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Title: HELP!!- Problems with G-Force
Post by: bebop on May 06, 2004, 07:21:16 pm
Yikes...moved my MC to a different drive (the old one was getting too full), and now I can't get G-Force to work!  I reinstalled it, uninstalled about 20 times!  i even tried going back to earlier versions when I fist got it going (.116), all to no avail.  Made sure that I had the latest version from the download site, and still zip, zilch, nada  :'(  What am I doing wrong here?   I open MC, start a song, choose display options, display plugin. G-Force.  Then go to Now Playing and it frrezes!  I can chane to the other options, but G-Force just hangs.  It is most likely something realy easy...but I am missing it.  Thanks  Bet

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2502 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 712 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1400 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233 (xpsp2.030604-1804) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive F:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive G:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive F: ATAPI    DVD DUAL 8X4X12    Addr: 3:0:0  Speed:24  MaxSpeed:24  BurnProof:Yes
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  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None


Title: Re:HELP!!- Problems with G-Force
Post by: Wile E. One on May 06, 2004, 07:38:39 pm
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I open MC, start a song, choose display options, display plugin. G-Force.  Then go to Now Playing and it frrezes!  I can chane to the other options, but G-Force just hangs.
Mine has done that ever since G-Force for MC was released. Since I'm not much into visualizations, I uninstalled G-Force after trying to get it to work for a while.

Media Center Registered 10.0.124 -- D:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1  (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1400 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 524 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpclient.010817-1148) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2730.1200 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2600.115 (xpclnt_qfe.021108-2107) / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0001) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0001)

Ripping /   Drive J:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max

  Drive K:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive L:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive K: LITE-ON  LTR-24102B         Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:24  MaxSpeed:24  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
  Use playback settings: Yes /  Normalization: None


No... I'm not using the latest build.... but it's not a new problem for me... so it probably won't matter much which build it is. I also haven't bothered trying G-Force again with recent builds.
Title: Re:HELP!!- Problems with G-Force
Post by: bebop on May 06, 2004, 07:48:03 pm
It was working fine, until I changed the drive it was installed on..went from C to H....hummm.   :-\
Title: Re:HELP!!- Problems with G-Force
Post by: gpvillamil on May 06, 2004, 07:52:37 pm
Does the standalone version of G-force work? It will be at

C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\Visualizations\G-Force\G-Force.exe

or in your case, probably:

H:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\Visualizations\G-Force\G-Force.exe

start some music, run the .exe, see if it works.
Title: Re:HELP!!- Problems with G-Force
Post by: bebop on May 06, 2004, 08:26:52 pm
gpvillamill...it comes up and starts, but doesn't pulse to the music..I even chose a great piece from dance class with a strong beat:  "A Love Worth Waiting For"  by Shakin' Stevens.   ?
Title: Re:HELP!!- Problems with G-Force
Post by: bebop on May 06, 2004, 09:30:51 pm
Ok...this makes no sense at all...I uninstalled from drive H and reinstalled to drive C...and now g-force is working!!! My library, however was wiped out!  Good thing I have everything backed up!   ? ?
Title: Re:HELP!!- Problems with G-Force
Post by: chuck chunder on May 15, 2004, 04:22:27 am
I installed G-Force with Media Centre 10 (several times!) followed the instructions very carefully - but G-Force is not evn listed as a Display Plug In (Player>Display Options> Display Plug-In). Tried uninstall / reinstall both programs but no change. G-Force does run stand alone if I click on it's exe. Can anyone help me please?
Title: Re:HELP!!- Problems with G-Force
Post by: bebop on May 15, 2004, 10:07:04 am
Chuck, had a similar problem, but by having both on the same drive (the main one, in my case "c") it seemed to solve the problem.  Noe it works fine - don't know why, but it does.  Hope this helps   ;D  Bet
Title: Re:HELP!!- Problems with G-Force
Post by: chuck chunder on May 16, 2004, 03:50:59 am
Sadly I have both applications installed to their default directories so both already on C-drive.
Title: Re:HELP!!- Problems with G-Force
Post by: bebop on May 16, 2004, 11:49:28 am
Chuck, which version of 10 are you using?  I am using 10.133 - found that some of the later versions .136, 137 didn't work well for me...being no techie, I'll have to bump this one to someone who knows this stuff.  sorry I couldn't help.   Bet
Title: Re:HELP!!- Problems with G-Force
Post by: chuck chunder on May 16, 2004, 02:58:35 pm
I'm using 10.0.137. I can't get Media Center to recognise G-Force at all. I had the same proble with my original Versio 10.0 install. Both Media Center & G-Force are in their default installl locations. Both installed cleanly & both work on their own - they just don't seem to be able to find each other! Can anyone offer any suggestions please? Chuck
(Thanks for your help Bet)
Title: Re:HELP!!- Problems with G-Force
Post by: bebop on May 21, 2004, 12:41:37 pm
Ok - finally figured this out.  When i did an update, G-Force went all screwy...it was sluggish if it played at all, so went back to .134.   not being one to give up that easily, I started trying different methods to this updating madness.   After many, many tries (uninstalling and re-installing with various plugins enabled/disabled) here's the winning combo....i uninstalled G-Force, the did the update and re-installed G-Force. Then shut down my computer and
did a re-start.  Then I opened MC , started playing a song and then chose G-Force.  And it worked!!!  No stuttering, no, sluggishness or blank screen.   Been 16 hrs now and no problem.   ;D  Bet