So I just registered xpTunes, and since I haven't gotten my registration key yet I used the demo key just to get myself up and running. Unfortunately I'm not having any luck at all getting it to work on my HTPC. The server is obviously running, because I can view it from my iTouch, but I can't ever get any further than picking the skin I want to use. It just sits there trying to load. On the rare occasion that I do get past this point, it doesn't show any media listed, even though from MC itself, I can browse it all just fine. If I try it from the browser on the PC itself, I can load the skin rather quickly, but still don't get any media showing up. And quite frequently, I get an error message that says something about failing to connect to com server.
On another PC I've tried this all on, it worked perfectly, which is why I decided to register it. For some reason it just doesn't like this other PC.
One difference between these two PCs... on the one that isn't working, I had an older beta version of xpTunes installed. I tried wiping out the folder and extracting the 1.00 version fresh, but there's obviously a configuration stored somewhere because it still has all the settings from the previous version. Not sure if that's relevant or not.
Also... I noticed that the Autostart with Windows feature doesn't seem to be working here. I had to finally create a shortcut and put it in the Startup folder.
And finally... a question. If and when I do finally get this working properly... is there anyway to have it minimize to the system tray on startup? Currently, with my HTPC starting up MC in Theater View mode, I get xpTunes popping up over top and I have to bust out the keyboard/mouse to minimize it to get it out of the way.
Thanks!