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Mac Studio M2 Max, 64GB, Sonoma 14.5

=== Running Benchmarks (please do not interrupt) ===

Running 'Math' benchmark...
    Single-threaded integer math... 1.755 seconds
    Single-threaded floating point math... 2.450 seconds
    Multi-threaded integer math... 0.346 seconds
    Multi-threaded mixed math... 0.554 seconds
Score: 3722

Running 'Image' benchmark...
    Image creation / destruction... 0.311 seconds
    Flood filling... 0.142 seconds
    Direct copying... 0.221 seconds
    Small renders... 0.428 seconds
    Bilinear rendering... 0.260 seconds
    Bicubic rendering... 0.238 seconds
Score: 13753

Running 'Database' benchmark...
    Create database... 0.042 seconds
    Populate database... 0.444 seconds
    Save database... 0.116 seconds
    Reload database... 0.043 seconds
    Search database... 0.466 seconds
    Sort database... 0.489 seconds
    Group database... 0.425 seconds
Score: 10616

JRMark (version 32.0.45 64 bit): 9364

Is this a HPBEME request that you want reversed?

Rather non-intuitively, the successive zone IDs stepping down my zone list (as displayed in MC) are 10038, 0, 10036, 10035, 10018, etc. What is the logic behind the ordering of the zone list in MC? 

Internal IDs are... internal. No logic is required Maybe you should use the Index or Name instead.

How would I incorporate that in the SWF script mentioned earlier?

Use Curl to do the HTTP calls.

On a wider issue, that script was published in this forum long before the Adobe Flash SWF format became defunct. Is there another way to automate MC startup?

It's not SWF, it's WSF (Windows Script File). It's not related to Flash.
If you just need a script to run as a shortcut or as a scheduled task on windows startup/logon, you do not need a WSF file. You can use a simple .bat or .cmd file with the same commands, something like this:

@echo off
mc32
timeout 2
curl -u YourUser:YourPass http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Playback/SetZone?Zone=10038ZoneType=ID
mc32 /MCC 10037,1

You can list the zones and their index/internal IDs via MCWS:
http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Playback/Zones?hidden=1

Thanks for that very useful zone information

Rather non-intuitively, the successive zone IDs stepping down my zone list (as displayed in MC) are 10038, 0, 10036, 10035, 10018, etc. What is the logic behind the ordering of the zone list in MC? 

There's also the /Playback/SetZone MCWS command to switch zones. That one can switch by zone index, zone ID, or zone Name.
http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/

The SetZone example provided via your link let me switch to my 1st zone by using the following browser entry.

http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Playback/SetZone?Zone=10038ZoneType=ID

How would I incorporate that in the SWF script mentioned earlier?

On a wider issue, that script was published in this forum long before the Adobe Flash SWF format became defunct. Is there another way to automate MC startup?

You can list the zones and their index/internal IDs via MCWS:
http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Playback/Zones?hidden=1

There's also the /Playback/SetZone MCWS command to switch zones. That one can switch by zone index, zone ID, or zone Name.
http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/

I seem to have it working now.

I was very confused about zone numbering. I've no idea what controls the order of the zones in my MC installation, but it's certainly not in alphabetical order. I was originally following the guidance provided by Glynor (the author of the wsf script) in the thread I linked in my OP, which stated "1:0 corresponds to the first zone, 1:1 to the second, 1:2 to the third and so on and so forth". That does not appear to be correct in my case.

A process of trial and error (greatly assisted by the Overview that appears at the top of the Playing Now section in the MC interface and indicates which zones have a detached display) proved that Zone 0 was my 2nd zone, Zone 2 was my 5th zone, and Zone 3 was my 4th zone. I don't know the meaning of Zone 1, as it simply generated a black rectangle and didn't trigger any detached display indicator in Playing Now: Overview.   

I tried to add another command to set Zone 0 as the current zone but mc32.exe /MCC 10011,0 doesn't work. Have I got the syntax wrong for that command?

MC has hung both when trying to playback a video from active audio playback and after a file has finished playing (playback stops with the track title and status "waiting" shown in the player bar with the waveform still visible).

I've included my most recent log dump, which has a log of MC hanging and a log of my unsuccessful attempts to reproduce the issue.

I can see in the log that it started setting up playback for the video file but then froze. I'm not quite clear why yet. Going to add a bit more logging to see if we can pin-point where it happens exactly. Unfortunately hangs are very opaque to us as there is no indication where exactly it stopped.

This has been happening to me recently.  Hangs on a black screen when I stop a movie... has to be task killed.  Local files.

Are you watching via browser (Netflix or Amazon)?

Try escape or F11.

Could be a focus problem.  Click on the screen first with your mouse.

Alt tab

Alt-F4 will kill a browser window without killing MC.

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.

Minisforum MS-01 with entry level i5-12600H processor, 16GB RAM and iGPU

Running 'Math' benchmark...
    Single-threaded integer math... 1.792 seconds
    Single-threaded floating point math... 2.348 seconds
    Multi-threaded integer math... 0.302 seconds
    Multi-threaded mixed math... 0.407 seconds
Score: 3919

Running 'Image' benchmark...
    Image creation / destruction... 0.163 seconds
    Flood filling... 0.148 seconds
    Direct copying... 0.259 seconds
    Small renders... 0.572 seconds
    Bilinear rendering... 0.283 seconds
    Bicubic rendering... 0.897 seconds
Score: 9475

Running 'Database' benchmark...
    Create database... 0.052 seconds
    Populate database... 0.573 seconds
    Save database... 0.079 seconds
    Reload database... 0.039 seconds
    Search database... 0.727 seconds
    Sort database... 0.640 seconds
    Group database... 0.532 seconds
Score: 8141

JRMark (version 32.0.47 64 bit): 7178