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Skin Easy Grey version 1 is ready (mature).
In topic https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,138750.0.html you can read about the development of Skin Easy Grey.
For aspiring Skin-creators I think it's interesting to read message:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,138750.msg962453.html#msg962453
Together with all the responses it is a good source of information.
My advice for new Skin-creators: start with a good template, like Easy Grey. Because the coding (main.xml) is up-to-date and there are many comments (from EnglishTiger) to help you understand Skin and coding options.

Skin Easy Grey version 1P
I made a few changes that give the Skin a 'cleaner' look, by leaving some images out. A 'Less is more'  approach. For those who are interested, an attachment is available.

There will be no more Easy Grey version-updates. I have decided to stop developing Skins. My mind likes creating Skins a lot but my body does not.

I did find a method that seems to induce MC hanging reliably, and it looks like I may have given incorrect information in my initial post.

I start playing an album, let it get to the end where the player bar shows track title and "waiting". At this point any attempt to play a video file causes MC to hang.

This works whether it is at the end of an album, or repeat is set to "Stop After Each Item". It also works whether or not the track was allowed to play out or if I advance playback to near the end of the track.

MC does not hang if I then play another audio file and attempt to play a video while that audio is still playing. So it now appears to only be the state above that causes the issue.

Thanks

I learn so much through the Forum, thanks to everyone who helped.

I purchased the MS-01 with base Intel i5-12600H processor. While the benchmark score was not quite up to the UM790, it was still quite respectable. I posted the results in the benchmark thread here: https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,54396.400.html.

It allowed me to get rid of my noisy HTPC at the expense of a few internal LEDs that I can't cover with black tape. I particularly liked the cost (less than $600) even when I added my own RAM and SSD. Bypassing a gaming GPU provides quite a cost reduction.

The MS-01 is really well liked. Glad it's working out for you.
I was really hoping Pallit or someone would make an RTX A4000 with a fat passive heatsink but it seems unlikely (not that the resulting monster would fit in most SFF chassis). VERY good performance on those little things, like shockingly good.

Hello, I truly apologize if this has been asked/answered before - Does JRiver 32 support the processing of the FEL layer on MKV Dolby Vision files? Not just the support of RPU, but the added bits/resolution which FEL brings to the table.

No.

Might be a long time till you see this in MC. It's only *just* become possible for average joes to get working on some specific Amlogic based STBs. x86 / regular GPU support doesn't exist right now at least as far as I can tell.
I've got one on the way to play with, I'm excited to poke around and see how it's being accomplished in more detail. I don't think what they've gotten working will translate but who knows?

https://nircmd.nirsoft.net/exec.html#:~:text=The%20%5Bshow%2Fhide%2Fmin,application%20window%20will%20be%20maximized.

Nircmd hide should do the job for that purpose

This.


Was just about to pop in with this recommendation (or just AHK, I use AHK scripts for this because I need to switch focus / ensure placement). Basically, a bunch of AHK / powershell commands that get initiated remotely by my API on the target machine.

https://nircmd.nirsoft.net/exec.html#:~:text=The%20%5Bshow%2Fhide%2Fmin,application%20window%20will%20be%20maximized.

Nircmd hide should do the job for that purpose

I've already tried a 10 second delay but it made no difference. Using a .wsf file is not vital, but it's been the long established solution for enforcing a detached display, so I was assuming I must just have made a simple mistake.

A .wsf file also doesn't cause the annoying screen flash of a .bat file (though I can fix that by running it from a .vbs file).

Why do you need it as a .wsf?
Maybe the sleep delay is not enough, try 5 seconds.

Using the command prompt to issue MCC commands is now working as expected and I can turn the detached display setting on and off for five different zones. I can also do the same thing using the following .bat file.

@echo off
MC32.exe
timeout 2

rem  ZoneIndex 0 = AV system(video)
rem  ZoneIndex 2 = Zoom Zone
rem  ZoneIndex 3 = This PC
rem  ZoneIndex 4 = Sue's projector
rem  ZoneIndex 5 = AV system (SACD)
rem  MC32.exe /MCC 10037,1:ZoneIndex

MC32.exe /MCC 10037,1:0
However, it's not working for me when I use the same MCC command in a .wsf file. What might I be doing wrong?

<package>
<job id="vbs">
<script language="VBScript">

'Create our handy dandy Shell object
set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

'Start MC
WshShell.Run "MC32.exe"

'Pause for a bit
WScript.Sleep 1000

'Detach display
WshShell.Run "MC32.exe /MCC 10037,1:0"
</script>
</job>
</package>