Another External Player Code, but Very Simple to Setup

@thewhiteknight,
The correct codes are listed below (make sure that your BD-ROM drive is E: in PlayDisc and available VirtualClone drive is J: in PlayISO. If it is not, you have to change it to the correct drives on your HTPC)-

PlayBDMV:
@echo off
rem you can place your PlayBDMV file in \Roaming\XBMC\userdata\
set pth=%1
set pth=%pth:BDMV\index.bdmv=%
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" %pth% exit

PlayDisc:
@echo off
rem you can place your PlayDisc file in \Roaming\XBMC\userdata\
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" E:

PlayISO:
@echo off
rem you can place your PlayISO file in \Roaming\XBMC\userdata\
rem you need to put the correct VCDMount drive letter in the command below

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" /d=0 %1
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" J:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" /d=0 /u

I used the code below (with the .bat file) and it works perfectly when launching the player.
The issue i have is that i cannot get the TMT5 to close and go back to XBMC.
I assumed once the player stops it would go back to XBMC.

Sorry im a noob when it comes to the technical stuff in XBMC

(2012-03-22 05:07)bluray Wrote:  

(2012-03-22 04:00)jmpa Wrote:  It is almost working! XBMC closes, TMT5 opens and seems it is auto start the movie but instead the screen get black and it doesn't start. But if i press stop and start again on remote it start working.

Another thing I would like is when I close it, it automaticly goes to XBMC again.

Okay, try these codes then.....

1. Download Playercorefactory and PlayDisc

2. Save both files in this folder- C:\Users\HT\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\

-While playback movie using TMT5, you can simply press stop and backspace to return to XBMC......

(2012-04-05 01:58)Gazzyb Wrote:  I used the code below (with the .bat file) and it works perfectly when launching the player.
The issue i have is that i cannot get the TMT5 to close and go back to XBMC.
I assumed once the player stops it would go back to XBMC.

Sorry im a noob when it comes to the technical stuff in XBMC

Are the stop button and backspace to return to XBMC not working?

(2012-04-05 02:50)bluray Wrote:  [quote='Gazzyb' pid='1066663' dateline='1333583890']
I used the code below (with the .bat file) and it works perfectly when launching the player.
The issue i have is that i cannot get the TMT5 to close and go back to XBMC.
I assumed once the player stops it would go back to XBMC.

Sorry im a noob when it comes to the technical stuff in XBMC

Are the stop button and backspace to return to XBMC not working?

The stop button didnt work.
Ill try the backspace button when i get home tonight.

Thanks for the quick reply

(2012-04-05 03:00)Gazzyb Wrote:  

(2012-04-05 02:50)bluray Wrote:  [quote='Gazzyb' pid='1066663' dateline='1333583890']
I used the code below (with the .bat file) and it works perfectly when launching the player.
The issue i have is that i cannot get the TMT5 to close and go back to XBMC.
I assumed once the player stops it would go back to XBMC.

Sorry im a noob when it comes to the technical stuff in XBMC

Are the stop button and backspace to return to XBMC not working?

The stop button didnt work.
Ill try the backspace button when i get home tonight.

Thanks for the quick reply

While the movie is playing, you can press the STOP button to stop the movie, and then press BACKSPACE to return to XBMC....

(2012-04-04 07:35)bluray Wrote:  @thewhiteknight,
The correct codes are listed below (make sure that your BD-ROM drive is E: in PlayDisc and available VirtualClone drive is J: in PlayISO. If it is not, you have to change it to the correct drives on your HTPC)-

PlayBDMV:
@echo off
rem you can place your PlayBDMV file in \Roaming\XBMC\userdata\
set pth=%1
set pth=%pth:BDMV\index.bdmv=%
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" %pth% exit

PlayDisc:
@echo off
rem you can place your PlayDisc file in \Roaming\XBMC\userdata\
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" E:

PlayISO:
@echo off
rem you can place your PlayISO file in \Roaming\XBMC\userdata\
rem you need to put the correct VCDMount drive letter in the command below

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" /d=0 %1
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe" J:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" /d=0 /u

Sooooo close!

I had to remove all of the (x86) lines from the strings in the .xml and .bat files. Now when I click on play disc it opens PowerDVD12, however it's only open for a couple of seconds, then it goes back to a black screen. When I click either of my mouse buttons it takes me back to XBMC, which displays a popup that says External Play Active, click OK when playback has ended. Also, PowerDVD12 remains open in a separate window, however it remains at the main PowerDVD12 splash screen, it doesn't start playing the movie.

Thoughts? Ideas?

I've also noticed that when I try to watch a downloaded movie or tv show from XBMC it no longer plays in XBMC instead it opens PowerDVD12 and plays within that, YES, this does auto open/start within PowerDVD12, only problem is, I want to play the movies/tv shows I have on my hard drives through XBMC as it always has. Any solutions to this?

(2012-04-05 03:59)thewhiteknight Wrote:  I've also noticed that when I try to watch a downloaded movie or tv show from XBMC it no longer plays in XBMC instead it opens PowerDVD12 and plays within that, YES, this does auto open/start within PowerDVD12, only problem is, I want to play the movies/tv shows I have on my hard drives through XBMC as it always has. Any solutions to this?

If that is the case, the playercorefactory codes should be a lot shorter. You can delete all the .bat files, and all you need are the simple playercorefactory codes below-

<playercorefactory>
</player>
<player name="Universal_Player" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe</filename>
<args>"{E:}" /close</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>

</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<!-- Bluray Disc -->
<rule name="Blu-Ray" filename="E:\\.*" filetypes="bdmv" player="Disc_Player"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

If your BD-ROM is not E: drive you need to change it to the correct BD-ROM drive. If PDVD12 don't start the movie automatically after you clicked Play Disc, you can simply press PLAY button to start the movie.

You need to set PDVD12 to "Run full screen" as shown in my screen shot below----

(2012-04-05 05:07)bluray Wrote:  

(2012-04-05 03:59)thewhiteknight Wrote:  I've also noticed that when I try to watch a downloaded movie or tv show from XBMC it no longer plays in XBMC instead it opens PowerDVD12 and plays within that, YES, this does auto open/start within PowerDVD12, only problem is, I want to play the movies/tv shows I have on my hard drives through XBMC as it always has. Any solutions to this?

If that is the case, the playercorefactory codes should be a lot shorter. You can delete all the .bat files, and all you need are the simple playercorefactory codes below-

<playercorefactory>
</player>
<player name="Universal_Player" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe</filename>
<args>"{E:}" /close</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>

</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<!-- Bluray Disc -->
<rule name="Blu-Ray" filename="E:\\.*" filetypes="bdmv" player="Disc_Player"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

If your BD-ROM is not E: drive you need to change it to the correct BD-ROM drive. If PDVD12 don't start the movie automatically after you clicked Play Disc, you can simply press PLAY button to start the movie.

You need to set PDVD12 to "Run full screen" as shown in my screen shot below----

Ok, I've copied your settings above and pasted them into my playercore, and now I can watch the shows on my hard drives in XBMC again, however XBMC now plays my bluray discs in XBMC to, which would be great except that I don't get dolby truhd or dts HD master audio in XBMC because I updated to Eden 11 final.

Why did the new playercore remove the ability for XBMC to open PowerDVD 12 when I play a bluray disc?

Sorry to be such a pain, I'm kind of a noob at all this and would really like to figure it out.

(2012-04-05 05:29)thewhiteknight Wrote:  Ok, I've copied your settings above and pasted them into my playercore, and now I can watch the shows on my hard drives in XBMC again, however XBMC now plays my bluray discs in XBMC to, which would be great except that I don't get dolby truhd or dts HD master audio in XBMC because I updated to Eden 11 final.

Why did the new playercore remove the ability for XBMC to open PowerDVD 12 when I play a bluray disc?

Sorry to be such a pain, I'm kind of a noob at all this and would really like to figure it out.

If you are using Windows 7 32-bit, you have to replace this line with the correct link on your HTPC- C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe

If your BD-ROM drive is not E: drive, you can replace these two line with the correct BD-ROM drive on your HTPC- <args>"{E:}" /close</args> and <rule name="Blu-Ray" filename="E:\\.*" filetypes="bdmv" player="Disc_Player"/>

(2012-04-05 05:48)bluray Wrote:  

(2012-04-05 05:29)thewhiteknight Wrote:  Ok, I've copied your settings above and pasted them into my playercore, and now I can watch the shows on my hard drives in XBMC again, however XBMC now plays my bluray discs in XBMC to, which would be great except that I don't get dolby truhd or dts HD master audio in XBMC because I updated to Eden 11 final.

Why did the new playercore remove the ability for XBMC to open PowerDVD 12 when I play a bluray disc?

Sorry to be such a pain, I'm kind of a noob at all this and would really like to figure it out.

If you are using Windows 7 32-bit, you have to replace this line with the correct link on your HTPC- C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD12\PDVDLaunchPolicy.exe

If your BD-ROM drive is not E: drive, you can replace these two line with the correct BD-ROM drive on your HTPC- <args>"{E:}" /close</args> and <rule name="Blu-Ray" filename="E:\\.*" filetypes="bdmv" player="Disc_Player"/>

Yes, I am using Windows 7 32-bit, and that line is the same link on my system. Also, my Blu-ray drive is E:, so neither of those lines need any changes.