Automatic Refreshrate Changer (2 Viewers)

[Slurm]

gibman, do you plan to update this plugin for the latest svn or should I stay with rc3 for better compatility?

 

[akiaki]

first of all, great job! this is a must have for everyone who hates judder it works like a charm for me except I use DC.exe (Display Changer - 12noon) and for it to work I have to set devicereset to no. Switching from pal tv to 24p so I can watch hdtv bluray rips is now finally automatic - up until now I had to set it up so it works via remote
NICE JOB!
This should be embedded in MediaPortal from the start because it is a must have for everyone that has a tv screen connected to their htpcs..

 

[pmcguire]

Ignore me, i'm an idiot.

 

[kalon]

Great!

Well, best feature in a long time. Of course it needs to be a standard feature in MP!

Works great for me. Just wants to share my settings:

Running with Display Changer


<entry name="autochangerefreshrate">yes</entry>
<entry name="cinema_ext">C:\\dc_rezchanger\\dc.exe -refresh=59</entry>
<entry name="pal_ext">C:\\dc_rezchanger\\dc.exe -refresh=50</entry>
<entry name="ntsc_ext">C:\\dc_rezchanger\\dc.exe -refresh=60</entry>
<entry name="tv_ext">C:\\dc_rezchanger\\dc.exe -refresh=50</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">59</entry>
<entry name="pal_hz">50</entry>
<entry name="ntsc_hz">60</entry>
<entry name="tv_hz">50</entry>
<entry name="default_hz">pal_hz</entry>
<entry name="use_default_hz">yes</entry>
<entry name="devicereset">no</entry>

BTW anyone have a suggestion what to do with the 24fps Cinema? My nvidia graphic card doesnt support 24hz...

 

[Slurm]

BTW anyone have a suggestion what to do with the 24fps Cinema? My nvidia graphic card doesnt support 24hz...

There are two options for it:

1. Try a multiple of 24 Hz, i.e. 48 or 72 (maybe your card and monitor are capable of it)
2. Use 60Hz with 3:2-Pulldown (this might give you a slight stutter)

Hope that helps.

 

[someone86]

@ gibman:

I still waiting to get the diff File for the Version 0.5 of your great Mod.

Hope to hear form you soon.

 

[Cruzer]

OK. I'm an idiot. Where the heck is the mediaportal.xml file located? I searched and i can't seem to find it to even give this a try. TIA.

 

[allanp81]

c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\team mediaportal\mediaportal (I think)

 

[Cruzer]

 

[gibman]

I finally pulled myself together and decided to try out display changer instead of powerstrip.

It seems to work find - atleast on an ATI card it does not cause a device reset, which is good.
Using ATI profiles I always get the device resets.

Display Changer :: 12noon

ex. on cmd line;

"dc.exe -refresh=25 -apply- quiet"

another thing that was irritating me when using powerstrip, which btw. also costs money (display changer is free.), is that if u were forced to reset your htpc because of a lock-up or similar, then upon reboot powerstrip would always start up with a prompt telling the user that a problem was found and if he or she wants to continue.

It demands user interaction, before powerstrip is loaded and thus ready for commands ... not good when u have MP auto starting on boot.

/gibman