oliviergregoire

So I finally had time to test everything again. So far, so goog. Everything works well. Once agin thank you very much CoinTos.

Beta 7: so far seems everything is working great. I'll do further tests and confirm you that later.

CoinTos, I'm really sorry I didn't answer earlier. So I did several tests: I went back to beta 3 to verify the black screen and discoverd I had the black screen when I closed the Launchbox window if "Delete and update userdata scripts on next run" wasn't selected. As for beta 4 & 5: I had black screen whether "Delete and update userdata scripts on next run" was selected or not. Beta 6: Everything works great: no black screen at the end whether "Delete and update userdata scripts on next run" is selected or not. If Kodi is in window mode: Launchbox starts on the screen the kodi window is, with a little delay if it's on screen 2 (it starts on screen 1 then move by itself on screen 2. Nothing important for me). If Kodi is in fullscreen: If I'm on my main monitor (1), Launchbox starts on screen 1. But if Kodi is on screen 2 (TV), Launch box starts on screen 1 and Kodi stays on screen 2. I did several tests to verify, one after another and always get the same results. Also, when I start Kodi in window mode, when I close Launchbox Kodi comes back in maximised window mode, it does the same for every betas.

No there's no pop up

20230130010741 - INFO: Starting LaunchBox Launcher Autohotkey script revision 104. 20230130010741 - INFO: Detecting Kodi information. 20230130010741 - INFO: Detected Kodi running at "******\kodi.exe". 20230130010741 - INFO: Monitor Count: 2. 20230130010741 - INFO: Kodi detected at X677 Y191. 20230130010741 - INFO: Monitor 1 selected. 20230130010741 - INFO: Loading blank gui at W1920 H1080 X0 Y0. 20230130010741 - INFO: Starting all LaunchBox procedures. 20230130010741 - INFO: Attempting to run "*******\LaunchBox.exe". 20230130010741 - INFO: LaunchBox run successful. LaunchBox is starting up. 20230130010741 - INFO: Process detected. LaunchBox.exe is running. 20230130010744 - INFO: Minimizing or exiting Kodi...Done. 20230130010744 - INFO: Launchbox loading screen detected. Waiting for it to close...Done. 20230130010747 - INFO: Upgrade pop up detected. Waiting for it to close...

And it still launch on screen 1 whatever screen I am. And screen 1 is black if I launch it from screen 2, but screen 2 stays normal if I launch it from screen 1.

So I tested beta 4, I have the same problem as 1st attempt: When I close the Launchbox window, I have a black screen and nothing happens. I had to do a ctrl-Alt-Del to see the nails at the bottom of the windows screen to shutdown Launchbox because neither Launchbox or Kodi appeared in the windows task manager. Here is the log: 20230129214649 - INFO: Starting LaunchBox Launcher Autohotkey script revision 102. 20230129214649 - INFO: Detecting Kodi information. 20230129214649 - INFO: Detected Kodi running at "******\kodi.exe". 20230129214649 - INFO: Loading blank gui. 20230129214649 - INFO: Starting all LaunchBox procedures. 20230129214649 - INFO: Attempting to run "*******\LaunchBox.exe". 20230129214649 - INFO: LaunchBox run successful. LaunchBox is starting up. 20230129214649 - INFO: Process detected. LaunchBox.exe is running. 20230129214652 - INFO: Minimizing or exiting Kodi...Done.

So, Have you find about starting on the 2nd screen? If you could please help me also, I'd like to developate the same addon in the music menu to start Foobar2000 (exactly the same thing you did with Lauchbox).

Hi, I've tested beta 3, no problem either. Thank you very much.

Ok. So it works well with beta 2. Just one thing, if I start or place Kodi on my 2nd screen (I have a computer monitor as screen 1 and a TV as screen 2), Launchbox will start on screen 1 wherever Kodi is . Could you add an option to make it start on the same screen as kodi is placed at the moment you launch Launchbox (screen 1, 2, 3...) ? Do you want me to also try beta 3?

So I did what you said. It works great. Just one thing. When I shutdown Launchbox it restarts Kodi. Could it be possible to just hide Kodi when Launchbox starts and then "reappear" where the state was when Launchbox is over? Like when I play a movie, I use an external player (mpc-hc...), the movie starts on mpc, it hides Kodi, and when the movie is over or I turn off the player, Kodi reappears in the state he was just before.

20230122182035 - INFO: Starting LaunchBox Launcher Autohotkey script revision 001. 20230122182035 - INFO: Using override path for Kodi "*************\LaunchBox\LaunchBox.exe". 20230122182035 - INFO: Starting all LaunchBox procedures. 20230122182035 - INFO: Attempting to run "*************\LaunchBox\LaunchBox.exe". 20230122182035 - INFO: LaunchBox run successful. LaunchBox is starting up. 20230122182035 - INFO: Loading blank gui. 20230122182035 - INFO: Process detected. LaunchBox.exe is running. 20230122182036 - INFO: Minimizing or exiting Kodi...Done. 20230122182037 - INFO: Starting LaunchBox monitoring. 20230122182100 - INFO: LaunchBox monitoring completed. 20230122182100 - INFO: All LaunchBox procedures completed. 20230122182100 - INFO: Maximizing or restarting Kodi...Done. 20230122182200 - ERROR: Failed to detect Kodi in 60 seconds. Aborting. 20230122182200 - INFO: Making sure LaunchBox is now closed...Done. 20230122182200 - INFO: Exiting LaunchBox Launcher Autohotkey script.

Ok, I did exactly as you said. So, it works well for launching (on windows 7) from Kodi (I also changed the start from Bigbox to Launchbox in the addon settings), it starts well, and I can play normally. But when I close the Launchbox window, I have a black screen and nothing happens. I had to do a ctrl-Alt-Del to see the nails at the bottom of the windows screen to shutdown Launchbox because neither Launchbox or Kodi appeared in the windows task manager. After that, I don't get no longer kodi running. i had to launch it manually. (Sorry english is not my primary language). Anyway, I thank you CoinTos very much for the addon update.

Thank you very much, I will test it. Where sould I put the file?

I totally agree with what you said.

Is it possible to have an ad-on that launches LaunchBox instead of BigBox?