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- Angelscry - 2011-02-19

KiSUAN Wrote:Spanish Translation Update r382 srtings.xml
Thank you for the translation. It will be added on next version. Cool

Version 1.2.4 - Angelscry - 2011-02-19

I was finally able to found a way to cleanly close XBMC process from external scripts or application under Windows systems by slightly modifying the subprocess python library. The only small problem actually is when you want to restart XBMC it does it minimized. So you will have to slightly modify your scripts to force it to restart maximized like this using the start command line :
Code:
[b]pskill -t XBMC.exe[/b]
cd "C:\Windows\ehome"
ehshell.exe
cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC\"
[b]start /max XBMC.exe[/b]
We finally have now a full functionnal command line support for windows systems.
Windows users feedbacks on this new version are welcome. Wink
Changelog
  • Allows XBMC closing from external started applications (Windows).
  • Update polish translation (thanks to Robert de Clair).
  • Update spanish translation (thanks to KiSUAN).
  • Update french translation.


- john.doe - 2011-02-20

Hello Angelscry, thank you added a second latency between the break
and the resumption of a media, this helped me understand why the Pause/Resume does not work for me.

I had not grasped the importance of adding the commands "pssuspend XBMC.exe" and "pssuspend -r XBMC.exe".Rolleyes
After this addition the Pause / Resume work perfectly.

If you do not mind, could you for a future version of Advanced Launcher remove 1 sec of temporisation when pause/resume playing Media.Huh

I love this program !

- gszx1337 - 2011-02-20

fr500 Wrote:You need to highlight your emulator, press C and select add roms

Thank you. I'm a bit embarrassed that the solution was that simple. Blush

- barbapappa_86 - 2011-02-20

How do i select a launcher if i use a mac. It seems to treat .app like a folder.

- Angelscry - 2011-02-20

barbapappa_86 Wrote:How do i select a launcher if i use a mac. It seems to treat .app like a folder.
Ok... first I do not have mac, but this is what I have found using Google search:

.APP files ARE NOT real exectuable files, but kind of GUI applications packages. So that's why when you select it under XBMC it open the .APP package file and show it as a directory. Also there is no way to directly start .APP files using command line. So you will be not able to directly start an .APP file by selecting it using Advanced Launcher.

But the thing you have to do is to select, using XBMC, the binary file inside the .APP package file which start your application. And normally it will works.

- barbapappa_86 - 2011-02-20

Angelscry Wrote:Ok... first I do not have mac, but this is what I have found using Google search:

.APP files ARE NOT real exectuable files, but kind of GUI applications packages. So that's why when you select it under XBMC it open the .APP package file and show it as a directory. Also there is no way to directly start .APP files using command line. So you will be not able to directly start an .APP file by selecting it using Advanced Launcher.

But the thing you have to do is to select, using XBMC, the binary file inside the .APP package file which start your application. And normally it will works.

Thanks fot the reply. Then i'll just need to know what binary file to choose Rolleyes

- butchabay - 2011-02-21

@Angelscry
Yo mate, i've updated to the latest version, but i still have the old fanart image, is it cached somewhere ? If i go to the plugin folder itself, there is the new one, but for some reasons it shows always the older one ...

Addon Info in cirrus extended is already done ... so ready for next update! Smile

- Angelscry - 2011-02-21

butchabay Wrote:@Angelscry
Yo mate, i've updated to the latest version, but i still have the old fanart image, is it cached somewhere ? If i go to the plugin folder itself, there is the new one, but for some reasons it shows always the older one ...
Image caching is managed by XBMC... and I do not know clearly how it works outside add-ons (frequency of cache update). You just have to wait 1 day, and the fanart image will be updated.

butchabay Wrote:Addon Info in cirrus extended is already done ... so ready for next update! Smile
Thank you very much. I have recently switch from Alaska.Revisited to Cirrus Extended. So you will receive some feedback from me. Thank you for your great skin... Cool

- mbbransc - 2011-02-22

john.doe Wrote:Hello Mbbransc have you tried this:

Create shortcuts to your web page and put them in a single folder.

Create a new launcher
Choose File launcher (e.g. game emulator)
Select the application ..... C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Argument = "%rom%"
Select the directory where the shortcuts are.
Extensions= url
Choose the name of thy pitcher
Select the system platform, choose any system.
Select your Thumbnails folder.
Select your directory Fanart.
then run the scan Add Items.


I tried this without success. My ESPN3 Launcher opens an empty folder; it doesn't see the ESPN3 shortcut I created.

- Angelscry - 2011-02-22

mbbransc Wrote:I tried this without success. My ESPN3 Launcher opens an empty folder; it doesn't see the ESPN3 shortcut I created.
Instead of using url files you can also create your proper html files like this :
Code:
<html><head>
<meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0;url=http://espn.go.com/espn3/">
</head></html>
and use these html files instead of url files. If you still have problems, post you launchers.xml file here.

- mbbransc - 2011-02-22

I'm sure I should know, and I'm certain it's covered somewhere, but what is the default location of that .xml file? I can't seem to locate it in my XBMC program folder.

- Angelscry - 2011-02-22

mbbransc Wrote:I'm sure I should know, and I'm certain it's covered somewhere, but what is the default location of that .xml file? I can't seem to locate it in my XBMC program folder.
It depend of your system. For Windows 7 the launchers.xml file is located here : \windows\Users\your_username\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\addon_data\plugin.program.advanced.launcher

- fr500 - 2011-02-22

I use epsxe for my Playstation games, I use epsxecutor to handle custom configs per game. Then I create a desktop shortcut (lnk) for each game

So I created a batch file to open this lnk file, So i need to disable internal lnk support.

The launchers work fine but the scraped images are saved as image.lnk instead of image.jpg or image.png and ALA is not showing them.

- Angelscry - 2011-02-22

fr500 Wrote:I use epsxe for my Playstation games, I use epsxecutor to handle custom configs per game. Then I create a desktop shortcut (lnk) for each game

So I created a batch file to open this lnk file, So i need to disable internal lnk support.

The launchers work fine but the scraped images are saved as image.lnk instead of image.jpg or image.png and ALA is not showing them.
Ho... strange... I will take a look at this... Confused Could you please post here your launchers.xml file I need to recreate the error, and so, need to same path and launcher configuration. Thank you...