[bluray]

nvm i figured it out once i read the .xml. just need to add _bd.iso to the end of the file name.

That is correct. It allow XBMC to sort out and distinct BD.ISO from other ISO files. Here is how I did it to my BD ISO, HDaudio, 3d, etc:

BD ISO format-
Thor_bd.iso
Avatar_bd.iso

HDaudio format-
The Dark Knight_HDaudio.m2ts
Cowboys & Aliens_HDaudio.iso

3d format-
Avatar_3d.iso

[bluray]

hmm didn't know that,
is it still possibe to switch audio/subs ?
the issue i had with the external player bat files that it somehow sometimes started to hog the system like the script would crash.
(when playing blu-ray folder structure)
if i removed the script everything played fine
using TMT3 as external player.

Did you do these in playercorefactory? It'll use less CPU/GPU!

type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">

<args>"{1}" /fullscreen</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>true</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>

[bluray]

I placed the files in the userdate directory. Are these files correct?

When inserting a bluray disc, I can see that the disc is detected in windows.
But how can I manage to play that disc with XBMC? I can't find any external player menu with a play button...

Chris- Everything seems to be correct in the bat and xml files. For PDVD12, I'm recommending as following:

1. Replace the existing rule in playercorefactory with this rule- <rule protocol="bd|dvd" player="Disc_Player"/>. It's slightly different from TMT5.
2. After you inserted BD in BD-ROM, you can use the "Play Disc" option in XBMC as shown below:

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[TRaSH]

Did you do these in playercorefactory? It'll use less CPU/GPU!

type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">

<args>"{1}" /fullscreen</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>true</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>

Code:

<args>"{1}" /fullscreen</args>
<forceontop>false</forceontop>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hidecursor>false</hidecursor>

hmm i got these in it,
wonder how.
i will give it a try another day.
thnx
but beeing that beta3 supports iso by default,
and with the great [WINDOWS][PATCH]Bitstream output of HD audio formats
the use of a external player will get less and less.
what also saves money.

[bluray]

Code:

<args>"{1}" /fullscreen</args>
<forceontop>false</forceontop>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hidecursor>false</hidecursor>

hmm i got these in it,
wonder how.
i will give it a try another day.
thnx
but beeing that beta3 supports iso by default,
and with the great [WINDOWS][PATCH]Bitstream output of HD audio formats
the use of a external player will get less and less.
what also saves money.

With less than powerful CPU/GPU, you need to set it to "true" when use external player as shown below:

type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">

<args>"{1}" /fullscreen</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>true</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>

If you don't want original BD menus, previews, chapters, etc, XBMC patches is a great choice. For me, I configured it to use external player for some BD's and some use the XBMC patches option. It's sort of good for both worlds!

[Chris12]

Chris- Everything seems to be correct in the bat and xml files. For PDVD12, I'm recommending as following:

1. Replace the existing rule in playercorefactory with this rule- <rule protocol="bd|dvd" player="Disc_Player"/>. It's slightly different from TMT5.
2. After you inserted BD in BD-ROM, you can use the "Play Disc" option in XBMC as shown below:

Yes that did the trick, now the play disc option is shown in XBMC (or maybe the reboot of the HTPC was also the sollution)

But when I choose play disc, PowerDVD12 opens but gives a message "Playback of folder is not an option" and an other message:



I think that the above message has something to do with the "PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" , why is this .exe choosen instead of the "PowerDVD12.exe" ?

Anyway I have to click a few times, and navigate to the BR disc folder for the bdvm file to play, this is not a sollution (I think it should be played directly when choosing the play disc option in XBMC).
Maybe I should give TMT5 a try.


Edit: Just changed PowerDVD12 software for PowerDVD11 (ultra) and it is working OK. The BRdisc is played when choosing "Play Disc" in XBMC without any pop-ups, and in Fullscreen (setting in PowerDVD11).
Next I will try some BR iso files to see how's that working.

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This is telling me that you have set PDVD12 to launch automatically in Windows7 control panel "autoplay". You might want to set it to "take no action".

I think that the above message has something to do with the "PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" , why is this .exe choosen instead of the "PowerDVD12.exe" ?

"PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" and "PowerDVD12.exe" should playback the same way, but "PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" allow you to properly utilize MCE remote contoller.

Anyway I have to click a few times, and navigate to the BR disc folder for the bdvm file to play, this is not a sollution (I think it should be played directly when choosing the play disc option in XBMC).
Maybe I should give TMT5 a try.

No, you don't have to select index.bdmv. If it is configured correct, it'll launch movie with PDVD12 automatically when you click XBMC "Play Disc" option.

[Chris12]

Ok, I checked the autoplay options and set them all to *take no action*, but in PowerDVD12 the message still appears.

Still using PowerDVD11 at the moment, with the same bat and xml (yes edited those for the changes to powerDVD12-->11)

Playing physical BR discs goes fine.

Playing BR iso or BR mkv, starts PowerDVD11 but also a message from VCD:
(File is on my Media server)


The same message appears also when playing a local stored BR iso file on the HTPC.
Also the same message appears when using PowerDVD12

Using VCD I can manually mount the .iso to drive F:
Then I realized that the PlayISO.bat file has also a drive letter,and checked that and set it to F:

@echo off

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" /d=0 %1
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD11\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" F:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" /d=0 /u

After closing this message PowerDVD pop-ups, and the message of VCD appears again and so on. Only closing XBMC.exe process in the taskmanager stops this.

The VCD settings and version:

[Riker0007]

Hello all.
So I did everything according to this thread, I think, to get the beta 3 of XBMC to launch Powerdvd 11 for blu ray folders and .iso files. When I launch them in xbmc, powerdvd comes up but then it goes to a nothing played screen. It can't seem to start the movie or mount the image.
I'd like to play the .iso's and blu rays with Powerdvd11 and everything else with the built in program or everything with powerdvd. I Don't care. Whatever I can get to work.
Thanks in advance.
R.
Here are my scripts.


<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="ISO_Player" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="false">
<filename>C:\Users\Theater\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\PlayIS O.bat</filename>
<args>"{1}" /fullscreen</args>
<forceontop>false</forceontop>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hidecursor>false</hidecursor>
</player>
<player name="BDMV_Player" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="false">
<filename>C:\Users\Theater\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\PlayBD MV.bat</filename>
<args>"{1}" /fullscreen</args>
<forceontop>false</forceontop>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hidecursor>false</hidecursor>
</player>
<player name="Disc_Player" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="false">
<filename>C:\Users\Theater\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\PlayDi sc.bat</filename>
<args>"{1}" /fullscreen</args>
<forceontop>false</forceontop>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hidecursor>false</hidecursor>
</player>
<player name="Universal_Player" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="false">
<filename>C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD11\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe</filename>
<args>"{1}" /fullscreen</args>
<forceontop>false</forceontop>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hidecursor>false</hidecursor>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<!-- Bluray ISO -->
<rule filename=".*iso.*" player="ISO_Player"/>
<!-- Bluray BDMV -->
<rule filename=".*bdmv.*" player="BDMV_Player"/>
<!-- Bluray MKV -->
<rule filename=".*mkv.*" player="Universal_Player"/>
<!-- Bluray M2TS -->
<rule filename=".*m2ts.*" player="Universal_Player"/>

<!-- Bluray Disc -->
<rule protocols="bd" player="Disc_Player"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

PlayISO.bat-

@echo off
rem you can place your PlayISO file in \Roaming\XBMC\userdata\
rem you need to put the correct VCDMount drive letter in the command below

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" /d=0 %1
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD11\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" F:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" /d=0 /u

PlayBDMV.bat

@echo off
rem you can place your PlayBDMV file in \Roaming\XBMC\userdata\
set pth=%1
set pth=%pth:BDMV\index.bdmv=%
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD11\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" %pth% exit

PlayDisc.bat

@echo off
rem you can place your PlayDisc file in \Roaming\XBMC\userdata\

"C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD11\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe

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The VCD settings and version:

Try these:

1. I noticed your VCD have only one drive. Can you add one more drive? It'll will be "G" drive.
2. Download these new "Playercorefactory.xml, PlayDisc.bat, PlayBDMV.bat and PlayISO.bat". Save all files in "C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\" folder. If you want to make sure that the drives and directories are correct in all the files, you can verify the codes in it.
3. Double click Playercorefacotry.xml, to make sure that it can launch without error.
4. Right click one of your BD ISO movie and openwith PlayISO.bat (it should launch PDVD12 and playback movie automatically). You can close it afterward.
5. Launch XBMC, and try to playback the same BD ISO movie through XBMC UI.
5. We'll see how it turn out!

[bluray]

Thanks in advance.

1. Make sure that VCD have "F" drive.
2. Download these new "Playercorefactory.xml, PlayDisc.bat, PlayBDMV.bat and PlayISO.bat". Save all files in "C:\Users\Theater\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\ " folder. If you want to make sure that the drives and directories are correct in all the files, you can verify the codes in it.
3. Double click Playercorefacotry.xml, to make sure that it can launch without error.
4. Right click one of your BD ISO movie and openwith PlayISO.bat (it should launch PDVD11 and playback movie automatically). You can close it afterward.
5. Launch XBMC, and try to playback the same BD ISO movie through XBMC UI.
5. We'll see how it turn out!

[Riker0007]

1. Make sure that VCD have "F" drive.
2. Download these new "Playercorefactory.xml, PlayDisc.bat, PlayBDMV.bat and PlayISO.bat". Save all files in "C:\Users\Theater\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\ " folder. If you want to make sure that the drives and directories are correct in all the files, you can verify the codes in it.
3. Double click Playercorefacotry.xml, to make sure that it can launch without error.
4. Right click one of your BD ISO movie and openwith PlayISO.bat (it should launch PDVD11 and playback movie automatically). You can close it afterward.
5. Launch XBMC, and try to playback the same BD ISO movie through XBMC UI.
5. We'll see how it turn out!

Thanks I'm trying it now, however the first download link is not working.
And step one? Where do I do this?
R

[LWGS]

Hello, sorry my bad English.
I have read every post and now I am not getting the FullBluray commencement of the TMT5.

PlayBDMV.bat

@echo off
rem you can place your PlayBDMV file in \Roaming\XBMC\userdata\
set pth=%1
set pth=%pth:BDMV\index.bdmv=%
"C:\Archivos de programa\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Theatre 5\uTotalMediaTheatre5.exe" %pth% exit

playercorefactory:

<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="BDMV_Player" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<!-- You can place your PlayBDMV file anywhere -->
<filename>C:\Usuarios\LAWREN\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\PlayBDMV.bat</filename>
<args>"{1}"/fullscreen</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>true</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>

</player>
<player name="MPC-HC" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\Archivos de programa\k-Lite Code Pack\Media Player Classic\mpc-hc.exe</filename>
<args>"{1}" /fullscreen</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>true</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>

</player>
<player name="Universal_Player" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\Archivos de programa\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Theatre 5\uTotalMediaTheatre5.exe</filename>
<args>"{1}" /fullscreen</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>true</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>

</player>
<player name="ISO_Player" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<!-- You can place your PlayISO file anywhere -->
<filename>C:\Usuarios\LAWREN\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\PlayISO.bat</filename>
<args>"{1}" /fullscreen</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>true</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>

</player>
<player name="Disc_Player" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<!-- You can place your PlayDisc file anywhere -->
<filename>C:\Usuarios\LAWREN\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\PlayDisc.bat</filename>
<args>"{1}" /fullscreen</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>true</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>

</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">

<rule filetypes="bdmv" player="BDMV_Player"/>
<rule filetypes="m2ts|mkv|avi|ts" player="MPC-HC"/>
<rule filetypes="m2ts|mkv|avi|ts" player="Universal_Player"/>
<rule filetypes="iso" player="ISO_Player"/>

<rule name="Blu-Ray" protocol="bd" player="Disc_Player"/>>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

Now I just want to play mkv, m2ts, ts, ... and FullBluray

All the files work fine but the FullBluray not start with the TMT5.

Where I have the error?

thanks

[bluray]

Thanks I'm trying it now, however the first download link is not working.
And step one? Where do I do this?
R

I'm not sure what happen, but here is the file again- playercorefactory.xml