EventGhost won't close XBMC

[jonib]

I was using the first launcher, from the main repository. I have switched t Advanced Launcher and it is working correctly now!

Good.

I am closing XBMC mainly because it was closed in the tutorials I saw on XBMC/Hulu integration. I also thought it would be best to close it since I was having focus issues. I may revisit that decision now that it is working better.

OK.

jonib

[eatmeimadanish]

I will share this little trick, but you will see it used in my release of doggo (Monday after Thanksgiving). XBMC is written in PYTHON, and so writing scripts is the same as Eventghost. What i find is easier than using the launcher and/or trying to detect processes launching (get into that in a sec) is to create a "plugin" with a .py file that contains something like this:

import subprocess
subprocess.Popen (path\eventghost.exe -e EVENT.TRIGGER)


And thats it, just add icon files and make it look awesome and build your logic based on the event created in EG. The advantage is you can launch multiple apps as if they were running straight from XBMC. In this way you can also add them to favorites, or add menu driven scripts that just generate events in EG. I use this to select which kind of DVD backup method you want to use. The nice thing is that I dont have to write an extensive script, but instead use EG for the logic workflow. In this way I can launch apps and make sure XBMC is closing properly, without having to map button sets.

The reason I don't like detection of processes as a way to jump to other programs because some apps can potentially destroy their instance and recreate themselves (for instance popup menus, or configuration changes, like VLC for instance) and this can create a mess.

Using this method also allows you to have XBMC run tasks in the background.

[FCB38]

Hello every body,

I have no launcher. I just run XBMC Eden (XBMCSetup-20111210-f1ae0b6-master.exe 10-Dec-2011 11:11) on Win7 32bit in portable mode (argument -p at the end of my command line).
I have the same error : the xbmc2.quit function doesn't work any-more.

What can I do? For the moment I use an external function called PSKILL.exe. It's working but this not very good.
Excuse me but I French and I don't understand all the discussion on this topic.

Thank You.

[jonib]

For me it works with the same version as you use.

I have the same error : the xbmc2.quit function doesn't work any-more.

Do you see the xbmc2.quit action in the log and do you get any errors?

What can I do?

I think you need to post your EventGhost config where you have xbmc2.quit and it doesn't work.

jonib

[FCB38]

Sorry, there was an error in my .xml file. I correct this.

Thank you.