[PATCH] LaunchPlayer - External Video Player Launcher (to launch third-party players)

in for compiled build.

Compiled build available (see first post).

After reading all the whining/bitching on the windows forum for external player support (and actually wanting to use an external player myself (bluray content from HD, etc.)), I stepped up and created a stub player that launches external video players - http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=40136. I've included all the patches and source files in an archive.

So, how can I get this into SVN? Perhaps I can expand it to support OSX and Linux unless someone objects. I'd be happy to help out with some other dev work as well.

The best bet is to post a ticket on trac with all the stuff required - this makes it easy to track and comment etc. We can review from there and come to a decision as to whether or not we want it included. You are welcome to expand it to the *nix platforms as required.

As for other dev work, feel free to jump in and start cracking on whatever takes your fancy. Pop along to #xbmc and get in touch with a dev if you'd like to discuss anything prior to taking something on, or are looking for ideas etc.

Cheers,
Jonathan

Thanks - http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/5300

Well, it works as advertised. Using it with Media Player Classic.

I might have to play around with some (MPC?) settings, but MPC doesn't always "take over" the screen and when it does, it's not in fullscreen -- just maximized. I made sure to put the /fullscreen in the args.

Also, I haven't noticed it before trying this out (never had any reason to), but XBMC running in the background is actually slowing down MPC playback. It's not directly related to LaunchPlayer because if I start a video outside of XBMC, the same thing happens.

Anyone have a reason as to why this might happen?

room312 Wrote:Well, it works as advertised. Using it with Media Player Classic.

I might have to play around with some (MPC?) settings, but MPC doesn't always "take over" the screen and when it does, it's not in fullscreen -- just maximized. I made sure to put the /fullscreen in the args.

Also, I haven't noticed it before trying this out (never had any reason to), but XBMC running in the background is actually slowing down MPC playback. It's not directly related to LaunchPlayer because if I start a video outside of XBMC, the same thing happens.

Anyone have a reason as to why this might happen?

Same for me, Works as advertised however for some reason MPC wont launch in Fullscreen mode, The other command line switches (/play /close) seem to work. Something weird there...

Slow MPC playback is probably because of the way XBMC renders/Uses CPU. There is an option in MPC to use higher cpu priority, try that

Has anybody got this working with Windows Media Player? It worked with MPC but with WMP it just launches WMP as though I launched it with no arguments (the file doesn't open/play). I tried launching it manually from the command line with a file as an argument and it worked (WMP played it immediately), so I'm not sure what's different when launching it from this. Here's the relevant log section:

kizza42 Wrote:Same for me, Works as advertised however for some reason MPC wont launch in Fullscreen mode, The other command line switches (/play /close) seem to work. Something weird there...

Slow MPC playback is probably because of the way XBMC renders/Uses CPU. There is an option in MPC to use higher cpu priority, try that

Freeing up as much RAM as I could, etc., I got better results. Running XBMC on Low and MPC on AboveNormal to RealTime, I get 99% flawless playback. I didn't know XBMC could do this when just sitting idle. FWIW, I'm running a stock E4500 with 2GB RAM (dual channel).

Still not sure what's going on with fullscreen though, but that's a minor issue.

room312 Wrote:I didn't know XBMC could do this when just sitting idle.

And it shouldn't do that since once minimized XBMC stops rendering (can be tested with task manager open)