2013-12-22, 12:40
(2013-12-22, 02:45)sri072 Wrote: I'm new to XBMC and just came across this thread while trying to setup powerdvd12 as the external player for my 3d mkv files.
When I open the movie in XBMC, powerdvd is launched, but the movie doesn't start. It just opens the media library in powerdvd.
Are you only wanting to use an external player (PowerDVD) for 3D MKV files only?
If so, first thing I would do is trim down the playercorefactory.xml and fix a couple of mistakes, you can use the following -
playercorefactory.xml
Code:
<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="PowerDVD" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe</filename>
<args>"{1}"</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>true</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule filename=".*3D Movies.*" filetypes="mkv" player="PowerDVD"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>
You don't need any PlayISO/PlayBDMV.bat files for MKV, so you can disregard those.
Second thing to check, is that PDVD can launch the file correctly outside of XBMC. Create the following batch file (call it test.bat) and save it to your desktop -
test.bat
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" "E:\3D Movies\Avatar.3D.mkv"
Change the text highlighted in red to the path of one of your 3D MKV movies.
Then run the batch file from the desktop and make sure that PowerDVD automatically launches/plays the file correctly.
Final thing you can do is provide the contents of your XBMC log file (after opening the movie in XBMC)
The log is located at - C:\Users\Users\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\XBMC.log
You can post the contents at xbmcLogs or pastebin (don't post in this thread as it's pretty big )