2010-10-24, 04:42
This is a pretty outdated workaround - I'm going to update it with a how-to for Dharma (once it's out) - it requires a lot less effort and hacking around in XBMC.
SophT Wrote:This is a pretty outdated workaround - I'm going to update it with a how-to for Dharma (once it's out) - it requires a lot less effort and hacking around in XBMC.
SophT Wrote:This is a pretty outdated workaround - I'm going to update it with a how-to for Dharma (once it's out) - it requires a lot less effort and hacking around in XBMC.
(2010-11-24, 15:26)rausch101 Wrote: I recommend incorporating the new Advanced Launcher with a customizable homescreen just like Night or Customizable Confluence. It's really easy, user-friendly and all done through the GUI when working together
(2012-04-10, 22:03)puulima Wrote: But even with the Advanced Launcher - you still see the desktop or whatever is running behind XBMC and the other program you're starting/exiting during the transitions. I'd like to have a clean black screen in the background so you don't have to see all the flashing...makes for a much nicer viewing experience and doesn't remind my wife of all the hacking I've been doing on this HTPC ;-)You can try to create and use a AutoIt script that give more features and options than a simple .batch file. Could be something like that :
Any way to incorporate something like that in the Advanced Launcher? Or is there some other way to do this? I seem to recall a way using a python script to start another program - but don't recall if it exited XBMC or not? I'm using a batch file to KILL XBMC and then start other programs (Windows Media Center, Hulu Desktop) - but still - the batch file has to kill the current running program BEFORE it can start the new one (by default) since the batch file executes one line at a time.
I'm thinking maybe I could incorporate something into EvenGhost that would kill the other application AFTER the new one is started? IE: a "watch & kill" routine? But can't figure out how to ONLY kill the app I want to!
Any ideas would be welcome!
Quote:RunWait ( "C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\HuluDesktop\Huludesktop.exe" )
ProcessClose ( "XBMC.exe" )
ProcessWaitClose ( "Huludesktop.exe" )
Run ( "C:\Program Files\XBMC\XBMC.exe" )