Selective external player (1 Viewer)

[rkhsaw]

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I'm trying to configure MP1.2 to use an external video player (powerdvd10) ONLY for certain file types. Why ? because I want to use the internal player for most files & Power DVD for 3D (stereoscopic) files. I could give the files a special name or place them in a special folder. has anyone any suggestions on how to achieve this ?

 

[cubii]

AW: Selective external player

it seems to be possible with moving pictures. There is an option to configure an external player, i think

 

[rkhsaw]

Thanks for the idea. I've had a look and it would seem possible with a suitable bat file. If I get it to work I'll post the info in case anyone else is interested.

 

[grapitas]

Hello.
I am very interested in knowing how you made it.
I would be very grateful if you could explain it.
thanks.

 

[Bradley Kersh]

rkhsaw, did you get this going? i need the same thing. please let me know what you did in the end. thanks.

 

[rkhsaw]

Hi Bradley,
I'm afraid I didn't get it going, mainly due to lack of time and that I had some issues with PowerDVD so I've changed to Total Media Theatre. Side by Side 3D recordings are now working fine within MP, both off-air & MkV files so I just need to launch TMT for Bluray now.
Here is another thread which gives a very useful script for launching external players, I'm going to try this : https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/play-specific-files-with-external-player.103481/

Cheers

 

[Deda]

It is implemented for version 1.3.0A+ (by file extension).

 

[Bradley Kersh]

thanks for the reply rkhsaw. i ended up getting it going in the end. that script didn't work for me so i puzzled over it for a while and got it to work. i had to remove all the top code from it above var=%1% to get it to work. glad they're implementing this in the next release though thanks for the heads up deda