EventGhost

I set up a Win8 machine to use it as HTPC. As already in the past I use Eventghost to control it. After adding the new MCE plugin to Eventghost, I installed the AlternateMCEIrService ("Install") and rebooted. Then I tried to get any signals from my MCE Remote but according to the log window nothing ...

I see no sense in messing with timings when everything is clearly defined. I have TV: 50Hz. HDTV: 25hz or 50 Hz. DVD 50 Hz. Blu Ray 24Hz. So all that's needed is a change in display refresh rate from 50 to 24 Hz and back depending on inserted media. By the way it's a shame that neither TMT nor PDVD ...

Hi there,

I have made a very simple addition to the code of DeviceChangeNotifier.py to allow the plugin a differentiation of media types inserted. It fires a "Drivemounted.X.BluRay" event for BD, a ".DVD" event or an ".Unknown" event for other types (Audio CD detection does not work). The idea ...

So you will look into the elegant way? Because my wife is putting me under pressure getting HTPC to work and I can't work under pressure

Assuming that a new media is inserted a plugin could at first use GetDriveType and when it detects a CD/DVD tries to read the structure. If this is successfull it could look for AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folder, if found then => DVD. If file structure is not readable but type is CD/DVD then => AudioCd ...

The problem is that with a running Dvbviewer Windows autoplay is never launched although a message is created and usable in Eventghost. But the message only says that media was inserted or removed and does not say which kind of media...

Hi,

building a media PC seems to be really complicated if more than one program should be used... At the moment I'm trying hard to "link" DVBViewer and TotalMedia Theatre using EventGhost in the way, that DVBViewer graph is stopped and TMT is launched automatically when the user inserts a DVD or BD ...