[Morpheuz]

Hi, this is the first release of XBMC I have been using, migrating from Media Portal. I have activated the slide show screen saver and pointing at a folder on the local computer. However this setting seem not to stick and instead it reverts to darken the screen. The folder also changes from U:\... to something like "special".

It can stick for a while but then (maybe when i shut down XBMC) it is gone.

Running it on Vista SP, HDMI towards a full-HD plasma.

[WiSo]

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=42708

[jhsrennie]

I've just tried using the slideshow with the pictures in a folder on a local disk (D:\temp\testpics) and it seems to be fine. This is with a fresh install of RC1.

If you have a look in %appdata%\XBMC\userdata\guisettings.xml (or C:\Program Files\XBMC\userdata\guisettings.xml in portable mode) you should see that your selected folder is saved in the section that looks something like:

screensaver>
<dimlevel>20</dimlevel>
<mode>SlideShow</mode>
<preview />
<sep1 />
<sep2 />
<slideshowpath>D:\temp\testpics\</slideshowpath>
<time>3</time>
<usedimonpause>true</usedimonpause>
<usemusicvisinstead>true</usemusicvisinstead>
</screensaver>

Check that your selection is being saved to guisettings.xml, and if possible get a handle on when the setting is changing or disappearing.

JR