Since 1.4 MP is not sent to tray properly anymore (1 Viewer)

[hindsight]

This is in parts a duplicate of the issue in:

[known bug, not fixed in 1.4 Final] Since 1.4 i could not get MP Back from tray

Because it was moved into the archive section, where no one pays attention anymore, i decided to open a new bug report (even though i am not sure if it is really a bug).

The problem:
Sending MP to tray does not work properly anymore (at least for me), instead MP is just minimized (taskbar icon stays opened on windows taskbar).

Description:
I always start MP with the option "minimize to tray on start up" and "minimize to tray on GUI exit". With v1.3 (and below) MP startet silently and just the usual tray icon was visible. If i then started to watch TV and closed MP again, TV was running in background and MP was hidden in the tray again (with no taskbar icon).
Now with v1.6pre (and for 1.4+1.5 it is the same for me) MP starts minimized (with a taskbar icon poping up and the usual tray icon). By clicking on that (taskbar or tray) icon MP maximizes. I can also use Alt+Tab and select the minimized MP window.
What is really annoying for me is when i am watching TV and want to close MP by Alt+F4, MP is muted and minimized and i have no chance to get sound back, when i maximize MP again. So my only chance at this point is to restart MP (or the TV Service) again.
My personal workaround for this is now just to use alt+tab when tv is running and to mute the sound of MP myself.

Reproducibility
Just select the two options "minimize to tray on start up" and "minimize to tray on GUI exit", maximize MP and then try to close it (i.e. by pressing Alt-F4). Was your MP then really sent to tray or just minimized?? In my case the latter.

Debug
I started Mediaportal in debug mode (without plugins!) first with v1.3 and then with v1.6pre (after updating). For both i did the same procedure:

1)Start MP
2)Maximize MP by clicking on the tray icon
3)Pressing Alt+F4
4)Exiting MP by using the tray icon

Between every of those steps i waited 10-20sec, so they should be clearly identifiable in my logs. I appended the logs for both versions (for v1.3 i deleted some files because of size).

What else did i try?
I tried to reinstall the latest dx9 in safety mode, but nothing changed.

Im clueless right now and i will stay on 1.3 until this is fixed. Otherwise i don't want to miss the progress in MP so please help!!

 

[Sebastiii]

Hi

We fix the issue about no sound after minimize and a branch/Installer for testing (you can upgrade your current 1.6.0Pre Release) :
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...imazing-via-taskbar-icon.123479/#post-1049340

 

[Sebastiii]

I have rework the taskbar icon too, when minimize MP the taskbar icon is hidden and only available on systray
So all your issue should be fixed i think.

 

[HomeY]

Will set thread to 'Fixed'

https://issues.team-mediaportal.com/browse/MP1-4328

 

[Sebastiii]

There is a second issue (i think here) MP stay always in taskbar and not hide like it was on 1.3.0

 

[HomeY]

There is a second issue (i think here) MP stay always in taskbar and not hide like it was on 1.3.0

OK, set to 'Bug'.

 

[Holzi]

I think we should change the thread status only when the fix is in master.

 

[HomeY]

I think we should change the thread status only when the fix is in master.

Yeah, you are right about the 'Fixed' status, but it was still set to 'Confirm'.
And since Seb mentioned 'So all your issue should be fixed i think' and the reporter didn't comment on it, i had it set to 'Fixed', but 'Bug' is the right 1.

 

[HomeY]

JIRA Issue added:
https://issues.team-mediaportal.com/browse/MP1-4337

 

[hindsight]

Well thanks for your efforts, but i am not sure what is fixed right now and what not. A week ago MP 1.6 final was released, but i guess not all my issues are fixed right now (even though i didn't try it).

I willl do a short summary of my issues:
- The taskbar icon (and therefore MP) stays open after MP gets minimized to tray, whereby
- the audio of the video playback is muted and cannot be restored in an easy way.

From Jira and Sebastiii i could conclude that the second issue
https://issues.team-mediaportal.com/browse/MP1-4328
will be fixed (or is even fixed, but will be included) most likely in 1.6.1. Is that right?

But was the main issue - that MP is not minimized to systray properly - fixed now? Sebastiii said:

I have rework the taskbar icon too, when minimize MP the taskbar icon is hidden and only available on systray
So all your issue should be fixed i think.

But Jira sais at
https://issues.team-mediaportal.com/browse/MP1-4337
that this issue is still unresolved. I am a little bit confused right now. Or is this just a lack of information on Jira and everything will work fine in 1.6.1 (or even 1.6 final)?

I just want to know that, because i do not want to install a MP version again, which gives me such issues on minimizing (i would have to do a full system backup + restore).