UltraStar running stremelly slow when launched from Mediaportal (1 Viewer)

[patxiros]

Hi,

I'm using Mediaportal as the front-end of my HTPC for running all multimedia in TV and record TV shows. In fact, I have also replacing the loading screen and I'm using MCE remote, so there is no more references to windows nor PC-like interface

The latests application I have added is the SingStar-like game "UltraStar Deluxe", and it works fine when closing Mediaportand and loaded directly from Windows... but the target is to launch it direcly from Mediaportal. To do so I have installed the "MyPrograms" plug-in and configured to run an external application, poiting to the executable file of UltraStar. The main problem is when running the application from Mediaportal it turns to be extremelly slow, and it turns to be non-playable.

Is there anything on the configuration I have to modify? I have seen that MyPrograms has some advanced options to run actions just before and/or after executing the external program: should I close Mediaportal and open it again as the actions? What should I type to close and reopen mediaportal? Or should I use another plug-in?

Thanks!

 

[patxiros]

I have tried adding "tskill mediaportal" as previous action, but it just kills mediaportal and does not load UltraStar.

By the way, may this slow-down be something related to the video config? Any idea?

Thanks again

 

[explodedk]

have you tried to use the my emulator plugin ? it allows to map gamefiles... i haven't tried it , but might work out.


i just tried with my emulator and ultrastar.. works like a charm here...

 

[patxiros]

I haven't tried with that. I'll check.

Thanks!

 

[explodedk]

u could also try with MultiShortcut plugin...
it allows you to add a shortcut directly to an exe in your home/basichome dir..

haven't tried it yet though

 

[el_gato]

hi patxiros, i also wanted to be able to start ultrastar from within mediaportal and i wanted to use my mce remote to control it so i played around with the multishortcut plugin - explodedk mentioned in his last post - some time ago and got it working. i don't know if this works better for you, for me it is nearly perfect and works "fast" maybe you give it a try. the link is below in my signature... if you experience any problems let me know cause the thread was posted in the german forum...

 

[explodedk]

el_gato could you make that reply here in english ? i think i understood most, but not sure

 

[el_gato]

added an english translation at the bottom of this thread...

 

[patxiros]

Thanks to both of you. I'll try it.