MPtray and focus issue (1 Viewer)

[damaster]

I have an issue where MediaPortal loses keyboard focus when I start playing some 720p/1080p videos. Even my remote numeric buttons stop working and I have to press ALT+TAB to get focus back to MediaPortal after which the keyboard and MCE remote's numeric buttons work fine.

I've narrowed this down to Mptray because when I kill the Mptray process I absolutely can not get the issue to reproduce.

Anyone else having the same issue with Mptray?

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

I have an issue where MediaPortal loses keyboard focus when I start playing some 720p/1080p videos

Have you got Divx\CoreAVC\FFDShow system tray icons activated, this is usually down to one or the other, just deactivate in the codec settings.

 

[damaster]

Probably AC3Filter... but the problem goes away when I kill Mptray. You still think it's the tray icon of AC3Filter?

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Well there looks like nothing else that could take focus away, I'm the same as you with Vista, must say even if I do lose focus, then pressing the green button brings it back, and I am talking about MPTay, not MPTrayMod, which causes splashscreen load problems on MP's first start.

 

[damaster]

I'm using MPTrayMod, and I've been debugging the source code today and found a couple of bugs right off the bat.

First off, in mptray.cs, the code tries to re-launch the mediaportal.exe process even though it is currently running after it switches focus to it. That in itself is strange. There's a return statement missing here:

  Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName("mediaportal");
  if(processes.Length != 0)
  {
    SwitchFocus();
  }

  try
  {
    // Launch mediaportal.exe ...
  }

I'm not at home right now, but I'm going to test my modified version of MPTrayMod tonight and see if it solves the focus issues.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Well if you do please share, we have been talking for ages about incorporating MPTray into MP core distribution, so any improvements within the code would be appreciated.

 

[damaster]

Well if you do please share, we have been talking for ages about incorporating MPTray into MP core distribution, so any improvements within the code would be appreciated.

So I managed to fix the issues with MPTrayMod:
1) My MediaPortal no longer loses focus no matter how many times I press the "Start"/Green button on my remote and play all kinds of video. Keyboard and remote input continues to work flawlessly. I also always have my MediaPortal configured to "Always on top".
2) Splash screen now appears as it should when MediaPortal is launched using the "Start"/Green button.

Attached are the binary and modified source files (I updated the solution and project files to Visual Studio 2008).

 

[esas]

I used to have problems loosing the numeric keys on my remote (all the other buttons still worked). After installing your mod this problem seems to be gone. But I still have the splash screen issue when launching MP with "green button".

 

[Cybertex]

Well if you do please share, we have been talking for ages about incorporating MPTray into MP core distribution, so any improvements within the code would be appreciated.

So I managed to fix the issues with MPTrayMod:
1) My MediaPortal no longer loses focus no matter how many times I press the "Start"/Green button on my remote and play all kinds of video. Keyboard and remote input continues to work flawlessly. I also always have my MediaPortal configured to "Always on top".
2) Splash screen now appears as it should when MediaPortal is launched using the "Start"/Green button.

Attached are the binary and modified source files (I updated the solution and project files to Visual Studio 2008).

Hi damaster, good to hear you narrowed down the problem. But, have you tried MPTray (not the MOD version)? I experienced same problems as yours using MPTrayMod, while MPTray always works well.

 

[damaster]

I used to have problems loosing the numeric keys on my remote (all the other buttons still worked). After installing your mod this problem seems to be gone. But I still have the splash screen issue when launching MP with "green button".

Hmm, I don't have the splash screen problem with my mod, but perhaps that has something to do with the fact that I have set my MP to be "Always on top".