UI Calibration Initialisation (1 Viewer)

[bigj]

MediaPortal Version: 2+SVN11662 (10th-Nov-06)
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo
Windows Version: XP Home SP2
CPU Type: AMD Sempron 3100
HDD: Samsung 250GB, WD 80GB, WD 40GB
Memory: 1GB
Motherboard: ABIT NF8
Motherboard Chipset: nForce3
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card: ATI9700Pro
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: Creative Audigy2ZS
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Compro T300
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card: Compro U3 USB
2. TV Card Type: DVB-T
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: nVidia
MPEG2 Audio Codec: ffdshow+ac3Filter
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote: X10 RF + BTC9019URF RF Keyboard
TV: Philips 24" 16:9 CRT
TV - HTPC Connection: VGA 15DSUB -> SCART RGB

UI Calibration is not initialising correctly:

1. Set up UI calibration - for the sake of testing set it to an obvious scale/offset.
2. Exit MP and Restart.
3. Calibration should appear to have been saved and reloaded correctly.
4. However.... Go to TV and open OSD or start recording.
5. Notice that the 'REC' icon or OSD are not adjusted for the UI calibration.
6. Go to the settings->UI Calibration and escape.
7. Now OSD will be adjusted correctly.

I remember this issue existed when I first implemented the UI calibration.
The UI Calibration settings are loaded too late to apply too initial GUI init.
i.e. It's an order-of-initialisation issue.

IIRC, I did fix it by adding a call to reset the UI scaling just after final loading to ensure loaded UI settings are actually applied (which effectively is like the user going into settings->UI calib and just exiting).
I guess the fix got removed/lost - or my memory is failing me!

HTH,
BigJ.

 

[Zeljko]

I can confirm this bug. In last few SVN when I setup GUI calibration, it's works OK until exit and run MP again. Then I need to go to GUI calibration and as bigj said just escape and GUI is calibrated again.

 

[emphatic]

I still get this. Have to go into Calibrate GUI and exit.

 

[Bavarian]

Should be fixed now in the next SVN


Bavarian

 

[illStyle]

Nope it ain't. Just installed latest SVN and still get the problem...

Simon

 

[Bavarian]

It is working here, so please post a screen shot.

Bavarian

 

[illStyle]

I just discovered that on the one computer I have Media Portal installed the problem doesn't exist, no matter which version/SVN I take, while one the other computer the problem came up after 0.2.1.0. Now that's weird. I will take a screenshot as soon as possible and post my hardware config + log files.

Simon

 

[emphatic]

Perhaps this has to do with what kind of TV you're using? It looks good on my CRT 19" computer monitor, but not on my CRT 32" TV (using S-VHS). I've tried both 1024x768 and 800x600 resolution.

Here is a screen of before I go into UI calibration:
http://pici.se/?13810

And here is after:
http://pici.se/?13812

You see the difference at the top, right? This is taken with SVN 12369.
Emph

 

[illStyle]

This ist exactly what it looks like on my setup. Looks fine on my LCD which is connectet to PC1 via DVI, but broken on PC2 connected to a 32" CRT TV using component out.

Connecting PC2 to a CRT/LCD computer display via VGA/DVI doesn't solve the problem, though.

As described above, going to UI calibration without changing anything, just hitting exit loads my settings and fixes the problem. This has to be done everytime MP is started of course.

Simon

 

[illStyle]

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.2.0 SVN Build 12369
MediaPortal Skin: Blue Two
Windows Version: Windows XP Service Pack 2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon XP 2400+
HDD: Western Digital 80 GB
Memory: 512 MB Infineon
Motherboard: MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU
Motherboard Chipset: VIA KT266
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6600
Video Card Driver: 84.21
Sound Card: Onboard AC'97
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Hauppauge Nova-S-Plus
1. TV Card Type: DVB-S
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: NVIDIA PureVideo
MPEG2 Audio Codec: NVIDIA PureVideo
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Astra 91.2°E
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote: MCE Remote
TV: Samsung
TV - HTPC Connection: Component

My hardware config.

Simon