We changed over to MC29 a week ago and have run into an issue, at the same time we also updated Windows 10.
For years Ive run Random Photo Screensaver
https://www.abscreensavers.com/random-photo-screensaver/ before my main feature starts in my HT. I make up a playlist of MKV files before the main feature and have that set at the start in pause.
I run the screensaver software RPS (above) via Windows Screensaver, we control this with Event Ghost. A CD is playing while the Screensaver is showing, when the show is ready to start the CD audio fades down, the MKV from the playlist comes out of pause and starts to play, the screensaver stops at the same time, everything is seemless.
https://www.abscreensavers.com/random-photo-screensaver/The problem, ever since we went to MC29 and updated Windows 10 the whole startup is a mess, we can bring on the screensaver but at the point when Event Ghost takes the MKV file out of pause it crashes JR and we have to restart the PC. We have been operating perfectly like this for years and years but since the changeover its been impossible to get things running like we once had. We belive the Windows update has caused the problem, not the changeover to MC29.
Does anyone have any ideas what we can try please?
I know this is pretty unconventional what we are doing and I dont expect any answers here, but this is the last port of call.
Is there another way that we could do the same thing without Random Photo Screensaver or Event Ghost?
To recap, what we need is a photo screensaver to play with tranistions while the CD is playing music, the main film is paused at the start of the film and hidden in behind the screensaver, when the show is ready to start the CD music fades down, the screensaver stops and the film comes out of pause and starts with its audio.
Could we do all this within MC29 without using third party screensavers or Event Ghost?
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