Automatic Refreshrate Changer

[Seeco]

So what you're suggesting is that I activate "use_default_hz", so that the refresh rate will always revert back to 50Hz. Well I don't know, that will produce a whole lot of refresh rate changes. Is it really not possible to get the plug-in to change the RR when I enter My TV? What's different between starting to watch a video file and starting to watch TV, in the eyes of the plug-in?

By the way, I tried changing "tv_fps" to 50, but it didn't have any effect.

[gibman]

Sorry I misunderstood / was to quick.

U are already not using default RR, which is best imho.

plz attach mp.log.
so I can see what happens when u tune TV.

/gibman

[Seeco]

OK, I'm afraid I'm not really sure of how to log this... Care to give me a few pointers? How do you log a specific event? Or do you have to extract the correct part out of some bigger log? Where do I find it? Do I have to activate it first?

[gibman]

enter mp config.

under general settings, make sure it's set to debug level.

start MP
then repro the issue.
close MP

then run "MediaPortal Logs Collector"
"C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\WatchDog.exe"

attach the zip here.-

[Seeco]

Thanks for helping me! Here's the log file.

[gibman]

thanks.
try new exe - I added some extra logging.

then attach mp.log

/gibman

[Seeco]

Done! Just to make sure I'm doing it right, here's what I did:

1. Switched to 24Hz refresh rate
2. Started Watchdog
3. Cleared old log files
4. Started MP
5. Entered My TV (TV starts automatically)
6. Exited MyTV
7. Exited Mediaportal
8. Compiled the log files

[seco]

Hi gibman,

And first thank you for this great feature.

However I'm having some issues too, here it goes:

I. System specs

- Mediaportal & TV-Server SVN 20268
- ATI Radeon HD 4850
- Catalyst 8.7
- RefreshRateChanger_0.3.zip

II. Test scenario

1. I start Mediaportal with 1080p50 profile enabled.
2. I go to My Videos and start playing .mkv file (23.976fps)
3. Refresh rate is changed (to 1080p24 profile), video starts playing and everything is fine
4. I stop the video and refresh rate is changed back to 1080p50 profile
5. I go to My TV and turn on the TV. Refresh rate is not changed, picture is visible (this is as it should, but for some reason audio is missing, could be some other problem)
6. I go to My Videos and start playing same .mkv file as in step two, refresh rate is NOT changed (this is wrong)
7. Video is playing but with wrong refresh rate
8. Refresh rate doesn't change no matter what I do after this..
9. Selected profile is 1080p50 when I close MP and return to Windows

So the first time I played CINEMA material it was fine, after that no go. I tried also with devicereset=no and with that I didn't get picture at all. I had also problems with using ReClock but I made the test without it and still got problems. Some logs attached, please ask if you need more information.

My configuration for refresh rate changes:

<entry name="autochangerefreshrate">yes</entry>
<entry name="cinema_ext">C:\\Program Files\\ATI Technologies\\ATI.ACE\\Core-Static\\CLI.exe Start Load profilename="1080p24"</entry>
<entry name="pal_ext">C:\\Program Files\\ATI Technologies\\ATI.ACE\\Core-Static\\CLI.exe Start Load profilename="1080p25"</entry>
<entry name="ntsc_ext">C:\\Program Files\\ATI Technologies\\ATI.ACE\\Core-Static\\CLI.exe Start Load profilename="1080p30"</entry>
<entry name="tv_ext">C:\\Program Files\\ATI Technologies\\ATI.ACE\\Core-Static\\CLI.exe Start Load profilename="1080p25"</entry>
<entry name="cinema_fps">23.976;24</entry>
<entry name="pal_fps">25</entry>
<entry name="ntsc_fps">29.97;30</entry>
<entry name="tv_fps">25</entry>
<entry name="cinema_hz">24</entry>
<entry name="pal_hz">25</entry>
<entry name="ntsc_hz">30</entry>
<entry name="tv_hz">25</entry>
<entry name="default_hz">pal_hz</entry>
<entry name="use_default_hz">yes</entry>
<entry name="devicereset">yes</entry>

[seco]

Same as above but with devicereset=no

Test scenario

1. I start Mediaportal with 1080p50 profile enabled.
2. I go to My Videos and start playing .mkv file (23.976fps)
3. Refresh rate is changed (to 1080p24 profile), screen goes to black, no picture, no audio
4. I try to stop the video, Mediaportal stays black, selected profile is 1080p24 after I kill MP

[seco]

One more try with

use_default_hz=no
devicereset=yes

Test scenario

1. I start Mediaportal with 1080p50 profile enabled.
2. I go to My Videos and start playing .mkv file (23.976fps)
3. Refresh rate is changed (to 1080p24 profile), video & audio is playing fine
4. I stop the video, nothing happens, 1080p24 profile is active (as it should)
5. I go to My TV and turn on the TV
6. 1080p50 profile is changed automatically but screen is black, no video and no audio