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[russnw]

Im having a problem with mediaportal and im not sure where its coming from.
I use Purevideo for my movie and dvd codec, audio and video. I dont use any postprocessing like ffdshow or anything. I use CoreAVC for h264.

When i play a .vob in mediaplayer i get the purevideo icon on the taskbar showing me that it is in use, the movie plays fine in windowed and full screen. Similarly when i play a .vob file in MediaPortal (windowed mode) i get the nvidia icon, the movie plays fine. When i start MediaPortal in full screen and proceed to play a .vob file, i get lines of the dvd all the way down the screen, maybe 5 pixels of the dvd.. then 30 pixels of nothing just black.. another 5 of the dvd, then 30 black, making a stripy t shirt effect, when i alt+enter, MediaPortal crashes out so i dont know if its using Purevideo at that time.

So i uninstalled purevideo, uninstalled wmp10, uninstalled MediaPortal, reinstalled everything, still the same, i unregistered codecs with radlight, re registered, still same, i cannot for the life of me figure out why fullscreen in mediaportal should be any different than full screen in wmp10 when they should both be using the same codecs.

I just attempted to try another codec with MediaPortal, i tried changing it to descaler, i tried cyberlink powerdvd, i tried nerodvd, all still exactly the same problem. So uninstalled Purevideo, thinking mediaportal was defaulting to this, still the same.

Which brings me to the conclusion that no matter what codec i select in mediaportals setup program, it always defaults to one that is giving me this stripy effect, because i uninstalled purevideo and got the same result tells me that throughout the first part of my problem solving, mediportal wasnt using purevideo in fullscreen at all, even though i had it selected in the setup.


Im at my wits end and am about 1 work day away from wiping C: and reinstalling XP, it could be that ive just messed up something deeper within XP and thats why im having this issue.

So i thought id throw it out there and see if anyone has had the same thing, thanks for reading my super long post.

Regards

Russ

 

[Taipan]

I think that your assumption, that the problem is caused by the video decoder, may not be correct ...

Could you please post your system specifications and attach the MediaPortal.log file illustrating the problem - this may give us a clue?

 

[russnw]

Hi,

My specs are,

Athlon64 3800+ Single core,
2gb ddr400
500mhdd (2x250 maxtor sata2)
sbxfi
7900gt extreme
asrock dual sata2 mboard

and heres the mediaportal.log, if you can decipher that your a better man than i !
thanks in advance,

russ

 

[Taipan]

The specs that you have listed are incomplete - I expected that you would use the hardware specification template....

It looks like you are you running v0.2.1.0 with a recent SVN applied - is that correct?

Anyway, this error message sticks out in your MediaPortal.log file :-

2006-12-07 20:11:40.421875 [Info.][MPMain]: add filter: SB X-Fi Audio [DC00] to graph clock: SB X-Fi Audio [DC00]
2006-12-07 20:11:40.625000 [Info.][MPMain]: DirectshowUtil. Failed to add filter: SB X-Fi Audio [DC00] to graph :The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E) mscorlib    at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.BindMoniker(IMoniker pmk, UInt32 grfOpt, Guid& iidResult, Object& ppvResult)
   at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.BindToMoniker(String monikerName)
   at DShowNET.Helper.DirectShowUtil.AddAudioRendererToGraph(IGraphBuilder graphBuilder, String strFilterName, Boolean setAsReferenceClock)

and it seems to relate to your sound card drivers (SB X-Fi Audio)?

What Audio Renderer do you have selected in the My Movies configuration? Could you try the other audio renderers to see if this error is related to the audio renderer?

Is your sound card correctly installed?

 

[russnw]

im runing 0210 with an svn yes, but i had the same issue before i applied the svn aswell.

I tried different audio renderers to no avail, and everything does work fine in windowed mode

The soundcard is installed fine, works for everything else with the newest creative drivers too..

Im stumped : /

 

[Taipan]

everything does work fine in windowed mode

That error message in MediaPortal.log still bothers me - it should not be there ...

What version of the Nvidia video card drivers are you using? I recall reading that some users have had problems with recent versions and have rolled back to earlier drivers? I can't remember the version numbers, though ....

 

[russnw]

Im using the newest ones, 93.42 i think they are, noy 100% sure (im on my laptop at the moment)

But again, it was working fine full screen with my current setup, until a day or so ago. I just remembered i removed an xvid codec, and the mpa mpv codecs with radlight.. so i re registered those too. .still no avail.

i mustve broken something with radlight, it has to be a video codec or post processing that isnt working properly, im off to bed but when i get home im going to install ffdshow and see if that makes a difference to the output in full screen, also ill re install my graphics card drivers too and post here my findings.
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thanks for your time much appreciated

Russ

 

[Taipan]

it was working fine full screen with my current setup, until a day or so ago.

I didn't realise that you had it working fine earlier - I had the distinct impression from your first post that this problem had always existed ....


That should make it easier to find what changed to cause the problem - you could even try rolling back to an earlier "restore point" which will undo the changes you made?

 

[russnw]

sorry i didnt make it clear in my first post that it has worked fine previously

i dont have system restore enabled on my pc..

i think ill hold out and use power dvd 7 for a month until vista comes out, saves me doing 2 upheavals in as many months

i havent had chance to play around with it today, work and a birthday party ensue.. but ill play with it tomorrow and see if i can solve it through some more trial and error

regards

russ

 

[russnw]

Still the same problem.. sucks balls.. must be something i have done that is irrevirsible.. i probably screwed about with radlight too much.. oh well.. ill settle with powerdvd 7 for now for .vob, until win vista comes out then ill re install, MP works fine still for music and x264/xvid/divx/avi

thanks for your time

russ