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<blockquote data-quote="samundsen" data-source="post: 103061" data-attributes="member: 28303">Here is what I do... I don't use built in MP video player because I need to use different players for different file types (and MP only allows one external player to be set up), so I use a small VB script. The script is called MoviePlayer.vbs, and that is the &quot;program&quot; I set up as an external player in MP. The contents of the script is as follows:Set oArgs = WScript.ArgumentssFilePath = oArgs(0)Set oShell = CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Shell&quot;)iRC = oShell.Run(&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; sFilePath &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;)Wscript.Quit iRCThis will take the file name of the movie file and launch it. The beauty of this is two-fold. First, when you use a regular batch file, it opens up a Command prompt window. This does not happen with this script, so your external player gains focus directly.Second, it does not launch the external player directly, it launches the movie file, so you have to use file associations in Windows. I have Zoom Player associated with AVI files in windows, and QuickTime player associated with M4V files (iTunes downloads). So all I do in MP is click on the movie, the script launches the associated movie in the right player. Zoom Player launches directly into full-screen, so you don't even notice it's there. QuickTime launches in a window, but I have mapped a key to my remote that switches it to full-screen with a key press.Btw, I don't take credit for writing that script, I found it using Google, I've just modified it for my needs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="samundsen, post: 103061, member: 28303"] Here is what I do... I don't use built in MP video player because I need to use different players for different file types (and MP only allows one external player to be set up), so I use a small VB script. The script is called MoviePlayer.vbs, and that is the "program" I set up as an external player in MP. The contents of the script is as follows: Set oArgs = WScript.Arguments sFilePath = oArgs(0) Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") iRC = oShell.Run("""" & sFilePath & """") Wscript.Quit iRC This will take the file name of the movie file and launch it. The beauty of this is two-fold. First, when you use a regular batch file, it opens up a Command prompt window. This does not happen with this script, so your external player gains focus directly. Second, it does not launch the external player directly, it launches the movie file, so you have to use file associations in Windows. I have Zoom Player associated with AVI files in windows, and QuickTime player associated with M4V files (iTunes downloads). So all I do in MP is click on the movie, the script launches the associated movie in the right player. Zoom Player launches directly into full-screen, so you don't even notice it's there. QuickTime launches in a window, but I have mapped a key to my remote that switches it to full-screen with a key press. Btw, I don't take credit for writing that script, I found it using Google, I've just modified it for my needs. [/QUOTE]

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