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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1299039" data-attributes="member: 141969">Clearly something changes as a result of the sleep/wake cycle, the question is what? It could be:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some value within MP.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some value in the display driver.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some value within Windows.</li>
</ul>Sadly, I think that this may be a puzzle that will never be solved. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":cry:" title="Crying&nbsp; &nbsp; :cry:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cry:" />At this point I would look for a workaround. The workaround that works is to close MP before sleeping your system, and then restart MP after the wake. It should be possible to create a solution that:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Automatically closes the MP client if you sleep your system with the MP client still running.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Restarts the MP client when your system wakes from sleep.</li>
</ul>If you switch to &quot;Expert Mode&quot; for the &quot;PowerScheduler&quot; plugin in &quot;TV Server Config&quot;, the &quot;Advanced&quot; tab has the setting Run command on system power state change. It looks as though that could be used to run a program to close MP on sleep, and restart MP on wake. I have never tried this, so it may or may not work.On my system I use an AutoHotKey script to close the MP client if I accidentally hibernate my system with the MP client playing live TV or video. The script sends to the MP window a lower case &quot;b&quot; character to stop playback, followed by ALT_F4 to close MP. However, I use an over-complicated setup to do this, which I would not recommend for anyone else. The setting mentioned above looks to be an easier way of achieving the desired result.-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1299039, member: 141969"] Clearly [i]something[/i] changes as a result of the sleep/wake cycle, the question is what? It could be: [LIST] [*]Some value within MP. [*]Some value in the display driver. [*]Some value within Windows. [/LIST] Sadly, I think that this may be a puzzle that will never be solved. :eek: :cry: At this point I would look for a workaround. The workaround that works is to close MP before sleeping your system, and then restart MP after the wake. It should be possible to create a solution that: [LIST] [*]Automatically closes the MP client if you sleep your system with the MP client still running. [*]Restarts the MP client when your system wakes from sleep. [/LIST] If you switch to "Expert Mode" for the "PowerScheduler" plugin in "TV Server Config", the "Advanced" tab has the setting [b]Run command on system power state change[/b]. It looks as though that could be used to run a program to close MP on sleep, and restart MP on wake. I have never tried this, so it may or may not work. On my system I use an AutoHotKey script to close the MP client if I accidentally hibernate my system with the MP client playing live TV or video. The script sends to the MP window a lower case "b" character to stop playback, followed by ALT_F4 to close MP. However, I use an over-complicated setup to do this, which I would not recommend for anyone else. The setting mentioned above looks to be an easier way of achieving the desired result. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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