Login at Kodi Home

THRobinson · 2012-02-23, 19:35

I'm using EventGhost with XBMC, and I'm not sure if this is a system problem? EventGhost issue? XBMC? or what... I tried posting it on the EventGhost forum but, sadly, that forum is 100% useless. I've posted a few questions on that site and never received a reply to anything and it's been a few months.

Anyway, running Win7 64bit and at random times I get

MCE_Vista: MceIr pipe is not available, app doesn't seem to be running
Will continue to try to connect to MceIr
Message = The system cannot find the file specified.

This shows in the EG log... and no way to restart it apart from, restarting the whole computer. Sometimes I'll go a week without instance, some time a few times a day it happens. I have tried formatting my system and re-installing and still an issue.

Figured this forum is very helpful and likely many users have EventGhost... anyone have any ideas what causes this? how to fix/avoid it?

Huh

jhsrennie · 2012-02-24, 10:32

If you're using an HP remote you don't need to use EventGhost. See http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Usi...in_Windows for details.

JR

THRobinson · 2012-02-24, 16:52

I have my PC running 2 monitors, my PC screen where I'm now typing this, and a Sony 40". I was told EG was the only way to have it such that when XBMC is running I don't have to mouse click to make that window active for the remote to work. Sometimes I'm running both screens at the same time.

I tried the XBMC remote plugin originally which worked fine, but, wouldn't allow me to turn on XBMC, I still had to go to the computer and start it.

Plus, half that link made 0 sense to me.

jhsrennie · 2012-02-25, 11:19

Ah, OK, Eventghost is the only way to route remote signals to XBMC if it doesn't have the focus.

JR

THRobinson · 2012-02-25, 17:32

Ya... hopefully I save up enough soon to get a MAC Pro, at which time this system gets put into a nicer case and setup as a devoted media player for the TV.

Until then, that MceIr Pipe thing, must have some sort of fix or cause... but no one seems to know what.

A week ago I bought a few used parts and did an upgrade... new motherboard, processor and ram so, eliminates any of those as being the cause. Also bought a legit copy of Win7 a few days ago (last copy was a trial), formatted my system and installed that and all updates and still same issue... gotta be something on here that does it.

THRobinson · 2012-03-01, 18:41

No one? I'm the only one who gets this?

**Sureguy** · 2012-03-01, 20:00

Have you tried unplugging the IR receiver and re-plugging it in? Restarting EventGhost?

I would try to do both, and see if either fixes the issue.

THRobinson · 2012-03-01, 20:09

Only 'fix' that I've found online so far is to restart the system.

I've tried unplugging and restarting EG but doesn't do anything, which is why I'm not sure if a system thing or EG, or what.

Recently (2 weeks ago) upgraded my system a bit, new motherboard so, eliminates it being a USB port issue. Plus I have a USB PCI card and I have the same issue on both the card and onboard.

Win7 has been reinstalled 3x since I started using EG as well.

What's more confusing is that sometimes it'll give that error within a minute of startup, I'll have it happen 3-4 times in a day... then... not a single issue for 1-2 weeks. Initially thought it was a program in particular that triggered it, but directly after startup before XBMC is even launched is strange.

When I had WinXP for a few months I don't think it ever happened. Upgraded to Win7 though because I wanted 64bit and hardware acceleration.

Maybe the HP receiver? I do notice some times in the EG log a bunch of entries as though the receiver was picking up random/unknown signals... but... no other remotes or devices around.