(2014-06-19, 00:54)scarecrow420 Wrote:

(2014-06-16, 16:51)joshua.lyon Wrote: 3. HDMI: Tape pin 19 of HDMI cable
4. GPU: Force output resolution to be fixed to 1920x1080

When using fullscreen window, and the AVR/TV are switched off, the HTPC resolution changes and XBMC gets "bigger" on screen. Then when everything comes back on again, windows has reset to 1080P resolution but XBMC is stuck in a zoomed in mode, taking up the full screen but all zoomed in (only seeing perhaps 25-50% of the top left of the screen, maximised to fll the display). This is the only niggling issue I have!

(2014-06-19, 13:49)pr0xZen Wrote: If changing to full-screen window is not a working solution due to resolution change - I would suggest trying out the Pin 19 trick . Its not difficult to do, and easily reversible. The concept is to avvoid, among other things, resolution change - through the NUC and AVR/TV being unable to tell each other that one of them "shut down" or went to "power saving" mode. As far as the NUC can tell, the AVR (or TVs) power state never changes.

(2014-06-22, 00:18)outatouch0 Wrote: I'm having confusion by some of what I have read here and elsewhere. So will surround sound (Dolby, DTS, etc) work correctly in this manner?
NUC-->HDMI-->capable AVReceiver-->HDMI-->HDTV
thanks

(2014-06-22, 15:16)outatouch0 Wrote: I believe all I really need would be 5.1 surround. Sounds like I can get that with Windows then?

(2014-06-20, 00:29)scarecrow420 Wrote: OK Ill give that a shot. Regarding number 4) is that really "forcing it" to 1080P or is that just a different way to set the resolution to that alue (and same can be achieved in windows itself). Are you saying that by setting it in the intel drivers it wont change awau from 1080P even if you plugged it into a different monitor or screen etc? In AMD catalyst and others I think there actually was a "force resolution" checkbox or similar, but the Intel one to me at least just looks like its "set the current resolution" rather than "force" it. But yeah I haven't tried the pin19 trick (I was assuming that using the hardset EDID inf file I created should achieve the same thing) so yes good point and definitely worth giving that a go. Thanks

(2014-06-23, 16:47)joshua.lyon Wrote:

(2014-06-20, 00:29)scarecrow420 Wrote: OK Ill give that a shot. Regarding number 4) is that really "forcing it" to 1080P or is that just a different way to set the resolution to that alue (and same can be achieved in windows itself). Are you saying that by setting it in the intel drivers it wont change awau from 1080P even if you plugged it into a different monitor or screen etc? In AMD catalyst and others I think there actually was a "force resolution" checkbox or similar, but the Intel one to me at least just looks like its "set the current resolution" rather than "force" it. But yeah I haven't tried the pin19 trick (I was assuming that using the hardset EDID inf file I created should achieve the same thing) so yes good point and definitely worth giving that a go. Thanks

Honestly, I don't recall if I was successful in getting the Intel graphics control panel to force the resolution, but I wanted to include the screenshot/comment to be thorough... it has been several weeks since I implemented the changes and I haven't had any issues since. To your point though, it may have just been the Fullscreen setting paired with the Pin 19 trick.

(2014-06-22, 15:16)outatouch0 Wrote: Okay thanks guys,
I think I see the nature of my confusion when reading threads.
I don't know the difference between 'regular DTS' vs 'DTS-MA' and/or HD Audio.
I believe all I really need would be 5.1 surround. Sounds like I can get that with Windows then?

(2014-06-24, 02:56)scarecrow420 Wrote: Fair enough... I agree it makes sense to list everything you did that MAY have helped. I still haven't tried the pin19 trick and yeah am still battling between Fullscreen (with out of memory error) vs fake fullscreen (with strange res problems). What's worse is I moved my i3 NUC from the bedroom to the media room and now it too is suffering from this problem. I really do need to look into this pin19 thing!

(2014-06-25, 11:57)zzenz Wrote: First time poster here.

Has anyone has issues with Mediaportal TVserver and their USB Tuners?

Windows 8.1 picks them up and installs the drivers, TVServer picks them up but no matter what I do they will not tune any stations in.

I was using them on a windows 7 box with no issue and yes their is a TV signal coming in.

Any idea's?

System
NUC 2820
4GB
500gb WD
Windows 8.1 x64
Powered USB HUB
2 x WinFast DTV Dongle Gold
TVServer 1.7.1

Not to sure what info to pass on to get some advice etc.

(2014-06-25, 04:20)pr0xZen Wrote: Anyone experienced quite a notable drop in performance with decoding xvid, in Gotham 13.1 releases? I've been trying to go through all the various settings and tweaks to see if something was forgotten (settings lost during update) - but wanted to hear if other users were experiencing similar issues.

(2014-06-25, 12:43)nickr Wrote:

(2014-06-25, 11:57)zzenz Wrote: First time poster here.

Has anyone has issues with Mediaportal TVserver and their USB Tuners?

Windows 8.1 picks them up and installs the drivers, TVServer picks them up but no matter what I do they will not tune any stations in.

I was using them on a windows 7 box with no issue and yes their is a TV signal coming in.

Any idea's?

System
NUC 2820
4GB
500gb WD
Windows 8.1 x64
Powered USB HUB
2 x WinFast DTV Dongle Gold
TVServer 1.7.1

Not to sure what info to pass on to get some advice etc.

This looks like a mediaportal issue not an xbmc issue.