MPstandbyHandler (1 Viewer)

[Tropics]

known problem, 64bit operating systems don't work.

 

[ichessblumen]

that's too bad.hmpff, thanks for response.

is there any other chance to restart tv card after resume?

 

[Tropics]

actually there is. there is a console tool from microsoft called "devcon" which can restart any device in your pc. you should be able to control it via mpstandbyhandler external commands.

 

[ichessblumen]

actually there is. there is a console tool from microsoft called "devcon" which can restart any device in your pc. you should be able to control it via mpstandbyhandler external commands.

Will that work despite of not working MPstandbyhandler on a 64bit OS? Or does this affect the "restart device" section only? I think I have to write a .bat for devcon,haven't I?

 

[Tropics]

as long as there is a 64bit version of devcon, that's exactly the way to go. afaik only the hardware restart option of mpstandbyhandler is affected, the rest should work. not tested though. good luck!

 

[ichessblumen]

as long as there is a 64bit version of devcon, that's exactly the way to go. afaik only the hardware restart option of mpstandbyhandler is affected, the rest should work. not tested though. good luck!

yes, and that's the problem. i can't find the devcon for x64 ( only ia64 which means itanium). Afaik it's in the Win XP x64 OS setup CD under Support-tools as well as in Win Server 2003 also under support tools. But unfortunately I do not own one of this. Could anybody who owns a devcon64.exe upload here?

Then I'll be able to write a short .bat to reinititialize the tuner card.

Thanks alot.
ieb

 

[Thor2605]

Normally ia64 should work on x64-machines too, doesn't it?

 

[ichessblumen]

Normally ia64 should work on x64-machines too, doesn't it?

nope, saw a lot of comments during my research with the same problem trying to get it to work and nobody got it working with ia64 on a 64-bit rig. So, I'll ask some friends with server 2003 to help me out. I'll report then.

 

[ichessblumen]

got tv restart working on vista 64

just a short update. I found the belonging devcon.exe in order to restart, enable or disable the tv card.
it's in a Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, x64 Editions - ISO-9660 CD Image File

just extract the whole thing with 7zip or similar thing until you found it in a supprt.cab file. then copy the devcon.exe in %Windows\system32 as well as in %Windows\sysWOW64.

right after that I wrote a little batch file with editor and save as "whateveryoulike.bat"

rem this disables your TV card. find out the  hardware ID of your card in device manager properties . the asterisk is a wildcard

devcon disable "PCI\VEN_1822*" 

rem give it some time thats why I use ping localhost before next command

ping localhost

rem next enables your card again

devcon enable "PCI\VEN_1822*"

In resume tab I insert then "External command" the path to the "whateveryoulike.bat"

I think this could be helpful for alot o people using Vista 64 or upcoming W7 cause "Restart device" doesn't work.

 

[Anna21]

First off, thanks for the great little app. It worked perfectly for over a year.

However, something has happened recently that has stopped it working properly. MP now does not close and open on resume anymore - I guess it's the same problem as justathome (2009-08-05) and Nybbe67 (2009-08-06).

My main problem now though is that I then messed everything up. I thought i would try the new version of MPSH. I couldn't work out how to uninstall - my original app folder didn't seem to have an "uninstall". I ran the uninstall from the new version - which didn't seem to work. I then deleted the old files and installed the new version. Seemed to work.

I ran the GUI to put in my new settings, but it had remembered my old ones. I deleted these settings and copied the settings that I found posted earlier in this thread. Tried it out and got the "blue screen off death". After the restart I went back into the GUI and found that my old settings were back - plus the new ones I'd entered. Everything was doubled. The app remembers any new settings I enter, but wont let me delete old ones.

I realise this was totally my fault, sorry to be a pain. Can anybody tell me how can I get rid of the whole thing and start again afresh?

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