[confirm] Bring back "restart un resume" functionality (2 Viewers)

[c128]

For anyone else having issue getting this workaround working on Windows 8...

I finally got it working by wrapping the call to restart.vbs in a batch file that changed to the Mediaportal directory and then runs it i.e.

cd <Directory in which the restart.vbs script resides>
.\restart.vbs

This was a suggestion from cala on the Argus TV forums here: http://www.argus-tv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=4158&start=20#p29709 I ought to add.

An additional issue I had was having a "Start in" entry (no longer needed when using the above) on the task that was quoted - removing the quotes and using the batch file and I'm back to stable system that restarts on resume

 

[Requiem]

I still think that there are many circumstances in which a system might fail to run a smooth MePo after resume, and as some of the posts here clearly show, not all of these circumstances are MePo bugs that need to be treated. There are circumstances that some users may not find out at all, there are situations where the MePo developers cannot help with fixing anything in MePo, because the bug lies not in MePo itself.

Please enable us to restart on resume. Whether by bringing back this option, by enabling in via plugin or making it a -debugmode option, no matter, but please let us not have even scarier workarounds to have a smootly running system.

 

[c128]

Please enable us to restart on resume. Whether by bringing back this option, by enabling in via plugin or making it a -debugmode option, no matter, but please let us not have even scarier workarounds to have a smootly running system.

Yeah, I've got to agree with this. Although I understand the reasoning behind the decision, the reality is that the upgrade to 1.4 has become a real pain for (what I would guess, from the various posts) a reasonable chunk of users. Now that I have the restart.vbs triggered on resume, I guess I have a workaround - before that I was considering downgrading to 1.3 as I can't see a fix coming anytime soon for the (probable) Argus issue I've been seeing

 

[nobru26]

Hello!

Just moved in 1.4 and see that the option disapears!
I used it because i've troubles with my Imon VFD, i don't know if ti's the minidisply plugin error or the usb when wakeup, but this option was essential for me.
Could you tell us when it come back? and what are the solutions?

I noticed sometimes problems when standby comes if i'm on TV, on resume there is problems with liveTV (not this problems when in 1.3) and i'm using MPTV on single seat.

Thanks

 

[CYaBro]

I'll just add my +1 here to please bring back this option in v1.5!
I too have issues about 50% of the time when resuming from S3.
The client is an Asus EeeBox with nVidia so I've always used the restart on resume option for as long as I can remember.

The various issues I have when resumeing from S3:
MePo will sometimes start in the wrong resolution on the 1080p TV (Smaller screen area with the rest of the screen black). I only have HDMI connected.
Other times it all looks OK but when you start playing live TV or any video you get the sound but no picture. (The menu just stays on screen but you can't move around until you press Stop)
Sometimes MePo is very slow to respond going through the menus and selecting something but otherwise functions correctly.
Restarting MePo fixes all issues.

 

[Sebastiii]

Hi,
Best is to try to fix all your issue by not put in back a workaround
Can you supply log ?
I have start to work on it but need help too, you can find a build for testing.
Thanks

 

[skorz]

Hi,
Best is to try to fix all your issue by not put in back a workaround

thats right. but sometimes you have no time for this troubleshooting and have to restart everytime by your self. for me its no problem to wait this 5 seconds longer while mp is restart.

my prob sometimes is no sound after s3.

 

[Requiem]

Hi,
Best is to try to fix all your issue by not put in back a workaround

Right, but that's impossible for you for problems that exist outside MP itself. But that has been stressed several times in this thread. For the everyday user, who does not read forums, does not know of log files etc it's just frustrating.
I can help myself. Other's probably cannot.

 

[CYaBro]

I honestly don't care if that option to restart on resume was a workaround, it worked so would like it back please.
I've got a friend with a MePo system, not that same specs as mine, and they are also having issues now since upgrading to 1.4 and losing this option.
We don't have time to troubleshoot this and the WAF has gone downhill since this was removed, for myself and my friend!
Please put it back or give us another way of enabling it!

 

[mm1352000]

@CYaBro
If you've posted not once but twice then you're obviously frustrated/passionate about this issue. You say you have no time to troubleshoot... but you've spent more time asking for the option to be returned than it would take to post the log files that have been asked for. Honestly that makes no sense to me. While I'm sorry that WAF has gone down and acknowledge that you don't have time or inclination to spend hours troubleshooting, there are no plans that I'm aware of for bringing the option back. Faced with that reality, you and your friend have a choice with a number of options:

• put up with the problem(s)
• switch to other software
• find an alternate workaround
• keep complaining in the hope that somebody will listen but with the knowledge that things are unlikely to change
• learn how to code and add the option back for yourselves
• pay somebody to add the option back for you
• work with us to resolve the problems
• (some other option you can think of)

The choice is yours.