BUG : Fullscreen Desktop re-draw (1 Viewer)

[opusnut]

Hi.. i have this bug showing up that when i click the "X" to close MP from Fullscreen mode, my desktop will not re-draw and all i see is the MP screen, although it thinks it has minimized. I can come back from this crash and am forced to reboot.

 

[opusnut]

sorry..

Area: Any section in Fullscreen Mode
MP Version: RC4
Skin: any
Windows Version: XP MCE
Video Card: ATI x300
Video Render Type: VMR9
Video Codec Type & Version: Mpg2Dec
Audio Codec Type & Version: MP3/Ac3
TV Card: ASUS PVR-414
TV Card Type: hardware

Synopsis: See above Post

thanx

 

[opusnut]

after more investigation, it seems that this bug only shows up when MP is set to minimize to the task bar.

thanx...

 

[snr_duck]

Glad I am not the only one !!

I too get this same issue.

If I run MP in full screen and then Alt+Tab to switch back to window mode, the screen changes like it is doing as requested and then switches back to full screen mode again.

Eventually I get sick of it and use Task mangler to kill MediaPortal.exe and then I restart the app.

I also get DirectX errors in the MediaPortal.log file when this happens but they are not very specific. (I will paste them when I get home)

This is pretty much the last thing I need to get sorted before I look at building a dedicated MP machine for the lounge room

 

[jrball]

I used to have this issue also. It seemed to resolve when I created a scheduled task to reboot the machine nightly after updating the TVGuide.

 

[ASiDiE]

Area: Exiting MP to tray
MP Version: RC4 - With 5-10-06 SVN file.
Skin: BlueToo
Windows Version: Windows XP SP2 (all the latest patches)
CPU Type: AMD Athlon XP +2800
Memory: 1 GB - DDR
Motherboard Chipset: Biostar M7VIG 400
Video Card: Nvidia FX5200
Video Card Driver: 84.21 - Latest
Video Card Resolution: 1024x768
Video Render Type: VMR9
Video Codec Type & Version: NVIDIA
Audio Codec Type & Version: NVIDIA
TV Card: PVR - 500 / Skystar2
TV Card Type: Hardware / DVB
TV Card Driver: 2.0.35.23348 / 4.4.0.9999
Optional Log: Below.
Optional References: None.

I wanted to test this out and try to reproduce it the best I could. It seems like it is very easy to make the GUI lock up when a video is playing. If I have a video playing in the preview screen and click exited... I get the screenshot below. When I restore it.. it goes to full video.

HERE is my full log.

 

[mzemina]

ASiDiE - Me thinks your video card doesn't have enough get-up-and-go. I've seen this type of problem with other apps when using a vid card that was underpowered.

Mike

 

[ecsfang]

Hi,

What is the definition of an underpowered video-card?

I have an Radeon 9800 Pro running on an Intel Pentium 4, 3.00GHz with 1GB of RAM, and I have exactly the same problem with fullscreen.

Regards,
Thomas

 

[ASiDiE]

I understand that my video card is not the best or fastest out there... but a lot of people are using the 5200 with no problems. I personally think that this issue (minimizing to tray with or without video) is an issue with the minimize to tray plug-in that was added awhile back. In the first post, the guy has a ATI x300. I don't really how fast it is.. but it is a pretty new card and should handle MP very nicely.

I will tell my wife that you TOLD me to get a new card...... THE BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS!

 

[mzemina]

I understand that my video card is not the best or fastest out there... but a lot of people are using the 5200 with no problems. I personally think that this issue (minimizing to tray with or without video) is an issue with the minimize to tray plug-in that was added awhile back. In the first post, the guy has a ATI x300. I don't really how fast it is.. but it is a pretty new card and should handle MP very nicely.

I will tell my wife that you TOLD me to get a new card...... THE BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS!

Well since we are a number of miles apart - just have her come and venge her rath on me.

As you can tell, I didn't read back through the other posts. Guess I shoudn't get to close to any cliffs either!

After reading through the posts I would agree with you (duh). And as I'm sure you would agree that I am not of any help, sorry to say.