[rbmcgee]

Hi all, I've been searching and reading and have managed to get XBMC set up perfecty. I use MPC-HC to play all the videos. I created the following "playercorefactory.xml" and placed it into C:\Users\bob\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata folder:

<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="MPC-HC" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>c:\Program Files\MPC-HC\mpc-hc.exe</filename>
<args>"{1}" /fullscreen /close</args>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule video="true" player="MPC-HC"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

It is my understanding that neither MPC-HC nor XBMC can correctly play back a Blu-ray 3D movie. As a result, I will be buying stereoscopic player so that I can watch the 3D rips. All video is located on my server in one of the following folders:

S:\DVDs
S:\Saved Videos
S:\Blu-rays
S:\3D

As you can see, all the Blu-ray 3D rips will be placed in its unique folder.
My intent is to continue to use MPC-HC for all videos except 3D and use stereoscopic player for those and only for those.

My research seems to indicate I can call stereoscopic player based on the file extension of the rip but some people seem to be having trouble with that and I'm a bit confused as to those directions. I can also call stereoscopic player based on specifying the folder (S:\3D). That route seems more foolproof.

Would someone be so kind as to recommend what my new playercoreplayer.xml should look like?

Thanks
Bob

[rbmcgee]

How about if I just asked for an example of a playercodefactory file where a specific external player (any player) is specified against a specific folder.

Also, do I have to make any changes to the MPC-HC part of the file (to my knowledge all files, all folders) so that the above argument (specific player, specific folder) works?

[rbmcgee]

Am I asking a stupid question?
Am I asking it in the wrong forum?

I've been trying and I can't get this to work.

[Ned Scott]

It looks like it should work, but I've never used external players on Windows. Can you get us a debug log (wiki) of when you try to playback a movie while using that playercorefactory.xml file?

[rbmcgee]

Hi Ned,

Yes, the playercorefactory file I posted above does work. It plays all video in MPC-HC just like it's supposed to do. Here's the problem, I now have to incorporate stereoscopic player into this playercorefactory file and then tell xbmc to use stereoscopic player when playing 3D videos (MPC-HC will contnue to play all other videos).

Most of the threads involve specifying a "file type" that would call a different player. What I would like to do is specify a location (S:\3D) rather than a file extension to specify stereoscopic player. In one thread I read, someone said this is possible but did not provide an example.

In my tests, either MPC-HC plays everything or XBMC plays everything (I assume this is because the playercorefactory file is broken and therefore the playercorefactory file is ignored entirely).

Here is one of my attempts

<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="MPC-HC" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>c:\Program Files\MPC-HC\mpc-hc.exe</filename>
<args>"{1}" /fullscreen /close</args>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule video="true" player="MPC-HC"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="WMP" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>c:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe</filename>
<args>"{1}" /fullscreen /close</args>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule filename="S:\3D\*.*" player="WMP"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

Please note, for my tests I'm trying to call Windows Media Player (rather than stereoscopic player) and I'm using a regular video inside the folder "3D" just to see if I understand how to use a folder to specify a specific player.

In this test, MPC-HC plays the file located in "3D" where I think WMP should be used.

It has occured to me that the part of the playercorefactory file for MPC-HC is telling it to play all videos with MCP-HC so it never sees the exception that's listed next.

[Xycl]

...
<rules action="prepend">
<rule video="true" player="MPC-HC"/>
</rules>
...
<rules action="prepend">
<rule filename="S:\3D\*.*" player="WMP"/>
</rules>
...

I guess.
The first rule for MPC-HC is true for all videos. Therefore it's used for 3D movies, too.

[pagali]

rbmcgee: I'm just guessing based on my own struggles to have dvdplayer play everything except 3D MKV files, but...

Go to the wiki, here: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=External_players

About halfway down, read the section on 'nesting' rules.

Other things to check: In your example, I think you should have only one PlayerCoreFactory section, which contains two Player sections and one Rules section. Yours seem to be conradicting each other.