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DocLotus

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Shortcut Key To Go Directly To MC Television Standard View
« on: June 13, 2020, 10:18:46 am »

I have a shortcut key ("C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 26\Media Center 26.exe") which loads MC to standard view which starts playing music as I have music set up in MC's startup.

I also need another shortcut key to take me directly to Television, Standard View as I want to switch between music & TV from my Logitech G915 keyboard "G" keys. I see nothing on this in the Wiki or doing a google search or in MC's Remote Control section.

Are there any extension that can be added to "C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 26\Media Center 26.exe" that would allow me to directly access the TV Standard View ?

Are there any undocumented Hotkeys that already do that ?
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MC Audio... Realtek HD 7.1, MP3 Ext, Basic playback.
MC Control... Key, Mouse w/ G HUB.
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Re: Shortcut Key To Go Directly To MC Television Standard View
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2020, 08:06:04 pm »

First, you should be using the MC26.exe executable, which is the Command Launcher for MC.

What you need is covered here: https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/The_Command_Line

Specifically, the command:
MC26.exe /ShowTreePath Television

If MC is running, that will change to the Television section of the Navigation Bar in Standard View. If MC isn't running you can either run the above command twice, or launch a batch file or VBScript to run:
Code: [Select]
MC26.exe
MC26.exe /ShowTreePath Television

The first line will launch MC, the second line will switch to Television. Of course, if you use a batch file you will want to make that run invisibly, which is easier in VBScript. Google can help with that.

I added both the above to my Logitech G15 keyboard G keys and they worked fine, although I didn't bother making the batch file invisible.

Also, as the MC Command Launcher is MC version specific you may want to implement Glynor's MCcl to make such keyboard configuration version agnostic. See:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,81514.msg627715.html#msg627715
https://glynor.squarespace.com/mccl
https://blog.glynor.com/mcutilities
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  Running JRiver for Android, JRemote2, Gizmo, & MO 4Media on a Sony Xperia XZ Premium Android 9.
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Re: Shortcut Key To Go Directly To MC Television Standard View
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2020, 08:27:01 pm »

WOW 😁

You are the man.

THANKS... just what I was looking for.

I recall using something like that years ago for another command but could not recall where to look for the commands.

Will let you know how it works out for me after I get it up & running.
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MC... Latest version, 1 Mini PC, w/ Server.
TV... USA, ZIP 77036, Std view, Full screen, Not detached, Silicon Dust Guide, OTA, ATSC 1.
MC Audio... Realtek HD 7.1, MP3 Ext, Basic playback.
MC Control... Key, Mouse w/ G HUB.
Windows... 10 Pro, 64 bit, All MS updates.
Hardware... Beelink AMD GR5 Pro Mini PC, 16GB memory, 3 internal HDD's w/ 4.5 TB storage, 8 TB external storage.
1 SiliconDust HD HomeRun Connect Quatro, 1 SiliconDust HDHomeRun Flex Quatro, Amped Antenna w/ splitter.
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