Automatically start MP fullscreen on secondary display

[dhannema]

Originally Posted by bored

just one question, would mediaportal start automatically if the path in mp_start.exe would be correct?

Yes, mp_start will automatically start mediaportal if the specified path is correct. This is essential. Starting mediaportal yourself does not work.

In your case you would like to start mp_start with the following command:

mp_start "C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe"

[dhannema]

Originally Posted by Spyder

i have a radeon X850XT AGP
when i start MP_START it starts mp but on my primary screen + mp seems to use a lot of resources and just starts on my primary screen

can some1 tell me what's wrong ?

Plz try http://www.geocities.com/don_hannema/mp_start_debug.zip and post the results...

[bored]

Originally Posted by dhannema

In your case you would like to start mp_start with the following command:

mp_start "C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe"

thats it, but how to change that command?

[jawbroken]

It is a command line argument. You can create a shortcut to mp_start and add the path on the shortcut list, or create a .bat file that runs it with the path, etc. There are many ways to get it working.

[bored]

ok, i see that this little problem can be easily solved... in fact i just didnt really understand how, maybe you could describe that shortcut-solution for a beginner like me... that would be a great help..

so:
a) i create a shortcut to mp_start
b) i add the path "C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe" to the shortcut list.. only problem: what shortcut list?

i guess the .bat-file solution might be far too difficult for me ;-)

hope you can help me
greetz bored

[dhannema]

Originally Posted by bored

ok, i see that this little problem can be easily solved... in fact i just didnt really understand how, maybe you could describe that shortcut-solution for a beginner like me... that would be a great help..

It's very easy, follow these steps:
1. rightclick on your desktop
2. select New -> Shortcut
3. copy-pase this location:

c:\mp_start.exe "C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe"

This assumes that you have mp_start.exe located in your c:\ folder; if you have it on your desktop, use something like c:\documents and settings\bored\desktop\mp_start.exe
4. click next
5. click finish

Now you can start mp_start using the icon on your desktop.

[bored]

Originally Posted by dhannema

Now you can start mp_start using the icon on your desktop.

thx for that detailed description, now it works perfectly ;-)

other question, maybe you can help me:
is it possible to start MP with my remote using that shortcut ?
i use PCTV remote and changed the profiles.ini from

; start MediaPortal with Remote
key1006=EXEC C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe| -10ft -full

to the shortcut (not desktop but the mediaportal-folder):

; start MediaPortal with Remote
key1006=EXEC C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Verknüpfung mit MediaPortal.exe.lnk| -10ft -full

("Verknüpfung mit Mediaportal.exe.lnk" is the name of the shortcut i created)
but nothing happens... :-(

[dhannema]

[quote="bored"]

Originally Posted by dhannema

start MediaPortal with Remote
key1006=EXEC C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Verknüpfung mit MediaPortal.exe.lnk| -10ft -full

("Verknüpfung mit Mediaportal.exe.lnk" is the name of the shortcut i created)
but nothing happens... :-(

Probably pctv doesn't know how to start .lnk files. As I'm not sure if the ini file can handle something like this:

; start MediaPortal with Remote
key1006=EXEC c:\mp_start.exe "C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe" | -10ft -full

You probably would want to create a batch file with the start command and use the following section in the ini file:

; start MediaPortal with Remote
key1006=EXEC C:\documents and settings\bored\desktop\mpstart.bat | -10ft -full

For this to work you can create the batch file like this:
1. Right click on the desktop and select New -> Text Document
2. enter the filename mpstart.bat (and select Yes to the warning)
3. now right click the new icon and select Edit
4. type in the following:
c:\mp_start.exe "C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe"

(assuming you have mp_start in your c:\ folder)
5. Save and close

[bored]

Originally Posted by dhannema

Probably pctv doesn't know how to start .lnk files. As I'm not sure if the ini file can handle something like this:

; start MediaPortal with Remote
key1006=EXEC c:\mp_start.exe "C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe" | -10ft -full

ja, as you feared, the ini file cant handle such a command but i tried to create the bat-file and it partly worked...

what i did:
1) mp_start.exe is placed in mediaportal-folder C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\mp_start.exe

2) mpstart.bat is placed in the same folder with the command:
mp_start.exe "C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe"

3) i changed the exec-command in the ini-file to:
; start MediaPortal with Remote
key1006=EXEC C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\mpstart.bat| -10ft -full

so when i open mpstart.bat directly it works perfectly, but when using my remote only for less than a second i can see a small window opening and closing... thats it...

kind of weird, cause the bat-file seems to work when opening it directly but not when using the same file with my remote, although something opens...

maybe you know whtas wrong, or maybe i wanna have to give up.. anyway great thanks for your help til now ;-)

[dhannema]

Originally Posted by bored

so when i open mpstart.bat directly it works perfectly, but when using my remote only for less than a second i can see a small window opening and closing... thats it...

I see what's happening.
Change the content of the batch file to include the full path names:

"C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\mp_start.exe" "C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe"