MediaPortal Support (new version 2005-11-20) (2 Viewers)

[James]

Working good here: "Intel Pentium III processor - 1Ghz"

Good Work!

/James

 

[wortelsoft]

Motherboard is now showing nothing any more on my system.
dx, cpu and speed is ok.

I think programms like everest problebly have a database to compare against to find chipset / motherboard type. But I think that's to much effort for a tool like this.

 

[Zyphrax]

ok i uploaded another new version with the same name:
MediaPortal Support 19-11-2005 3

You might get some Motherboard information this time.

Other changes:
- Add: I remove words like 'processor', '(tm)', '(c)', '(r)' in the detection of the processor
- Add: I ignore a videocard containing the word 'Secondary'
- Add: Server 2003 to the detection and OS list
- Add: I do not add the clockspeed if the processor name contains AMD and a +

If this version works ok, i'll replace the version everyone is using on the forum (MediaPortal Support.exe).

 

[FlipGer]

Hi,



Seems to work ok on my system.

Still no motherboard information, but chipset info is there. I would give it a go.

Flip

 

[tomtom21000]

Just tested your latest version (3).
Everything seems to work correctly.

Apart from:

-TV card - not yet implemented, if I remember right

-mp version not recognized. It is 0.2 RC with cvs from a week ago.
This is also none of your dropdown options (only 0.2RC1 with latest cvs)

- it says overlay, but I use vmr9 (going to check afterwards to make sure)


Another thing:
If you are supposed to run the support app from the htpc, the text size is far to smaal. Even 1m from the tv screen it is more of a guessing than reading what is written on the screens.Sorry, to say that because the screen layouts are really well done.

tomtom
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Here is the info your program gave for my system:

Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: -
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: Mpeg2Dec Filter
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ - 2.2GHz
Memory: 1 GB
Motherboard: A8V-E DELUXE (ASUSTek Computer INC.)
TV Card Model: -
TV Card Type: -
TV Card Driver: -
Video Card Model: MSI MS-StarForce GeForce 6600 (NVIDIA GeForce 6600) (256 MB)
Video Card Driver: -
Video Card Resolution: 720x576
Video Render Type: Overlay
Audio Card Model: Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller
Audio Card Driver: -
Synopsis:: -

 

[wortelsoft]

Here are the results of the dutch jury :wink:

Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: -
MediaPortal Skin: RedTwo1280x720
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: ffdshow Audio Decoder
Video Codec: InterVideo NonCSS Video Decoder for Hauppauge
CPU Type: AMD Athlon - 1.2GHz
Memory: 511 MB
Motherboard: 8363-686A
TV Card Model: -
TV Card Type: -
TV Card Driver: -
Video Card Model: RADEON 9550 (128 MB)
Video Card Driver: -
Video Card Resolution: 1280x768
Video Render Type: VMR9
Audio Card Model: Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM)
Audio Card Driver: -
Synopsis:: -

I'm quite happy with the result.
When the programm is totaly finished it should be installed with MP with a shortcut on the desktop.

 

[Zyphrax]

-TV card - not yet implemented, if I remember right

You're right, I didn't implement this one yet. I would like to gather this information from the system, but that's quite hard, since I can't determine whether a device is a Tvcard or not.

-mp version not recognized. It is 0.2 RC with cvs from a week ago. This is also none of your dropdown options (only 0.2RC1 with latest cvs)

I adjusted the version detection, it should work better now. To help the developers pinpoint your version, I've added the last modified date of the Core.Dll file to the detected version.

- it says overlay, but I use vmr9 (going to check afterwards to make sure)

It reads the Video Render Type from the configuration.xml (your setting for MyTv that is).

Another thing:
If you are supposed to run the support app from the htpc, the text size is far to smaal. Even 1m from the tv screen it is more of a guessing than reading what is written on the screens.Sorry, to say that because the screen layouts are really well done.

I compared the font size of the MediaPortal Support Wizard to the font size of the MediaPortal Setup Wizard. They roughly match. I might be able to add a supersize option or something, but that's for the next version

 

[Zyphrax]

I'll upload the new version soon, with a little bit of Tv card detection (not using System info, but using MediaPortal info).

 

[M_a_r_t_i_n]

Here are my results;

Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: 0.1.1.1
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 1.1.4322
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: DScaler Audio Decoder
Video Codec: DScaler Mpeg2 Video Decoder
CPU Type: AMD Athlon XP 2000+ - 1.7GHz
Memory: 767 MB
Motherboard: K7S41
TV Card Model: -
TV Card Type: -
TV Card Driver: -
Video Card Model: HIGHTECH EXCALIBUR RADEON 9550SE Series (128 MB)
Video Card Driver: -
Video Card Resolution: 1024x768
Video Render Type: Overlay
Audio Card Model: C-Media AC97 Audio Device
Audio Card Driver: -
Synopsis:: -


It all seems correct except for the Video Render Type. I've checked in the config screen and it definitely says 'Video Mixing Renderer 9 - Renderless'.
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[Zyphrax]

Here is a new version:
MediaPortal Support 2005-11-20

Changes:
- Fix: A little issue with the Video Render Type (remember it uses the setting from MyTv)
- Fix: Some string replacement issues
- Fix: Detection of the MP version
- Add: Simple detection using MP of the TvCard
- Add: MP version detection shows modification date of Core.dll
- Add: Some extra error handling here and there
- Add: I convert the VideoCard name to normal casing (stupid WMI)

I didn't add detection of driver versions and TvCard type yet. That's a ToDo for later. Also I'd like to gather the TvCard information through the SystemInfo instead of the MPInfo. But this is at least something.

And thanks again, for aiding me in the creation of this little app.