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[jorsan]

Hi,
I have 2 zones: MUSIC and VIDEO. I want the to switch between them automatically. I went to zoneswitch, then I enable it, and add "music" (cd's) and "video" (movies, family movies, video clips, etc). When I open them to set the rules I do this:

For music:
Display name: music
Engage when ... : (left blank)
Play in this zone: music
Stop playback in these .... : video

For video :
Display name: video
Engage when ... : (left blank)
Play in this zone: video
Stop playback in these .... : music

Problem is that doesn't switch when I play for example a cd and then a movie. Can you help?, thanks

[blgentry]

The "Engage When" is the key to making it switch automatically.  An example of what you might want to use for your Video zone "engage rule":

Code: [Select]

[Media Type]=[Video]
Do the same thing for Audio, except use the Audio media type instead.  This should make the zone switch work as you are wanting it to.

Brian.

[jorsan]

Thanks a lot for your help Bryan. I follow your advice and works but in jst one way: if I'm in "music" and play a video the system do the switch, but if Im in "video" and play a song does not ... any suggestions?/

[blgentry]

It sounds like you set up the Engage rule for Video and that works.  But maybe you didn't put in the Engage rule for Audio?

Brian.

[jorsan]

Here is how I configure  the 2 zones (sorry for the quality, I took the pictures to my TV):

[swiv3d]

Try [Media Type] = [Audio]  You have [Music]

[jorsan]

Problem solved, thanks swiv3d !

[jorsan]

Need some more help if its possible: for some reason (don't understand why), my GPU passthru movies audio sound under wasapi only but no under directsound, BUT for music video clips  the only way to listen is to set it up as direct sound. First would like to solve this issue to play everything under wasapi, but if ths is not possible, would like to know what paramente to use to configure a third zone to auto switch, that everytime that I choose an specific smart playlist, this new zone will be enable. (I use bitstreaming out to HDMI: my processor takes care of audio codec). Thanks

[blgentry]

It sounds like maybe your WASAPI driver is only accepting 48kHz audio and your music video files are something else (like 44.1kHz for example).  Or it might be the other way around.  See this part of the Wiki for details:

https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Exclusive_Access#Issues_with_Disabling_Exclusive_Access_in_WASAPI

The upshot is that you should either turn on exclusive access, or set MC's DSP Studio to resample all of your audio to a common sampling rate (the rate you have selected as the default in the WASAPI driver).

Brian.

[jorsan]

Thanks Brian, problem solved. Regards