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Video321

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Theater View: Use Without 3D and/or Static Background?
« on: December 04, 2009, 09:02:28 pm »

I would like to use theater view without 3D support (why?....because my PC is on 24/7 and even when I close MC my electrical power consumption stays high).  Is this possible?
Also, can I change the moving Obisidian skin background with the MC image to a static image?

Thanks!
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JimH

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Re: Theater View: Use Without 3D and/or Static Background?
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2009, 09:56:38 pm »

I would like to use theater view without 3D support (why?....because my PC is on 24/7 and even when I close MC my electrical power consumption stays high).  Is this possible?
Also, can I change the moving Obisidian skin background with the MC image to a static image?

Thanks!

It isn't possible to use Theater View without 3D, but the power consumption shouldn't be high if MC is closed. 
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Video321

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Re: Theater View: Use Without 3D and/or Static Background?
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2009, 06:32:37 am »

That's what I would figure as well, but there is something more there.  Perhaps it's a bad driver???
I haven't had much time to look into it lately, but my kill-a-watt says I'm using an extra 20+W when theater view is launched and stays that high even when closed for a day :(

I know 20+W doesn't sound like much, but I'm trying to cut down here.....I usually have 2-3 TVs that are on 15 hrs/day as it is!
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Re: Theater View: Use Without 3D and/or Static Background?
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2009, 02:11:16 pm »

Also, can I change the moving Obisidian skin background with the MC image to a static image?
there has been some threads in the past about this for mc 13 and 12 : here is one http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=49695.0
somewhere there should be a long one.
 :)
gab
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Re: Theater View: Use Without 3D and/or Static Background?
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2009, 10:24:36 pm »

there has been some threads in the past about this for mc 13 and 12 : here is one http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=49695.0
somewhere there should be a long one.
 :)
gab
Thanks...I'll check that out.
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Video321

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Re: Theater View: Use Without 3D and/or Static Background?
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2009, 10:30:16 pm »

My appologies to MC as you were not at fault with the power issue. :-[
The culprit was WinDVD which was being launched from within MC.
I ended up finding out that some video-related software can interfere with things like AMD's CnC.
I fixed the issue by creating a script that "resets" minimal power management to reduce my multiplier everytime WinDVD is exited.
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Re: Theater View: Use Without 3D and/or Static Background?
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2009, 06:58:18 am »

Thanks for reporting what you've found.  You show your strength of character by apologizing, but it isn't necessary.  Thanks anyway.
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