MP and ITUNES at the same time?

ktjensen · 2007-01-23, 00:37

I am having a hard time understanding the discussions about using ITUNES under MP. It looks like some are trying to develop a way to run ITUNES in the background, while running MP as the front end.

1) Is this development still happening? Why is this important, or why does this matter? You can convert any Apple DRM song, to a non DRM song in about five minutes.

2) I have an alternative front end for the ITUNES application already, but it is not an MP plug-in. Rather it is an alternative to ITUNES front end (ITUNES still runs in the background). It works great. So it can be done.

3) I have another application that will connect up my AIRTUNES remote connected stereo. So I can play any music or sound from MP via that connection.

Just trying to understand why ITUNES is wanted, when MP already does almost all of what ITUNES does.

dustymack · 2007-02-28, 23:35

As for me, I want to access ITunes videos from MediaPortal.

Roberdin · 2007-03-01, 00:34

I use iTunes to store and organise my music. If I play a song in MediaPortal, I want iTunes to know about it - so it can update information like Last Played and Play count appropriately. This affects some of my 'Auto-Playlists'.

coopers · 2007-03-01, 02:33

Roberdin, that would be a great feature.

Does it work?

samundsen · 2007-03-01, 02:47

I access iTunes videos from MediaPortal. I have associated MV4 files with the QuickTime player, then use a vbscript as my external player configured in MP, so that whenever I click on a MV4 file in MP, the QuickTime Player launches (QT Player can play DRM infected iTunes videos as long as the computer as been activated with iTunes). I download the iTunes videos on another computer, as my MP HTPC is a dedicated HTPC. MP accesses the videos from a file share.

samundsen · 2007-03-01, 02:49

Btw, what would be a GREAT feature enhancement for MP would be ability to configure a separate external video player for each video folder set up in MP.

dustymack · 2007-03-01, 19:33

Samundsen, does your script use the internal media player for other files and, if so, would you mind sharing the sweetness?

samundsen · 2007-03-03, 00:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by dustymack

Samundsen, does your script use the internal media player for other files and, if so, would you mind sharing the sweetness?

I use ZoomPlayer for everything else. The script is very simple, it simply launches the video file by itself, so that whatever player is associated to the file type in Windows is the application that launches.

Btw, I didn't write the original script myself, I found it online, I just adapted it for my use.

Here is the content of the script (I call it MoviePlayer.vbs, and I have configured MP to launch MoviePlayer.vbs as the external player.

Set oArgs = WScript.Arguments
sFilePath = oArgs(0)
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

iRC = oShell.Run("""" & sFilePath & """")

Wscript.Quit iRC

dustymack · 2007-03-03, 00:47

Dang. I definitely want to stick with the internal player. Perhaps its time I finally contributed to this project and modified the ITunes plugin to use a QuickTime player for m4v files. I am a professional .NET developer.

Thank you for the help samundsen!

sxt173 · 2007-03-07, 23:06

I am happy there is some interest in iTunes compatability (seems our brothers over in Europe aren't as iTunes addicted as us..)

I have my m4v files linked to Quicktime. This works fine. My only gripe is that when clicking on a m4v file from within mediaportal, Quicktime will appear on top of MP, i.e. what we are missing is embedding of QT.

2007-01-23, 00:37	#1 (permalink)
ktjensen Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 78 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	MP and ITUNES at the same time? I am having a hard time understanding the discussions about using ITUNES under MP. It looks like some are trying to develop a way to run ITUNES in the background, while running MP as the front end. 1) Is this development still happening? Why is this important, or why does this matter? You can convert any Apple DRM song, to a non DRM song in about five minutes. 2) I have an alternative front end for the ITUNES application already, but it is not an MP plug-in. Rather it is an alternative to ITUNES front end (ITUNES still runs in the background). It works great. So it can be done. 3) I have another application that will connect up my AIRTUNES remote connected stereo. So I can play any music or sound from MP via that connection. Just trying to understand why ITUNES is wanted, when MP already does almost all of what ITUNES does.

2007-03-01, 02:47	#5 (permalink)
samundsen Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 86 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country:	I access iTunes videos from MediaPortal. I have associated MV4 files with the QuickTime player, then use a vbscript as my external player configured in MP, so that whenever I click on a MV4 file in MP, the QuickTime Player launches (QT Player can play DRM infected iTunes videos as long as the computer as been activated with iTunes). I download the iTunes videos on another computer, as my MP HTPC is a dedicated HTPC. MP accesses the videos from a file share. __________________ Sverre

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samundsen Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 86 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country:	Btw, what would be a GREAT feature enhancement for MP would be ability to configure a separate external video player for each video folder set up in MP. __________________ Sverre

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dustymack Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 28 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	As for me, I want to access ITunes videos from MediaPortal.

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Roberdin Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: London, United Kingdom Posts: 102 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I use iTunes to store and organise my music. If I play a song in MediaPortal, I want iTunes to know about it - so it can update information like Last Played and Play count appropriately. This affects some of my 'Auto-Playlists'.

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coopers Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Adelaide Posts: 150 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country: My System	Roberdin, that would be a great feature. Does it work?

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dustymack Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 28 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Dang. I definitely want to stick with the internal player. Perhaps its time I finally contributed to this project and modified the ITunes plugin to use a QuickTime player for m4v files. I am a professional .NET developer. Thank you for the help samundsen!

2007-03-07, 23:06	#10 (permalink)
sxt173 Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I am happy there is some interest in iTunes compatability (seems our brothers over in Europe aren't as iTunes addicted as us..) I have my m4v files linked to Quicktime. This works fine. My only gripe is that when clicking on a m4v file from within mediaportal, Quicktime will appear on top of MP, i.e. what we are missing is embedding of QT.