MPC-HC loses focus (1 Viewer)

[ajamils]

MediaPortal Version: 1.1
MediaPortal Skin: StreamedMP
Windows Version: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Type: Athlon X2
HDD:
Memory: 4GB
Motherboard:
Video Card: ATI 5770
Video Card Driver:

After getting totally frustrated with unstable playback and bitstreaming of Highdef material. I switched to MPC-HC and everything works like it should except for the fact that when I try to use it as an external player for MP, it loses focus and my remote no longer works.

In MP configuration "Always on top" is UNCHECKED and in MPC-HC the option for "Always on top" is checked and even though MPC-HC stays on top of MP, the remote does not work and it continues interacting with MP.

How do I fix that ?? I'm using Harmony remote which is setup as Imon Pad.

 

[BMan]

I have a very similar setup. I'm using the MPC-HC and ffdshow codecs directly in MP for video playback. The remote doesn't lose focus and everything works great. Even plays m2ts files with HD audio tracks. Here's the guide I made for setting it up. Hope this helps.