2012-06-11, 11:40
Hi there, and thanks in advance to anyone able to answer this question!
Also, I have to say, as a person who just recently put together his first HTPC, XBMC is amazing! Thanks to all the devs who work on this project, it is truly a great piece of software.
And now onto my question . . .
Is there a way to have XBMC switch to a visualization when music is played to XBMC (used as a renderer) via a upnp controller?
I have XBMC installed on an HTPC, connected to a Panasonic plasma, via a Marantz receiver, in my studio apartment. I have my music, movies, and tv shows stored on a file server, and I spend a great deal of time on my desktop computer. In general, programs like foobar2000 or MediaMonkey provide the best library browsing and playlist queuing experience when seated at a desktop, but the sound system connected to the XBMC HTPC is vastly superior to the PC speakers at my desk.
When using a UPnP controller (foobar2000) to play music (stored on my server) from my desktop computer to XBMC (in order to output that through my A/V receiver and speakers), XBMC seems to change its display to the last menu screen browsed, rather than a visualization (milkdrop). This happens when music is initially played to XBMC, but even if the visualization is then manually brought full-screen, the display reverts as soon as a track is changed via the upnp controller. Since I have a plasma tv, I worry about burn-in with any static images, so I either need to manually switch XBMC to a visualization, or turn my tv off when playing music via the upnp controller.
Preferably, I would not have to turn the tv off, or manually switch back to the visualization each time a track is skipped or new music is played.
Is there an easy solution that I am missing?
Also, I have to say, as a person who just recently put together his first HTPC, XBMC is amazing! Thanks to all the devs who work on this project, it is truly a great piece of software.
And now onto my question . . .
Is there a way to have XBMC switch to a visualization when music is played to XBMC (used as a renderer) via a upnp controller?
I have XBMC installed on an HTPC, connected to a Panasonic plasma, via a Marantz receiver, in my studio apartment. I have my music, movies, and tv shows stored on a file server, and I spend a great deal of time on my desktop computer. In general, programs like foobar2000 or MediaMonkey provide the best library browsing and playlist queuing experience when seated at a desktop, but the sound system connected to the XBMC HTPC is vastly superior to the PC speakers at my desk.
When using a UPnP controller (foobar2000) to play music (stored on my server) from my desktop computer to XBMC (in order to output that through my A/V receiver and speakers), XBMC seems to change its display to the last menu screen browsed, rather than a visualization (milkdrop). This happens when music is initially played to XBMC, but even if the visualization is then manually brought full-screen, the display reverts as soon as a track is changed via the upnp controller. Since I have a plasma tv, I worry about burn-in with any static images, so I either need to manually switch XBMC to a visualization, or turn my tv off when playing music via the upnp controller.
Preferably, I would not have to turn the tv off, or manually switch back to the visualization each time a track is skipped or new music is played.
Is there an easy solution that I am missing?
