ArcSoft has pretty good HD DVD & Blu-Ray playback application http://www.arcsoft.com/public/software_title.asp?ProductID=362 TotalMedia Theatre
Their player comes with a MCE plugin that has nice 10 foot GUI and support for MCE remote. Using their player will give almost as good user experience as fully integrated, native Mediaportal Blu-Ray / HD DVD playback.
Currently this plugin is beta, so use with a care
Current features
- Play HD DVD / Blu-Ray disk from the MediaPortal main menu
- Automatic FPS detection and refresh rate change (possible with MP >1.0.1)
- Auto play support (possible with MP >1.0.1)
- Localization
- Saving and restoring power scheme (Arcsoft's player can change this based on its own settings)
Upcoming features
- Allow custom icon to be used for the plugin
Installation
- Install the MPI file
- Use plugin settings to provide the path to the Arcsoft's MCE plugin
- You might need to change some Arcsoft's MCE plugin settings (for example make sure that drive letter is set up correctly)
Usage
- Insert HD DVD / Blu-Ray disk into drive
- Press "Play Bluray" in main menu (if no autoplay is configured)
- Use MCE remote to control playback
Version history
Beta 2
- Initial release (not available anymore as people seemed to download this instead of the beta 3 )
Beta 3
- Added option to minimize MediaPortal during playback
- Added option to suspend MediaPortal GUI engine rendering during playback
- Last version that supports MP 1.0
Beta 4
- Added autoplay support for HD DVD
- Added autoplay support for Blu-Ray
- Added refresh rate change (not tested well)
- Added localization support
Beta 5
- Fixed hard coded drive letter (caused playback to fail in most of the cases)
Beta 6
- Fixed enable/disable refresh rate setting not working
- Added French localization
Beta 7
- Added saving and restoring power scheme (Arcsoft's player can change this based on its own settings)
- Fixed some issues with drive letter handling
- Added drive letter selection for HD DVD / Blu-Ray drive
NOTE! requires latest SVN for MP itself (or 1.0.2).
Information
- Arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre - AVS Forum
- Missing Remote
Disabling animated intro
To start with a blank black screen rename \Program Files\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Extreme\Digital Theatre\PlayDVDSplash_noSRS.log to something else
Downloads
Source codes: https://mp-plugins.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/mp-plugins/trunk/plugins/ArcsoftPlayer
Install package as attachment.
Their player comes with a MCE plugin that has nice 10 foot GUI and support for MCE remote. Using their player will give almost as good user experience as fully integrated, native Mediaportal Blu-Ray / HD DVD playback.
Currently this plugin is beta, so use with a care
Current features
- Play HD DVD / Blu-Ray disk from the MediaPortal main menu
- Automatic FPS detection and refresh rate change (possible with MP >1.0.1)
- Auto play support (possible with MP >1.0.1)
- Localization
- Saving and restoring power scheme (Arcsoft's player can change this based on its own settings)
Upcoming features
- Allow custom icon to be used for the plugin
Installation
- Install the MPI file
- Use plugin settings to provide the path to the Arcsoft's MCE plugin
- You might need to change some Arcsoft's MCE plugin settings (for example make sure that drive letter is set up correctly)
Usage
- Insert HD DVD / Blu-Ray disk into drive
- Press "Play Bluray" in main menu (if no autoplay is configured)
- Use MCE remote to control playback
Version history
Beta 2
- Initial release (not available anymore as people seemed to download this instead of the beta 3 )
Beta 3
- Added option to minimize MediaPortal during playback
- Added option to suspend MediaPortal GUI engine rendering during playback
- Last version that supports MP 1.0
Beta 4
- Added autoplay support for HD DVD
- Added autoplay support for Blu-Ray
- Added refresh rate change (not tested well)
- Added localization support
Beta 5
- Fixed hard coded drive letter (caused playback to fail in most of the cases)
Beta 6
- Fixed enable/disable refresh rate setting not working
- Added French localization
Beta 7
- Added saving and restoring power scheme (Arcsoft's player can change this based on its own settings)
- Fixed some issues with drive letter handling
- Added drive letter selection for HD DVD / Blu-Ray drive
NOTE! requires latest SVN for MP itself (or 1.0.2).
Information
- Arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre - AVS Forum
- Missing Remote
Disabling animated intro
To start with a blank black screen rename \Program Files\ArcSoft\TotalMedia Extreme\Digital Theatre\PlayDVDSplash_noSRS.log to something else
Downloads
Source codes: https://mp-plugins.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/mp-plugins/trunk/plugins/ArcsoftPlayer
Install package as attachment.