No "Play DVD"
#1
Greetings all!

I'm having a bit of trouble with playback of my Blu-ray discs. I want to simply have Kodi launch PowerDVD 17 externally whenever I insert the disc. Or, just have the option just show in the main menu for me to select. So far, I've tried adding the menu item through

Setup menus and widget > Add on the left > Choose item from menu > Common > Play DVD

But on the main menu, that option doesn't show even with a BD inserted into my internal drive. I've tried following guides on how to properly get PowerDVD 17 to launch, so here is my playercorefactory.xml. It also contains some 3D capabilities I've added as well.

<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="3D" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\Users\SP\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\PlayISO3D.bat</filename>
<args>"{1}"</args>
<hidekodi>true</hidekodi>
<hideconsole>true</hideconsole>
<forceontop>false</forceontop>
</player>
<player name="2D" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\Users\SP\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\PlayISO2D.bat</filename>
<args>"{1}"</args>
<hidekodi>true</hidekodi>
<hideconsole>true</hideconsole>
<forceontop>false</forceontop>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule filetypes="mkv|avi" player="VideoPlayer"/>
<rule filename=".*.3D.*|.*.3D.iso|3D.*" player="3D"/>
<rule filetypes="iso|bdmv|mpls|m2ts" player="2D"/>
<player name="PowerDVD" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD17\PowerDVD.exe</filename>
<args></args>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule filetypes="bd|ifo" player="PowerDVD"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

What am I doing wrong here? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
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#2
Fixed it. I had Virtual Clone Drive installed and had to switch the drive letters. But does anyone know how to make it so that "Play Disc" always shows on my menu? Rather than only when a disc is inserted? Also, how to get PowerDVD to automatically play the movie? When I hit "Play Disc" from the menu it just opens PowerDVD and doesn't start the movie right away. Thanks.
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#3
Sorry, I'm not familiar with this option, and without an optical drive I have no way to test it. Maybe another user has some ideas?
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