****EDIT... I just loaded on 01-20-06 15-36 and both issues were FIXED! ****
Area: Configuration: Media Portal Main Menu
MP Version: RC2. with CVS 1-20-06 01-05
Skin: Blue Two
Windows Version: XP PRO SP2
CPU Type: AMD +2800
Memory: 1 Gb DDR
Motherboard Chipset: VIA
Video Card: Nvidia Geforce 5200
Video Card Driver: 81.98
Video Card Resolution: 1024x768
Video Render Type: VMR9
Video Codec Type & Version: Nvidia
Audio Codec Type & Version: Nvidia
TV Card: None
TV Card Type: None
TV Card Driver: None
Optional Log: Below
Optional References: None
****EDIT... I just loaded on 01-20-06 15-36 and both issues were FIXED! ****
I think a screenshot shows the issue the best.
I just upgraded from CVS 1-13-06 to 1-20-06 to try to figure out why the priview was not disapearing. When I booted into MP for the first time this is what I received.
I backed up my current install and installed the CVS. I then ran the start.bat and when into the config. I see this issue so I reboot and it's still there. Using the icon's I found my music and played a song. I then hit B to try to remove the preview window... and it never went away.
Here is my Log. This log is just me booting up MP and then closing it right away.
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM MediaPortal is starting up
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Set current directory to :C:\Program Files\MediaPortal
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM verify that directx 9 is installed
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM verify that windows mediaplayer 9 or 10 is installed
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Windows media player version:10,0,0,3802 installed
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Check if mediaportal is already started
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM delete old log\capture.log file...
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Check skin version
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Set registry keys for intervideo/windvd/hauppauge codecs
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Load key mapping from keymap.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Init playlist player
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Creating the USBUIRT device
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM USBUIRT:Open
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM USBUIRT:Open success:Firmware Version: 5.9 (March, 26, 2004)
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM USBUIRT:unable to load tunervalues from:UIRTUSB-tuner.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM done creating the USBUIRT device
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM creating the WINLIRC device
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM Initialising WinLirc...
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM WinLirc window not found, starting WinLirc
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM Winlirc process not found
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM done creating the WINLIRC device
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM Init players
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM initializing DirectX
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM start fullscreen
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM ClientSize: 1024x768 screen:1024x768
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM MAP: using default mappings for DirectInput
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM texturemanager:dispose()
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM TexturePacker
ispose()
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM Load key mapping from keymap.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM load localized strings from:language\English\strings.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM exception loading language language\English\strings.xml err:Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 4047, position 12. stack: at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.InvalidCharRecovery(Int32& bytesCount, Int32& charsCount)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.GetChars(Int32 maxCharsCount)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ReadData()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText(Int32& startPos, Int32& endPos, Int32& outOrChars)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename)
at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUILocalizeStrings.LoadMap(String strFileName, Dictionary`2& map, Boolean bDetermineNumberOfChars)
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM exception loading language language\English\strings.xml err:Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 4047, position 12. stack: at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.InvalidCharRecovery(Int32& bytesCount, Int32& charsCount)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.GetChars(Int32 maxCharsCount)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ReadData()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText(Int32& startPos, Int32& endPos, Int32& outOrChars)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename)
at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUILocalizeStrings.LoadMap(String strFileName, Dictionary`2& map, Boolean bDetermineNumberOfChars)
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Load fonts from skin\BlueTwo\fonts.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM fonts.InitializeDeviceObjects()
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:debug height:12 texture:256x256 chars:[32-255] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font10 height:13 texture:512x512 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font12 height:16 texture:512x512 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font13 height:17 texture:512x512 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font14 height:18 texture:512x512 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font16 height:21 texture:512x512 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font18 height:24 texture:512x512 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:dingbats height:32 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font32 height:42 texture:256x256 chars:[48-59] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font48 height:64 texture:512x512 chars:[48-59] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font72 height:96 texture:512x512 chars:[48-59] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:fontSVT height:17 texture:512x512 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM Load skin BlueTwo
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM LoadWindowPlugins()
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM Load plugins from
lugins\windows\Dialogs.dll
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM Load plugins from
lugins\windows\WindowPlugins.dll
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM Loading references from skin\BlueTwo\references.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM original skin size:720x576
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM xml:skin\BlueTwo\videoOSD.xml image id:350 width:0 height:0 gfx:-
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM opening tvdatabase
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM using sqlite 3.2.8
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblversion
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: channel
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblPrograms
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: genre
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: recording
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: canceledseries
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: recorded
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblDVBSMapping
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblDVBCMapping
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblATSCMapping
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblDVBTMapping
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblGroups
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblGroupMapping
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblChannelCard
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblNotifies
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblEPGMapping
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM tvdatabase opened
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM Init MPScript
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM C:\Program Files\MediaPortal\scripts
1/20/2006 7:52:10 AM xml:skin\BlueTwo\tvOSD.xml image id:350 width:0 height:0 gfx:-
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM Load plugins from
lugins\windows\XihSolutions.DotMSN.dll
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM WindowManager.Load
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM load calibration1024x768.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM WindowManager.Preinitialize
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM TexturePacker: Loaded skin\BlueTwo\packedgfx20.png texture:2048x2048 miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM TexturePacker: fontengine add texure:199
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM texturemanager:added:skin\BlueTwo\media\black.bmp total:0 mem left:245366784
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM WindowManager.ActivateWindow
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM xml:skin\BlueTwo\home.xml image id:1000 width:0 height:0 gfx:-
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM window:MediaPortal.GUI.Home.HomeWindow init
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM skin initialized
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM DX9 size: 1024x768
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM video ram left:239616 KByte
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM running...
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM Mediaportal.OnStartup()
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM Recorder: Loading capture cards from capturecards.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM Recorder: no capture cards found. Use file->setup to setup tvcapture!
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM PlugInManager.Load()
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM Load plugins from
lugins\process\ProcessPlugins.dll
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM PlugInManager.Start()
1/20/2006 7:52:16 AM Mediaportal.OnExit()
1/20/2006 7:52:16 AM PlugInManager.Stop()
1/20/2006 7:52:16 AM MediaPortal done
1/20/2006 7:52:16 AM dbs:close
rogramDatabaseV3.db3
1/20/2006 7:52:16 AM dbs:close:TVDatabaseV21.db3
Area: Configuration: Media Portal Main Menu
MP Version: RC2. with CVS 1-20-06 01-05
Skin: Blue Two
Windows Version: XP PRO SP2
CPU Type: AMD +2800
Memory: 1 Gb DDR
Motherboard Chipset: VIA
Video Card: Nvidia Geforce 5200
Video Card Driver: 81.98
Video Card Resolution: 1024x768
Video Render Type: VMR9
Video Codec Type & Version: Nvidia
Audio Codec Type & Version: Nvidia
TV Card: None
TV Card Type: None
TV Card Driver: None
Optional Log: Below
Optional References: None
****EDIT... I just loaded on 01-20-06 15-36 and both issues were FIXED! ****
I think a screenshot shows the issue the best.

I just upgraded from CVS 1-13-06 to 1-20-06 to try to figure out why the priview was not disapearing. When I booted into MP for the first time this is what I received.
I backed up my current install and installed the CVS. I then ran the start.bat and when into the config. I see this issue so I reboot and it's still there. Using the icon's I found my music and played a song. I then hit B to try to remove the preview window... and it never went away.
Here is my Log. This log is just me booting up MP and then closing it right away.
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM MediaPortal is starting up
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Set current directory to :C:\Program Files\MediaPortal
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM verify that directx 9 is installed
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM verify that windows mediaplayer 9 or 10 is installed
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Windows media player version:10,0,0,3802 installed
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Check if mediaportal is already started
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM delete old log\capture.log file...
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Check skin version
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Set registry keys for intervideo/windvd/hauppauge codecs
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Load key mapping from keymap.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Init playlist player
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM Creating the USBUIRT device
1/20/2006 7:52:06 AM USBUIRT:Open
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM USBUIRT:Open success:Firmware Version: 5.9 (March, 26, 2004)
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM USBUIRT:unable to load tunervalues from:UIRTUSB-tuner.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM done creating the USBUIRT device
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM creating the WINLIRC device
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM Initialising WinLirc...
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM WinLirc window not found, starting WinLirc
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM Winlirc process not found
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM done creating the WINLIRC device
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM Init players
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM initializing DirectX
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM start fullscreen
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM ClientSize: 1024x768 screen:1024x768
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM MAP: using default mappings for DirectInput
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM texturemanager:dispose()
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM TexturePacker
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM Load key mapping from keymap.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM load localized strings from:language\English\strings.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM exception loading language language\English\strings.xml err:Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 4047, position 12. stack: at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.InvalidCharRecovery(Int32& bytesCount, Int32& charsCount)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.GetChars(Int32 maxCharsCount)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ReadData()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText(Int32& startPos, Int32& endPos, Int32& outOrChars)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename)
at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUILocalizeStrings.LoadMap(String strFileName, Dictionary`2& map, Boolean bDetermineNumberOfChars)
1/20/2006 7:52:07 AM exception loading language language\English\strings.xml err:Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 4047, position 12. stack: at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.InvalidCharRecovery(Int32& bytesCount, Int32& charsCount)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.GetChars(Int32 maxCharsCount)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ReadData()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText(Int32& startPos, Int32& endPos, Int32& outOrChars)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename)
at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUILocalizeStrings.LoadMap(String strFileName, Dictionary`2& map, Boolean bDetermineNumberOfChars)
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Load fonts from skin\BlueTwo\fonts.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM fonts.InitializeDeviceObjects()
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:debug height:12 texture:256x256 chars:[32-255] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font10 height:13 texture:512x512 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font12 height:16 texture:512x512 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font13 height:17 texture:512x512 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font14 height:18 texture:512x512 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font16 height:21 texture:512x512 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font18 height:24 texture:512x512 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:dingbats height:32 texture:1024x1024 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font32 height:42 texture:256x256 chars:[48-59] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font48 height:64 texture:512x512 chars:[48-59] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:font72 height:96 texture:512x512 chars:[48-59] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:08 AM Loaded font:fontSVT height:17 texture:512x512 chars:[32-256] miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM Load skin BlueTwo
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM LoadWindowPlugins()
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM Load plugins from
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM Load plugins from
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM Loading references from skin\BlueTwo\references.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM original skin size:720x576
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM xml:skin\BlueTwo\videoOSD.xml image id:350 width:0 height:0 gfx:-
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM opening tvdatabase
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM using sqlite 3.2.8
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblversion
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: channel
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblPrograms
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: genre
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: recording
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: canceledseries
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: recorded
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblDVBSMapping
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblDVBCMapping
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblATSCMapping
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblDVBTMapping
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblGroups
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblGroupMapping
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblChannelCard
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblNotifies
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM AddTable: tblEPGMapping
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM tvdatabase opened
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM Init MPScript
1/20/2006 7:52:09 AM C:\Program Files\MediaPortal\scripts
1/20/2006 7:52:10 AM xml:skin\BlueTwo\tvOSD.xml image id:350 width:0 height:0 gfx:-
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM Load plugins from
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM WindowManager.Load
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM load calibration1024x768.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM WindowManager.Preinitialize
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM TexturePacker: Loaded skin\BlueTwo\packedgfx20.png texture:2048x2048 miplevels:1
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM TexturePacker: fontengine add texure:199
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM texturemanager:added:skin\BlueTwo\media\black.bmp total:0 mem left:245366784
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM WindowManager.ActivateWindow
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM xml:skin\BlueTwo\home.xml image id:1000 width:0 height:0 gfx:-
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM window:MediaPortal.GUI.Home.HomeWindow init
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM skin initialized
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM DX9 size: 1024x768
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM video ram left:239616 KByte
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM running...
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM Mediaportal.OnStartup()
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM Recorder: Loading capture cards from capturecards.xml
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM Recorder: no capture cards found. Use file->setup to setup tvcapture!
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM PlugInManager.Load()
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM Load plugins from
1/20/2006 7:52:11 AM PlugInManager.Start()
1/20/2006 7:52:16 AM Mediaportal.OnExit()
1/20/2006 7:52:16 AM PlugInManager.Stop()
1/20/2006 7:52:16 AM MediaPortal done
1/20/2006 7:52:16 AM dbs:close
1/20/2006 7:52:16 AM dbs:close:TVDatabaseV21.db3