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Play media on chrome via xbmc - mianbarray - 2014-04-11

Hi there,

I am trying to play videos from xbmc thru my Chrome browser. So basically, when I choose a movie, I want it to play within the browser instead from within xbmc. I tried to follow instructions in this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmyxUVDMYEU but the videos still play within xbmc.

I am attaching my playercorefactory.xml with the updated path to Chrome. I am pretty sure my chrome path is correct. I have put the playercorefactory.xml in /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/XBMC/system

Just to point out, the only file in the system folder is playercorefactory.xml and not sure if there should be more?

My end goal is to use chrome browser to cast the videos to my tv using Chromecast
Code:
<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="MXPlayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="MXPlayerPro" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.mxtech.videoplayer.pro</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="TPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.tiantian.android.player.app</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="DicePlayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.inisoft.mediaplayer.trial</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="VLCPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.vlcforandroid.vlcdirectprofree</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="DicePlayerPaid" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.inisoft.mediaplayer.a</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="RockPlayerLite" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.redirectin.rockplayer.android.unified.lite</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="RockPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.rockplayer</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="BSPlayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="MoboplayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.clov4r.android.nilz</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="mVideoplayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>afzkl.development.mVideoPlayer</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="Vplayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>me.abitno.vplayer.t</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="WondersharePlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.wondershare.player</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="ArchosVideo" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.archos.mediacenter.video</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="SopCast" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>org.sopcast.android</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="Chrome" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>

<player name="DaroonPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.daroonplayer.dsplayer</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<!---
********** **********
********** EDIT THIS SECTION **********
********** **********
-->
<rule protocols="smb" player="Chrome" />
<rule dvdimage="true" player="Chrome"/>
<rule protocols="rtmp" player="Chrome"/>
<rule protocols="rtsp" player="Chrome" />
<rule protocols="sop" player="Chrome" />
<rule internetstream="true" player="Chrome" />
<rule video="true" player="Chrome"/> <!-- Default for anything else not listed -->
</rules>
</playercorefactory>
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RE: Play media on chrome via xbmc - mianbarray - 2014-04-11

Forgot to include some technical specs

Latest chrome version: 34.0.1847.116
Xbmc version: 12.3 64-bit
MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks

Re: Play media on chrome via xbmc - nickr - 2014-04-13

Just plug the computer running xbmc into your TV and use it like it was designed!

RE: Play media on chrome via xbmc - corinjw - 2015-03-20

You need to place the playercorefactory.xml file in the /Applications/Kodi.app/Contents/Resources/Kodi/system folder, works for me Smile. I would backup the original one first, in case you want to use kodi to display your content.

Cheers

Corin

RE: Play media on chrome via xbmc - Ned Scott - 2015-03-21

(2015-03-20, 12:37)corinjw Wrote: You need to place the playercorefactory.xml file in the /Applications/Kodi.app/Contents/Resources/Kodi/system folder, works for me Smile. I would backup the original one first, in case you want to use kodi to display your content.

Cheers

Corin

Sorry, that is incorrect. You never want to edit those files directly. Instead, you place the file in the userdata folder (wiki), which is automatically loaded when Kodi starts.