Blu-Ray / HD-DVD Player with PowerDVD (a working solution) (8 Viewers)

[damaster]

Hi,

first of all: Thanks for the nice tool!

I would like to map HD images via myMovies (like regular DVDs) and directly switch/activate the HD Player Button. The Image-mapping was easy to solve, but I still have to go manualy to home Menu and select the Button.

I'm looking for a solution to map the plugin to a Button to map it on my Remote (imon).

I thought of the shortcutter plugin, but don't realy know how to configure it.

Does the Button have a Skin-ID?

Or is there any other solution?

I managed to add a button to my Basic Home screen in the Aeon skin for this plugin. See my post here: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/aeon-274/aeon-menu-generator-41980/index17.html#post302660

 

[damaster]

Guys,

I noticed that on my system, when PowerDVD loads, the mouse stays center and never goes away.I dont know if anyone else got this problem, but it annoyed me. I wrote a simple c# app to get rid of the mouse. It's so simple infact, here is the source:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing;

namespace Hide_Mouse
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position 
                = new System.Drawing.Point(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height);
        }
    }
}

I've also attached a rared up exe of the app. All you need to do is set it to run at logon

This works on XP but crashes in Vista.

 

[nondrun]

hi!

is anybody using the plugin with xface skin? i

ve tried to make .png files for the buttons etc although with unsatisfying results so far...

nondrun

 

[kszabo]

hi!

is anybody using the plugin with xface skin? i
nondrun

Yes, me. I will post the result if I am at home. It´s pretty nice I guess. PDVD7 skin included with it.

Edit: uploaded. Put the pngs into the xface skin folder, put pdvd7 skin into program files/cyberlink/pdpd7/skin folder

Will it only hide the mouse pointer inside media portal, media player classic and powerdvd8 or all over the system?? I need the mouse pointer when I use the computer for regular stuff, work with windows, download stuff etc. But Ill try it, thanks!

this app puts the mouse arrow in the right upper corner after few seconds of inactivity. It becomes invisible this way, but it is there whenever you need it. The mouse arrow is not blended out orinvisible or something like that. It is active all the time (in MP, Windows, PDVD etc.)

 

[nondrun]

 

[Netzdiver]

hy nondrun,

second possibility is to impliment the HD-Starter in your BasicHome. For that you have to go to your config -> Plugin -> HD Starter, and find our the Plugin ID The Number in Pluginconfig). Now go to your Skinfolder (xface) an edit the BasicHome.xml (first backup the Original).

There you jump to Line 2575 (Video Submenu 2) it´s the middle submenu under my Video in Basic Home (my trailer i thing - i have no MP jet to test)

In Line 2586 you find <lable>5900</lable>. Change 5900 to BluRay (or waht you want to read, wenn you want to start powerDVD)
in 2587 is <hyperlink>5900</hyperlink>. In that row you change 5900 to the PluginID you find out in your Config.

Save BasicHome.xml --> start MP - HF -

in the case you want to remove the entry Musikvideo take the rows 2613 (lable) and 2614 (hyperlink) from Video submenu 3

I hope that helps you a little!!

by Diver

 

[Der_Bub]

Hi damaster, hi nondrun,

thanks for the hints!

Actualy I'm installing a new Satellite system and fighting with the system... it's quiete unstable at the moment, so I think I have to do a complete reinstall.

After this I will try your solutions and give a feedback!

I use the Indigo skin, but hopefully the diffrences in this case aren't so much.

 

[Judaz]

For those of us who still need support for both Blu-ray and HD-DVD, Corel WinDVD now seems to be a better choice for playback software than PowerDVD 8, since it is not hackable anymore. I'm also experiencing some issues with ArcSoft solution that are not present in WinDVD. Is it possible to make the HD Starter work with WinDVD also?

- Judaz

 

[musa]

My money is with Arcsoft's TotalMedia Theater for Bluray and HD-DVD playback. No problems for me but there have been some complaints with other users.

You can edit the HD Starter with the autohotkey program and recompile it to suit whatever program you're using. Then it's a matter of editing the HD starter plugin properties in MP config.

Eh, try looking through the earlier posts in this thread, I can't remember exactly but there were a few posts with instructions on how to recompile the HD starter.exe.

 

[revs]

Just like to say thanks again for the plugin. I've actually had to modify it so it just quits mediaportal instead of minimizing, and then relaunches it when exiting PDVD. I found otherwise I ran into issues - and id rather wait 10 seconds for MP to load than have any issues.