[kineticmix]

I am using a Asrock Ion HT-BD computer and have been having problems with 1080p playback.

I searched the forum and tried following the MPC-HC External Player Guide

http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=HOW-TO_use_a...a_playback

I installed MPC-HC and created an advancedsetting.xml file and placed it in my userdata folder but I am having problems as it doesn't seem to find the file and therefore XBMC doesn't load the external player.

Code:

<advancedsettings>
<video>
    <defaultplayer>externalplayer</defaultplayer>
</video>
<externalplayer>
    <player name="MPC-HC" type="externalplayer" audio="false" video="true">
    <filename>C:\Program Files (x86)\MPC HomeCinema\mpc-hc.exe</filename>
    <args>/fullscreen /close "{1}"</args>
    <hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
    <hideconsole>true</hideconsole>
    <hidecursor>false</hidecursor>
</externalplayer>
</advancedsettings>

I have ran the debugger and here is an extract where I think the problem occurs:

Code:

19:42:34 T:3760 M:583852032  NOTICE: Found mode: 1920x1080 @ 23.98 - Full Screen
19:42:34 T:3760 M:584962048  NOTICE: load settings...
19:42:34 T:3760 M:584953856  NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
19:42:34 T:3760 M:584953856  NOTICE: loading special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml
19:42:34 T:3760 M:584441856  NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
19:42:34 T:3760 M:584441856  NOTICE: Checking resolution 12
19:42:34 T:3760 M:584429568  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
19:42:34 T:3760 M:584417280  NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
19:42:35 T:3760 M:584417280  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
19:42:35 T:3760 M:584417280  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
19:42:35 T:3760 M:584400896   ERROR: Error loading special://profile/advancedsettings.xml, Line 12
                                            Error reading end tag.
19:42:35 T:3760 M:584400896  NOTICE: Default DVD Player: dvdplayer
19:42:35 T:3760 M:584400896  NOTICE: Default Video Player: dvdplayer
19:42:35 T:3760 M:584400896  NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
19:42:35 T:3760 M:584400896  NOTICE: Enabled debug logging due to GUI setting (2)
19:42:35 T:3760 M:584396800  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/sources.xml
19:42:35 T:3760 M:585019392   DEBUG: CWinSystemWin32::ResizeInternal - resizing due to size change (0,0,1920,1080 fullscreen)->(0,0,1920,1080 fullscreen)

I am resonably computer literate but this is really starting to do my head in.

Can anyone help me try to resolve my issue?

[zilexa]

perhaps offtopic but why not use DSPlayer?
The trick to use MPC-HC was meant for the period DSPlayer video playback was broken (on xp I think).

[kineticmix]

When using DSPlayer is it just as simple as using MPC-HC ?

Or do you have to download and reinstall XBMC with a newer build ?

[Mallet21]

I am using a Asrock Ion HT-BD computer and have been having problems with 1080p playback.

I searched the forum and tried following the MPC-HC External Player Guide

http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=HOW-TO_use_a...a_playback

I installed MPC-HC and created an advancedsetting.xml file and placed it in my userdata folder but I am having problems as it doesn't seem to find the file and therefore XBMC doesn't load the external player.



Can anyone help me try to resolve my issue?

Scroll down the page on that wiki link you posted and use the playercorefactory.xml method

[zilexa]

If you downloaded XBMC DSplayer: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=70436
you dont need to reinstall. Just make dsplayer your default player instead of mpc player. Do note that current svn builds (dsplayer and normal xbmc) aren't as stable as you might like. But using the default skin (Confluence) it's ok. Plugins and Scripts aren't working.

[douggoodwin]

Like others, I'm trying to use an external player to playback my 1080 mkv files. No luck in trying to configure either advancedsettings.xml or playercorefactory.xml for using mpc as default external player. I must be missing something in the instructions or I'm just not intelligent enough.

Following this thread, I installed the latest update (29443). The dsfilterconfig.xml instructions have left me utterly confused. Not having modified the file, my videos playback is now out of sync with the audio.
Am I suppose to modify it for it to work?
Is there somewhere I can find more help? Maybe some help that doesn't involve being an experienced programmer?

[steelman1991]

Like others, I'm trying to use an external player to playback my 1080 mkv files. No luck in trying to configure either advancedsettings.xml or playercorefactory.xml for using mpc as default external player. I must be missing something in the instructions or I'm just not intelligent enough.

Following this thread, I installed the latest update (29443). The dsfilterconfig.xml instructions have left me utterly confused. Not having modified the file, my videos playback is now out of sync with the audio.
Am I suppose to modify it for it to work?
Is there somewhere I can find more help? Maybe some help that doesn't involve being an experienced programmer?

The DSPlayer config can be daunting, however if you still want to use mpc-hc as an external player - check out my thread here http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=70727. I am successfully running mpc-hc as an external player - just follow the instructions in the first post - let us know how you get on.