Switzerland
TV-Server Version:
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.3.0
MediaPortal Skin: Default
Windows Version: Windows XP SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon XP 2800+
HDD: Won't matter / Won't know yet
Memory: 1GB
Motherboard: Asus A7N8X
Motherboard Chipset: nVidia nForce
Motherboard Bios: Award
Video Card: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 7.2 - 7.11
Sound Card: On-Board
Sound Card AC3: Won't matter / Don't know yet
Sound Card Driver: Won't matter / Don't know yet
1. TV Card:
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote:
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection:
First of all: My english isn't the best. But i think it should be understandable. (Don't ask me why i did not post in the german subforum, even i am from the german part of switzerland ;-) [Maybe i think i can reach faster support / ideas in here]).
Second: I was looking for an open source media center. So i came here. It looks to me very great and i hope you will help me to make this incredible thing working! Great thank to the developers!
Short description: I have problems with my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro-Video adapter. When i start MediaPortal, the cpu usage of the corresponding process in the task manager is at its maximum. Looks to me like i don't have hardware acceleration and DirectX uses software rendering. I read in this forum, i should use older versions of the catalyst driver. So i did, but the problem still occurs.
Long description and what i've tried:
Since i've bought a new pc, i decided to turn my old one in an htpc. I bought an S-Video-Cabel and Audio-Cabels to connect to the TV/DVD-Player. Everything went well. Then i was looking for a Media Center-Software and i found the MediaPortal. So i reinstalled Windows XP and did the following:
- Configuring Users and security issues.
- Installed Sound, Network and Chipset drivers.
- Installed graphic adapter driver: Catalyst 7.11 (newest)
- Installed MediaPortal
- Oops: Forget the .NET-Framework: 1.1 and 2.0 with Updates through Microsoft Update
- Tried to run MediaPortal
- Oops: Forget DirectX: Installed the End User Runtime of Novemer 2007
- Tried to run MediaPortal again: "Initializing DirectX..." -> First MessageBox in background appeard which told me, that Software Rendering will be used. "Ok". Second MessageBox appeard which told me, that nothing will be rendered. I said: Okay. That's bad.
- Tried to reinstall MediaPortal: Still the same problem
- Tried to change settings in the ati control center, same problem
I came back to this website and crawled through the forum and somewhere i read, that i have to install the SDK of DirectX. As a SW Developer, that was quite confusing. But okay, why not. And the result was: MediaPortal renders the content, but the cpu usage is horrible. I thougt: Must be Softwarrendering.
I came back to this website one more time. I read i should use old drivers of the catalyst. So i did this noon. But still the same result. Drivers i have tried: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.11
Before i installed the DirectX SDK i searched for an executable like "dxdiag.exe" or so. But i didn't find anything like that. I remember the ancient times with DirectX 7 and that there where files to check your DirectX-Installation. Isn't there anything like that nowadays? Shipped with the SDK i found a configuration menü for DirectX: There was an option to turn hardware acceleration on... i did not understand why it was off... but the result of MediaPortal was the same.
Do somebody have any ideas? Is this a know problem? What shall i do?
What i didn't try till now:
- Plug the cable of the monitor at the second graphic port via an VGA/DVI-Adapter
- No more ideas...
Thank you!
Slobi
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.3.0
MediaPortal Skin: Default
Windows Version: Windows XP SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon XP 2800+
HDD: Won't matter / Won't know yet
Memory: 1GB
Motherboard: Asus A7N8X
Motherboard Chipset: nVidia nForce
Motherboard Bios: Award
Video Card: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 7.2 - 7.11
Sound Card: On-Board
Sound Card AC3: Won't matter / Don't know yet
Sound Card Driver: Won't matter / Don't know yet
1. TV Card:
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote:
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection:
First of all: My english isn't the best. But i think it should be understandable. (Don't ask me why i did not post in the german subforum, even i am from the german part of switzerland ;-) [Maybe i think i can reach faster support / ideas in here]).
Second: I was looking for an open source media center. So i came here. It looks to me very great and i hope you will help me to make this incredible thing working! Great thank to the developers!
Short description: I have problems with my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro-Video adapter. When i start MediaPortal, the cpu usage of the corresponding process in the task manager is at its maximum. Looks to me like i don't have hardware acceleration and DirectX uses software rendering. I read in this forum, i should use older versions of the catalyst driver. So i did, but the problem still occurs.
Long description and what i've tried:
Since i've bought a new pc, i decided to turn my old one in an htpc. I bought an S-Video-Cabel and Audio-Cabels to connect to the TV/DVD-Player. Everything went well. Then i was looking for a Media Center-Software and i found the MediaPortal. So i reinstalled Windows XP and did the following:
- Configuring Users and security issues.
- Installed Sound, Network and Chipset drivers.
- Installed graphic adapter driver: Catalyst 7.11 (newest)
- Installed MediaPortal
- Oops: Forget the .NET-Framework: 1.1 and 2.0 with Updates through Microsoft Update
- Tried to run MediaPortal
- Oops: Forget DirectX: Installed the End User Runtime of Novemer 2007
- Tried to run MediaPortal again: "Initializing DirectX..." -> First MessageBox in background appeard which told me, that Software Rendering will be used. "Ok". Second MessageBox appeard which told me, that nothing will be rendered. I said: Okay. That's bad.
- Tried to reinstall MediaPortal: Still the same problem
- Tried to change settings in the ati control center, same problem
I came back to this website and crawled through the forum and somewhere i read, that i have to install the SDK of DirectX. As a SW Developer, that was quite confusing. But okay, why not. And the result was: MediaPortal renders the content, but the cpu usage is horrible. I thougt: Must be Softwarrendering.
I came back to this website one more time. I read i should use old drivers of the catalyst. So i did this noon. But still the same result. Drivers i have tried: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.11
Before i installed the DirectX SDK i searched for an executable like "dxdiag.exe" or so. But i didn't find anything like that. I remember the ancient times with DirectX 7 and that there where files to check your DirectX-Installation. Isn't there anything like that nowadays? Shipped with the SDK i found a configuration menü for DirectX: There was an option to turn hardware acceleration on... i did not understand why it was off... but the result of MediaPortal was the same.
Do somebody have any ideas? Is this a know problem? What shall i do?
What i didn't try till now:
- Plug the cable of the monitor at the second graphic port via an VGA/DVI-Adapter
- No more ideas...
Thank you!
Slobi
