iTunes plugin: HowTo? (1 Viewer)

[fab.larosa]

MediaPortal Version: 1.2.1
MediaPortal Skin: StreamedMP 1.7.2
Windows Version: Seven Home Edition with SP1
CPU Type: Atom
HDD: 250Gb + 1 Tb
Memory: 2 Gb
1. TV Card: Terratec H7
1. TV Card Type: USB
TV: Panasonic 42"
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

Hello,
while MediaPortal is excellent in all other areas I don't like its music section and, moreover, I already have all my music well organized with iTunes so I woud like to launch iTunes from within MP to play my music or (much better, but I understand also much more difficult to implement) to use MP as an iTunes remote.
That's why I have tried more than once to configure and use the iTunes plugin, but to no avail.
I have added my iTunes Music folder to the MP music library, enabled the iTunes plugin using the MP configuration utility and set the mp3, m4a, m4p, aac extensions in its options panel ... and now what?
First of all it's not clear to me what this plugin should do: should I browse my music library with MP and then iTunes would be launched when I click "play" on a music track or should iTunes be launched when I enter the music section from the MP home screen?
Secondly it looks like the plugin is not working at all because, despite my efforts outlined above, nothing of what I have described (or anything else different-than-the-usual) happens when I click play on a music track: MP just starts playing the song as usual while iTunes stays quiet.
Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Nagarjuna]

I actually second this. It's not clear to me either how this is supposed to work. Is this plugin still working? The Wiki just says that you have to add the extensions that you want iTunes to play. Has anyone gotten this to work so they can shed some light on this?

 

[Edalex]

I think iTunes plugin is dead.
I thought about making plugin for search thru iTunes Store but it is not you are lokiing I suppose.

 

[fab.larosa]

MediaPortal developers, where are you?
We would like to have at least an answer to this simple question: is this plugin dead?

 

[catavolt]

AW: iTunes plugin: HowTo?

Here is the simple answer: This plugin is NOT from a MediaPortal developer. So we can do nothing with respect to this plugin. Maybe you ask in the forum thread of that plugin?

 

[fab.larosa]

Thanks for the reply.
I will try to re-post my question in a more appropriate forum thread, but anyway I thought that the plugins included by default in MP would be tested by the dev team before going through to a new major release.

 

[catavolt]

AW: iTunes plugin: HowTo?

And again: This plugin is NOT included in MP by default

 

[pilehave]

Re: AW: iTunes plugin: HowTo?

And again: This plugin is NOT included in MP by default

I think he means the "iTunes" plugin in "External players". This IS in MediaPortal by default.

 

[fab.larosa]

Indeed ... I have never installed the iTunes plugin, it has always been (uselessly) in MediaPortal Configuration > Plugins since my first MP installation (version 1.1.0).
Moreover, I have just checked and there is no forum thread dedicated to the iTunes plugin, as it happens instead for all external plugins.

 

[catavolt]

AW: iTunes plugin: HowTo?

Ah, yes! Sorry then for my unqualified comment