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- alienagenda - 2008-11-17 18:11
konfoo Wrote:Yes, provided your external player is capable of offloading decoding to the GPU, ofcourse.
excuse my ignorance. i just assumed vlc, mpc etc. did push the decoding off to the GPU.... i guess i need to look into that a bit further.
new feature? - stiggy - 2008-11-19 04:24
Would it be possible to specify in the configuration a specific file extension that 'triggers' the external player?
I am suggesting that the internal player would still be called unless a match was found on the extension of the media file that was selected to play. For example, send all "VOB" extension files to an external player; otherwise use the internal player.
thanks!
- nugentgl - 2008-11-19 05:14
stiggy Wrote:Would it be possible to specify in the configuration a specific file extension that 'triggers' the external player?
I am suggesting that the internal player would still be called unless a match was found on the extension of the media file that was selected to play. For example, send all "VOB" extension files to an external player; otherwise use the internal player.
thanks!
That is an excellent idea.
- konfoo - 2008-11-19 08:51
Yes this (extensions) is on the to-do list, along with per-extension applications. If you have any feature requests *please* add them to the trac ticket - http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/5300
- larsson2 - 2008-11-19 18:52
This is a great feature, only I dont get it to work correctly.
First off, when I try to use it with wmp nothing happens. XBMC hangs for a couple of seconds, then nothing.
"Bind" it to VLC instead. The movie plays, but XBMC is on top and I cant watch the movie, only hear it. Only thing I can do is to alt+tab to VLC and alt+f4 to close it (although I never actually see the VLC-gui or the movie). After that i can control XBMC again.
Anyone have any idea?
- konfoo - 2008-11-20 00:42
larsson2 Wrote:This is a great feature, only I dont get it to work correctly.
First off, when I try to use it with wmp nothing happens. XBMC hangs for a couple of seconds, then nothing.
"Bind" it to VLC instead. The movie plays, but XBMC is on top and I cant watch the movie, only hear it. Only thing I can do is to alt+tab to VLC and alt+f4 to close it (although I never actually see the VLC-gui or the movie). After that i can control XBMC again.
Anyone have any idea?
You need to run the launched player in it's equivalent 'fullscreen' mode. MPC (/d3dfs or /fullscreen) and Mplayer (-fs) both work in this way. Reason for doing this - the controls are hidden in the window creation so that you don't see any UI pop over the XBMC screen right before the player starts playing. I'm aiming for a seamless switchover experience.
I have not tested VLC or WMP as of yet.
- nitio - 2008-11-20 03:21
I have no idea why, but I got it working only after I gone to the Play with DVD (which was not the default). And after that, all files play in my preferred player (MPC)
Hooray for a very-welcome patch!
- enkil - 2008-11-20 09:40
Sounds promising. Any chance to get a linux version of your patch any time soon?
- larsson2 - 2008-11-20 19:18
konfoo Wrote:You need to run the launched player in it's equivalent 'fullscreen' mode. MPC (/d3dfs or /fullscreen) and Mplayer (-fs) both work in this way. Reason for doing this - the controls are hidden in the window creation so that you don't see any UI pop over the XBMC screen right before the player starts playing. I'm aiming for a seamless switchover experience.
I have not tested VLC or WMP as of yet.
I'm using the fullscreen-mode; --fullscreen for VLC. Maybe should try with MPC?
EDIT:
Just tested MPC with /fullscreen -switch, same results
<advancedsettings>
<launchplayer>
<defaultplayer>true</defaultplayer>
<filename>c:\Program Files\MPC\mplayerc.exe</filename>
<args>/fullscreen</args>
</launchplayer>
</advancedsettings>
Looks correct?
- konfoo - 2008-11-20 22:00
larsson2 Wrote:Looks correct?
I use /d3dfs. If that still doesn't work make sure XBMC is not running in fullscreen mode (you can't have two applications running fullscreen). You should run it maximized but not fullscreen.