snazy2000 344 Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 Please post any questions about the Program Launcher for MBT in this thread.
techywarrior 689 Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 Image path and program path should open a browse dialog to make it simpler to add a new program. What size should the image be (may want to have a suggested size listed) 1
Luke 42077 Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 Snazy - any size is good, but 16*9 AR is recommended
Koleckai Silvestri 1154 Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 Thanks. Was able to add Hulu, Amazon Prime Unbox, and Netflix quite easily. Hulu and Netflix are shortcuts that launch in Google Chrome. Amazon Prime Unbox is their app that lets you download videos you have purchased.
Luke 42077 Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 unbox is actually an app or does it just launch a url?
Koleckai Silvestri 1154 Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) Unbox is a Windows 7 Program. http://smile.amazon.com/gp/video/ontv/player This is a very easy plugin to configure. I can see people adding a variety of things. I've since added Pandora and Spotify for music. Pandora is a link and Spotify is an application. Doesn't support shortcut files though. So to get a web page open, I had to set: Program Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Command line arguments: hulu.com For images, I created an Apps directory in my Media share and have a folder with the image for each App that I add. Edited January 12, 2014 by Wayne Luke 1
shaefurr 1340 Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) Seems to work great so far, added hulu and amazon instant as chrome pages using the command line argument --kiosk http:\\www.address.com to get them to open fullscreen. Tested it with PC games and yes they work fine, but I have over 100 so im not adding them Also works with steam shortcuts if you use Program Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe Command Line Argument: -applaunch gameID (ex: -applaunch 18300) To get your games steam ID just right click a game in your steam library and click create desktop shortcut, then right click the shortcut and go to properties and you'll see the game ID like this: steam://rungameid/18300 I have noticed though if you dont add an image path it says the program name is invalid, confused me for a second at first but once I added an image path it was fine. Great plugin though lets me add everything I wanted to to MBT Edited January 13, 2014 by shaefurr 1
AlwinHummels 134 Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Seems to work great so far, added hulu and amazon instant as chrome pages using the command line argument --kiosk http:\\www.address.com to get them to open fullscreen. Tested it with PC games and yes they work fine, but I have over 100 so im not adding them Also works with steam shortcuts if you use Program Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe Command Line Argument: -applaunch gameID (ex: -applaunch 18300) Nice work Same method I used for YouTubeTV Program Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Command Line Argument: --kiosk https://www.youtube.com/tv#/browse 1
Luke 42077 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 How do you add programs to this? Explore and try to find it. If you can't then let us know because that means we need to make it easier.
LiquidFX 144 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Explore and try to find it. If you can't then let us know because that means we need to make it easier. I figured it out, thanks 1
psykix 97 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 This is really handy :-) I set up Vevo using Chrome kiosk mode. How do you exit back to MBT though? I ended up using task manager to kill the Chrome.exe process!
Koleckai Silvestri 1154 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) Alt-F4 on the active window should kill it. If using a remote, you will have to see if you can program a button for this. Edited January 14, 2014 by Wayne Luke 1
snazy2000 344 Posted January 14, 2014 Author Posted January 14, 2014 On my remote I have a app exit which is good glad you all like the plugin Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
Koleckai Silvestri 1154 Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Just need to get the image size right now lol Glad you have it fixed. You want 16X9 ratio images. I am using 1280 X 720 and they work well.
gillmacca 17 Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 I created an image folder on my server \\NAS-A0-B4-14\media\Program Launcher\Sky Go\ Placed an image inside this folder, but in settings, it keeps saying 'Please enter a valid image path'. The image path is \\NAS-A0-B4-14\media\Program Launcher\Sky Go\ Not quite sure what I am doing wrong
Koleckai Silvestri 1154 Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 I created an image folder on my server \\NAS-A0-B4-14\media\Program Launcher\Sky Go\ Placed an image inside this folder, but in settings, it keeps saying 'Please enter a valid image path'. The image path is \\NAS-A0-B4-14\media\Program Launcher\Sky Go\ Not quite sure what I am doing wrong You need the image name at the end of the path.... e.g. hulu-logo.png.
gillmacca 17 Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 You need the image name at the end of the path.... e.g. hulu-logo.png. The image file is skygo, and is a jpeg. entering skygo, or skygo.jpeg at the end makes no difference
Koleckai Silvestri 1154 Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Have you tried renaming it to skygo.jpg and using that. Elsewhere in the ecosystem they say they support jpg and png. I know jpeg is the same format as jpg but they might not recognize the longer extension.
gillmacca 17 Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 I notice in chrome you can use kiosk to go full screen. Does anyone know if there is a way to do it in firefox? I only want fullscreen for url's I have launched via program launcher
gillmacca 17 Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) Have you tried renaming it to skygo.jpg and using that. Elsewhere in the ecosystem they say they support jpg and png. I know jpeg is the same format as jpg but they might not recognize the longer extension. No luck there. It's gonna be something simple, as nobody else seems to be having a problem Just moved it to my laptop where the server and MBT are installed, and still getting the same error Edited January 14, 2014 by gillmacca
snazy2000 344 Posted January 15, 2014 Author Posted January 15, 2014 Try without a space in folder name of you have one not sure of that could be caursing issue Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
Latchmor 584 Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Hi, looks like you need an addon. I don't use Firefox myself so no idea of which one to go for! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/search/?q=kiosk&appver=&platform=
gillmacca 17 Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) Tried without a space, same thing Here is a screen shot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5tqysu9sr6bd6ww/Screenshot%202014-01-14%2019.12.52.png I have also tried putting a slash after Sky Go Edited January 14, 2014 by gillmacca
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