by SMH on Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:48 pm
Sharp,
Thanks for the reply. I attempted to change the repeat number, but with no avail. Here is my take on the problem as a whole--perhaps there is a possible solution or work around (I hope). The problem is that when I load a movie with the Buddabing skin that I am using by clicking on the "play movie" button found on the interface, it does a great job of communicating with the changer and loading the appropriate movie using bat files; however, as soon as this happens, the Sony player itself will not accept any of the "menu", "top menu" functions, not even on the actual player itself. I know this because even if I try to use the actual buttons on the player after loading a movie using xlobby, it will not work. It would appear that the plugin or othewise sends some command(s) to the player that is somewhat corrupt and does not allow these functions to work once xlobby has attempted to communicate with the player. This is critical for me as I would like to access the menu for screen selection and special features, but with my current skin and setup, this is impossible either from xlobby or on the unit itself. I originally thought that a USB-UIRT might solve my problem, but I have no idea how to get around the "play movie" event of the skins that loads the movie from the proper slot of the DVD changer. There seems to be no way around using the "play movie" event found with the skin and with this event, I lose full control of the Sony player in regards to the "menu" function. Has anyone experienced or overcome this issue? Xlobby was my alternative to DVDLobby ,which comes with a substantial cost and less attactive interface, in my opinion. The big plus, however, was that DVDlobby had its own CX777ES plugin and worked really well using RS-232 control. With just this generic plugin needed for xlobby control, it is much more difficult to fully control the Sony DVD player in a natural manner. Perhaps the new version of xlobby will fix this issue, but I would really like to find an answer this problem that will work with my current xlobby setup. I am not sure I would find anything different with another skin as perhaps it is the fault of the generic plugin and I dont think there is any alternatives to that plugin anywhere. If you have any ideas of what to do with this issue, I would GREATLY appreciate it. Without a workable answer, this xlobby setup does not work as a usable control interface for the Sony CX777ES player and movie selection.
Thanks for any assistance.
