a Few Problems... (1 Viewer)

[pigboy307]

Hi First off I don't want to appear negative, great bit of software.

However I have a few problems.
I have a widescreen TV so choose to use re-skinned blue two, however it only displays in 4:3 format. I try to " Change Device" but none of the boxes are selectable.

The EPG will not update eventhough i have a DVB card and selected the relevant option, i have left the TV running for an hour but nothing is populating.

Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC3 (2006-03-27)
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo1280x720
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: NVIDIA Audio Decoder
Video Codec: NVIDIA Video Decoder
CPU Type: Intel Pentium 4 - 2.40GHz
Memory: 1 GB
Motherboard: IS-50 (Intel 865G-ICH5)
TV Card Model: Compro Videmate T300
TV Card Type: DVB/Analogue
TV Card Driver: Latest from Team Media Portal downloads
Video Card Model: Nvidia Geforce 6600 (128 MB)
Video Card Driver: 81.98
Video Card Resolution: 1280x768
Video Render Type: -
Audio Card Model: Realtek AC'97 Audio
Audio Card Driver: -
Synopsis:: -


27/03/2006 19:13:54 MediaPortal is starting up
27/03/2006 19:13:54 Set current directory to :C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal
27/03/2006 19:13:54 verify that directx 9 is installed
27/03/2006 19:13:54 verify that windows mediaplayer 9 or 10 is installed
27/03/2006 19:13:54 Windows media player version:10,0,0,3646 installed
27/03/2006 19:13:54 Application Version: 0.2.0.0 RC3
27/03/2006 19:13:54 Check if mediaportal is already started
27/03/2006 19:13:54 delete old log\capture.log file...
27/03/2006 19:13:54 Check skin version
27/03/2006 19:13:54 Set registry keys for Hauppauge codecs
27/03/2006 19:13:54 Load key mapping from keymap.xml
27/03/2006 19:13:54 Init playlist player
27/03/2006 19:13:54 creating the WINLIRC device
27/03/2006 19:13:54 Initialising WinLirc...
27/03/2006 19:13:54 WinLirc window not found, starting WinLirc
27/03/2006 19:13:54 Winlirc process not found
27/03/2006 19:13:54 done creating the WINLIRC device
27/03/2006 19:13:54 Init players
27/03/2006 19:13:54 initializing DirectX
27/03/2006 19:13:55 MAP: using default mappings for DirectInput
27/03/2006 19:13:56 texturemanager:dispose()
27/03/2006 19:13:56 TexturePackerispose()
27/03/2006 19:13:56 Load key mapping from keymap.xml
27/03/2006 19:13:56 load localized strings from:language\English\strings.xml
27/03/2006 19:13:57 Load fonts from skin\BlueTwo1280x720\fonts.xml
27/03/2006 19:13:57 fonts.InitializeDeviceObjects()
27/03/2006 19:13:57 Loaded font:debug height:12 texture:256x256 chars:[32-255] miplevels:1
27/03/2006 19:13:57 Loaded font:font8 height:8 texture:512x512 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
27/03/2006 19:13:57 Loaded font:font9 height:9 texture:512x512 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
27/03/2006 19:13:57 Loaded font:font10 height:10 texture:512x512 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
27/03/2006 19:13:57 Loaded font:font12 height:12 texture:512x512 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
27/03/2006 19:13:58 Loaded font:font14 height:14 texture:512x512 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
27/03/2006 19:13:58 Loaded font:font16 height:16 texture:512x512 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
27/03/2006 19:13:58 Loaded font:font18 height:18 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
27/03/2006 19:13:58 Loaded font:font21 height:21 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
27/03/2006 19:13:59 Loaded font:font24 height:24 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
27/03/2006 19:13:59 Loaded font:font36 height:36 texture:2048x2048 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
27/03/2006 19:14:00 Loaded font:font60 height:60 texture:2048x2048 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
27/03/2006 19:14:00 Loaded font:font72 height:72 texture:512x512 chars:[48-59] miplevels:1
27/03/2006 19:14:00 Loaded font:fontSVT height:13 texture:512x512 chars:[32-513] miplevels:1
27/03/2006 19:14:00 Load skin BlueTwo1280x720
27/03/2006 19:14:00 LoadWindowPlugins()
27/03/2006 19:14:00 Load plugins from lugins\windows\Dialogs.dll
27/03/2006 19:14:01 Load plugins from lugins\windows\WindowPlugins.dll
27/03/2006 19:14:01 Loading references from skin\BlueTwo1280x720\references.xml
27/03/2006 19:14:02 original skin size:1280x720
27/03/2006 19:14:02 using sqlite 3.2.8
27/03/2006 19:14:03 StartImportXML: Initialize
27/03/2006 19:14:04 StartImportXML: Initialize


27/03/2006 19:14:08 auto-epg: card:Compro VideoMate DVB-T300/T200 grab epg for channel:BBC ONE expected:1 hours, last event in tv guide:01/01/0001 00:00:00, last grab :23/03/2006 00:00:00
27/03/2006 19:14:17 epg-grab: start EPG grabber:BBC ONE


Any Help appreciated

 

[Taipan]

I have a widescreen TV so choose to use re-skinned blue two, however it only displays in 4:3 format. I try to " Change Device" but none of the boxes are selectable.

If you want to display in "widescreen" format, you need to set your video card to a 16:9 resolution, which means 1280x720, or 1024x576 for example. I notice that you have your video card set to 1280x768, which is an odd size?

Also, what is the native resolution of your widescreen TV - I think that's what you should set the video card to....

You can use "S" (on your keyboard) to step through the various display format (zoom) options - but this will only change the TV or video display, and not the display of the skin itself.

HTH..?

 

[pigboy307]

TV monitor is
AL2671W
Technical specifications
LCD
Resolution: 1280x768, QDI QDW26L01
Brightness (TYP.): 450 nits
Contrast Ratio (TYP.): 600:1
Display Color: 16.7 M
Viewing Angle (TYP.): H:170 ; V:170
Response Time (TYP.): 16 ms (gray to gray)

 

[Raven]

I too have a LCD with 1280x768 resolution. I've seen it a couple of times before. Not that unusual.