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"C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" AUTOPLAY E:

I'm just been playing with the trial, using AUTOPLAY from the Cyberlink sticky thread.

PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe is what I think will be causing these problems, what happens is the batch file will wait until PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe is ended before moving to the next line (unmounting or closing).

The problem is PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe will end once PowerDVD is launched (PowerDVD12.exe is then used instead) so the batch file will assume to move to the next line thinking that PowerDVD has finished, hence why the ISO is unmounted, or it will reach the end of the batch file then XBMC will think the external player has finished (That's why XBMC comes back up)

Not sure how this can be fixed since this is just how PowerDVD 12 works, it uses PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe to open the other exe files (PowerDVD12.exe etc) once PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe has opened the required exe's it then terminates, this fools the batch file into thinking it can move on to the next line.

If you change PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe to PowerDVD12.exe in the bat file does this fix the unmounting and focus issues?

Does the AUTOPLAY argument work with "PowerDVD12.exe" instead of "PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe"?

Hope you understand what I mean about PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe, it hard to explain

Edit - Has anyone else got PowerDVD 12 working correctly for BD ISO and Folders?

I completely understand what you are saying. I have tried many different solutions, but the issue remains that the PlayISO.bat file completes its execution and when that happens XBMC comes back to the foreground.

If I add a simple PAUSE to the PlayISO.bat file, then everything works fine except for the fact the Pause needs to be cleared to return to XBMC.

I tried to watch the powerdvd12.exe process which launches so that the PlayISO.bat file only continues execution once that program clears from Task Manager, but cannot figure out how to do this.

I have tried START /Wait powerdvd12.exe.

I have also started by unmounting all discs, then launching PowerDVD, keeping its internal setting to autoplay when disc inserted, and everything starts to play in the foreground as long as a timeout or pause is present.

Anyone have a way to watch the processes and only continue the PlayISO.bat file once Powerdvd12.exe has closed? I have seen some references to Tasklist to find the task and PID, but not sure how to watch it and wait.

IF I run this command from a regular windows command line, it launches PowerDVD12, but does not complete the command until PowerDVD12.exe is closed. This would work perfectly as it would pause or suspend the PlayISO.bat file while PowerDVD12.exe was playing a movie and when the movie was completed and PowerDVD closed, it would finish executing the PlayISO.bat file and could even unmounts items and return to XBMC.

start /wait "title" "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PowerDVD12.exe"

The problem is this command line will not run the same way as described when in a .bat file. In the PlayISO.bat file, it displays the line, but does not wait or launch powerdvd12.exe. From a regular dos prompt it works, from a batch file it does not. Any ideas on how to get this to work via a batch file?