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<blockquote data-quote="patkhoo" data-source="post: 44286" data-attributes="member: 18090"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>This is <strong>NOT</strong> a support request, nor is it quite a bug report. I am just posting this for everyone's knowledge and to have this info "archived" on the support forum.</p><p></p><p><strong>Area</strong>: Media Portal Program</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: 0.2.0.0 RC3$CVS-28.03.2006- 1:02:44,49 </p><p> (2006-03-28)</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Skin</strong>: BlueTwo</p><p><strong>Windows Version</strong>: Windows XP (SP2)</p><p><strong>.NET CLR Version</strong>: 2.0.50727</p><p><strong>DirectX Version</strong>: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)</p><p><strong>Audio Codec</strong>: MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder</p><p><strong>Video Codec</strong>: DScaler Mpeg2 Video Decoder</p><p><strong>CPU Type</strong>: Intel Pentium 4 - 2.66GHz</p><p><strong>Memory</strong>: 510 MB</p><p><strong>Motherboard</strong>: D915GAV (Intel Corporation)</p><p><strong>TV Card Model</strong>: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-500</p><p><strong>TV Card Type</strong>: Hardware</p><p><strong>TV Card Driver</strong>: 2.0.35.23348</p><p><strong>Video Card Model</strong>: Radeon X300/x550 Series (128 MB)</p><p><strong>Video Card Driver</strong>: 8.205.0.0</p><p><strong>Video Card Resolution</strong>: 800x600</p><p><strong>Video Render Type</strong>: VMR9</p><p><strong>Audio Card Model</strong>: Creative X-Fi Audio Processor (WDM)</p><p><strong>Audio Card Driver</strong>: 5.12.14.1144</p><p><strong>Synopsis:</strong>: </p><p></p><p>OK, before you slam me, please note that I was trying RC3 and found the problem, and decided the try the CVS just to see if it has been resolved, so this is not specific to the CVS version.</p><p></p><p></p><p>1. Previously, I had RC2 (which was working great) - this I uninstalled via Control Panel, Rebooted</p><p>2. Installed RC3 MSI</p><p>3. Run Configurator, go through wizard.</p><p>4. When going through the Wizard, I skip most of the stuff, TV/Radio tuning, Weather etc</p><p>5. Finish Wizard</p><p>6. Re-run the Configurator, hit error</p><p>---> MS .Net XML error:</p><p></p><p>=========================</p><p>See the end of this message for details on invoking </p><p>just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.</p><p></p><p>************** Exception Text **************</p><p>System.FormatException: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.</p><p> at System.DateTimeParse.Parse(String s, DateTimeFormatInfo dtfi, DateTimeStyles styles)</p><p> at System.DateTime.Parse(String s, IFormatProvider provider)</p><p> at MediaPortal.Configuration.Sections.TVRecording.ShowExample(String strInput, Int32 recType)</p><p> at MediaPortal.Configuration.Sections.TVRecording.LoadSettings()</p><p> at MediaPortal.Configuration.SettingsForm.LoadSectionSettings(TreeNode currentNode)</p><p> at MediaPortal.Configuration.SettingsForm.LoadSectionSettings(TreeNode currentNode)</p><p> at MediaPortal.Configuration.SettingsForm.SettingsForm_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)</p><p> at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)</p><p> at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()</p><p> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)</p><p> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()</p><p> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)</p><p> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)</p><p> at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)</p><p> at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)</p><p> at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)</p><p> at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)</p><p> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)</p><p> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)</p><p> at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)</p><p></p><p></p><p>************** Loaded Assemblies **************</p><p>mscorlib</p><p> Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0</p><p> Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)</p><p> CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>Configuration</p><p> Assembly Version: 1.0.2278.138</p><p> Win32 Version: 1.0.2278.138</p><p> CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/Configuration.exe</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>Core</p><p> Assembly Version: 1.0.2278.103</p><p> Win32 Version: 1.0.2278.103</p><p> CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/Core.DLL</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>System.Windows.Forms</p><p> Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0</p><p> Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)</p><p> CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>System</p><p> Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0</p><p> Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)</p><p> CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>System.Drawing</p><p> Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0</p><p> Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)</p><p> CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>Databases</p><p> Assembly Version: 1.0.2278.109</p><p> Win32 Version: 1.0.2278.109</p><p> CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/Databases.DLL</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>System.ServiceProcess</p><p> Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0</p><p> Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)</p><p> CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.ServiceProcess/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.ServiceProcess.dll</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>System.Xml</p><p> Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0</p><p> Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)</p><p> CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D</p><p> Assembly Version: 1.0.2902.0</p><p> Win32 Version: 9.05.132.0000</p><p> CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.DLL</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>DirectShowLib</p><p> Assembly Version: 1.2.0.0</p><p> Win32 Version: 1.2.0.0</p><p> CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/DirectShowLib.DLL</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap</p><p> Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0</p><p> Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)</p><p> CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.dll</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>System.Data</p><p> Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0</p><p> Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)</p><p> CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>TVCapture</p><p> Assembly Version: 1.0.2278.114</p><p> Win32 Version: 1.0.2278.114</p><p> CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/TVCapture.DLL</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>RemotePlugins</p><p> Assembly Version: 1.0.2278.126</p><p> Win32 Version: 1.0.2278.126</p><p> CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/RemotePlugins.DLL</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>Accessibility</p><p> Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0</p><p> Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)</p><p> CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput</p><p> Assembly Version: 1.0.2902.0</p><p> Win32 Version: 5.04.00.2904</p><p> CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput.DLL</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>Microsoft.DirectX</p><p> Assembly Version: 1.0.2902.0</p><p> Win32 Version: 5.04.00.2904</p><p> CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/Microsoft.DirectX.DLL</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>TaskScheduler</p><p> Assembly Version: 1.1.1007.26951</p><p> Win32 Version: 1.1.1007.26951</p><p> CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/TaskScheduler.DLL</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>************** JIT Debugging **************</p><p>To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this</p><p>application or computer (machine.config) must have the</p><p>jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.</p><p>The application must also be compiled with debugging</p><p>enabled.</p><p></p><p>For example:</p><p></p><p><configuration></p><p> <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" /></p><p></configuration></p><p></p><p>When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception</p><p>will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer</p><p>rather than be handled by this dialog box.</p><p>=========================</p><p></p><p>7. I can click on "Continue" and go on to configure all sorts of stuff</p><p>8. When I click on "OK" to save the configurations, several items <strong>cannot</strong> be saved or whoose settings are lost/revert to installation defaults. The settings "lost" include:</p><p>* All the Decoder settings in the Output Filter Decoder section</p><p>* Selection of my Remote Control</p><p></p><p>It should be noted of course that RC2 works great on this machine/settings, and I see RC3 and RC3+CVS as having this problem. Reverting to RC2 does not have this problem.</p><p></p><p>Solution:</p><p>It took me three days (sorry, I'm not too smart, I guess) to try to figure it out, but I finally managed to get it to work properly. My "Regional Language" settings in the control panel is "English (United States)", but I've customised the Date and time format to "dd/MM/yy" instead of the "M/d/yy" defaults. By changing it back to the default of "M/d/yy" or by Changing the Language to "English (United Kingdom)" which uses "dd/MM/yy" by default will it work properly.</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p><p>Patrick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="patkhoo, post: 44286, member: 18090"] Hi all, This is [b]NOT[/b] a support request, nor is it quite a bug report. I am just posting this for everyone's knowledge and to have this info "archived" on the support forum. [b]Area[/b]: Media Portal Program [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 0.2.0.0 RC3$CVS-28.03.2006- 1:02:44,49 (2006-03-28) [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: BlueTwo [b]Windows Version[/b]: Windows XP (SP2) [b].NET CLR Version[/b]: 2.0.50727 [b]DirectX Version[/b]: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c) [b]Audio Codec[/b]: MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder [b]Video Codec[/b]: DScaler Mpeg2 Video Decoder [b]CPU Type[/b]: Intel Pentium 4 - 2.66GHz [b]Memory[/b]: 510 MB [b]Motherboard[/b]: D915GAV (Intel Corporation) [b]TV Card Model[/b]: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-500 [b]TV Card Type[/b]: Hardware [b]TV Card Driver[/b]: 2.0.35.23348 [b]Video Card Model[/b]: Radeon X300/x550 Series (128 MB) [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: 8.205.0.0 [b]Video Card Resolution[/b]: 800x600 [b]Video Render Type[/b]: VMR9 [b]Audio Card Model[/b]: Creative X-Fi Audio Processor (WDM) [b]Audio Card Driver[/b]: 5.12.14.1144 [b]Synopsis:[/b]: OK, before you slam me, please note that I was trying RC3 and found the problem, and decided the try the CVS just to see if it has been resolved, so this is not specific to the CVS version. 1. Previously, I had RC2 (which was working great) - this I uninstalled via Control Panel, Rebooted 2. Installed RC3 MSI 3. Run Configurator, go through wizard. 4. When going through the Wizard, I skip most of the stuff, TV/Radio tuning, Weather etc 5. Finish Wizard 6. Re-run the Configurator, hit error ---> MS .Net XML error: ========================= See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ************** Exception Text ************** System.FormatException: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime. at System.DateTimeParse.Parse(String s, DateTimeFormatInfo dtfi, DateTimeStyles styles) at System.DateTime.Parse(String s, IFormatProvider provider) at MediaPortal.Configuration.Sections.TVRecording.ShowExample(String strInput, Int32 recType) at MediaPortal.Configuration.Sections.TVRecording.LoadSettings() at MediaPortal.Configuration.SettingsForm.LoadSectionSettings(TreeNode currentNode) at MediaPortal.Configuration.SettingsForm.LoadSectionSettings(TreeNode currentNode) at MediaPortal.Configuration.SettingsForm.SettingsForm_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) ************** Loaded Assemblies ************** mscorlib Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll ---------------------------------------- Configuration Assembly Version: 1.0.2278.138 Win32 Version: 1.0.2278.138 CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/Configuration.exe ---------------------------------------- Core Assembly Version: 1.0.2278.103 Win32 Version: 1.0.2278.103 CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/Core.DLL ---------------------------------------- System.Windows.Forms Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll ---------------------------------------- System Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Drawing Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll ---------------------------------------- Databases Assembly Version: 1.0.2278.109 Win32 Version: 1.0.2278.109 CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/Databases.DLL ---------------------------------------- System.ServiceProcess Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.ServiceProcess/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.ServiceProcess.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Xml Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll ---------------------------------------- Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D Assembly Version: 1.0.2902.0 Win32 Version: 9.05.132.0000 CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.DLL ---------------------------------------- DirectShowLib Assembly Version: 1.2.0.0 Win32 Version: 1.2.0.0 CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/DirectShowLib.DLL ---------------------------------------- System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Data Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll ---------------------------------------- TVCapture Assembly Version: 1.0.2278.114 Win32 Version: 1.0.2278.114 CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/TVCapture.DLL ---------------------------------------- RemotePlugins Assembly Version: 1.0.2278.126 Win32 Version: 1.0.2278.126 CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/RemotePlugins.DLL ---------------------------------------- Accessibility Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll ---------------------------------------- Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput Assembly Version: 1.0.2902.0 Win32 Version: 5.04.00.2904 CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput.DLL ---------------------------------------- Microsoft.DirectX Assembly Version: 1.0.2902.0 Win32 Version: 5.04.00.2904 CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/Microsoft.DirectX.DLL ---------------------------------------- TaskScheduler Assembly Version: 1.1.1007.26951 Win32 Version: 1.1.1007.26951 CodeBase: file:///D:/Apps/MediaPortal/TaskScheduler.DLL ---------------------------------------- ************** JIT Debugging ************** To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this application or computer (machine.config) must have the jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section. The application must also be compiled with debugging enabled. For example: <configuration> <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" /> </configuration> When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer rather than be handled by this dialog box. ========================= 7. I can click on "Continue" and go on to configure all sorts of stuff 8. When I click on "OK" to save the configurations, several items [b]cannot[/b] be saved or whoose settings are lost/revert to installation defaults. The settings "lost" include: * All the Decoder settings in the Output Filter Decoder section * Selection of my Remote Control It should be noted of course that RC2 works great on this machine/settings, and I see RC3 and RC3+CVS as having this problem. Reverting to RC2 does not have this problem. Solution: It took me three days (sorry, I'm not too smart, I guess) to try to figure it out, but I finally managed to get it to work properly. My "Regional Language" settings in the control panel is "English (United States)", but I've customised the Date and time format to "dd/MM/yy" instead of the "M/d/yy" defaults. By changing it back to the default of "M/d/yy" or by Changing the Language to "English (United Kingdom)" which uses "dd/MM/yy" by default will it work properly. Thanks! Patrick [/QUOTE]
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