Use both VLC and PowerDVD (1 Viewer)

[dserrano]

I have over 100 DVDs ripped to ISO files. I play these using VLC as an external player. VLC doesn’t play Blu-ray.
I have about 30 Blu-Ray movies ripped to ISO files. I play these using PowerDVD 9. I have not been able to get PowerDVD to play my DVD ISO files.
I have been able to set up in MediaPortal ‘My Videos’ to play my DVDs using the external player VLC.
I have also been able to setup ‘Moving Pictures’ to Launch and play my blu-ray files using Demon Tools Lite and PowerDVD.
I have not been able to setup both at the same time. Is it possible?

 

[kiwijunglist]

you could try the following save it as playvideo.vbs

Set oArgs = WScript.Arguments
sFilePath = oArgs(0)
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

iRC = oShell.Run("""" & sFilePath & """")

Wscript.Quit iRC

You set playvideo.vbs as the external video player under mediaportal configuration. The script automatically loads the default player associated with the file. then associate the file with the correct player in windows.

eg. in windows, you could associate .avi with vlc and .mpg with pdvd.... then if you select .avi in mediaportal it will load vlc, and if you select a .mpg file it will load in pdvd player.

This may also work with bluray however i don't have a bluray drive to test.

Having said that i thought what you want is supported by moving pictures already, ie. use default player for video and load external app for bluray.

Ref - https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...h-instruct-mediaportal-open-video-file-45329/

EDIT: have you also looked here -> http://moving-pictures.tv/wiki/Configuring_Bluray_and_HDDVD_playback