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This is a little guide to get the mce remote working with kmplayer & MPC mainly, there is a built in plugin already installed in eventghost for zoomplayer, if thats your player of choice. The guide relies on eventghost to pass messages to the programs. Hope someone finds it useful.
How to get Vista to auto login
- UNcheck the box next to “Users should enter a username and password to use this computer”, and then press OK.
- Type the username and password for the user you want to automatically logon to Windows Vista when it boots up and press OK
- Reboot the computer
Tips and Tricks: Windows Vista Disable the green button starting MCE
GeneralUserGuides/GreenButton - MediaPortal Manual Documentation
or How to Disable (Uninstall and Remove) Windows Media Center in Vista My Digital Life
Install Mediaportal
Pretty self explainatory
Tv Server setup – see the mediaportal wiki pages.
MPTray: program to get media portal to launch with the green button
MEDIAPORTAL - free media center - MPTray
Mediaportal: Enable the MCE remote plugin
click "Mediaportal configuration" on the desktop > Remotes > tick use Microsoft MCE remote or keyboard
Job done
Install kmplayer and media player classic or zoomplayer
You know what to do!
*Only install the media player YOU WANT, you do not need to install all three!!*
Download and install eventghost
Index of /downloads
I’m using the 5th Dec 2008 build!
Kmplayer plugin for eventghost
KMPlayer plugin for Eventghost - The KMPlayer's Forums or get it from the attachment below.
Once downloaded copy to: C:\Program Files (x86)\EventGhost\plugins
*You only need to install kmplayer if you want to use it as an external player in mediaportal [kmplayer is optional]*
Install your choice of xml file into eventghost
Download one of the xml files attached to this post.
mpv3.xml includes instructions for kmplayer, Media Player Classic, Media Player Classic - Home Theatre.
mp_mpc_v2.xml only includes instructions for media player classic. Use this xml file if you only want to use MPC/MPC-HT.
mp_kmplayer_v1.xml only includes instructions for kmplayer. Use this xml file if you only want to use kmplayer.
a Zoomplayer xml has been left out because it is enabled by default in eventghost!!
copy whichever xml file you use into > C:\Program Files (x86)\EventGhost
The xml file contains all the plugin and remote mapping info, it tells eventghost what to load.
Now, launch eventghost and go to File > open and select your_desired_file.xml. This will load all the correct plugins and key bindings for eventghost to use.
Lastly, in eventscript goto File > Options and tick launch at windows startup.
Job done, remote should be working for whichever player you have decided to use.
Mediaportal configuration for external players
click "Mediaportal configuration" on the desktop > Videos > Video Players > In the external players box tick "Use external players" & navigate to your player of choice .exe file on your HDD. In the Parameters field add the following:
This enables the external player to exit and return to Mediaportal when the media has finished playback.
for DVD external players:
click "Mediaportal configuration" on the desktop > DVD > DVD Players > In the external players box tick "Use external players" & navigate to your player of choice .exe file on your HDD. In the Parameters field add the following:
This enables the external player to exit and return to Mediaportal when the media has finished playback.
Addtional MediaPortal Fixes
Sometimes Mediaportal loses focus when returning from the external player. You may need to tick "always keep Mediaportal on top" and/or "hide task bar" from within Mediaportal configuration > general settings.
KMplayer & MPC-HC Oxy's mini tips that helped him
Just a couple of little tips that helped me to better integrate kmplayer/MPC-HC into my Mediaportal setup:
kmplayer - you may want to enable "always open media in fullscreen:
To do this: Launch kmplayer > options > preferences > General > when starting tab > Screen Status - set it to "go to Fullscreen"
kmplayer - I run a dual screen setup so to set kmplayer to always launch on the second screen set:
Launch kmplayer > options > preferences > General > Screen > "full screen to monitor" set to DISPLAY 2
Job done.
The same can be done in MPC-HT by going into:
View > options > playback > output > Fullscreen monitor > DISPLAY 2
and for full screen:
View > options > player > tick "launch files in fullscreen"
MPC-HT also has a cool feature, auto resume of files!
View > Options > Player screen you have to ensure that 'Keep history of recently opened files' is checked
View > Options > Miscellanous > tick "remember DVD position" and "remember file position"
EDIT: I also have to run the player in VMR9 renderless mode to get subtitle support. Your journey may vary depending on your OS.
How to get Vista to auto login
- UNcheck the box next to “Users should enter a username and password to use this computer”, and then press OK.
- Type the username and password for the user you want to automatically logon to Windows Vista when it boots up and press OK
- Reboot the computer
Tips and Tricks: Windows Vista Disable the green button starting MCE
GeneralUserGuides/GreenButton - MediaPortal Manual Documentation
or How to Disable (Uninstall and Remove) Windows Media Center in Vista My Digital Life
Install Mediaportal
Pretty self explainatory
Tv Server setup – see the mediaportal wiki pages.
MPTray: program to get media portal to launch with the green button
MEDIAPORTAL - free media center - MPTray
Mediaportal: Enable the MCE remote plugin
click "Mediaportal configuration" on the desktop > Remotes > tick use Microsoft MCE remote or keyboard
Job done
Install kmplayer and media player classic or zoomplayer
You know what to do!
*Only install the media player YOU WANT, you do not need to install all three!!*
Download and install eventghost
Index of /downloads
I’m using the 5th Dec 2008 build!
Kmplayer plugin for eventghost
KMPlayer plugin for Eventghost - The KMPlayer's Forums or get it from the attachment below.
Once downloaded copy to: C:\Program Files (x86)\EventGhost\plugins
*You only need to install kmplayer if you want to use it as an external player in mediaportal [kmplayer is optional]*
Install your choice of xml file into eventghost
Download one of the xml files attached to this post.
mpv3.xml includes instructions for kmplayer, Media Player Classic, Media Player Classic - Home Theatre.
mp_mpc_v2.xml only includes instructions for media player classic. Use this xml file if you only want to use MPC/MPC-HT.
mp_kmplayer_v1.xml only includes instructions for kmplayer. Use this xml file if you only want to use kmplayer.
a Zoomplayer xml has been left out because it is enabled by default in eventghost!!
copy whichever xml file you use into > C:\Program Files (x86)\EventGhost
The xml file contains all the plugin and remote mapping info, it tells eventghost what to load.
Now, launch eventghost and go to File > open and select your_desired_file.xml. This will load all the correct plugins and key bindings for eventghost to use.
Lastly, in eventscript goto File > Options and tick launch at windows startup.
Job done, remote should be working for whichever player you have decided to use.
Mediaportal configuration for external players
click "Mediaportal configuration" on the desktop > Videos > Video Players > In the external players box tick "Use external players" & navigate to your player of choice .exe file on your HDD. In the Parameters field add the following:
Code:
%filename% /CLOSE
This enables the external player to exit and return to Mediaportal when the media has finished playback.
for DVD external players:
click "Mediaportal configuration" on the desktop > DVD > DVD Players > In the external players box tick "Use external players" & navigate to your player of choice .exe file on your HDD. In the Parameters field add the following:
Code:
/DVD /CLOSE
This enables the external player to exit and return to Mediaportal when the media has finished playback.
Addtional MediaPortal Fixes
Sometimes Mediaportal loses focus when returning from the external player. You may need to tick "always keep Mediaportal on top" and/or "hide task bar" from within Mediaportal configuration > general settings.
KMplayer & MPC-HC Oxy's mini tips that helped him
Just a couple of little tips that helped me to better integrate kmplayer/MPC-HC into my Mediaportal setup:
kmplayer - you may want to enable "always open media in fullscreen:
To do this: Launch kmplayer > options > preferences > General > when starting tab > Screen Status - set it to "go to Fullscreen"
kmplayer - I run a dual screen setup so to set kmplayer to always launch on the second screen set:
Launch kmplayer > options > preferences > General > Screen > "full screen to monitor" set to DISPLAY 2
Job done.
The same can be done in MPC-HT by going into:
View > options > playback > output > Fullscreen monitor > DISPLAY 2
and for full screen:
View > options > player > tick "launch files in fullscreen"
MPC-HT also has a cool feature, auto resume of files!
View > Options > Player screen you have to ensure that 'Keep history of recently opened files' is checked
View > Options > Miscellanous > tick "remember DVD position" and "remember file position"
EDIT: I also have to run the player in VMR9 renderless mode to get subtitle support. Your journey may vary depending on your OS.