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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 1283023" data-attributes="member: 18896">Microsoft has a developer tool called &quot;devcon.exe&quot; that can be extracted from their SDK, and it allows you to restart the videocard without restarting the system. If your audio runs through your videocard then it also fixed that.You initially run it as: [code]devcon listclass display[/code]Which tells you the string to look for that identifies your videocard.Then you execute it as (using identifier from my system): [code]devcon restart =Display *VEN_1002*[/code]Which you can add to a batch file where you launch MediaPortal within, and then add delays/etc. per your requirements to time everything.It sometimes was an issue for me with HDMI+Audio going to Marantz at 4K/60Hz, and DP+Audio going to a cloned monitor at 1080p/60Hz which would freak out if I forgot to turn on Marantz receiver as then primary audio was switched to DisplayPort, but simply executing devcon avoided a system reboot. Run mostly my projector now, and Z-Wave takes care of power cycling everything in the right order.If you can't locate devcon.exe tool, then let me know and I'll upload the version I use (Oct 30th 2018, 88kB, v10.0.16190.1000).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 1283023, member: 18896"] Microsoft has a developer tool called "devcon.exe" that can be extracted from their SDK, and it allows you to restart the videocard without restarting the system. If your audio runs through your videocard then it also fixed that. You initially run it as: [code]devcon listclass display[/code] Which tells you the string to look for that identifies your videocard. Then you execute it as (using identifier from my system): [code]devcon restart =Display *VEN_1002*[/code] Which you can add to a batch file where you launch MediaPortal within, and then add delays/etc. per your requirements to time everything. It sometimes was an issue for me with HDMI+Audio going to Marantz at 4K/60Hz, and DP+Audio going to a cloned monitor at 1080p/60Hz which would freak out if I forgot to turn on Marantz receiver as then primary audio was switched to DisplayPort, but simply executing devcon avoided a system reboot. Run mostly my projector now, and Z-Wave takes care of power cycling everything in the right order. If you can't locate devcon.exe tool, then let me know and I'll upload the version I use (Oct 30th 2018, 88kB, v10.0.16190.1000). [/QUOTE]

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