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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: jgreen on August 23, 2006, 10:59:30 am
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I haven't used split views with 12x and now I can't find them. I've got split views enabled under features, yet there is no sign of them. Are they with the Download Manager?
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View > Split Views > Show 2 Views works for me.
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I have no such option showing under the view menu header, where they used to be. All I show there is standard view/mini view/display view. I have split view enabled under "features" (although not theater view).
FWIW, I have no "web media" access menu, either.
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Neither did I,
I clicked on View Standard View.
Then View and I saw the rest of the options.
Doesn't look like it goes back to Standard view from Mini propperly
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OMG.
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By design, menus are simplified when in Mini View. I think this makes sense -- there's 0 views in Mini View, so why show a split view menu? It's the same reason we get rid of Edit and Help.
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It's not returning to standard view menu afterwards.
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I cannot reproduce the problem. I tried switching between the Standard View (Noire skin) and several different Mini skins & Display View. (12.0.59)
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I can't reproduce it either. Any tips?
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I'm starting to think that it was the fault of Zone Alarm firewall. If Gamer's using it that would clinch it for me. I looked in the firewall settings and ZA was inspecting interactions between MC and "other programs" (or processes), possibly slowing down or freezing things. Since I set ZA to give MC carte blanche program interaction I have not seen the problem.
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We hear too many strange things like this. It could be the same reason you were seeing that "deep sleep" you described.
The cure is often worse than the disease.
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Okay, let's say that it is the "fault" of Zone Alarm and/or similar. There's an awful lot of that stuff out there--does that mean that all of us just have to be patient? Selecting "audio" from a rest state showing the "no internet" page took the same amount of time as loading the program fresh--about 25 seconds.
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Okay, let's say that it is the "fault" of Zone Alarm and/or similar. There's an awful lot of that stuff out there--does that mean that all of us just have to be patient?
Sorry if I sounded crotchety. Programs that use system-wide hooks have caused us (and our users) a lot of grief in the past.
Selecting "audio" from a rest state showing the "no internet" page took the same amount of time as loading the program fresh--about 25 seconds.
I think something is wrong either with your system, your library, or with MC.
As a comparison, starting MC or switching library views takes less than half a second with the machine I'm on now.
Try disabling extra stuff. (both in MC and outside) Posting a log of the startup might help us.
Thanks.
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FWIW, I could never reproduce this either. Or the slowdown thing. :P
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this happens to me from time to time as well. I am using Trend Micro PC-Cillin anti-virus.
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Okay, let's say that it is the "fault" of Zone Alarm and/or similar. There's an awful lot of that stuff out there--does that mean that all of us just have to be patient? Selecting "audio" from a rest state showing the "no internet" page took the same amount of time as loading the program fresh--about 25 seconds.
Nope ZA is NOT the culprit.
2 Different computers. Neither have ZA and I can re produce at will
Mega View - Mini View - Use the Return To Mega View (Right Click) then use the View drop down....
I only have 3 options untill I again choose View Standard View.
Let me know if I can give you any other info
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Nope, still can't reproduce it here, even following those steps.
What mini-skin are you using? There is no right click menu when you're using Slim, so I switched to a couple of the other mini-skins. I found the right click menu and the Return To Standard View menu item, but even then my View menu is complete when I return to Standard View.
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Doof--
We're talking about the bog-standard mini that comes with the program, straight outta the jriver factory.
Matt--
Pullease! You (and the rest of you guys) are writing the best media manager/playback program on the planet. I just want you to know that, in the words of the reverend Desmond Tutu, it is "highly imperfect". IMO, you've gone a bridge too far with the shut down/sleep thing.
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For what it's worth, I can't reproduce this either. This part works perfectly for me. OTOH I've got some other issues I'd like to talk about..... ;)
Listening to: 'I Don't Want to Discuss It' from 'On Tour With Eric Clapton' by 'Delaney & Bonnie & Friends' on Media Center 12
Media Center Registered 12.0.58 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 12\
Microsoft Windows 2000 Workstation 5.0 Service Pack 4 (Build 2195)
AMD Athlon 1653 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 298 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81.4916 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2800 / Shell32.dll: 5.0.3900 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping / Drive Y: 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 Y: LITE-ON LTR-32123S Addr: 2:0:0 Speed:32 MaxSpeed:32 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: No /
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Last night I did it at will...
Today it's on and off... Go figure.
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Nope ZA is NOT the culprit.
2 Different computers. Neither have ZA and I can re produce at will
What do the two have in common? Equipment or software. Third party software?
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My Work CPU has Playing Now - My 2nd home computer is stock.
Both running 12.059
Get this.... If I close MC, Open MC it opens in Mega. If I click View, I only have 3 items.
If from there I click Standard, I can click from Mega to Mini usually without problems.
But if I close then open, there are only 3 items.
Work is a P3 2.8 ish
Home, AMD 3400+
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This is not only on 59... My other cpu is also a 3400+ and running .56
Soon as I start it, goto view, I have to click standard view before I see the goodies.
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Found it. Using start in "Last Exit" mode causes the strangeness.
The deep sleep jgreen is seeing is still a mystery, but perhaps another thread would be best for that.
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Yeah, I use "Last Exit" view. Thanks for tracking it down, Matt. I'll try to get more details about slow recovery issues and start a new thread.
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Found it. Using start in "Last Exit" mode causes the strangeness.
The deep sleep jgreen is seeing is still a mystery, but perhaps another thread would be best for that.
You guy's are my hero's...
;D