Issue with My TV, My Videos and Web Browser (1 Viewer)

[Efros]

Area: Web Browser Displays Skin Background in Blue Two
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC4 (2006-04-18)
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder
Video Codec: Elecard MPEG2 Video Decoder
CPU Type: AMD Athlon XP - 2.1GHz
Memory: 639 MB
Motherboard: K7S5A (ECS)
TV Card Model: Diamond TV Xtreme PVR 550 II
TV Card Type: Hardware
TV Card Driver: conexant 2.0.17.55
Video Card Model: Nvidia Geforce4 MX 440 (64 MB)
Video Card Driver: 8.4.2.1
Video Card Resolution: 1024x768
Video Render Type: VMR9
Audio Card Model: C-Media AC97 Audio Device
Audio Card Driver: 5.12.1.39
Synopsis::

I think this is directx related as when I select exclusive directx in Config, I can't see the Web browser if I have previously used My TV or My Videos. When I say I cant see the web Browser, I get the browser screen with the topbar controls but just the skin background visible on the rest of the page. If I use a page with an auto refresh I can see the skin bkg flickering. If I use My trailers then I can see the Web Browser but this disappears again as soon as I use my videos or my tv. When I deselect exclusive directx mode the web browser displays correctly all the time, but the TV sucks for the usual reasons apart from the crappy american programming!

 

[Efros]

Latest SVN applied issue is still there, anyone else getting anything like this?

 

[petteram]

Videocard do not support DX9 :-(

 

[mdsflyer]

Area: Web Browser Displays Skin Background in Blue Two
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC4
MediaPortal Skin: MCE
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2
DirectX Version: (9.0c)
Audio Codec: Nvidia Decoder
Video Codec: Nvidia Decoder
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 1800XP
Memory: 768MB
Motherboard: MS6712 - KT4V
TV Card Model: Hauppauge PVR150, Skystar2
TV Card Type: Hardware
TV Card Driver:
Video Card Model: Nvidia Geforce FX5200 128MB
Video Card Driver:
Video Card Resolution: 640x480
Video Render Type: VMR9
Audio Card Model: C-Media AC97 Audio Device
Audio Card Driver:
Synopsis::

I have exactly the same problem. The webbrowser plugin works fine if i do not use the tv, i am also using the exclusive direct x mode. It's as if the webbrowser plugin is unable to take the focus back after the tv has been used. I used to et this problem in RC2 and RC3 if i was watching tv and went straight to the webbrowser section without stopping the tv before doing so, however on previous versions if i exited the webbrowser plugin, stopped the tv in the home screen and then returned to the webbrowser plugin in all would be fine again. So is the tv not releasing something after it has been stopped? I find this one of the most useful plugins (can see my work schedule online) and would be really keen to see it back to a useful state.

 

[mdsflyer]

Videocard do not support DX9

I'm pretty sure mine does, the issue is not that webbrowser and tv dont work just that webbrowser can no longer be used after tv. I'm pretty sure this is software related as previously worked ok and efros specs are significantly different to mine.

 

[petteram]

MX440 supports DX8.1 - not DX9.0
http://www.nvidia.com/object/LO_20020204_8254.html

But now it seems to be a bug since mdsflyer has same problem.

 

[mdsflyer]

I tried as efros has unchecking the "use exclusive directx mode" in the general setup section and the problem no longer occurs. But not really the ideal solution. Here is my recorder log when i started tv, stopped it and then entered webbrowser, this is with the exclusive directx mode enabled as i would prefer and which causes the problem.

24/04/2006 09:49:48 Recorder: card:1 video device:B2C2 MPEG-2 Source TV:True record:True priority:10
24/04/2006 09:49:48 Recorder: card:2 video device:Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture TV:True record:True priority:9
24/04/2006 09:49:53 Recorder:enable dx9 exclusive mode
24/04/2006 09:49:54 add cmd:MediaPortal.TV.Recording.TimeShiftTvCommand #1
24/04/2006 09:49:54 RecordertartTimeshift tv TV3
24/04/2006 09:49:54 Recorder: find free card
24/04/2006 09:49:54 Commandtop all card except card:1
24/04/2006 09:49:56 Recorder: found free card 2 prio:9 name:Hauppauge PVR150MCE
24/04/2006 09:49:56 Recorder: start timeshifting card Hauppauge PVR150MCE channel:TV3
24/04/2006 09:50:00 Recorder: tv channel changed:TV3
24/04/2006 09:50:00 Command:MediaPortal.TV.Recording.TimeShiftTvCommand time:6031.25 msec
24/04/2006 09:50:00 Recorder: Cardkystar 2 idle
24/04/2006 09:50:00 Recorder: Card:Hauppauge PVR150MCE timeshift tv channel:TV3
24/04/2006 09:50:01 Recorder: start viewing timeshift file of card Hauppauge PVR150MCE
24/04/2006 09:50:01 add cmd:MediaPortal.TV.Recording.StopRadioCommand #1
24/04/2006 09:50:01 Commandtop radio
24/04/2006 09:50:01 Command:MediaPortal.TV.Recording.StopRadioCommand time:0 msec
24/04/2006 09:50:01 Recorder: Cardkystar 2 idle
24/04/2006 09:50:01 Recorder: Card:Hauppauge PVR150MCE timeshift tv channel:TV3
24/04/2006 09:50:25 Recordertop card:Hauppauge PVR150MCE
24/04/2006 09:50:48 Recordertop all tuners
24/04/2006 09:50:48 Recordertop cardkystar 2
24/04/2006 09:50:48 Recordertop card:Hauppauge PVR150MCE
24/04/2006 09:50:48 Commandprocessor stopped

I dont know much about this stuff but i see at one point exclusive Directx mode is enabled. At no point is it disabled later on could this be the cause?

Here is my VMR9 log from the same time

24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]----------v0.36---------------------------
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9:AdviseNotify()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9:TerminateDevice()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9eleteSurfaces()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9:TerminateDevice()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9eleteSurfaces()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9:TerminateDevice()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9eleteSurfaces()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9:TerminateDevice()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9eleteSurfaces()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9:TerminateDevice()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9eleteSurfaces()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9:InitializeDevice() 720x540 AR 720:540 flags:24 buffers:1 fmt3231564e) NV12
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9eleteSurfaces()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9:flags:
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9: OffscreenSurface
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9: RGBDynamicSwitch
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9:InitializeDevice() done()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9etDeinterlace() SetDeinterlaceMode(0)
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9etDeinterlace() failed hr:0x80070057
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [4f0]vmr9etDeinterlace() deinterlace mode OFF: 0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0-0x0
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [30c]vmr9:TerminateDevice()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [30c]vmr9eleteSurfaces()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [30c]vmr9:InitializeDevice() 768x576 AR 768:576 flags:24 buffers:1 fmt3231564e) NV12
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [30c]vmr9eleteSurfaces()
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [30c]vmr9:flags:
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [30c]vmr9: OffscreenSurface
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [30c]vmr9: RGBDynamicSwitch
24-04-2006 09:50:01 [30c]vmr9:InitializeDevice() done()
24-04-2006 09:50:02 [4f0]vmr9tartPresenting()
24-04-2006 09:50:14 [4f0]vmr9topPresenting()
24-04-2006 09:50:14 [4f0]vmr9:TerminateDevice()
24-04-2006 09:50:14 [4f0]vmr9eleteSurfaces()
24-04-2006 09:50:14 [4f0]Vmr9Deinit:allocator release:5
24-04-2006 09:50:14 [4f0]Vmr9Deinit:m_vmr9Presenter release:5

This might as well be latin for all i understand but i hope it helps someone!

 

[Efros]

I cant comment on this issue for RC3 or RC2 as I wasn't using the web browser when I had these installed. I do have an fx5200 in another machine and I'll try that at some point in the next couple of days and report my findings here.

 

[mdsflyer]

Hi efros, try this for me as i think i'm at the root of the problem. It has nothing to do with your graphics card. Use mediaportal so as to create the fault with webbrowser. Then exit webbrowser and play a track from your my music selection (ensure you are using the default media player and have the visualisations enabled). Stop the track and then return to webbrowser. Hey presto its working again! (i hope ).

On my system when i use the tv i get a flicker as it enters, i guess this is from it entering the exclusive directx mode, it used to flicker when it exited tv but now it no longer does (see above post from recorderlog). I can create that flicker by using the mediaplayer within MP to play a track as it must somehow disbale the exclusive directx before playing or exiting the visualisations.

I think this is the problem but i cannot program, if a developer could help with this i'd be very grateful.

 

[Efros]

I think you're right, using the music visualization does the same as when I exit My trailers after having played a trailer, seems to reset dx9. exiting the TV area or stopping the TV if you have timeshifting enabled does not. Hmm think there may be a single line of code missing: reset dx9.