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<blockquote data-quote="awol" data-source="post: 125623" data-attributes="member: 46056">After a rough start, I've been using MCE2005:RU2 flawlessly for the past year or so on my HTPC. No errors, no driver problems - only flawless operation. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;Recently started playing with Media Portal 0.2.2.0 (stable) and it's pretty much working. Got my tuners setup, Zap2It EPG going, ripped DVDs playing, etc. But I have a number of quirks (and questions).&nbsp; If another forum is more appropriate, feel free to point me in the right direction.1.&nbsp; When playing a 5.1 DVD (regardless of audio decoder) and MP is set to control &quot;Wave&quot; audio (the default), only R/L channels are affected by volume control. Center &amp; surround stay at full volume. If MP is not the active window, my MCE remote &quot;MUTE&quot; affects ALL channels, but inside MP it only mutes R/L. Setting MP to &quot;Master Volume&quot; resolves this quirk. Is this a bug? a feature? a design flaw?2. When in &quot;My Videos&quot;, I am viewing by genre, select a genre (Action), select &quot;Big Icons&quot;, go back to genre list, then pick a genre again.&nbsp; When displaying the available movies, It says &quot;Big Icons&quot;, but videos are actually in &quot;list&quot; format.&nbsp; Again, bug? feature? any workaround?&nbsp; I would prefer genres be a &quot;list&quot; and movies be &quot;Big Icons&quot;, but would be happy if Big Icons would just work for everything.3. In MCE, going back to full screen playback (of currently playing video/TV/DVD) is ALWAYS available via remote, by just selecting the video preview window. In MP, the video preview window is not &quot;highlight-able&quot; from a remote on most menus.&nbsp; Is there an easy way to go directly to full screen playback, via remote?4. There appear to numerous bugs in the DVD playback engine. (I) With either of the included MPEG-2 decoders, some movies lockup after 2 seconds . Some play sound but no audio. Of these, some display video if menu is blindly used to select main movie, some still play only audio.&nbsp; If my NVIDIA decoder is used, most problems go away. (II) I've had several times where, if DVD's menus are not yet active/selectable, and &quot;BACK&quot; is pressed (putting DVD in preview window), as soon as DVD menu becomes active, MP stops responding to remote input. I've walked away for several minutes, and when i came back, remote control worked again.&nbsp; (III). I have a 16x9 screen. If a 4x3 DVD is played, portions of MP are visible for a second or so in the unused area on the left of the screen. Is any one else having these problems?5.&nbsp; When watching fullscreen Live TV, remote's &quot;STOP&quot; button (&amp; &quot;B&quot; on keyboard) have no effect.&nbsp; If I go back to the guide (or &quot;MyTV&quot; screen), &quot;STOP&quot; halts playback for 1/2 second, then it starts again. If I go to the main screen, &quot;STOP&quot; works.&nbsp; Frickin' weird.&nbsp;Any input is welcome!AwolMediaPortal Version: 0.2.2.0 (stable)MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo wideWindows Version: XP MCE 2005 w/ RU2CPU Type: Pentium D 820HDD: WD 250GB SATAMemory: 1GB DDR2 dual channelMotherboard: Intel D945GTPVideo Card: Nvidia 6600GTVideo Card Driver: 81.98Sound Card: On-board Intel HD connected to Harman Kardon receiver via optical1. TV Card: Hauppage PVR5001. TV Card Driver: 2.0.35.23348 (per Device Manager)MPEG2 Video Codec: Nvidia PureVideo 1.02.223MPEG2 Audio Codec: Nvidia PureVideo 1.02.223Remote: MCETV: DLP 1280x720 projectorTV - HTPC Connection:&nbsp; DVI</blockquote>

[QUOTE="awol, post: 125623, member: 46056"] After a rough start, I've been using MCE2005:RU2 flawlessly for the past year or so on my HTPC. No errors, no driver problems - only flawless operation. :) Recently started playing with Media Portal 0.2.2.0 (stable) and it's [I]pretty much [/I]working. Got my tuners setup, Zap2It EPG going, ripped DVDs playing, etc. But I have a number of quirks (and questions). If another forum is more appropriate, feel free to point me in the right direction. 1. When playing a 5.1 DVD (regardless of audio decoder) and MP is set to control "Wave" audio (the default), only R/L channels are affected by volume control. Center & surround stay at full volume. If MP is [I]not [/I]the active window, my MCE remote "MUTE" affects ALL channels, but inside MP it only mutes R/L. Setting MP to "Master Volume" resolves this quirk. Is this a bug? a feature? a design flaw? 2. When in "My Videos", I am viewing by genre, select a genre (Action), select "Big Icons", go back to genre list, then pick a genre again. When displaying the available movies, It [I]says[/I] "Big Icons", but videos are actually in "list" format. Again, bug? feature? any workaround? I would prefer genres be a "list" and movies be "Big Icons", but would be happy if Big Icons would just work for everything. 3. In MCE, going back to full screen playback (of currently playing video/TV/DVD) is ALWAYS available via remote, by just selecting the video preview window. In MP, the video preview window is not "highlight-able" from a remote on most menus. Is there an easy way to go directly to full screen playback, via remote? 4. There appear to numerous bugs in the DVD playback engine. (I) With either of the included MPEG-2 decoders, some movies lockup after 2 seconds . Some play sound but no audio. Of these, some display video if menu is blindly used to select main movie, some still play only audio. If my NVIDIA decoder is used, most problems go away. (II) I've had several times where, if DVD's menus are not yet active/selectable, and "BACK" is pressed (putting DVD in preview window), as soon as DVD menu becomes active, MP stops responding to remote input. I've walked away for several minutes, and when i came back, remote control worked again. (III). I have a 16x9 screen. If a 4x3 DVD is played, portions of MP are visible for a second or so in the unused area on the left of the screen. Is any one else having these problems? 5. When watching fullscreen Live TV, remote's "STOP" button (& "B" on keyboard) have no effect. If I go back to the guide (or "MyTV" screen), "STOP" halts playback for 1/2 second, then it starts again. If I go to the main screen, "STOP" works. Frickin' weird. Any input is welcome! Awol [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 0.2.2.0 (stable) [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: BlueTwo wide [b]Windows Version[/b]: XP MCE 2005 w/ RU2 [b]CPU Type[/b]: Pentium D 820 [b]HDD[/b]: WD 250GB SATA [b]Memory[/b]: 1GB DDR2 dual channel [b]Motherboard[/b]: Intel D945GTP [b]Video Card[/b]: Nvidia 6600GT [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: 81.98 [b]Sound Card[/b]: On-board Intel HD connected to Harman Kardon receiver via optical [b]1. TV Card[/b]: Hauppage PVR500 [b]1. TV Card Driver[/b]: 2.0.35.23348 (per Device Manager) [b]MPEG2 Video Codec[/b]: Nvidia PureVideo 1.02.223 [b]MPEG2 Audio Codec[/b]: Nvidia PureVideo 1.02.223 [b]Remote[/b]: MCE [b]TV[/b]: DLP 1280x720 projector [b]TV - HTPC Connection[/b]: DVI [/QUOTE]

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