Windows7: Cyberlink PowerDVD 8 / 7 Launcher in MCE for Vista/Win7

[kane81]

Hi All,

I just created my first MCE app and installer.

I was looking for something that would launch PowerDVD from MCE.

Yes there are a few app's that do this already .... except I think mine is better ;P

+ it is UAC Windows Vista/7/x86/x64 compatible



Steps:

1) Extract MceCyberlinkPowerDvdVersion1.zip to Program Files

2) Run Installer.exe - adjust settings if you want or just click Install

3) Launch MCE - Go To Progam Library and click Blue Ray icon

4) Notice PowerDVD launches full screen and MCE closes.

5) Close PowerDVD, see MCE returns back.



6) Uninstall - Run Installer.exe and click Select File and Unistall

7) Select the appInstall.xml file in the MceCyberlinkPowerDvd directory and it will be removed from MCE.

8) Delete the MceCyberlinkPowerDvd folder.



Cyberlink 8 MCE Skin.zip

Remove the .zip part off the 3 rar files and extract the dll file (1 file put into a rar file split over 3).

put this dll to your cyberlink power dvd 8 skins folder. launch powerdvd and select the skin. This will give PowerDVD a nice blue MCE compatible look - instead of RED!



Want to tweak / you get error about not finding the handle when launching PowerDVD?

Try adjusting the RunApp.ini CloseMCEDelay property

If the delay is too short - PowerDVD will not Maximize, so adjust higher.



This work was based from a lot of sources and reading... so thanks to the web and people.



If you find my app useful, a simple thanks is all I ask



Note: Main bug I addressed that other launchers did not in Windows 7 was PowerDVD not properly maximizing. ie, taskbar still showed. The delay part is what fixes that problem.

[dtm2138]

I like the skin very much. Thank you. I haven't tried the app yet.

[poedgirl]

Not really sure what the point of this is. When I insert a BluRay disc into my drive, the "Play DVD" message appears on the screen and when I select it, PowerDVD launches.

Also, if there's a BluRay disc in the drive and I select Play DVD from the WMC menu, PowerDVD launches.

[kane81]

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I'm adding multimonitor support and "back" button support within powerdvd to return to MCE.

In Window 7 - there was a bug with PowerDVD where fullscreen would not be fullscreen because of the taskbar... ie taskbar showed... this why I created this app...

To be honest, I'm having a bit of a play around with programming

[kane81]

A New Version!

Version 1.1

- To install just extract to existing folder overwritting existing files

*New*

- Multimonitor support
- Close PowerDVD on [Back] from remote or keyboard and return to MCE
- Rewrote how to find and work with PowerDVD and MCE
- RunApp now polls PowerDVD instead of trying to guess when it should be there.


All settings and doc info can be found in the RunApp.ini file.

Note: you need to delete the ".zip" part as it is really a rar file. (had to do this as I can only upload zips)

[syrilion]

Hi Kane,

download seems to be corrupted - will not open zip file.

Just checked - it is in fact a rar file. you need to delete the .zip at the end of the file name and then it will open in WinRAR.

[kane81]

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Note: Added to the post to rename to .zip

WinRar doesnt care it opens it up and detects that it is a rar, ignoring the .zip

[syrilion]

On my work machine, so zip is the default. Thought I'd try it in RAR and lo, there was a file to extract!

Let you know how I go with your proggy tonight.

[syrilion]

Some feedback for you:

1. When you install the file it should by default copy the folder contents to the program files directory - it's where all other programs go - rather than register the files from where they are installed. ie: I installed from my D drive, but those files are transient, so I ended up moving the files to the c:\program files folder before installing.

2. It might be an idea to simplify the location in the 7MC where the plugin is installed. I got confused, so I can only image what less technically minded people might think

Also, when I ran the plugin (auto insert) it threw an error - "Failed to Maximise Window - HandleId: 0"

Basically PowerDVD did not go full screen. When i clicked OK in the error dialogue box it returned me to 7MC, and it did not close PowerDVD.

FYI - I am running version 8 of PowerDVD.

[syrilion]

Well what do you know - it started working (when run from "Play DVD"menu). Loads up PowerDVD in full screen.

Is there anyway to make the DVD auto play? I found that PowerDVD just loads, but doesn't appear to do anything. I then have to press play to run the dvd. Auto play would be nice

Using the back button or stop button works well. I prefer your plug in over my movies which is too big and cumbersome.

A bit of tweaking and I reckon you are all most there

[kane81]

^Autoplay will be a lot harder... I will have a look.

As for the "Failed to Maximise Window"

you can adjust this in the RunApp.ini file - ie increase time before calling Maximize

As for install... well I think it is simple to extract and run..... simple app so no proper installer at this stage.

[kane81]

*New Version 1.2*

- Added MSI Installer/Uninstaller
- Mouse Hide
- AutoRun
- More Config Options
- Configuration Tool
- Improved Code and Handling

Files can be downloaded from here http://www.adam.com.au/kane81/

(Note: Make sure you uninstall 1.0 and 1.1 versions using the described method for these versions


from now on I'm going to be using the greenbutton.com as I can edit the first post easily, which I can not do here

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Cheers