Movie launch options

[glamdring]

I am not sure how to pull this off so I thought I would ask. I want to setup 2 buttons for playing my movies, one that plays just the movie and one that launches a video playlist with demo and trailers prior to the movie. Has anyone done anything like this? All I can get to work now is to add or remove the event from the file types screen, I have everything playing in zoomplayer.

[Naylia]

Well, you'll need two separate events. For one event follow the directions in the help section on setting up an event with trailers, for the second event just set it up to open zoomplayer with the %parameter%. Then attach the different events to different buttons. If you need I can try to do a more detailed step by step.

Have you already made the events and just need help with buttons? Or do you need help creating the two distinct events?

[glamdring]

I have the 2 events, and I had hoped that putting the event to create the video playlist would have worked, but it does nothing. I'm using a modified KISS skin and the playlist event matches Steven's documentation for a random trailer from db. If I put this event as zoomplayers start event it works, but the button assignment doesn't do anything.

[lar282]

what event do u have on the button?
Should be execute movie
the start event on the file tab should be the event that plays the trailer.

Since its the file extension and the databse that controls the start event i do not think u can do what u want to do.

//Lasse

[glamdring]

I got this working, I was not passing the movie parameter correctly to zoom player.

[Chazotta]

glamdring

How did you pass the movie parameter to Zoom ? What is the command line/argument/swtiching ?

I am trying to launch the play movie function without using the execute/category (movie) Event. I would rather just use the OS command zplayer.exe followed by the relevant parameters. Is this possible ?

[glamdring]

I used the execute file event with zplayer and the arguments

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/f %movies>parameter%

. I then put the event on the cover art on my adapted KISS skin. So now the play button does the work and the clip art plays a short and sweet version.

Hope that helps.

[Chazotta]

I tried using zplayer.exe in the execute file with the argument "%movies>parameter%" but nothing happens for me. Zoom opens, but just sits there blank - ie: no media is loaded. I have left the /f switch off for the moment.

All I am trying to do, is launch the movie by hitting the "play movie" button, which has the zplayer.exe event assigned to it. Nothing flash. Of course I am trying to REPLACE the category execute (movie) event.

If this cannot be done, is there anyway in which you can change the way the category execute (movie) event works (eg: if you wanted the movie to launch in media mode, not in fullscreen etc) ?