2018-06-20, 18:05
Just installed KODI v.18 x64 nightly June 20th and will not promptly revert for a couple hours in case anyone suggests further diagnostics.
I didn't do a lot of testing. Just what I've been previously doing and see no reason to test any further given the results are always the same. If it can't oblige this basic function, what's the use of testing anymore..... I could use some help testing to verify if it's just my environment or applicable to everyone else as well. I've just been adding one collection folder to KODI for testing, 3D MOVIES but it won't matter what you add.
When you open KODI and press enter on a title, it will open the default player assigned for that title as it should and all is well. I played Avatar with PDVD because PDVD is the default player defined by the PCF. Next, using the 'Play Using' menu, select another player to open a title. Any title and any other player other than the previous one (PDVD) just used. So, I manually select The Martian to open with MPC. Not gonna' happen. The Martian opens with PDVD instead of MPC I just manually selected. Same or different title will only open with the 1st player used. The PCF is not being obeyed.
Close and reopen KODI. Manually select Avatar to play with MPC so that PDVD does not default. All is well. Default select or manually select Avatar (or any other title) to play with PDVD. It plays using MPC even though you selected PDVD.
The PCF only works properly once. Subsequent PCF playbacks are ignored and so is manual intervention using the 'Play using' option. This is not only inherent to PDVD and MPC. I use 5 players and they all behave this way. This behavior is not present using KODI v.17.6 and it works perfectly.
Here is a debug log fwiw. Opened Avatar by pressing enter on title. It defaults to using PDVD as it should. Manually selected 'play using' to open with MPC-HC. PDVD opens instead.
https://paste.kodi.tv/cizoqirari
I didn't do a lot of testing. Just what I've been previously doing and see no reason to test any further given the results are always the same. If it can't oblige this basic function, what's the use of testing anymore..... I could use some help testing to verify if it's just my environment or applicable to everyone else as well. I've just been adding one collection folder to KODI for testing, 3D MOVIES but it won't matter what you add.
When you open KODI and press enter on a title, it will open the default player assigned for that title as it should and all is well. I played Avatar with PDVD because PDVD is the default player defined by the PCF. Next, using the 'Play Using' menu, select another player to open a title. Any title and any other player other than the previous one (PDVD) just used. So, I manually select The Martian to open with MPC. Not gonna' happen. The Martian opens with PDVD instead of MPC I just manually selected. Same or different title will only open with the 1st player used. The PCF is not being obeyed.
Close and reopen KODI. Manually select Avatar to play with MPC so that PDVD does not default. All is well. Default select or manually select Avatar (or any other title) to play with PDVD. It plays using MPC even though you selected PDVD.
The PCF only works properly once. Subsequent PCF playbacks are ignored and so is manual intervention using the 'Play using' option. This is not only inherent to PDVD and MPC. I use 5 players and they all behave this way. This behavior is not present using KODI v.17.6 and it works perfectly.
Here is a debug log fwiw. Opened Avatar by pressing enter on title. It defaults to using PDVD as it should. Manually selected 'play using' to open with MPC-HC. PDVD opens instead.
https://paste.kodi.tv/cizoqirari
