skin. Only normal Poster view.

Have you scraped your games? Make sure your launchers.xml file has information inside the <plot></plot> tags. I know for a fact that the svn version of Night works with ALA. You do have to turn on the "Show Plot" button. You can find it in the same place where you change your view types.

Awesome - mw90 - 2011-01-23

THIS WORKS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY HTPC/EMULATOR PC is almost complete!!!! all i need is full BLURAY support =) THANKS A LOT!!!!!!!

- fr500 - 2011-01-23

I've got a feature idea. Could you add launcher id tag to the launcher itself and a way to accept arguments? If you do so skis with support for custom shortcuts on the home menu could have a way to launch common used launchers from the home menu.

Example, in shade now you can create a home screen shorcut to the script (plugin.program.advanced.launcher) if there was the id. and an option to parse arguments you could create a shortcut to the script plugin.program.advanced.launcher("1") for example and that would launch the app with id=1. If no arguments are passed then the normal app view would show.

What do you think?