Hi,
I have installed kodi v17 rc1 and now rc3 and both versions would not play with external players when configured with playercorefactory.xml file.
When i select ‘play with’ and choose my external player, kodi just starts playing the video using the built in player.
this used to work on v16, however the external players would crash playing files on the network, they would only play files on a local drive. now it seems the external players are completely not working.