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<blockquote data-quote="slobi" data-source="post: 213037" data-attributes="member: 62008"><p><strong>TV-Server Version</strong>: </p><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: 0.2.3.0</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Skin</strong>: Default</p><p><strong>Windows Version</strong>: Windows XP SP2</p><p><strong>CPU Type</strong>: AMD Athlon XP 2800+</p><p><strong>HDD</strong>: Won't matter / Won't know yet</p><p><strong>Memory</strong>: 1GB</p><p><strong>Motherboard</strong>: Asus A7N8X</p><p><strong>Motherboard Chipset</strong>: nVidia nForce</p><p><strong>Motherboard Bios</strong>: Award</p><p><strong>Video Card</strong>: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro</p><p><strong>Video Card Driver</strong>: Catalyst 7.2 - 7.11</p><p><strong>Sound Card</strong>: On-Board</p><p><strong>Sound Card AC3</strong>: Won't matter / Don't know yet</p><p><strong>Sound Card Driver</strong>: Won't matter / Don't know yet</p><p><strong>1. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>1. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>1. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>MPEG2 Video Codec</strong>: </p><p><strong>MPEG2 Audio Codec</strong>: </p><p><strong>Satelite/CableTV Provider</strong>: </p><p><strong>HTPC Case</strong>: </p><p><strong>Cooling</strong>: </p><p><strong>Power Supply</strong>: </p><p><strong>Remote</strong>: </p><p><strong>TV</strong>: </p><p><strong>TV - HTPC Connection</strong>: </p><p></p><p><strong>First of all</strong>: 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]).</p><p></p><p><strong>Second</strong>: 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!</p><p></p><p><strong>Short description</strong>: 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.</p><p></p><p><strong>Long description and what i've tried</strong>:</p><p>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:</p><p></p><p>- Configuring Users and security issues.</p><p>- Installed Sound, Network and Chipset drivers.</p><p>- Installed graphic adapter driver: <span style="color: Red">Catalyst 7.11</span> (newest)</p><p>- Installed MediaPortal</p><p>- Oops: Forget the .NET-Framework: 1.1 and 2.0 with Updates through Microsoft Update</p><p>- Tried to run MediaPortal</p><p>- Oops: Forget DirectX: Installed the End User Runtime of Novemer 2007</p><p>- 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.</p><p>- Tried to reinstall MediaPortal: Still the same problem</p><p>- Tried to change settings in the ati control center, same problem </p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Do somebody have any ideas? Is this a know problem? What shall i do?</p><p></p><p><strong>What i didn't try till now</strong>:</p><p>- Plug the cable of the monitor at the second graphic port via an VGA/DVI-Adapter</p><p>- No more ideas...</p><p></p><p>Thank you!</p><p></p><p>Slobi</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slobi, post: 213037, member: 62008"] [b]TV-Server Version[/b]: [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 0.2.3.0 [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: Default [b]Windows Version[/b]: Windows XP SP2 [b]CPU Type[/b]: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ [b]HDD[/b]: Won't matter / Won't know yet [b]Memory[/b]: 1GB [b]Motherboard[/b]: Asus A7N8X [b]Motherboard Chipset[/b]: nVidia nForce [b]Motherboard Bios[/b]: Award [b]Video Card[/b]: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: Catalyst 7.2 - 7.11 [b]Sound Card[/b]: On-Board [b]Sound Card AC3[/b]: Won't matter / Don't know yet [b]Sound Card Driver[/b]: Won't matter / Don't know yet [b]1. TV Card[/b]: [b]1. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]1. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]2. TV Card[/b]: [b]2. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]2. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]3. TV Card[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]4. TV Card[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]MPEG2 Video Codec[/b]: [b]MPEG2 Audio Codec[/b]: [b]Satelite/CableTV Provider[/b]: [b]HTPC Case[/b]: [b]Cooling[/b]: [b]Power Supply[/b]: [b]Remote[/b]: [b]TV[/b]: [b]TV - HTPC Connection[/b]: [B]First of all[/B]: 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]). [b]Second[/b]: 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! [b]Short description[/b]: 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. [b]Long description and what i've tried[/b]: 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: [COLOR="Red"]Catalyst 7.11[/COLOR] (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? [b]What i didn't try till now[/b]: - Plug the cable of the monitor at the second graphic port via an VGA/DVI-Adapter - No more ideas... Thank you! Slobi [/QUOTE]
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