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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 7855"><p>Well, another update...</p><p></p><p>I removed and reinstalled MP from scratch. The only things I saved and moved to the fresh install were the tvguide.xml, the channel logos and the tvdatabase so I didn't have to configure 156 channels again by hand.</p><p></p><p>So, I ran the Configuration program and started MP. That's when I found out the the Config program didn't save any of my settings! So I quit MP and reran the config and sure enough the all the settings I had put in were missing. So I put them in again and this time they appear to have 'stuck'.</p><p></p><p>DVD Playing</p><p>--------------</p><p>I configured MP to use the CyberLink codecs and external player. I started MP and did some more DVD testing with the following results:</p><p></p><p>1. the DVD image still cuts off the bottom 25-50 lines of the display. As before this does NOT happen when the DVD is played through CyberLink outside of MP so it appears to be related to MP. Its as if the player is sizing the image to a display buffer allocated for PAL and then outputting it to an NTSC display space. </p><p></p><p>2. if I stop the DVD before the end and come back an play it MP asks if I want to resume from MM<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />S. If I say YES, it starts back at 0 anyway, it never resumes in process.</p><p></p><p>3. if I hit "Y" to display the OSD and even 'jiggle' the mouse the OSD clears. In normal operation this is probably not a problem as most people probably wouldn't run it from a keyboard/mouse anyway. </p><p></p><p>4. the OSD 'flashes' every time the runtime clock 'underneath' the OSD changes once per second --- really irritating.</p><p></p><p>5. on one occasion, hitting "B" to stop the DVD resulted in MP closing and going away immediately.</p><p></p><p>TV Operation</p><p>---------------</p><p>6. I did some testing with the TV as well. I have the PVR150MCE cards installed but no cable/antenna connected. When I selected a program to play I initially got a big black square about 3/4 the size of the screen and then that was overlayed with the display windo filled with colored 'hash'. MP froze up at that point and required TaskMan to shut it down.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully this is simply an anomoly due to the fact that I have no actual video source at this time and the card configuration may not be correct as a result.</p><p></p><p>Remote Control</p><p>------------------</p><p>On a more successful note I have installed Pacific Neo-Tek's "OmniRemote" software (<a href="http://www.pacificneotek.com" target="_blank">http://www.pacificneotek.com</a>) on an old Visor Prism I had and started building a custom remote control designed around the way MP is operated. So far it looks pretty nice. I trained it and MP with several remotes I had on hand and and actually controls MP pretty much as intended. More on this as it progresses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 7855"] Well, another update... I removed and reinstalled MP from scratch. The only things I saved and moved to the fresh install were the tvguide.xml, the channel logos and the tvdatabase so I didn't have to configure 156 channels again by hand. So, I ran the Configuration program and started MP. That's when I found out the the Config program didn't save any of my settings! So I quit MP and reran the config and sure enough the all the settings I had put in were missing. So I put them in again and this time they appear to have 'stuck'. DVD Playing -------------- I configured MP to use the CyberLink codecs and external player. I started MP and did some more DVD testing with the following results: 1. the DVD image still cuts off the bottom 25-50 lines of the display. As before this does NOT happen when the DVD is played through CyberLink outside of MP so it appears to be related to MP. Its as if the player is sizing the image to a display buffer allocated for PAL and then outputting it to an NTSC display space. 2. if I stop the DVD before the end and come back an play it MP asks if I want to resume from MM:SS. If I say YES, it starts back at 0 anyway, it never resumes in process. 3. if I hit "Y" to display the OSD and even 'jiggle' the mouse the OSD clears. In normal operation this is probably not a problem as most people probably wouldn't run it from a keyboard/mouse anyway. 4. the OSD 'flashes' every time the runtime clock 'underneath' the OSD changes once per second --- really irritating. 5. on one occasion, hitting "B" to stop the DVD resulted in MP closing and going away immediately. TV Operation --------------- 6. I did some testing with the TV as well. I have the PVR150MCE cards installed but no cable/antenna connected. When I selected a program to play I initially got a big black square about 3/4 the size of the screen and then that was overlayed with the display windo filled with colored 'hash'. MP froze up at that point and required TaskMan to shut it down. Hopefully this is simply an anomoly due to the fact that I have no actual video source at this time and the card configuration may not be correct as a result. Remote Control ------------------ On a more successful note I have installed Pacific Neo-Tek's "OmniRemote" software ([url]http://www.pacificneotek.com[/url]) on an old Visor Prism I had and started building a custom remote control designed around the way MP is operated. So far it looks pretty nice. I trained it and MP with several remotes I had on hand and and actually controls MP pretty much as intended. More on this as it progresses. [/QUOTE]
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