Cannot switch audio / subtitle stream from Windows Media Center

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Describe the issue you're having:
This is a feature request for some enabling technology. Windows Media Center 
(WMC) is very bad at supporting external formats natively, but is very good at 
extensibility by making use of the .NET framework. The goal is to switch 
streams using LAV splitter and a remote control within WMC.

How can the issue be reproduced? Sample File?
Any supported media file with subtitles and / or multiple audio streams will 
suffice

What version of the product are you using? In which Player?
Latest version in WMC

Please provide any additional information below.
One way of achieving this is by publishing a documented API which can be 
accessed from the .NET Framework. One way of communicating is using Windows 
Messages, another is creating a wrapper DLL in .NET.
Looking at the state of the current version of LAV filter either way should be 
an easy task. Once this is in place, other developers can create plugins for 
WMC that use the splitter API.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by garry.so...@gmail.com on 21 Aug 2011 at 12:27

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Original comment by h.lepp...@gmail.com on 26 Sep 2011 at 12:12

• Added labels: Component-DirectShow, Filter-Splitter, Priority-Low, Type-Enhancement, Usability
• Removed labels: Priority-Medium, Type-Defect

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I thought about this for a while, and i just have no clue how WMC plugins work, 
or how they would access the splitter.

If those plugins manage to get access to the DirectShow Filter Graph, they can 
already access the existing interfaces to control streams or chapters.

I have no interest myself in writing any remoting API, as i strongly believe 
the application should offer such features, because its in full control. 
However, if someone else wants to contribute and create such an API, i'm glad 
to offer my assistance. For me, however, this issue is closed in the meantime.

One thing that can be used in WMP/WMC of course is the tray icons which were 
requested in Issue 1, once they actually get implemented, of course.

Original comment by h.lepp...@gmail.com on 1 Dec 2011 at 2:56

• Changed state: WontFix