Hi,
Since I was the one started the thread https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/general-support-51/flickering-tv-guide-other-overlays-evr-enabled-34864/, I just want to inform you that there is a workaround available that is working well for me. The workaround is to run MediaPortal in single core mode. And as most of you probably know it is not that convenient to set this via task manager (Processor Affinity), since that is only possible when the application is started...
The workaround is something I documented in the original thread, but since it is rather long I decided to create a new thread for this. I've run this application fix for 4 months now with no problems with flickering overlays in MP.
The workaround is an application fix .sdb file that works both for XP and VISTA that tells the OS to use "SingleProcAffinity" for MediaPortal.exe in all cases.
I've created this from Windows Compatibility Toolkit. I've attached a screenshot of the tool and how it is configured for those interested, and also the created mediaportal_compat.sdb file.
So here is how you would use it:
Download the mediaportal_compat.zip, unpack it and run in a command prompt: "sdbinst mediaportal_compat.sdb" and it should install. After that you should not need to set the processor affinity manually anymore.
Since I don't use CoreAVC or other sw based decoding I have no problem that I only use one core of my CPU.
If you decide that "this is to no use for me" you disable it by running "sdbinst -u mediaportal_compat.sdb" in a command prompt.
Since I was the one started the thread https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/general-support-51/flickering-tv-guide-other-overlays-evr-enabled-34864/, I just want to inform you that there is a workaround available that is working well for me. The workaround is to run MediaPortal in single core mode. And as most of you probably know it is not that convenient to set this via task manager (Processor Affinity), since that is only possible when the application is started...
The workaround is something I documented in the original thread, but since it is rather long I decided to create a new thread for this. I've run this application fix for 4 months now with no problems with flickering overlays in MP.
The workaround is an application fix .sdb file that works both for XP and VISTA that tells the OS to use "SingleProcAffinity" for MediaPortal.exe in all cases.
I've created this from Windows Compatibility Toolkit. I've attached a screenshot of the tool and how it is configured for those interested, and also the created mediaportal_compat.sdb file.
So here is how you would use it:
Download the mediaportal_compat.zip, unpack it and run in a command prompt: "sdbinst mediaportal_compat.sdb" and it should install. After that you should not need to set the processor affinity manually anymore.
Since I don't use CoreAVC or other sw based decoding I have no problem that I only use one core of my CPU.
If you decide that "this is to no use for me" you disable it by running "sdbinst -u mediaportal_compat.sdb" in a command prompt.