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Title: JRiver as external player in kodi
Post by: beatelund on April 26, 2023, 02:31:06 pm

im trying to get kodi to work with jriver as a external player but i cannot get jriver to start playing any movies.
it works with mpc-be, so my configuration in kodi must be correct.

Kodi closes and opens jriver but i only come to the display window but no movie is playing
and if i close jriver kodi comes up again.

So everything works exept jriver isnt playing the movie...


i use kodi 20.1 and jriver 30

anybody have an idea??

Title: Re: jriver as external player in kodi
Post by: JimH on April 26, 2023, 02:36:25 pm

Have you been here?  https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/DevZone

Title: Re: jriver as external player in kodi
Post by: beatelund on April 26, 2023, 03:20:23 pm

i got some help by a member with MCPlayClose.

so now it works perfectly

Title: Re: jriver as external player in kodi
Post by: MidnightWatcher on May 03, 2023, 12:51:56 pm

Quote from: beatelund on April 26, 2023, 03:20:23 pm

i got some help by a member with MCPlayClose.

so now it works perfectly

beatelund, what did you need to do to get it working?

Title: Re: jriver as external player in kodi
Post by: JimH on May 03, 2023, 02:20:20 pm

I think he's using this:  https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=65984.0

Title: Re: JRiver as external player in kodi
Post by: MidnightWatcher on May 29, 2023, 09:21:41 pm

I've now tried that solution but couldn't get it to work quite right unfortunately so I've thrown in the towel. If an update is released for MC31 that makes it much easier to use as an external player for Kodi (which I need for the PreShow Experience add-on) I'll gladly purchase a license. I'm trying mpv and it's working fairly well but it's relatively tech heavy without a GUI. I think MC could position itself as an easier alternative.

Title: Re: JRiver as external player in kodi
Post by: JimH on May 29, 2023, 10:12:29 pm

Why can't you use JRiver, without Kodi?

Title: Re: JRiver as external player in kodi
Post by: MidnightWatcher on May 29, 2023, 10:31:01 pm

Two reasons. 1) I prefer the look of the Kodi front end and the selection of skins, like Rapier and Aeon Tajo. 2) The PreShow Experience add-on is an absolute necessity for my home theater (before the movie it plays trivia with music, video bumpers/intros, movie trailers, action files to control my Philips Hue lights, etc). For our May the 4th movie night, for example, it's nice to have Star Wars trivia, Star Wars music and personalized Star Wars themed intros before the trailers and feature film, like these for example:

https://youtu.be/haEcDKzieyU

https://youtu.be/A_pciiHJJFA

Here are intros for Halloween season:

https://youtu.be/cMf-1h1_oGQ

https://youtu.be/KrcMoY8692k

A trailers intro for Star Trek films:

https://youtu.be/lW7HUtL1wcQ

These play for all other genres:

https://youtu.be/vj6X7hfpN-w

https://youtu.be/RAzmgh5dYZE

These are only a few examples. The PreShow Experience add-on for Kodi allows me to create a fully immersive theater-like experience at home, something I can't get anywhere else.

Title: Re: JRiver as external player in kodi
Post by: JimH on May 30, 2023, 03:05:57 am

There is a pre-show feature.

Take a look at the JRVR thread and Murray's recent posts.

Also the very long thread on icons.  User lepa

Title: Re: JRiver as external player in kodi
Post by: lello on May 30, 2023, 04:06:51 am

In fact, I've used pre-show in the past and it worked great.

Also on MC you can use Rapier skin https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,69662.msg473480.html#msg473480