09-y8 wallpaper problem

[Scroobius]

Where do I find the log files?

[PeterSt]

Tick the Log Activities at the bottom in the Settings Area;
After playing you will sets of (belonging) XX, X3 and X3PB log files in the TemporaryData sub folder under your current XX folder ...

Thanks !

[PeterSt]

No further news ?

[Scroobius]

Apologies for the delay but have been busy I will work on it later today and post the log files for you.

Thanks for your help

P

[Scroobius]

Hi Peter - I loaded 8a and wallpaper problem OK now except that when xx has finished playing all files in the playlist and xx interface appears back on the screen the wallpaper stays up - it used to unload I have to press "stop" to unload the wallpaper. The hotkey controls do not work in unattended but they DO work fine in attended. Log files are attached but the following is the sequence I followed:

1   open xx
2.  using keyboard hotkey controls I checked that the volume control moved up and down which they did fine
3.  I ran xx in attended mode and checked that hotkey control volume worked which it did with no problem
4.  I then ran xx in unattended mode and tried to vary the volume using hotkey controls there was no change to the volume but each time I pressed a command the little revolving circle in the middle of the screen showed that something was "trying" to happen
5.  music continued to play ok but "something wrong at remote control" message came up
6.  I opened xx and pressed "stop" whereupon the wallpaper disappeared and the music stopped (correctly !!)

Sometimes in step 6 when I stop xx there are more serious problems like the USB disconnects and there is "white" noise

Log files attached

All the best
P

[PeterSt]

It is *not* using Arc Prediction where it goes wrong ...

It just took me 40 minutes to proove that (so many combinations). And if you wouldn't have used a hires file (which you did before as well), I would still have been on the wrong track, while ... hires is totaly unrelated. Haha.

Something to do ...

Thanks a lot for your time Paul.
Peter

[PeterSt]

This is solved in 0.9y-8c (upcoming).

A small disclaimer : I can't 100% proove "this" caused your noise, but for anything else but Arc Prediction (or DAC Needs = 24 bits / implied 16 bits !) an old method was used for the Volume Change, causing loads of overhead, that most probably causing the internal stream to (sort of) stall.

Again, thanks for your time.
Peter

[Scroobius]

I have loaded 8c and the wallpaper problem is solved but the Hotkeys still do not work in unattended mode - they do work in attended.

If I use Hotkeys in unattended it still causes problems like USB output stopping white noise etc.

Regards

Paul

[PeterSt]

I was afraid of that Paul.

Please try to help me. Try to find something that works (internal mobo soundcard ?), and from there on try to make clear to me what's actually happening. I know you should be using DAC Needs = 24 bits, but I tried that too (and sure needed to change to code for it, so I was a *little* hopeful).

I just can't think of anything further myself. What I do think do, is that it actually should be an easy thing ON YOUR SIDE. Yes. Let me give one example to get the idea :

The eally only thing we should be talking about is the digital volume, right ? (but if not, tell me, it drastically changes things). Now, whether you use that in Attended or Unattended mode, really doesn't make a difference. Not anymore, not since 0.9y-8c. So, whether you press Alt-U during Attended or during Unattended, can't matter. BUT : With Unattended you may have the Wallpaper showing, and with Attended you may not. And so you see, there *is* a difference, and it is you who can notice such a thing.

Please tell me SOMETHING ...
Peter

[Scroobius]

So my challenge is ....... I am going to have to work on this one. Anyway just for starters I did try using the mobo sound card Realtek and no difference the Hotkey still does not work in unattended. So I will now have to get my thinking hat on ...............

[PeterSt]

I don't understand ... Maybe you "molested" the xx.ahk file ? you know, the commands for Unattended are different from the Attended ones ...
Also important : You seem to be the only one ! (but if not, please (others) report !!).

If there's anything you want me to do or test, let me know Paul. I hope that we will laugh over this afterwards ...
Peter


PS: But to be sure, maybe get the xx.ahk from the latest 0.9y-8.

[Scroobius]

Now its getting crazy! I had made some changes to the ahk file and so decided to start again a completely new install of 8c and hotkeys again from scratch. I have reinstalled 09-y8 and updated to 8c but not installed hotkeys yet. But now I have problems I cannot get xx running. Before I go any further I notice that xx is picking up its old settings - I would like to start completely from scratch how do I do that how can I stop xx picking up its old settings - and is there anything else I need to completely remove everything.

[PeterSt]

How to delete a misbehaving ConfigFile.

Just throw out everything under Phasure ...
That should do it. There isn't anything anywhere else.

[Scroobius]

Thanks - well something did get screwed up in the config file and now after a complete scratch install XX is working fine again at 8c. So then I reinstalled Hotkeys and ................ the same problem they work in attended but not in unattended. If I try to use them in unattended I still get "problem at remote control" error message.

I am running out of ideas - the only thing I can think to try is to go back 09-y4 and see if Hotkeys works in unattended which it always used to. I made a complete new install of Hotkeys deleting everything before reinstalling.

 

[Scroobius]

Well I reloaded 09-y4 and Hotkeys and they work fine in both attended and unattended.

So I went back to 09-y8c and Hotkeys are still a problem in unattended. BUT I had only been using volume controls altU and altD I tried altE altP and altS and they appear to work OK. So it does appear to be only the volume controls that do not work in unattended in 8c (for me anyway) - that has to be very strange!!!

P