Skin/Plugin update screens on wrong display (1 Viewer)

[doveman]

MediaPortal Version: v1.2.1
MediaPortal Skin: StreamedMP
Windows Version: Win7 Ult 64
CPU Type: Athlon II X4 630
HDD: 2TB Samsung F4
Memory: 4GB DDR2 1066Mhz
Motherboard: Biostar TA790GXBE
Video Card: HD6950 2GB
Video Card Driver: 11.8
Sound Card: onboard Realtek AC97 (ALC662)
Sound Card AC3: no AC3
Sound Card Driver: 6.01.6410
1. TV Card: Hauppauge Nova-T 500
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: 4.3.27240
MPEG2 Video Codec: Cyberlink PDVD11
MPEG2 Audio Codec: ffdshow
h.264 Video Codec: ffdshow
HTPC Case: Custom
Cooling: Scythe 120mm Bottom Intake Fan, Stock CPU HSF
Power Supply: OCZ StealthStream 400W
Remote: Nova-T 500
TV: Sony XBR800 36"
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI

I've found this problem so far when updating StreamedMP and plugins via Extensions from within MP's GUI.

To do these updates, MP closes and then the updating and restarting splash screens appear on my (Primary) monitor, rather than my (Secondary) TV which I run MP on, which isn't very good if I have my monitor powered off, as then I'm just left looking at the wallpaper on my TV and wondering what's going on.

These automated close/restarts also seem to appear to watchdog as a crash, as it starts the Debug Mode log collector (which strangely appears on my TV, whilst the splash screens are on my monitor. If I run Debug Mode manually, it runs on my monitor), which is very slow and annoying to wait for on my system. I've disabled Watchdog now to avoid this, but that's not ideal as then MP won't automatically restart in the event of an actual crash.

 

[pilehave]

Have you tried setting MP to run on the specific monitor?

MP Config -> General -> Startup/resume Settings
Check "Use screen selector to choose on which..."
Select your TV on the "Start screen:" drop-down.

 

[doveman]

Sorry if I wasn't clear, but yes that's how I already run MP on my TV, rather than my monitor.

 

[pilehave]

I think that a developer with a little more insight should comment on this.
It may very well be, that the settings from config aren't respected, when the reload is done from MP itself.

 

[rogerleifert]

AW: Skin/Plugin update screens on wrong display

Hi doveman,

it could be related (or identical) to the problem I have reported in this bug report

Up to now nobody took the time to try to confirm

Kind regards

Roger

 

[pilehave]

For what it's worth I sometimes see the problem with the splashscreen on my dual-display setup at work. This is on a single graphics-card, using both DVI and VGA. I always run MP in non-fullscreen there.

The problem sometimes also shows when running Configuration (which also has a splash-screen).

At home I have a TV hooked up to the HDMI of my gfx-card, and a secondary USB-monitor (DisplayLink) and I have never seen the problem there.

 

[rogerleifert]

AW: Re: Skin/Plugin update screens on wrong display

For what it's worth I sometimes see the problem with the splashscreen on my dual-display setup at work. This is on a single graphics-card, using both DVI and VGA. I always run MP in non-fullscreen there.

The problem sometimes also shows when running Configuration (which also has a splash-screen).

You say, that you sometimes see the probelm. In the 2 setups where the problem occurred to me after changing the display configuration, the splashscreen from then on always appeared on the wrong display.

I only got rid of it when I uninstalled the displays/monitors in the device-manager, rebooted and let Windows re-install the monitors after automatic detection.

Kind regards
Roger