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I am using VLC 0.9.8a as my external player but I can't figure out how to :quit the application after playing the video. Any idea?
(oh..I can check the play and exit box for playlists...but I don't use playlists.)
thx
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I don't have an answer for you, but I fail to understand why, on Windows, one should use VLC. What's the advantage? I doubt it can offer significantly better performance than the internal XBMC player and being not Dshow based can't leverage specific Windows features (hardware acceleration, shaders, etc.).
I'd use MPC-HC or Zoom Player (which both offer what you're after, the first it's free).
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Does Zoom or MPC-HC play isos? I thought VLC was one of the few that did, besides XBMC of course. I could be wrong.
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I appreciate you looking at my thread none-the-less. I began to use VLC because it looks better than the internal player IMHO. Besides, I can switch output to 5.1 surround. Zoom player has a fee and I don't know much about MPC. What I do know is that there wasn't an MPC installation, just source files. I am stilling researching codec and other configs to make my HTPC look any better on my 1080i plasma. But for now, VLC is my default and external player.
If only I could get it to automatically close and return focus back to XBMC, that'll make my day. LOL.
thx
