In your userdata folder create the file advancedsettings.xml with contents:
Code:
<advancedsettings>
<videoextensions>
<add>.cbr</add>
</videoextensions>
</advancedsettings>
Now create the file playercorefactory.xml with contents:
Code:
<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="Comical" type="ExternalPlayer">
<filename>C:\Program Files\Comical\Comical.exe</filename>
<args>"{1}"</args>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule name="cbr" filetypes="cbr" player="Comical" />
</rules>
</playercorefactory>
Now just start XBMC, go into Videos and add a source pointing to the directory where your CBR files are. The above example uses the
Comical player, but you can just change the <filename> tag to use whatever player you want.
I've set this up as a video type because this seemd more appropriate that making it a music type. You can't configure an external player for the Pictures section.
JR
PS I have both CBR and PDF types set up because some of my
comics are in pdf format. If you're interested in doing this here's a copy and paste of my config files.
advancedsettings.xml:
Code:
<advancedsettings>
<videoextensions>
<add>.pdf|.cbr</add>
</videoextensions>
</advancedsettings>
playercorefactory.xml:
Code:
<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="Acrobat" type="ExternalPlayer">
<filename>C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe</filename>
<args>"{1}"</args>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
</player>
<player name="Comical" type="ExternalPlayer">
<filename>C:\Program Files\Comical\Comical.exe</filename>
<args>"{1}"</args>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule name="pdf" filetypes="pdf" player="Acrobat" />
<rule name="cbr" filetypes="cbr" player="Comical" />
</rules>
</playercorefactory>