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Handling changes to MCE functionality in v5.1

Last post 08-18-2008, 9:45 AM by davidtjudd. 0 replies.
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  •  08-18-2008, 9:45 AM 8123

    Handling changes to MCE functionality in v5.1

    I have installed v5.1 on one of my development boxes and had a couple of questions.

    PlayMedia appears to function differently then before. I am assuming this is related to the changes around the "stopped" screen.

    • I do not get the status bar at the bottom of the screen when pausing/fastforwarding/rewinding etc.
    • When passing DVD as the MediaType I am no longer getting the DVD related functionality (zoom/DVD menu/info screen, etc.).
    • I do not get a "stopped" screen (this has been noted already by the MCE team).
    • If I pass true for addToQueue for video as the MediaType I now crash (the SDK does state this should be used only for audio media types). Note: This can be handled by creating a wpl playlist.

    I have not had the chance to create a handler for playstate changes to address this. I'm trying to avoid this if what I am seeing here is a bug (hopefully in what I am doing). Was this really by design? I can't even navigate a DVD menu anymore!

     

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