Media Browser normally plays files through Windows Media Center. If you want to use another player for a certain file type, here’s some information to get you going.
Valid MediaTypes are:
- BluRay
- HDDVD
- DVD
- Avi
- Mpg
- Mkv
- TS (for m2ts and ts files)
- PlayList (for multi-part movies)
Important note:
This will not have any affect when playing files on extenders
Setting up an External Player via the Configuration Wizard
- Open the Media Browser Configuration Wizard (Start –> All Programs –> Media Browser –> Media Browser Configuration Wizard).
- From the top menu of the Configuration Wizard, select “advanced”.
- Select the “external players” tab.
- Select the “add” button.
- Choose the media type that should open in your external player. Select “OK”.
- Under section (2) “Configure External Player”, select the “Select Player” button.
- Navigate to the installation directory of your external player and select the .exe file (e.g eg: For Windows Media Player: C:Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe)
Command Line Parameters
- In the External Player tab of the Configuration Wizard, under section “ (3) Optional Parameters” select the “Change Parameters” button.
- Next to the “{0}” command, enter any additional command line parameters (they are case sensitive). Separate each command with a space.
For example: Command Line Parameters added for Windows Media Player
"{0}" /fullscreen /close
This sends the commands to open in fullscreen mode (/fullscreen) and close when finished (/close).
Notes:
- Command Line Parameters are Case Sensitive
- Use a space to separate each Command Line Parameter
- The “{0}” already specified in the Optional Parameters box sends the command to launch the external player
For a list of available command line parameters that external players support, you can visit this page
Additional background information
Note: this information is only for reference purposes. Directly editing the xml is not the preferred way of configuring external players.
This feature allows the use of external players for certain types of content instead of using the built in Media Center player.
The following XML replaces the <ExternalPlayers /> section in the file “C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser\MediaBrowserXml.config”
Example code:
<ExternalPlayers>
<ExternalPlayer>
<MediaType>Avi</MediaType>
<Command>wmplayer.exe</Command>
<Args>"{0}"</Args>
</ExternalPlayer>
<ExternalPlayer>
<MediaType>Mkv</MediaType>
<Command>wmplayer.exe</Command>
<Args>"{0}"</Args>
</ExternalPlayer>
</ExternalPlayers>
The <ExternalPlayer> block is repeated for each type you want to configure.
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