Windows HOW-TO play Blu-ray Disc with External Player and auto adjust refresh rate

jonnyboom · 2010-01-06 14:14

thanks i will do later Big Grin

jonnyboom · 2010-01-07 00:51

here is my debug log Shocked

jonnyboom · 2010-01-08 15:57

Ok, what i have found is that xbmc sees D drive and lables the blu ray ie D (the dark knight) but when i click play nothing happens. click again it says something like cannot find file. however if i left click i can explore the disk to the stream folder right click and it gives me dvdplayer(default) and tmtmc. click the latter. and it plays with arcsoft.

seems that is the problem but where do i go from here Confused

thanks for your time

mindweaver · 2010-01-09 14:32

Here is the playercorefactory.xml for external player with PowerDVD 9

Code:

<playercorefactory>

  <players>

    <player name="PDVDCinemaPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">

      <filename>C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD9\PowerDVD Cinema\PowerDVDCinema.exe</filename>

      <hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>

      <hideconsole>true</hideconsole>

      <warpcursor>none</warpcursor>

    </player>

  </players>

  <rules action="prepend">

    <rule name="Blu-Ray" protocols="bd" player="PDVDCinemaPlayer"/>

  </rules>

</playercorefactory>

bollerfant · 2010-01-09 17:48

@mindweaver:
Hi,
when i pasted your Code into my playercorefactory.xml and now it lookes like that:

Code:

<playercorefactory>

  <players>

    <player name="PDVDCinemaPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">

      <filename>C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD9\PowerDVD Cinema\PowerDVDCinema.exe</filename>

      <hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>

      <hideconsole>true</hideconsole>

      <warpcursor>none</warpcursor>

    </player>

  </players>

  <rules action="prepend">

    <rule name="Blu-Ray" protocols="bd" player="PDVDCinemaPlayer"/>

    <rule filetypes="mkv|ts|mts|m2ts" player="DSPlayer"/>

  </rules>

</playercorefactory>

That part <rule filetypes="mkv|ts|mts|m2ts" player="DSPlayer"/> is working, but i cannot play a BD from inside my XBMC. I can open the BD and i can browse in the folders, but i cannot start it with PDVD. The path for the exe file is correct (i checked it with windows-run) and when i start is manually then the BD works fine.
Maybe the XML is wrong?

mindweaver · 2010-01-10 02:23

bollerfant Wrote:@mindweaver:
Hi,
when i pasted your Code into my playercorefactory.xml and now it lookes like that:

Code:

<playercorefactory> <players> <player name="PDVDCinemaPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true"> <filename>C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD9\PowerDVD Cinema\PowerDVDCinema.exe</filename> <hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc> <hideconsole>true</hideconsole> <warpcursor>none</warpcursor> </player> </players> <rules action="prepend"> <rule name="Blu-Ray" protocols="bd" player="PDVDCinemaPlayer"/> <rule filetypes="mkv|ts|mts|m2ts" player="DSPlayer"/> </rules> </playercorefactory>

That part <rule filetypes="mkv|ts|mts|m2ts" player="DSPlayer"/> is working, but i cannot play a BD from inside my XBMC. I can open the BD and i can browse in the folders, but i cannot start it with PDVD. The path for the exe file is correct (i checked it with windows-run) and when i start is manually then the BD works fine.
Maybe the XML is wrong?

How are you trying to access it? You shouldn't browse it. There are two ways to play it

1. in videos - file mode you press PLAY when you have highlighted/marked/standing on top of the blu-ray drive in the list.

2. in main menu if you are using Aeon (maybe available in other skins too) press on "PLAY DISC".

bollerfant · 2010-01-10 14:04

mindweaver Wrote:How are you trying to access it? You shouldn't browse it. There are two ways to play it

1. in videos - file mode you press PLAY when you have highlighted/marked/standing on top of the blu-ray drive in the list.

2. in main menu if you are using Aeon (maybe available in other skins too) press on "PLAY DISC".

I tried both. Nothing happens when i press "PLAY".

jonnyboom · 2010-01-11 11:50

@BOLLERFANT

SAME WITH MINE Sad

ethanmcdonald · 2010-01-12 15:34

I noticed there is a "protocals" attibute in the RULE tag.
How is this attibute determined?
Is there a list of all the protocals?
Can specifi your own?

Code:

<rules action="prepend">

    <rule name="Blu-Ray" protocols="bd" player="PDVDCinemaPlayer"/>

  </rules>

**spiff** · 2010-01-12 15:38

what's a protocal? Wink

no you cannot. that is determined by the code and is the means by which the bd's are identified.

jonnyboom Junior Member Posts: 14 Joined: Sep 2009 Reputation: 0	2010-01-06 14:14 Post: #31 thanks i will do later
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jonnyboom Junior Member Posts: 14 Joined: Sep 2009 Reputation: 0	2010-01-07 00:51 Post: #32 here is my debug log http://pastebin.ca/1740769
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jonnyboom Junior Member Posts: 14 Joined: Sep 2009 Reputation: 0	2010-01-11 11:50 Post: #38 @BOLLERFANT SAME WITH MINE
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spiff Grumpy Bastard Developer Posts: 12,233 Joined: Nov 2003 Reputation: 82	2010-01-12 15:38 Post: #40 what's a protocal? no you cannot. that is determined by the code and is the means by which the bd's are identified. Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.
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