itznfb:

also, where is the xml file that contains the location of the PowerDVD.exe?
i can only find an xml file that contains the location of the mcrun.exe.

You wont find an XML file containing PowerDVD. What happens is when you select the icon in MediaCenter it loads mcrun.exe. mcrun.exe opens up PowerDVD and sits in the background waiting for the "Back" command, or PowerDVD to exit. It then closes PowerDVD if "Back" is received and restores Media Center.

Jeremy, it doesn't seem to be doing much when I run the cmd line.  Is there supposed to be some sort of acknowledgement? All I get is "Usage: RegisterMCEApp [/u] [/allusers] <appInfo.xml>".   I should note that I'm running Vista 32 bit so I had to modify your command to not have the (x86) but other than that I typed it key for key.

slydog75:

Jeremy, it doesn't seem to be doing much when I run the cmd line.  Is there supposed to be some sort of acknowledgement? All I get is "Usage: RegisterMCEApp [/u] [/allusers] <appInfo.xml>".   I should note that I'm running Vista 32 bit so I had to modify your command to not have the (x86) but other than that I typed it key for key.

Your response tells me that the path "C:\Windows\ehome\RegisterMCEApp.exe" is correct but the path "C:\Program Files\Mikinhosoft\Media Center Launcher\mcrun.xml" is not. You might follow that last path in My Computer and make sure that file exists. You should get "Success" when it works.

JeramyBa:

slydog75:

Jeremy, it doesn't seem to be doing much when I run the cmd line.  Is there supposed to be some sort of acknowledgement? All I get is "Usage: RegisterMCEApp [/u] [/allusers] <appInfo.xml>".   I should note that I'm running Vista 32 bit so I had to modify your command to not have the (x86) but other than that I typed it key for key.

Your response tells me that the path "C:\Windows\ehome\RegisterMCEApp.exe" is correct but the path "C:\Program Files\Mikinhosoft\Media Center Launcher\mcrun.xml" is not. You might follow that last path in My Computer and make sure that file exists. You should get "Success" when it works.

So commands are right, you should use it like this....

C:\Windows\ehome\RegisterMCEApp.exe /allusers "C:\Program Files\Mikinhosoft\Media Center Launcher\mcrun.xml"

Note the quotes, in the command line, file or directory names need quotes if there are spaces in them (sometimes but, I needed to) and the swich with the "/u" in it said it was not registered but, it appears to work fine on my machine.

Now if I could only get PowerDVD to startup in full screen mode, life would be good.

It starts up in a window, no matter what setting I check or how it was when I closed it. When a movie starts, it goes to full screen (the only checkbox I can find for full screen is when a video starts).

JeramyBa, thanks for this, I was looking for this !!!!!!

ahh, yes the quotes are the problem. I know better than that too... I'll try this again in the morning.

OK, everything seems to have worked except for the icon. It didn't load for some reason. I was just supposed to put it in the same folder as the mcrun file right?

ETA: Ok, I got it. The problem was I actually installed MCL into a different directory so I had to correct the .xml file and reregister it. Everything works great now, Thanks!

Another general question.  WHen I put a BluRay in PowerDVD wants to start by itself which screws up this entire process. This only works when I start it through Media Center.  How can I keep PowerDVD from starting by itself whenever I put a disc in?  I  tried killing the services that run in the background from cyberlink (brs.exe and PwrDVDSrv.exe).  That worked, but it also seems to keep PowerDVD from resuming where it left off in a movie, which is annoying.  Is there a setting I"m not seeing that I can change?

slydog75:

Another general question.  WHen I put a BluRay in PowerDVD wants to start by itself which screws up this entire process. This only works when I start it through Media Center.  How can I keep PowerDVD from starting by itself whenever I put a disc in?  I  tried killing the services that run in the background from cyberlink (brs.exe and PwrDVDSrv.exe).  That worked, but it also seems to keep PowerDVD from resuming where it left off in a movie, which is annoying.  Is there a setting I"m not seeing that I can change?

I had the same problem.  It's a registry setting you need to change or delete.  Sorry, I don't remember the specific registry entry but a Google search of PowerDVD Autorun or something similar to that should turn it up.  That's how I found it.

DavidinCT:

JeramyBa:

slydog75:

Jeremy, it doesn't seem to be doing much when I run the cmd line.  Is there supposed to be some sort of acknowledgement? All I get is "Usage: RegisterMCEApp [/u] [/allusers] <appInfo.xml>".   I should note that I'm running Vista 32 bit so I had to modify your command to not have the (x86) but other than that I typed it key for key.

Your response tells me that the path "C:\Windows\ehome\RegisterMCEApp.exe" is correct but the path "C:\Program Files\Mikinhosoft\Media Center Launcher\mcrun.xml" is not. You might follow that last path in My Computer and make sure that file exists. You should get "Success" when it works.

So commands are right, you should use it like this....

C:\Windows\ehome\RegisterMCEApp.exe /allusers "C:\Program Files\Mikinhosoft\Media Center Launcher\mcrun.xml"

Note the quotes, in the command line, file or directory names need quotes if there are spaces in them (sometimes but, I needed to) and the swich with the "/u" in it said it was not registered but, it appears to work fine on my machine.

Now if I could only get PowerDVD to startup in full screen mode, life would be good.

It starts up in a window, no matter what setting I check or how it was when I closed it. When a movie starts, it goes to full screen (the only checkbox I can find for full screen is when a video starts).

JeramyBa, thanks for this, I was looking for this !!!!!!

No problem, hope it works well. Unfortunately I ended up guying Arcsoft TMT. After getting the PowerDVD integration into MCE to work like I wanted I found PowerDVD to be quite buggy.

As for the fullscreen question, I found if I replaced %PowerDVD% with "C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PowerDVD.exe /fullscreen" in the mcrun.ini file it would load normal then go full screen a few moments later. I also had them problem with the disk not automatically running after I did that and found that if I put the drive letter in the command line it would automatically start playing the disk in the drive. ("C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PowerDVD.exe /fullscreen d:")

Anyone know how I can get this program to launch a program other than PowerDVD?  I tried changing the command line in the .ini file but it's not working.  I want to launch DirecTVs DirectoPC program with it.

Funny you should ask!

http://chaddyess.com/2009-01/media-center-launcher-configurator/

I've been busy with a mix of different things so I haven't spent any time on tgb or really on my HTPC. I've settled in a little more and started making some new plugins for W7MC.

Is anyone using this app still? If so, I'll post a new version sometime (no ETA).

Note: I'm using PowerDVD 9 and like most of what they did with the MC integration so I'm actually only using my launcher for other applications and several other custom plugins.

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I'm still using it.  I've made it work but would like to still see the enhancements that were referred to in earlier posts.  One is moving the mouse cursor out of the way.  There were a few others I remember being mentioned that I said "oh, that would be nice" but I don't remember off the top of my head without rereading the whole thread.