Choosing which monitor to start GBPVR on

[serafis]

I run my HTPC with my CRT TV as the primary monitor and my projector as the secondary, in DualView mode.

I have an XP shortcut to start GBPVR which I invoke from the remote, so I can start it at the press of a button and I don't usually use a keyboard or mouse to control the system at all.

Config says to start GBPVR fullscreen on the second monitor (projector), which is how I usually like to watch movies.

But there are often times when I want to start GBPVR on the primary monitor, e.g. when I just want to watch TV or listen to some music and the projector is off.

Does GBPVR have anything like a command-line switch to tell it which monitor to start on (like MediaPortal)? Or is there an easy way I can create one shortcut that starts it on the primary monitor and another to start it on the secondary monitor?

I just can't find out how to do this and I'm hoping someone here can help.

Thanks.

[sub]

Sorry there is no command line to tell it which monitor to start on.

[replaytv]

Here is the trick to do this while no recording going on. Make a custom button with batch file doing something like below.

1. First check to see if recording is in progress using SlimmGBPVR abort if recording.
2. make a folder with save config.xml. One for config_pc.xml, one for config_proj.xml
3. stop GBPVR recording services using netstop
4. copy your refer config_xx.xml to the main config.xml
5. start GBPVR recording services with netstart
6. kill GBPVR process

GreenPower button to startup GBPVR again.

Hope that helps.

Dan L.

[serafis]

Thanks, yes, was sort of how I was going to try doing it, and guessed it wasn't going to be easy. The other ways I was thinking was:

(a) to write a VB script to modify config.xml "on-the-fly" and then do a killprocess / restart on pvrx2.exe.

(b) use something like Auto-ITto create two different executables that just start GBPVR, and then use NVIDIA Desktop desktop to configure them to go to different monitors

BTW, why do I need to stop / restart the recording process? Is it because it locks config.xml?

P.S. A command-line switch would be kinda cool though, wouldn't it and for windowed / non-windowed start. Maybe in a future release?

[replaytv]

new monitor setting does not work if not cycle the recording services. This is my sample batch file.

[serafis]

Thanks, I'll try that.