*********************** Announcement - Please Do Not Quote - Thanks ***********************
Version 2.0 Available:New features:
- Particpates in
a/v Automation System.
- Sony VGPXL1Bx disc access is faster and more reliable
LoadDVD a/v Automation:
- Run local automation sequences
- Can be a client to a/v DashBoard
- Can load a/v automation configuration files, but cannot edit them
- Includes the command line utility - runaction.exe
- Automation can be turned on and off
Quickstart: (Note: in all these examples, do NOT actually enter the quotes unless explicity directed to)
- Put "[SAY] Hello World" in the Location field of any profile disc. Save the profile and click Play/Retrieve or the disc icon. If, for some reason, MS text-to-speech is not turned on, try "[MSG] Hello World". Both of these automation commands should work immeditately, out of the box. If that works, next try "[SAY] %overview%". Heh heh, cool huh?
- Next level, put "[PLY] filepath" into the location field, for example, "[PLY] c:\trailers\favoritemovie.mpg", save and click. Getting the picture? (literally)
- Next Level, put "action" in the Location field and then put the following into the Notes field: "<action name="disc1">[SAY] Hello World</action>" (use the correct disc number). Save the profile and click - you should get the same result as before. Getting even clearer now? Stop now and take a look at the User Guide at all the commands available. Go ahead and experiment.
More advanced examples:-
Play a DVD from a supported Sony Changer (1) Put the word "action" in the location field.
(2) Put the following action seqence defintion into the Notes field:
<action name="disc1">
[DEV] CX995V1 [KEY] Pause [DLY] 500 [KEY] Stop [DLY] 6000
[KEY] Display [DLY] 300 [KEY] RightArrow
[DLY] 300 [NUM] %slot% [DLY] 500 [KEY] Enter [DLY] 35000
[KEY] Display [DLY] 300 [KEY] Display [DLY] 300
</acion>
Quote:
The DefaultAutomation.xml file has definitions for the Sony CX995V1 changer. Key captions, such as "Play" are stored with their corresponding Pronto IR codes. The a/v automation engine retireves these codes and sends them to the USBUIRT USB-connected blaster. The sequence shown is the a/v automation equivalent of the built-in LoadDVD IR support for the changer. Using a/v automation, you can now custom tailor the codes, delays and sequencing to best match your equipment and home environment. To use legacy built-in support, simply put "cx995v1" in the Location field, and the disc slot# in the Slot field. This is the way LoadDVD worked before V2.0, and is still supported.
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Set up a disc to sen an IR code to a special device, such as a light.
You have somehow either captures the Pronto code or found it on the internet.
Simply put "[IRC]" followed by the codes directly in the Location field of the disc.
Example: [IRC] 000000670000001500600018001800180030001800300018003000 ...
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Use VLC Player to play a trailer from the hard drive
In the Location field (no quotes) put: "[PRG] vlc [ARG] c:\trailers\%profileID%\trailer.avi"
Quote:
The word "vlc" is pre-defined in the DefaultAutomation.xml file as "c:\program files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe". Everything after [ARG] is passed to the program as parameters. LoadDVD fills in %profileID% with the profileID (UPC.locality) of the currently selected DVD. Other programs can be defined in the automation configuration file. In LoadDVD, you must do that manually.
Default Devices Supported:Here is a collapsed view of "DefaultAutomation.xml" that is included with LoadDVD. You can edit this file manually, or use the results from LoadDVD Pro or a/v DashBoard editors.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
- <!-- A/V DashBoard Automation File Export (c) 2010 MediaDogg Software
-->
<Automation>
<Servers />
<Changers />
- <Devices>
+ <Device name="CX777ES1">
+ <Device name="CX777ES2">
+ <Device name="CX777ES3">
+ <Device name="CX850D">
+ <Device name="CX860">
+ <Device name="CX875P1">
+ <Device name="CX875P2">
+ <Device name="CX960BDP1">
+ <Device name="CX960BDP2">
+ <Device name="CX960BDP3">
+ <Device name="CX995V1">
+ <Device name="CX995V2">
+ <Device name="CX995V3">
</Devices>
- <Actions>
(Bugs found in here - I will fix later)
</Actions>
- <Programs>
<Program name="notepad">c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe</Program>
<Program name="vlc">c:\program files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe</Program>
<Program name="cx777es">cx777.exe</Program>
</Programs>
</Automation>
IR codes for buttons are included for most of the Sony changer devices that have been supported internally, since the beginning of LoadDVD. As an example, here iis a partial list for the Sony CX995VX, code set 1:
<Device name="CX995V1">
<IRC name="DiscreteOn"
repeat="4">00000067000000150060001800180018003000180030001800300018001800180030001800180018001800180030001800180018003000180030001800300018001800180018001800
30001800180018001800180030001800180211</IRC>
<IRC name="Play"
repeat="4">0000006800000015005D001900180018003000190018001800180018003000190030001900180018001800180030001900180018003000190030001900300019001800180018001800
3000190018001800180018003000190018020B</IRC>
<IRC name="Pause"
repeat="4">00000067000000150060001900300019001800190018001900300019003000190030001900180019001800190030001900180019003000190030001900300019001800190018001900
300019001800190018001900300019001801F7</IRC>
<IRC name="Stop"
repeat="4">0000006700000015005E001900180019001800190018001900300019003000190030001900180019001800190030001900180019003000190030001900300019001800190018001900
3000190018001900180019003000190018020E</IRC>
<IRC name="0"
repeat="4">00000067000000150060001900300019001800190018001900300019001800190018001900180019001800190030001900180019003000190030001900300019001800190018001900
30001900180019001800190030001900180226</IRC>
<IRC name="1"
repeat="4">00000067000000150060001900180018001800180018001800180018001800180018001800180018001800180030001900180018003000190030001900300019001800180018001800
30001900180018001800180030001900180253</IRC>
</Device>