2005-02-04, 03:19 PM
I have had an issue with plugins not showing up/menus different between the PC and MVP. Â I could setup/configure the plugins in the config, open the PC window and see what I expected from the config, but on the MVP all I would generally see is the stock apps/menus. Â Last night even the skin was wrong, blue in the config and on the pc but red on the MVP. Â I finally figured out the following and is consistent every time:
1) Â Go into config and set plugins/menus up. Set autostart servers to 1 for the MVP. Â PC correct but MVP doesn't match menus, plugins, or skins. Â The config/config.xml shows that the skin should be blue but the MVP is using the red skin. Â I have tweaked the 4 settings in config.xml to center the MVP screen on my TV and that part works correctly. Â Since I only have 1 currently running putting the settings in the general or changing the MAC address area seems to work.
2) Set autostart to 0 and manually start the MVP server from the GBPVR program group in windows. Â The plugins/menus/skins are correct every time on the PC and MVP but the MVP screen is not centered on the TV anymore. Â I have tried adjusting the settings in config.xml in both general and MAC specific areas but the background/menus do not move. Â Another anomaly is the number between the MVP autostart tags does not change/match what is in the config.exe. Â It seems to function correctly though, if I change it to 0 in the config the MVP won't load without manually starting the GBPVR MVP server. Â If I change it to 1 in the config the MVP loads. Â The tags in the autostart section always seem to be a 1 which is strange. Â Manually changing the number between the config.xml tags does not seem to have an effect. Â If I set the config to 0 and start the MVP server manually, the videos play full screen and looks correct. Â It's just the MVP menus/background that is left and low with black border right and above.
Does the config read/write the config.xml file? Â Where do the menu changes get written to (I have setup submenus in the config so I don't have to scroll on the screen and don't see anything even close in the config.xml yet they show up on the PC everytime)? Â It's almost like it's reading 1 config.xml but writing another. Â There is only one installation and I checked my search paths but didn't find anything. Â I have tried doing a fresh install (Add/Remove programs from Control panel, delete directory, reboot, and reinstall). Â Is there something else I should be deleting (registry?) or deregistering to start fresh? Â This was driving me nuts but I think I'm getting closer since I can recreate the issues.
My next throught was to just move on to 0908 but I'm having errors starting up the config (a debug error screen pops up with 3 buttons: detail, continue, quit). Â Whe I click continue there are no options in any of the drop down boxes even though the files exist (no skins yet the 3 stock ones are definately there). Â The following error is in a log file:
2/3/2005 5:41:58 PM.165 ERROR [7] Failure in ChannelFactory::updateSummary(): Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2/3/2005 5:42:01 PM.700 ERROR [7] Failure in ChannelFactory::updateSummary(): Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2/3/2005 5:42:03 PM.823 ERROR [7] Failure in ChannelFactory::updateSummary(): Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2/3/2005 5:42:06 PM.337 ERROR [7] Failure in ChannelFactory::updateSummary(): Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Any ideas? Â I love this app/plugins.
1) Â Go into config and set plugins/menus up. Set autostart servers to 1 for the MVP. Â PC correct but MVP doesn't match menus, plugins, or skins. Â The config/config.xml shows that the skin should be blue but the MVP is using the red skin. Â I have tweaked the 4 settings in config.xml to center the MVP screen on my TV and that part works correctly. Â Since I only have 1 currently running putting the settings in the general or changing the MAC address area seems to work.
2) Set autostart to 0 and manually start the MVP server from the GBPVR program group in windows. Â The plugins/menus/skins are correct every time on the PC and MVP but the MVP screen is not centered on the TV anymore. Â I have tried adjusting the settings in config.xml in both general and MAC specific areas but the background/menus do not move. Â Another anomaly is the number between the MVP autostart tags does not change/match what is in the config.exe. Â It seems to function correctly though, if I change it to 0 in the config the MVP won't load without manually starting the GBPVR MVP server. Â If I change it to 1 in the config the MVP loads. Â The tags in the autostart section always seem to be a 1 which is strange. Â Manually changing the number between the config.xml tags does not seem to have an effect. Â If I set the config to 0 and start the MVP server manually, the videos play full screen and looks correct. Â It's just the MVP menus/background that is left and low with black border right and above.
Does the config read/write the config.xml file? Â Where do the menu changes get written to (I have setup submenus in the config so I don't have to scroll on the screen and don't see anything even close in the config.xml yet they show up on the PC everytime)? Â It's almost like it's reading 1 config.xml but writing another. Â There is only one installation and I checked my search paths but didn't find anything. Â I have tried doing a fresh install (Add/Remove programs from Control panel, delete directory, reboot, and reinstall). Â Is there something else I should be deleting (registry?) or deregistering to start fresh? Â This was driving me nuts but I think I'm getting closer since I can recreate the issues.
My next throught was to just move on to 0908 but I'm having errors starting up the config (a debug error screen pops up with 3 buttons: detail, continue, quit). Â Whe I click continue there are no options in any of the drop down boxes even though the files exist (no skins yet the 3 stock ones are definately there). Â The following error is in a log file:
2/3/2005 5:41:58 PM.165 ERROR [7] Failure in ChannelFactory::updateSummary(): Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2/3/2005 5:42:01 PM.700 ERROR [7] Failure in ChannelFactory::updateSummary(): Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2/3/2005 5:42:03 PM.823 ERROR [7] Failure in ChannelFactory::updateSummary(): Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2/3/2005 5:42:06 PM.337 ERROR [7] Failure in ChannelFactory::updateSummary(): Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Any ideas? Â I love this app/plugins.
HP a1230n
AMD 3700+
2048mb Ram
on board video
WinTV PVR USB2
(2) Media MVP's
AMD 3700+
2048mb Ram
on board video
WinTV PVR USB2
(2) Media MVP's