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[reven]

why do people always ask this question? it gets the aspect ratio from the background image, which in most cases is 720x480 (ntsc) if this doesnt look right to you, gbpvrs aspect ratio wont be correct anywhere, not just in my pictures.

[reven]

for all those annoying people :p asking about the aspect ratio problem, i finally got off my big fat arse and fixed it, off course im still kinda lazy and didnt bother checking it, so can someone test this and see if it works???

in the config you have two options numeric boxes after
FullScreen Aspect Ratio: [100] x [100]
this is the percentage the width and height are multiplied by when the image dimensions are calculated, so if people appear really skinning try either changed the height down, or the width. and if this doesnt work or theres a big bug, just let me know

my pictures 2.1.0.1

ps the thumbnails.mdb file is no longer included in the zip, since by default it points to mydatabase.mdb

[Heyt]

Yes it works!!!

But what is it needed for? If you use the correct skin for your hardware (PAL hardware PAL skin, NTSC harware NTSC skin) the picture aspect ratio is always correct.

[reven]

But what is it needed for? If you use the correct skin for your hardware (PAL hardware PAL skin, NTSC harware NTSC skin) the picture aspect ratio is always correct.

BECAUSE PEOPLE ALWAYS COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS "BUG"!!!!

argh, its an easy fix if people want to use 720x480 skins, since most skins are that resolution. glad to hear it works, im to lazy to test it

[WJC]

I am having difficulty getting the My Pictures plugin to work. Did fine with previous versions of GBPVR bu now geting message:"Error:Key cannot be nullarameter name:Key.

I cannot seem to set the directories for pictures in the setup. Any idea where I am going wrong here.

Thanks....

[reven]

I cannot seem to set the directories for pictures in the setup. Any idea where I am going wrong here.

what do you mean here? what is the exact problem, does it crash when you try and add a virtual root element?

what does the gbpvr.exe.log file say in detail?

[WJC]

Unfortunaely I am not too savy as to which log files to look at. However, here is what I have done. I installed the plugin and then went to the GBPVR config program to set up the directory where the pictures are located. I selected the Plugin tab and then My Pictures and then settings. I added a virtual root named Pictures: HDD:and then selected a directory where I had my pictures divided into subdirectories.

I then started GBPVR and selected My Pictures from the main menu. This is when I received the message mentioned. "Error Key cannot be nullarameter name key". This pops up in a black box and the My Pictures plugin does not start.

I will tell you what the log file you ask about says if you can point me to the right one as I cannot seem to find anything in any of the files about this.

If instead I use the settings to identify the lowest subdirectory where there are pictures (but no further sub-directories), the program works fine for this set of pictures. It seems like I had previously set it up the other way though and it saw the subdirectories just fine without any error messages. Howeve I cannot add a second virtual root directory with more pictures without the error mentioned.

That is about as discriptive as I can be given my limited knowledge of how this program works.

Any help would be appreciated.......

Thanks

[reven]

the gbpvr.exe.log file found in the gbpvr root directory. in most cases
C:\program files\devnz\gbpvr\gbpvr.exe.log

[WJC]

3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.843 VERBOSE [2] About to connect to remote recording service
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.843 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/RecordingServiceLocation
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.843 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/RecordingServiceLocation : tcp://localhost:7968/RecordingRemote
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.859 ERROR [2] Unable to find node: /settings/SpecialElements/SpecialElement[@name="MenuType"]
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] Loading main menu
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Search Guide
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: TV Guide
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Live TV
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Recordings
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Video Library
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Music Library
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: DVD
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: FM Radio
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Net Radio
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Comics
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Exit
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: My Pictures
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Shut Down
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.875 VERBOSE [2] - Adding task: Weather
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.937 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ExitOnEsc
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.937 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/ExitOnEsc : false
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.937 VERBOSE [2] getValue cached value: /settings/DirectNumberSelect : false
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.937 VERBOSE [2] getValue cached value: /settings/DirectNumberSelect : false
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.953 VERBOSE [2] getValue cached value: /settings/EPGProcessingMode : NORMAL
3/26/2005 11:14:25 PM.953 VERBOSE [2] getValue cached value: /settings/EPGProcessingMode : NORMAL
3/26/2005 11:14:28 PM.609 ERROR [2] Error: msg=0x202 (WM_LBUTTONUP) hwnd=0x2d0386 wparam=0x0 lparam=0x7000e7 result=0x0 : Key cannot be null.
Parameter name: key : at System.Collections.Hashtable.ContainsKey(Object key)
at GBPVR.Public.SkinHelper.getTranslation(String text)
at GBPVR.Public.SkinHelper.getNamedImageNonCached(String name, Hashtable parameters)
at MyPicturesPlugin.FileList.DisplayDirectory(Graphics g, Image compositeScreenImage, Hashtable clickableRegions)
at MyPicturesPlugin.MyPicturesTask.render(Boolean& requiresMoreRendering)
at ch.a(Boolean& A_0)
at r.g(Object A_0, EventArgs A_1)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at r.a(Message& A_0)
3/26/2005 11:14:33 PM.046 VERBOSE [2] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/NetRadioBufferSize
3/26/2005 11:14:33 PM.046 VERBOSE [2] getValue: /settings/NetRadioBufferSize : 96000
3/26/2005 11:14:33 PM.046 INFO [2] NetRadio buffer size is: 96000

[gblinckmann]

why do people always ask this question? it gets the aspect ratio from the background image, which in most cases is 720x480 (ntsc) if this doesnt look right to you, gbpvrs aspect ratio wont be correct anywhere, not just in my pictures.

The skins also do seem a bit "long" to me, but it's not really bothersome. Seeing the family pictures distorted is a lot worse when setting up for the whole extended family to see slideshows.

The aspect ratio patch works great, by the way. Thank you so much! It just increased the WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) a lot!