Grey blacks with internal player + EVR (1 Viewer)

[damaster]

I tried the older evr.dll and still had the washed out screens. Just for kicks I looked in the Mediaportal config XML file and found a label called useEVRenderer and changed the value to yes from no. It appears to have fixed the washed out screens, at least for me. I have not gone back and changed the evr.dll back to the newer one so I don't know if just turning on the useEVRenderer fixes the problem.

You're referring to this entry:

<entry name="useEVRenderer">no</entry>

That gets set to "yes" when you configure MediaPortal to use EVR via MediaPortal Configuration -> DirectShow Filter Control -> Video Renderer Settings. In there you can choose between EVR or VMR9.

If yours was set to "no" in the XML file that means you hadn't set it to EVR in MP Configuration and you were therefore using VMR9. Setting it to "yes" in the XML file ultimately has the same effect as setting MP Configuration to use EVR.

Basically, you went from using VMR9 to EVR.

 

[dobyken]

I had looked through all the config settings and could not find the renderer settings...until I noticed the advanced setting tab in the top right corner. Thanks for the tip.

You're referring to this entry:

<entry name="useEVRenderer">no</entry>

That gets set to "yes" when you configure MediaPortal to use EVR via MediaPortal Configuration -> DirectShow Filter Control -> Video Renderer Settings. In there you can choose between EVR or VMR9.

If yours was set to "no" in the XML file that means you hadn't set it to EVR in MP Configuration and you were therefore using VMR9. Setting it to "yes" in the XML file ultimately has the same effect as setting MP Configuration to use EVR.

Basically, you went from using VMR9 to EVR.

 

[zunixnuz]

I have now tested the old pre-SP1 evr.dll for many hours in the last few days
and have not seen any negative side effects

So... are there any new tips or planed patches, updates or tests which will be initiated by the MP dev. team
to try to fix this issue with evr.dll versions coming with SP1, SP2 and Win7?

Can someone check EVR.DLL for version number? Witch one is "working"?

I have checked the version with filmerit:
Original SP1 evr.dll: FileVersion=6.0.6001.18000
Old pre-SP1 evr.dll: FileVersion=5.00

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Old pre-SP1 evr.dll: FileVersion=5.00

Where has that come from, everything used in Vista should be build 6.0 6000+

 

[damaster]

Old pre-SP1 evr.dll: FileVersion=5.00

Where has that come from, everything used in Vista should be build 6.0 6000+

It's definitely 5.00. I think MS made a versioning error on the build of that DLL. It only got updated to 6.0.* post-SP1.

 

[zunixnuz]

Old pre-SP1 evr.dll: FileVersion=5.00

Where has that come from, everything used in Vista should be build 6.0 6000+

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Now see what happens when you rush things

Wonder about Win7

 

[neo2001]

Yeah, it's evr.dll 5.0.1.1 which works fine for me so far.

The version for Vista SP1 and SP2 seems to be the same (6.0.6001.18000 for SP1 and 6.0.6002.18005 for SP2, file size identical), but both with the "black is grey" problem.

I also tried 6.1.7100.0 from Windows 7 RC1 - didn't work on Vista at all (no real surprise).

 

[TechLife]

5.0.1.1 of the evr.dll solved my issues as well.

Details are in my system specs but the jist of it is that I am using the HD3200 IGP, CCC 9.6 with a high-quality HDMI 1.3a compliant cable connected directly to my plasma which supports (and is set to) PC mode.

Blacks are actually black again.

 

[zunixnuz]

... are there any new tips or planed patches, updates or tests which will be initiated by the MP dev. team
to try to fix this issue with evr.dll

I just want to push this thread and ask the above question again because until now the only possible
workaround is to downgrade the evr.dll which should not be seen as a solution!?

Is there any work in progress or planed?
Or is the official MP statement, that this issue has nothing to do with MP so there are no interests to fix this?