In previous versions I've appreciated that I can run XBMC remotely, so as not to risk image retention or burn-in on my plasma TV when doing maintence work on my movie library.
The most recent release crashes during startup. Here's the log:
Code:
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Starting XBMC (11.0 Git:20120321-14feb09), Platform: Windows 7, 64-bit (WoW) build 7600. Built on Mar 21 2012 (compiler 1600)
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Desktop Resolution: 1440x900 32Bit at 60Hz
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Running with restricted rights
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Aero is disabled
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: The executable running is: C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC\XBMC.exe
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Setup SDL
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Found screen: Dummy Monitor on RDPDD Chained DD, adapter 0.
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Primary mode: 1440x900 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Additional mode: 1440x900 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: load settings...
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: loading special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Checking resolution 12
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://xbmc/system/advancedsettings.xml)
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://masterprofile/advancedsettings.xml)
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Default DVD Player: dvdplayer
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Default Video Player: dvdplayer
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Disabled debug logging due to GUI setting. Level 0.
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Log level changed to 0
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Loading media sources from special://masterprofile/sources.xml
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Enabled Joystick: BD Remote Control
23:07:17 T:4924 NOTICE: Details: Total Axis: 0 Total Hats: 0 Total Buttons: 0
23:07:17 T:4924 WARNING: CRenderSystemDX::CreateDevice - initial wanted device config failed
23:07:17 T:4924 ERROR: CRenderSystemDX::CreateDevice - unable to create a device. 8876086C - D3DERR_INVALIDCALL (Invalid call)
23:07:17 T:4924 FATAL: CApplication::Create: Unable to init rendering system
23:07:19 T:640 ERROR: CRemoteControl::Connect - failed to connect
I have not changed the graphics card and it's got the same driver as before. I would appreciate it a lot if someone could help me out
As far as I'm aware, XBMC has never worked via RDP on win32.
It did once...loooong ago. Possibly back in the old OpenGL days. To use it remotely now you need to run something link VNC and have XBMC run in windowed mode.
It *may* run if you use windowed mode i.e. System settings, System, Video and enable the setting "Use a fullscreen window rather than true fullscreen", but there are no promises.
JR
When I was having problems setting up MySQL I was troubleshooting remotely with RAdmin - but because I have animations enabled it was painfully slow to do things over a 1mb connection, and I ended up giving up and waiting until I was back home to fix it.
Hmm, RDP actually works fine for me on Eden. Pretty fast too.
Maybe you need to set 32-bit color on the RDP session?
Also, turn off background animations on the XBMC screens (the animation that makes the fanart and backdrops slowly move and zoom) This animation seems to use the GPU and breaks RDP.
Also I'm using Aeon MQ3 if that matters and its indeed working in RDP from Win7 64 to Win7 64.
See if any of this helps:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=119185
I'm still on Dharma, so I can't really do a full test for you. I ended up using UltraVNC only. I forget what happens when connected via RDC and XBMC tries to start in (Real) Full Screen. UltraVNC lets me use the "\" key to switch to Windowed mode, but I don't remember if RDC allows that or if it's already locked up (or it was un-useable ... it was something bad).
RDC also does the thing where it logs out the current user and you can't "share" the same screen ... just wasn't a good fit for me.
Edit ... just tried it:
RDC cons:
Only runs at 1024x768
Logs out current user (can't share normal XMBC logged-in desktop user)
Certificate warnings
XBMC crashes on startup if set to real Full-Screen
I'm a little bit late here, but thanks a lot for the replies. Windowed mode (at least with a small window) works just fine, like before.
good thing I checked for a thread before freaking out too much....
(2012-06-08, 06:23)PugsofAus Wrote: [ -> ]good thing I checked for a thread before freaking out too much....
Ya, it's great having the forum to document all this.
I have XBMC 12.0 'frodo' on a Mac Mini with Windows 7 x64... One one username, Remote Desktop and XBMC works just fine. On a different username on the SAME box, I get the error. The logs appear identical except for **** lines shown in the log excerpts below. The RDP that works has an extra debug statement: "
CRemoteControl::Connect - connecting to: ::1:24000 ..." that the log which fails does not. Not sure what it means though.
This one WORKS with RDP:
Code:
09:31:04 T:3312 NOTICE: Thread XBMC Peripherals start, auto delete: false
09:31:04 T:1848 NOTICE: Thread CRemoteControl start, auto delete: false
09:31:04 T:1848 DEBUG: CRemoteControl::Connect - connecting to: ::1:24000 ... *****
09:31:04 T:2604 DEBUG: CWin32StorageProvider::Initialize: No optical drive found.
09:31:04 T:2604 NOTICE: Found screen: Dummy Monitor on RDPDD Chained DD, adapter 0.
09:31:04 T:2604 NOTICE: Primary mode: 1920x1200 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
09:31:04 T:2604 NOTICE: Additional mode: 1920x1200 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
09:31:04 T:2604 NOTICE: Checking resolution 16
09:31:04 T:2604 DEBUG: CWinEventsWin32::WndProc: window resize event
09:31:04 T:2604 DEBUG: CWinEventsWin32::WndProc: window move event
09:31:04 T:2604 DEBUG: CWinSystemWin32::ResizeInternal - resizing due to size change (0,0,1920,1200 fullscreen)->(0,0,1920,1200 fullscreen)
09:31:04 T:2604 DEBUG: CWinEventsWin32::WndProcWindow is active
09:31:04 T:3744 DEBUG: CAESinkDirectSound::CheckPlayStatus: Resuming Playback
09:31:05 T:2604 DEBUG: CRenderSystemDX::InitRenderSystem - trying D3D9Ex...
09:31:05 T:2604 DEBUG: CRenderSystemDX::InitRenderSystem - using D3D9Ex
09:31:05 T:2604 DEBUG: CRenderSystemDX::CreateDevice on adapter 0
09:31:05 T:2604 DEBUG: CRenderSystemDX::CreateDevice - using hardware vertex processing
09:31:05 T:2604 DEBUG: CRenderSystemDX::CreateDevice - adapter 0: igdumd32.dll, RDPDD Chained DD, VendorId 0, DeviceId 0 *****
09:31:05 T:2604 DEBUG: CRenderSystemDX::CreateDevice - using D3DCAPS2_DYNAMICTEXTURES *****
09:31:05 T:2604 DEBUG: CRenderSystemDX::CreateDevice - texture caps: 0x0021EC45 *****
This one FAILS with RDP:
Code:
09:28:33 T:3544 NOTICE: Thread XBMC Peripherals start, auto delete: false
09:28:33 T:3612 NOTICE: Thread CRemoteControl start, auto delete: false
09:28:33 T:3964 DEBUG: CWin32StorageProvider::Initialize: No optical drive found.
09:28:33 T:3964 NOTICE: Found screen: Dummy Monitor on RDPDD Chained DD, adapter 0.
09:28:33 T:3964 NOTICE: Primary mode: 1920x1200 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
09:28:33 T:3964 NOTICE: Additional mode: 1920x1200 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
09:28:33 T:3964 NOTICE: Checking resolution 16
09:28:33 T:3612 DEBUG: CRemoteControl::Connect - connecting to: ::1:24000 ...
09:28:33 T:3964 DEBUG: CWinEventsWin32::WndProc: window resize event
09:28:33 T:3964 DEBUG: CWinEventsWin32::WndProc: window move event
09:28:33 T:3964 DEBUG: CWinSystemWin32::ResizeInternal - resizing due to size change (0,0,1920,1200 fullscreen)->(0,0,1920,1200 fullscreen)
09:28:33 T:3964 DEBUG: CWinEventsWin32::WndProcWindow is active
09:28:33 T:3464 DEBUG: CAESinkDirectSound::CheckPlayStatus: Resuming Playback
09:28:34 T:3964 DEBUG: CRenderSystemDX::InitRenderSystem - trying D3D9Ex...
09:28:34 T:3964 DEBUG: CRenderSystemDX::InitRenderSystem - using D3D9Ex
09:28:34 T:3964 DEBUG: CRenderSystemDX::CreateDevice on adapter 0
09:28:34 T:3964 DEBUG: CRenderSystemDX::CreateDevice - using hardware vertex processing
09:28:34 T:3964 WARNING: CRenderSystemDX::CreateDevice - initial wanted device config failed *****
09:28:34 T:3964 ERROR: CRenderSystemDX::CreateDevice - unable to create a device. 8876086C - D3DERR_INVALIDCALL (Invalid call) *****
Any thoughts? I am using identical RDP settings (basically 'full screen'). Other RDP resolutions don't solve the problem. As someone pointed out earlier, it is handy for this to work via RDP so that one doens't have to st in front of the TV doing config work.