Hi, forgive me for my poor english...
I follow your istructions:
i create a fil e: advancedsettings.xml
<advancedsettings>
<video>
<defaultplayer>externalplayer</defaultplayer>
</video>
<externalplayer>
<filename>C:\Programmi\Mplayer\mplayer.exe</filename>
<args>-fs</args>
<forceontop>true</forceontop>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<hidecursor>false</hidecursor>
</externalplayer>
</advancedsettings>
and put it in my :
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Dati applicazioni\XBMC\userdata\
directory, but my xbmc work normally and use it's default player....
My version is the last downloaded from xbmc officila site (8.10) yesterday...
Whene i rigth.click on a movie i can't see an entry that permit me to select the external player player...
this is my log file:
43 T:4032 M:1299877888 NOTICE: Starting XBMC, Platform: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 build 2600. Built on Nov 13 2008 (compiler 1500)
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1299877888 NOTICE: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1299877888 NOTICE: Desktop Resolution: 1280x960 32Bit at 60Hz
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1299877888 NOTICE: Q is mapped to: E:\Programmi\XBMC
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1299877888 NOTICE: The executable running is: E:\Programmi\XBMC\XBMC.exe
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1299877888 NOTICE: Log File is located: C:\Documents and Settings\User\Dati applicazioni\XBMC\xbmc.log
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1299877888 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1299857408 NOTICE: Setup SDL
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1298853888 NOTICE: load settings...
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1298841600 NOTICE: Mapping drive P to C:\Documents and Settings\User\Dati applicazioni\XBMC\userdata
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1298837504 NOTICE: loading C:\Documents and Settings\User\Dati applicazioni\XBMC\userdata\guisettings.xml
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1298264064 NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1298264064 NOTICE: Checking resolution 10
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1298264064 NOTICE: Setting autoresolution mode 12
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1298231296 NOTICE: Loaded advancedsettings.xml from C:\Documents and Settings\User\Dati applicazioni\XBMC\userdata\advancedsettings.xml
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1298206720 NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1298206720 NOTICE: Checking resolution 10
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1298206720 NOTICE: Setting autoresolution mode 12
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1298235392 NOTICE: C:\Documents and Settings\User\Dati applicazioni\XBMC\userdata\sources.xml
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1282457600 NOTICE: start dvd mediatype detection
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1282441216 NOTICE: initializing playlistplayer
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1282433024 NOTICE: DONE initializing playlistplayer
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1282412544 NOTICE: load default skin:[MediaStream]
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1275277312 ERROR: Window Translator: Can't find window settingscategory
02:26:43 T:4032 M:1275269120 ERROR: Error evaluating boolean expression !Window.Previous(0) + !Window.Previous(SettingsCategory) + !Window.Previous(1001) + !Window.Previous(130) + !Window.Previous(34)
02:26:44 T:4032 M:1272864768 NOTICE: Updating video library on startup
02:26:44 T:4032 M:1272590336 NOTICE: Updating music library on startup
02:26:44 T:4032 M:1272332288 NOTICE: initialize done
02:26:44 T:4032 M:1272377344 NOTICE: Running the application...
02:26:44 T:4032 M:1271853056 NOTICE: ES: Starting event server
02:26:44 T:620 M:1271779328 NOTICE: ES: Starting UDP Event server on 127.0.0.1:9777
02:26:44 T:620 M:1271562240 NOTICE: UDP: Listening on port 9777
02:26:44 T:1324 M:1268191232 NOTICE: My Videos: Scanning for video info using worker thread, operation took 00:00
02:26:44 T:2992 M:1268146176 NOTICE: My Music: Scanning for music info using worker thread, operation took 00:00
02:26:57 T:4032 M:1257033728 WARNING: CUtil::GetMatchingSource... no matching source found for [Plugin Video]
02:27:00 T:4032 M:1255227392 ERROR: Keymapping error: no such action '-' defined
02:27:05 T:4032 M:1250672640 ERROR: Keymapping error: no such action '-' defined
02:27:06 T:4032 M:1257713664 ERROR: Keymapping error: no such action '-' defined
02:27:07 T:4032 M:1257684992 ERROR: Keymapping error: no such action '-' defined
02:27:07 T:4032 M:1255964672 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: E:\Film\DEJA VU CORSA CONTRO IL TEMPO.avi
02:27:07 T:4032 M:1255952384 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue:
ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
02:27:07 T:3900 M:1255931904 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
02:27:07 T:3900 M:1255907328 NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
02:27:08 T:3900 M:1238806528 NOTICE: Opening video stream: 0 source: 256
02:27:08 T:3900 M:1238806528 NOTICE: Creating video codec with codec id: 13
02:27:08 T:3900 M:1238437888 NOTICE: Creating video thread
02:27:08 T:3900 M:1238421504 NOTICE: Opening audio stream: 1 source: 256
02:27:08 T:3900 M:1238409216 NOTICE: Finding audio codec for: 86020
02:27:08 T:2164 M:1238302720 NOTICE: running thread: video_thread
02:27:08 T:3900 M:1238294528 NOTICE: Creating audio thread
02:27:08 T:3900 M:1238274048 WARNING: CDVDPlayer::CheckContinuity - stream wrapback detected (2)
02:27:08 T:3900 M:1238274048 WARNING: CDVDPlayer::CheckContinuity - resyncing due to stream wrapback (2)
02:27:08 T:988 M:1238237184 NOTICE: running thread: CDVDPlayerAudio:
rocess()
02:27:08 T:988 M:1239048192 NOTICE: Creating audio device with codec id: 86020, channels: 2, sample rate: 48000, no pass-through
02:27:08 T:988 M:1238269952 WARNING: CWin32DirectSound::AddPackets - buffer underrun
02:27:08 T:2164 M:1237921792 NOTICE: fps: 25.000000, pwidth: 704, pheight: 304, dwidth: 703, dheight: 304
02:27:08 T:2164 M:1237913600 NOTICE: Display resolution AUTO : 1280x960 (Full Screen) (12)
02:27:08 T:2164 M:1237909504 WARNING: Upscale: selected algorithm 1
02:27:08 T:4032 M:1237815296 NOTICE: GL: Selecting YUV 2 RGB Progressive Shader
02:27:08 T:4032 M:1235787776 NOTICE: GL: NPOT texture support detected
02:27:08 T:988 M:1245007872 WARNING: CWin32DirectSound::AddPackets - buffer underrun
02:27:28 T:4032 M:1240313856 NOTICE: Storing total System Uptime
02:27:28 T:4032 M:1240313856 NOTICE: Saving settings
02:27:28 T:4032 M:1240268800 NOTICE: stop all
02:27:28 T:4032 M:1240268800 NOTICE: ES: Stopping event server
02:27:28 T:620 M:1240268800 NOTICE: ES: UDP Event server stopped
02:27:28 T:4032 M:1240297472 NOTICE: stop dvd detect media
02:27:28 T:4032 M:1240326144 NOTICE: stop player
02:27:28 T:4032 M:1240330240 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
02:27:28 T:4032 M:1240317952 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
02:27:28 T:3900 M:1240317952 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
02:27:28 T:3900 M:1240317952 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: closing audio stream
02:27:28 T:3900 M:1240317952 NOTICE: Closing audio stream
02:27:28 T:3900 M:1240317952 NOTICE: waiting for audio thread to exit
02:27:28 T:988 M:1240317952 ERROR: CDVDAudio::AddPackets - failed to add leftover bytes to render
02:27:28 T:988 M:1240317952 NOTICE: Closing audio device
02:27:28 T:988 M:1240514560 NOTICE: thread end: CDVDPlayerAudio::OnExit()
02:27:28 T:3900 M:1240596480 NOTICE: Deleting audio codec
02:27:28 T:3900 M:1240596480 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: closing video stream
02:27:28 T:3900 M:1240596480 NOTICE: Closing video stream
02:27:28 T:3900 M:1240596480 NOTICE: waiting for video thread to exit
02:27:28 T:2164 M:1240596480 NOTICE: thread end: video_thread
02:27:28 T:3900 M:1242480640 NOTICE: deleting video codec
02:27:28 T:3900 M:1243934720 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting demuxer
02:27:28 T:3900 M:1252720640 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
02:27:28 T:4032 M:1252757504 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
02:27:28 T:4032 M:1252761600 NOTICE: CDVDPlayerVideo::~CDVDPlayerVideo - uninitting video device
02:27:28 T:4032 M:1252765696 NOTICE: stop sap announcement listener
02:27:28 T:4032 M:1252765696 NOTICE: clean cached files!
02:27:28 T:4032 M:1252757504 NOTICE: unload skin
02:27:28 T:4032 M:1260118016 NOTICE: stop python
02:27:28 T:4032 M:1260118016 NOTICE: stopped
can you help me please?
thaks in advance...
Navy1978