Author Topic: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread (Read 94592 times)

plapoy · « **Reply #240 on:** Apr 13, 2012 at 09:21 PM »

Quote from: tein on Mar 16, 2012 at 01:18 PM

Sir are you using HDMI to decode both audio/video from your vidcard?

Yes sir.. by the way.. i found a workaround on this by reinstalling the xbmc and updating the video card (ATI Radeon 5xxxx). It works flawlessly.

coolswitch · « **Reply #241 on:** Apr 15, 2012 at 08:03 PM »

exactly 4 months and 3 days... eto itinagal ng CDRking remote ko hehehe... napabayaan kasi

haaay gonna buy me another one... pero Im thinkin' of just getting the mini KB w/ touchpad

coolswitch · « **Reply #242 on:** Apr 16, 2012 at 04:41 PM »

Downloaded and Installed XBMC 11, but now I'm getting a assertion error... tried uninstall/reisntall, same thing.

Trying to DL XBMC 10 and see if it would make any difference

plapoy · « **Reply #243 on:** Apr 17, 2012 at 07:16 AM »

Quote from: coolswitch on Apr 16, 2012 at 04:41 PM

Downloaded and Installed XBMC 11, but now I'm getting a assertion error... tried uninstall/reisntall, same thing.

Trying to DL XBMC 10 and see if it would make any difference

sir try to search sa youtube.. meron sila site para sa installer.. can't remember san ko na dl yung xbmc ko..

mm2002 · « **Reply #244 on:** May 02, 2012 at 02:43 PM »

Running XMBC ubuntu so far so good no more errors like in win7, like the visual c++ errors, boot diretso na sa xmbc try Thanks Stac for the big help,

lncc63 · « **Reply #245 on:** May 11, 2012 at 04:45 AM »

Will try XMBCubuntu on a 16Gb flash drive and/or maybe a 60Gb SDD running on an AMD E350. Has anyone tried this?

I read that XMBC Ubuntu will operate standalone. Does this mean it cannot connect to a network?

nerveblocker · « **Reply #246 on:** May 14, 2012 at 05:00 AM »

Quote from: mm2002 on May 02, 2012 at 02:43 PM

Running XMBC ubuntu so far so good no more errors like in win7, like the visual c++ errors, boot diretso na sa xmbc try Thanks Stac for the big help,

Are you using ATI or NVIDIA?

nerveblocker · « **Reply #247 on:** Jul 26, 2012 at 05:55 AM »

Anybody tried Splash Pro as external player for XBMC? I tried using it by editing the playercorefactory.xml and when I click a movie file in XBMC, the screen of Splash PRO opens but doesn't autoplay the movie. I was using PowerDVD as external player before without any problems.

Without XBMC, the files play right away in Splash PRO when I click on the movie file.

wengkapre · « **Reply #248 on:** Jul 26, 2012 at 06:12 AM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Jul 26, 2012 at 05:55 AM

Anybody tried Splash Pro as external player for XBMC? I tried using it by editing the playercorefactory.xml and when I click a movie file in XBMC, the screen of Splash PRO opens but doesn't autoplay the movie. I was using PowerDVD as external player before without any problems.

Without XBMC, the files play right away in Splash PRO when I click on the movie file.

hi Doc, papost nga po ng script ng playercorefactory.xml mo?

nerveblocker · « **Reply #249 on:** Jul 26, 2012 at 08:23 AM »

Quote from: wengkapre on Jul 26, 2012 at 06:12 AM

hi Doc, papost nga po ng script ng playercorefactory.xml mo?

Quote

<playercorefactory>
<players>
   <player name="SplashPROEx" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
   <filename>C:\Program Files\Mirillis\Splash Pro Ex\SplashProEx.exe</filename>
   <args>"{1}" /fullscreen /close</args>
   <hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
   <hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
   <warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
   </player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
   <rule filetypes="mkv" player="SplashPROEx"/>
   <rule filetypes="avi" player="SplashPROEx"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

Saved this playercorefactory.xml in both System and UserData. BTW, I am still using XBMC Dharma.

wengkapre · « **Reply #250 on:** Jul 26, 2012 at 12:09 PM »

<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="SplashPROEx" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\Program Files\Mirillis\Splash Pro Ex\SplashProEx.exe</filename>
<args>"{1}" /fullscreen /close</args>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule filetypes="mkv" player="SplashPROEx"/>
<rule filetypes="avi" player="SplashPROEx"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

try mo nga doc irename to > SplashProEx or Splash Pro Ex

nerveblocker · « **Reply #251 on:** Jul 26, 2012 at 06:52 PM »

I finally found the culprit:

<playercorefactory>
<players>
   <player name="SplashPROEx" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
   <filename>C:\Program Files\Mirillis\Splash Pro Ex\SplashProEx.exe</filename>
   <args>/fullscreen /close</args>
   <hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
   <hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
   <warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
   </player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
   <rule filetypes="mkv" player="SplashPROEx"/>
   <rule filetypes="avi" player="SplashPROEx"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

...this is the corrected script......(sorry I copied a previous script for PowerDVD, my bad!!!)

<playercorefactory>
<players>
   <player name="SplashPROEx" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
   <filename>C:\Program Files\Mirillis\Splash Pro Ex\SplashProEx.exe</filename>
   <args>"{1}" /fullscreen /close</args>
   <hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
   <hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
   <warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
   </player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
   <rule filetypes="mkv" player="SplashPROEx"/>
   <rule filetypes="avi" player="SplashPROEx"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

Now everything is running as expected. SplashProEx autoplaying after clicking the movie file in XBMC.

Thanks bro Weng for the help!

karloff · « **Reply #252 on:** Aug 03, 2012 at 05:01 PM »

sino po naka pag try ng gumamit ng android remote apps para sa xbmc

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.xbmc.android.remote&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwib3JnLnhibWMuYW5kcm9pZC5yZW1vdGUiXQ..

dito po ang instruction ng pag config:
http://code.google.com/p/android-xbmcremote/wiki/Setup_Instructions_9_11_and_later

nerveblocker · « **Reply #253 on:** Aug 06, 2012 at 09:32 AM »

Quote from: karloff on Aug 03, 2012 at 05:01 PM

sino po naka pag try ng gumamit ng android remote apps para sa xbmc

I have been using that before kaso lakas din magdrain ng batt ng phone ko coz it uses wifi.

I just bought this instead...

karloff · « **Reply #254 on:** Aug 06, 2012 at 10:03 AM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Aug 06, 2012 at 09:32 AM

I have been using that before kaso lakas din magdrain ng batt ng phone ko coz it uses wifi.

I just bought this instead...

magkano score mo dito sir? at saan nyo po binili.

nerveblocker · « **Reply #255 on:** Aug 06, 2012 at 06:02 PM »

Quote from: karloff on Aug 06, 2012 at 10:03 AM

magkano score mo dito sir? at saan nyo po binili.

P1500 Abacus Vmall. May isang version pa to. Yung parang Air mouse ng Logitech or parang wiimote na itapat mo lang sa screen yung remote tapos gagalaw na yung mouse pointer depende kung san mo ipoint sa screen. Same price din.

Wildfire™ · « **Reply #256 on:** Aug 06, 2012 at 07:31 PM »

Eto mukhang ok din kaya lang wala sa amazon

Motorola NYXboard Hybrid for XBMC

Review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNY-6InPFfA

rhodem24 · « **Reply #257 on:** Aug 31, 2012 at 02:21 PM »

Quote from: plapoy on Apr 13, 2012 at 09:21 PM

Yes sir.. by the way.. i found a workaround on this by reinstalling the xbmc and updating the video card (ATI Radeon 5xxxx). It works flawlessly.

Hello sir, did you use the laptop's HDMI (alone) and connected it into the receiver? No other connections needed to have BOTH HD Video and multi-channel audio running?

Thanks!

deo · « **Reply #258 on:** Sep 04, 2012 at 09:09 AM »

Mga sir, sorry di nako nakapag back read. Nag try ako mag play ng ISO file (bluray rip) - as in full bd rip 40GB+ in size. Nag play sya pero rekta sa movie like a regular mkv bdrip. My question is, may add ons ba or something na kailangan i configure para ma access ng XBMC ung dvd menus? TIA!

≧◉◡◉≦xrampage≧◉◡◉≦ · « **Reply #259 on:** Sep 04, 2012 at 09:18 AM »

Quote from: deo on Sep 04, 2012 at 09:09 AM

Mga sir, sorry di nako nakapag back read. Nag try ako mag play ng ISO file (bluray rip) - as in full bd rip 40GB+ in size. Nag play sya pero rekta sa movie like a regular mkv bdrip. My question is, may add ons ba or something na kailangan i configure para ma access ng XBMC ung dvd menus? TIA!

Meron yan brader you need to play the iso using powerdvd and imount sa virtual drive. Need mo isetup sa playfactory.

deo · « **Reply #260 on:** Sep 04, 2012 at 11:24 AM »

Quote from: xrampage on Sep 04, 2012 at 09:18 AM

Meron yan brader you need to play the iso using powerdvd and imount sa virtual drive. Need mo isetup sa playfactory.

Sa xbmc sir hindi pwde?

nerveblocker · « **Reply #261 on:** Sep 04, 2012 at 12:21 PM »

Quote from: deo on Sep 04, 2012 at 11:24 AM

Sa xbmc sir hindi pwde?

Reposting:

Quote

I was able to play BD ISOs in XBMC using PowerDVD10 as my external player. Here are the instructions if anybody is interested:

I try to give you a more detailled description of what you have to do, to play Blu-ray discs and iso-files using PowerDVD:

1. Create a new folder on drive C:, name it 'For_XBMC', DON'T use whitespaces, use underlines instead!
You should now have a folder 'C:\For_XBMC'.

2. Use Notepad or any other text editor to create a batch file, that will be used to play Blu-ray discs using Power DVD. It should only contain this single line:

"C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD10\PowerDVD10.exe" /fullscreen e:

If the drive letter of your Blu-ray disc drive is not 'E:' and/or PowerDVD was installed into another directory, change the line above accordingly. Be sure to enclose the path in double quotes. Save the file into the previously created folder, name it 'PlayBD.bat'.
You should now have a file 'C:\For_XBMC\PlayBD.bat'.

3. Insert a Blue-ray or DVD into your optical drive, wait a few moments, if PowerDVD starts via windows autoplay, quit PowerDVD. Now double click the previously created PlayBD.bat. PowerDVD should start now, playing the BD/DVD. If yes, proceed to the next step, otherwise double check the path and driveletter in 'PlayBD.bat'.

4. Check which drive letter is assigned to Virtual CloneDrive. (You can do this by double clicking an *.iso-file in the Windows-Explorer.)

5. Use Notepad or any other text editor to create another batch file, that will be used to play Blu-ray iso-files using Power DVD. It should contain these three lines:

"C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\vcdmount.exe" /d=0 %1
"C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD10\PowerDVD10.exe" /fullscreen f:
"C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\vcdmount.exe" /d=0 /u

If the drive letter of Virtual CloneDrive is not 'F:' and/or PowerDVD was installed into another directory, change line 2 accordingly. If VirtualCloneDrive was installed into another directory, change the pathes in lines 1 and 3 accordingly. Be sure to enclose all pathes in double quotes.
Save the file into the previously created folder, name it 'PlayBDiso.bat'.
You should now have two files: 'C:\For_XBMC\PlayBD.bat' and 'C:\For_XBMC\PlayBDiso.bat'.

6. For testing purposes, reopen PlayBDiso.bat and replace the %1 (at the end of the first line) with the path to one of your Blu-ray iso-files, e. g. "C:\Movies\The Lord Of The Ring.iso".
Now the first line of PlayBDiso.bat should look similiar to

"C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\vcdmount.exe" /d=0 "C:\Movies\The Lord Of The Ring.iso"

Leave lines 2 and 3 unchanged. Save the file into 'C:\For_XBMC\', name it 'Test.bat'. Double click 'Test.bat', the iso-file should now play in PowerDVD. If yes, congratulations, halfway there . If no, double check all pathes and the use of double quotes.

7. Use Notepad or any other text editor to create or modify the 'playercorefactory.xml' in the userdata directory.
IMPORTANT!!! DONT'T modify the 'playercorefactory.xml' in the XBMC program directory (e. g. 'C:\Program Files\XBMC\system\playercorefactory.xml')!!!
You MUST create/modify the 'playercorefactory.xml' in your userdata directory (running Windows 7, this is 'C:\Users\<YOUR_USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\use rdata'), with <YOUR_USERNAME> being your user name
It should contain these lines:

<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="PowerDVD (BD.iso)" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\For_XBMC\PlayBDiso.bat</filename>
<args>"{1}"</args>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
</player>
<player name="PowerDVD (BD)" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\For_XBMC\PlayBD.bat</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">

<rule name="Blu-Ray" protocols="bd" player="PowerDVD (BD)"/>
<rule filetypes="iso" filename=".*BD.*" player="PowerDVD (BD.iso)"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

Save it in the userdata directory (see above), name it 'playercorefactory.xml'.

8. For testing purposes, open 'playercorefactory.xml' with InternetExplorer. It should open in IE with syntax highlighting, without any error messages.

9. Rename your Blu-ray iso-files using the naming scheme <NAME_OF_THE_MOVIE>.BD.iso, e. g. 'The Lord Of The Ring.BD.iso'

10. Run XBMC, Blu-ray disc and iso-files should now automatically be played using PowerDVD. Additionally the 'pay with...' context menu should now contain the menu items 'PowerDVD (BD)' and 'PowerDVD (BD.iso)' which you can use to manually play an optical disc or iso-file using PowerDVD.

I hope this could help someone.

jaime4i · « **Reply #262 on:** Sep 04, 2012 at 12:35 PM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Jul 26, 2012 at 06:52 PM

I finally found the culprit:

<playercorefactory>
<players>
   <player name="SplashPROEx" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
   <filename>C:\Program Files\Mirillis\Splash Pro Ex\SplashProEx.exe</filename>
   <args>/fullscreen /close</args>
   <hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
   <hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
   <warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
   </player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
   <rule filetypes="mkv" player="SplashPROEx"/>
   <rule filetypes="avi" player="SplashPROEx"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

...this is the corrected script......(sorry I copied a previous script for PowerDVD, my bad!!!)

<playercorefactory>
<players>
   <player name="SplashPROEx" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
   <filename>C:\Program Files\Mirillis\Splash Pro Ex\SplashProEx.exe</filename>
   <args>"{1}" /fullscreen /close</args>
   <hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
   <hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
   <warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
   </player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
   <rule filetypes="mkv" player="SplashPROEx"/>
   <rule filetypes="avi" player="SplashPROEx"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

Now everything is running as expected. SplashProEx autoplaying after clicking the movie file in XBMC. Thanks bro Weng for the help!