HOW-TO:Use external players on Android

NOTICE: Normally, you only need to use an external player if your Android device doesn't have a version of XBMC that works with hardware video decoding. Using an external player has a lot of set backs, so try to first find a version that works normally with your Android hardware.

To use an external player on XBMC for Android you simply need to make a playercorefactory.xml file in the userdata folder.

Basic playerforefactory file

<playercorefactory>
	<players>
		<player name="MXPlayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="MXPlayerPro" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.mxtech.videoplayer.pro</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="TPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.tiantian.android.player.app</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="DicePlayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.inisoft.mediaplayer.trial</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="VLCPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.vlcforandroid.vlcdirectprofree</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="DicePlayerPaid" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.inisoft.mediaplayer.a</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="RockPlayerLite" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.redirectin.rockplayer.android.unified.lite</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="RockPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.rockplayer</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="BSPlayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.bsplayer.bspandroid.free</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="MoboplayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.clov4r.android.nilz</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="mVideoplayerFree" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>afzkl.development.mVideoPlayer</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>		

		<player name="Vplayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>me.abitno.vplayer.t</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="WondersharePlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.wondershare.player</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="ArchosVideo" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.archos.mediacenter.video</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="SopCast" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>org.sopcast.android</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>

		<player name="DaroonPlayer" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
			<filename>com.daroonplayer.dsplayer</filename>
			<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
			<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
		</player>
	</players>
	<rules action="prepend">
		<rule protocols="smb" player="CHOOSE PLAYER NAME HERE" />
		<rule dvdimage="true" player="CHOOSE PLAYER NAME HERE"/>
		<rule protocols="rtmp" player="CHOOSE PLAYER NAME HERE"/>
		<rule protocols="rtsp" player="CHOOSE PLAYER NAME HERE" />
                <rule protocols="sop" player="CHOOSE PLAYER NAME HERE" />
		<rule internetstream="true" player="CHOOSE PLAYER NAME HERE" />
		<rule video="true" player="CHOOSE PLAYER NAME HERE"/> <!-- Default for anything else not listed -->
	</rules>
</playercorefactory>