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<blockquote data-quote="bigdude" data-source="post: 206376" data-attributes="member: 57287">Something to play withI finally have everything I mentioned earlier in a working state. It is far from perfect and has some bugs I have not resolved yet, but generally it works. I am now releasing it here so you can look at it if you are interested. You will need to follow the steps outlined in my earlier post to make this work, but if you follow them properly MediaPortal will be able to load and play DVDs in the changer based on data in the AMC database.Since getting a whole library working takes a serious investment of time I strongly suggest you try a handful of DVDs first to make sure it works on your system before you 'go to town' with it...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />PS: Since my last post I bought several new changers and spent some time rewriting the control program to work properly with multiple changers by fixing a lot of bugs I was unaware of when I made my original post. Hopefully this setup proves to be a real hookup between MediaPortal and the Sony changers. the&nbsp; hacked My Films DLL came from SVN so you will need to install the latest version of MyFilms to use it (I have not tested it with any older versions). I suggest you back up MesFilms.dll as well as your AMC database before you try this out...&nbsp; a few moments now could really save your butt later.[Edit: Fixed a number of bugs including several that crashed with exceptions or failed to switch changers. Changes were made to BOTH components, don't forget to update both of them.]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bigdude, post: 206376, member: 57287"] [b]Something to play with[/b] I finally have everything I mentioned earlier in a working state. It is far from perfect and has some bugs I have not resolved yet, but generally it works. I am now releasing it here so you can look at it if you are interested. You will need to follow the steps outlined in my earlier post to make this work, but if you follow them properly MediaPortal will be able to load and play DVDs in the changer based on data in the AMC database. Since getting a whole library working takes a serious investment of time I strongly suggest you try a handful of DVDs first to make sure it works on your system before you 'go to town' with it... :D PS: Since my last post I bought several new changers and spent some time rewriting the control program to work properly with multiple changers by fixing a lot of bugs I was unaware of when I made my original post. Hopefully this setup proves to be a real hookup between MediaPortal and the Sony changers. the hacked My Films DLL came from SVN so you will need to install the latest version of MyFilms to use it (I have not tested it with any older versions). I suggest you back up MesFilms.dll as well as your AMC database before you try this out... a few moments now could really save your butt later. [Edit: Fixed a number of bugs including several that crashed with exceptions or failed to switch changers. Changes were made to BOTH components, don't forget to update both of them.] [/QUOTE]

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