"unhandled exception" in MP Configuration | CVS 10-24-2005--23-33

[Koschel]

If you run the configuration newafter installing the CVS, this effect disapears

[civikdude]

Koschel - I'm not sure what you mean, please explain.

[Koschel]

If you want to open the config.exe after the CVS installation, you'll get the described error. If you press continue, the configuration will open. You will see, that a lot of fields e.g. Music Folder are empty. Fill out the options and save it. Next time you start the configuration the error will not apear.

[civikdude]

That's quite a bit of information that has to be filled in.

• Movie Player
• Movie Extensions (I don't recall)
• Music Folders
• Music Extensions (I don't recall)
• Pictures
• Picture Folders
• Picture Extensions (I don't recall)
• Radio Stations (I don't recall)
• Television Settings
• Program Guide General
• Program Guide Scheduler
• MPEG Audio Decoder Settings
• MPEG Video Decoder Settings
• Weather Images (I don't recall)

There must be an easier way to bring this information back in.

[Taipan]

Originally Posted by civikdude

That's quite a bit of information that has to be filled in.
There must be an easier way to bring this information back in.

It certainly is a lot of info - a lot of which I don't remember....

Can we get the patch appended to post #10 applied and included in the next CVS?....

[civikdude]

*sigh*

It's still happening with today's CVS build, mediaportal-cvs-10-28-2005--14-03.

Is there something I can change in the MediaPortal.xml file that will fix this problem?

<section name="movieplayer">
<entry name="osdtimeout">10</entry>
<entry name="zapdelay">1</entry>
<entry name="zaptimeout">3</entry>
<entry name="defaultar">normal</entry>
<entry name="path">
</entry>
<entry name="arguments">
</entry>
<entry name="internal">yes</entry>
<entry name="audiorenderer">Default DirectSound Device</entry>
<entry name="vmr9">2</entry>
<entry name="mpeg2audiocodec">MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder</entry>
<entry name="mpeg2videocodec">Mpeg2Dec Filter</entry>
<entry name="ffdshow">no</entry>
<entry name="videocodec">DScaler Mpeg2 Video Decoder</entry>
<entry name="audiocodec">MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder</entry>
</section>

Aaron

[chrholm]

Originally Posted by civikdude

Is there something I can change in the MediaPortal.xml file that will fix this problem?


<entry name="vmr9">2</entry>
</section>

Change the value above to 1 and you should be good

[Taipan]

Originally Posted by chrholm

Change the value above to 1 and you should be good

YES! That fixed the problem...

I actually had 3 entries that needed to be changed - so I did a FIND for "vmr9" in the MediaPortal.xml file and changed each entry from 2 to 1........

[civikdude]

Originally Posted by chrholm

Change the value above to 1 and you should be good

That fixed it!! Thanks, chrholm!!

Suggestion to reduce aggravation: would be nice to have scripts included in the CVS downloads that would automatically update entries such as this (e.g., if MediaPortal.xml conatins '<entry name="vmr9">2' then change to '<entry name="vmr9">1'), or at least a notification that "installing this and future CVS snapshots will require a manual modification to the MediaPortal.xml file. Here is the modification: ..."

Regards,
Aaron