jachin99 82 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Is emby for WMC built as a WPF app, or does it use MCML? I'm curious because I am trying to compare the user experience of the two different type of applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 It is a plugin for WMC, therefore MCML. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesegeezer 3086 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Yup MCML and C# 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 Would a WPF/XAML app work with emby? I would like to write a program for WMC but I'm not too enthusiastic about learning MCML just for the purpose of one WMC plugin. There is a lot more documentation out there on XAML, and from what I have found its much more portable. What version of .net are you compiling it in? I remember something about needing 4.6 in order to install part of emby but I'm not sure if it was the server, or the WMC app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 If you build a standalone app that communicates with Emby Server, and it is built with XAML, then you can use any version of the .net framework that you want. In other words, it won't need to be tied to the version that the server uses, which is currently 4.62. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14903 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 You cannot write a WMC plug-in in XAML, however. Why on earth are you trying to write a WMC plugin at this point, though? What are you really trying to accomplish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 (edited) I still use WMC for its content protection so it would see enough use at least from me to maybe justify the time and effort. I've never written software before, so writing something that is portable to other platforms is just kind of a preference. Edited April 11, 2017 by jachin99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14903 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I'm afraid nothing you write for WMC is going to be portable to any other platform. What problem are you trying to solve? Perhaps we already have a solution... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 Maybe I phrased that wrong. The XAML would be displayed in an internet explorer page that is hosted by WMC. If an app can run in a web page, then I'm thinking this would make it compatible with other programs. I would like to build something that can show live TV, and display RSS feeds. From this link: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa970447(v=vs.90).aspx "WPF allows the development of two types of applications: standalone and browser-hosted. Standalone applications provide their own windows and dialog boxes to host application content. There are two types of browser-hosted applications, loose XAML applications and XBAPs, both of which are hosted by Internet Explorer 7. However, Internet Explorer 7 doesn't know anything about WPF; to enable the ability for Internet Explorer 7 to host WPF content, WPF provides applications like Internet Explorer a hosting proxy. This proxy can host WPF content on behalf of other applications, and is built using the same common Windows infrastructure that Internet Explorer itself knows how to host" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14903 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I don't believe that will be compatible with WMC. I seem to recall the later versions of WMC dropping support for hosted apps as well. Have you tried the podcast plugin for the rss feeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 I'm looking more for something that can display live TV along side web content, like RSS feeds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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