[WINDOWS] Launcher plugin for XBMC

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- Temhil - 2009-05-19

Yes, you probaly need to install the plugin launcher under :
C:\Documents and Settings\USER_NAME\Application Data\XBMC\plugins\programs instead of C Tongue

rogram Files\XBMC\plugins\programs

- TrentLane - 2009-05-19

Thanks guys, I knew it would be something simple I'd missed.

Worked on this comp, will try it when i get back on the HTPC, but chances are its the same thing. Once again thanks.

- zosky - 2009-06-03

Byron172 Wrote:Toggling the wait state doesn't solve the problem unfortunately. XBMC will only allow the apps to open in front of it if i am in windowed mode. I can't see that anyone else has had this problem but surely I am not the first

i run XBMC on a ubuntu HTPC and had this problem a while back.
when XBMC is in full-screen apps launch behind it.

to fix this i now run all my launchers through a simple script
... my launcher for leo's launcher Eek

using the HTTP-API we toggle XBMC's FS ... launch ... & toggle back

Code:
curl "http://localhost:8080/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=Action(199)"

$@

curl "http://localhost:8080/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=Action(199)"

i point all my launchers through this script by making it the application for every <launcher> & making moving <exec> to the 1st [arg] ...

~/.xbmc/userdata/plugin_data/programs/Launcher/Launcher.XML
[CODE]...
<application>/path/to/[b]xbmc.FS.toggle.sh[/b]</application>
<args>[app exec] [arg] [arg] ...</args>

the http web sever needs to be on (running on 8080)...
the same methodology may hold true in windows with a bat file Huh

Leo can you add a toggle (like wait) for FullScreen ?

doubt with launcher.. - jmode - 2009-06-04

hi, i'm new here (sorry for my english)

i'm a user of mamewah frontend for emulators, and runs great, and I recently discover XBMC for windows, and it interface is great, but i feel kind of dissaponted when i realize that don't have a native emulators support; reading the forum, i found "LAUNCHER " aplication, and i had no problem to configurate ZNES, NES, PROJECT64, EPSXE, runs great on my stone age pc (duron 1.3, 512ddr, fx5200).

Now, the question is.... HOW CAN I ADD LAUNCHER APLICATION (script, plugin, i dont know) IN MAIN MENU (below of video, music, weather etc...?

the other question is.... is there any way to install native xbox emulators on xbmc for windows? and navigate besides pc emulators Huh

thanks a lot

- Byron172 - 2009-06-05

OK - due to my limited knowledge of scripts and writing code, this has gone a little over my head.
I understand the concept that this script will tell launcher to goto windowed mode then launch the app (and I figure the same will happen in reverse when I close the app), but where do I need to copy the code to?
Thanks for your help - I had almost given up on this as it was all proving too hard.

- slacker666 - 2009-06-05

check out http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-launcher/wiki/Main

- jmode - 2009-06-06

problem solved, thankyou very much Laugh

Snaps with the Launcher plugin? - jmode - 2009-06-08

i have all my emulators (znes, virtuanes, project64, kega fusion, epsxe) perfectly configurated with launcher 1.03 in PMIII; but if i want to have thumbnails for my diferents roms, or even pc games, they all have to be in the same folder. is there any way to have my snapshots in diferents folders for each emulator or pc games Huh

- ijourneaux - 2009-06-09

I have launcher working correctly on my XBMC setup. I am using XBMC as a media front end to BeyondTV. Having to navigate from the main menu to Programs, selecting Launcher then selecting the application I have setup is bit obvious to the uninitiated user. I would like to have BeyondTV should up as an item on the main menu page. I have read through most of the thread and there is mention that this can be accomplished by editing home.xml

I am unsure how to accomplish that. In addition, my understanding is that Home.xml gets overwritten whenever you install an update. If I do edit home.xml, I guess I would have to edit home.xml every time I install an update?

- ccMatrix - 2009-06-17

I recently added all my games into the Aeon games section using the launcher plugin but ran into some issues:

The thumb search returned mostly useless pictures
When thumbnails had the same filename e.g. cover.jpg they would overwrite the thumb for another game
The thumbnails are not stored in the special:// path and therefore are not easily portable between installations

To fix these issues I made some changes to my Launcher installation:

I've added a Google search engine which uses Google Image search to find covers. It adds the text "pc cover" to the query to improve result quality. I was able to find great covers for all my games using the new search engine.
I added some hashing to the filename creation. The filenames can now no longer match even if two games both have a file called cover.jpg.
The thumbs are now all stored in special:// bath. No need for the input field in settings. I am thinking about adding a edit field that allows setting of the additional search parameters if there is some demand for that.

The modified version can be downloaded off the following mediafire share.

Here is how the result looks in Aeon skin:

Error, "Windows cannot find 'C:\Program '. - mkerner129 - 2009-09-30

Thanks for any help. I keep getting this error whenever I try to use Launcher in an SVN build. "Windows cannot find 'C:\Program '. Make sure you typed the name correctly , and then try again." It works fine in the official release but not in any SVN build I have tries. I've tried many builds but whenever I try to launch a program I've added I get this error.
I am running Windows 7, 64bit Professional RTM from MSDN. I have my installation in C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC and the user profile contains the rest-C:\%userdata%\AppData\Roaming\XBMC.
Thanks all.

- simphax - 2009-10-10

get the same error as mkerner. this didnt happen before updating to the latest svn today.

- ijourneaux - 2009-10-11

I noticed the same problem. For some reason with the later builds, Launcher can not dela with spaces in the pathname. If you edit the launcher.xml and give it the pathname without spaces

For example

<application>C:\Progra~1\SnapSt~1\Beyond~2\BTVD3D~1.exe</application>

Atleast that workd for me as a temporary fix

- taxigps - 2009-10-12

mkerner129 Wrote:Thanks for any help. I keep getting this error whenever I try to use Launcher in an SVN build. "Windows cannot find 'C:\Program '. Make sure you typed the name correctly , and then try again." It works fine in the official release but not in any SVN build I have tries. I've tried many builds but whenever I try to launch a program I've added I get this error.
I am running Windows 7, 64bit Professional RTM from MSDN. I have my installation in C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC and the user profile contains the rest-C:\%userdata%\AppData\Roaming\XBMC.
Thanks all.

this problem due to the Changeset 22829(http://trac.xbmc.org/changeset/22829). I'll check for this.

- ijourneaux - 2009-10-13

One other happening with Launcher. Prior to the latest SVNs, if XBMC was full screen, to start with it would come back to full screen after. FOr some reason, now it comes back in windowed mode.