mattpre

ahh, i thought it was fixed, but i was wrong. I have discovered new information though. When in 1360x768 resolution and cloned display (onto my hdtv through a vga connection that I typically run gameex in, the dvd player displays the above message. In regular single display at 1280x1024 it works fine. I have a Radeon 9600. I tried playing with the the secondary monitor setting and no dice. Also, xvid and h.264 videos play fine. Dvd's play fine in windows with both resolutions. Now that I have some insight I will continue playing around. My next step will be messing with my catalyst drivers. If anyone has any ideas let me know.

FIXED! Thanks for all the help. I went into dcomcnfg.exe and did two things. I switched asp.net from manual start to automatic. I also switched it to run on local system as opposed to "this account".

Is there anything else I can provide or try?

My mistake on the config. New file is attached. As for the codecs I have the latest (as of a few weeks) K-lite pack with ffdshow and default settings. Going through the setup wizard at this moment I am using power dvd, unregistered but within the 30 days. I have tried it with other settings though (via advanced config as opposed to the wizard) This Windows install is only a few months old and this is the only codec pack I have installed. I did have gameex installed before this windows install however I never tried the DVD feature. Thanks for the help so far. GameEx.rar

I'm not sure its gameex related either, but I would like to fix it either way. Windows XP SP2. Not lite or anything like that. I don't believe XP2 is included in the install but I don't remember. Attached is my config.csv file. config.rar

Hey all. New to the forum but been using Gameex quite often for a few months now. I have searched but can not find a solution. Whenever I try to play a dvd, it fails after about 5 seconds of black and returns to game ex. I have played with all the options, used several versions of game ex, messed with decoders,wmp10 and 11, installed powerdvd, used different themes, and probably a few things I am forgetting by now. Dvds do play in windows otherwise. Oh, and I have tried it both registered and non. Below is the log file from loading gameex and going directly to a dvd. I bolded the error message below. Thanks for any help! -------------------- 21:06:31.2 8/25/2008: GameEx: Version 9.51: Starting Log 21:06:31.2 8/25/2008: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 21:06:31.2 8/25/2008: Operating System Name: Windows XP 21:06:31.2 8/25/2008: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 21:06:31.2 8/25/2008: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 21:06:31.2 8/25/2008: .net Framework 1.1 Installed 21:06:31.2 8/25/2008: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 21:06:31.2 8/25/2008: AMD Athlon XP 2500+, 511MB 21:06:31.2 8/25/2008: 1.83Ghz 21:06:31.2 8/25/2008: Running Randomize() 21:06:31.2 8/25/2008: Loading PlugIns 21:06:31.3 8/25/2008: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 21:06:31.3 8/25/2008: Running Misc startup tasks 21:06:31.3 8/25/2008: Setting Menu types 21:06:31.3 8/25/2008: Opening Configuration File 21:06:31.3 8/25/2008: Getting Configuration Values 21:06:31.3 8/25/2008: Using Theme: Default - Default 21:06:31.3 8/25/2008: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default 21:06:31.3 8/25/2008: Launching HideOS.exe 21:06:31.3 8/25/2008: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 21:06:31.5 8/25/2008: Hiding Taskbar 21:06:31.5 8/25/2008: Is Media Center running? 21:06:31.5 8/25/2008: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 21:06:31.5 8/25/2008: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 21:06:31.5 8/25/2008: Media Center Mode 2 21:06:31.5 8/25/2008: Custom Game Device Input enabled: Getting custom codes 21:06:31.5 8/25/2008: Snap Delay set to: 3 21:06:31.5 8/25/2008: Get other settings 21:06:31.6 8/25/2008: Using DirectInput for keyboard input 21:06:31.6 8/25/2008: Start work for Form 21:06:31.6 8/25/2008: Getting Original Screen Size 21:06:31.6 8/25/2008: Opening Database Connection 21:06:32.7 8/25/2008: Initializing Component 21:06:32.7 8/25/2008: Retrieving resolution setting 21:06:32.8 8/25/2008: Initialising Windows Media Player Component 21:06:32.9 8/25/2008: MAME Path is: E:\emulation\mame\mame106 21:06:32.9 8/25/2008: Model 2 Path Path is: E:\emulation\model2 21:06:32.9 8/25/2008: Model 2 EXE file is: emulator.exe 21:06:32.9 8/25/2008: Model 2 emulator with command line support detected 21:06:32.9 8/25/2008: Use Model 2 on. emulator.exe will launch Sega Model 2 games 21:06:32.9 8/25/2008: MAME EXE file is: mame.exe 21:06:32.9 8/25/2008: ROM Path is: E:\emulation\mame\roms 21:06:32.9 8/25/2008: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 21:06:32.9 8/25/2008: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini 21:06:32.9 8/25/2008: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 21:06:32.9 8/25/2008: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 21:06:32.9 8/25/2008: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 21:06:32.9 8/25/2008: Loading Controls.ini map file 21:06:33.0 8/25/2008: Snap Path: Not Found 21:06:33.0 8/25/2008: AVI Snap Path: Not Found 21:06:33.0 8/25/2008: Flyer Path: Not Found 21:06:33.0 8/25/2008: Cabinet Path: Not Found 21:06:33.0 8/25/2008: Title Path: Not Found 21:06:33.0 8/25/2008: PCB Path: Not Found 21:06:33.0 8/25/2008: Artwork Preview Path: Not Found 21:06:33.0 8/25/2008: Panel Path: Not Found 21:06:33.0 8/25/2008: Manual Path: Not Found 21:06:33.0 8/25/2008: Icon Path: Not Found 21:06:33.0 8/25/2008: Marquee Path: Not Found 21:06:33.0 8/25/2008: Loading Custom Emulators 21:06:33.0 8/25/2008: Loading Emulator 1: [Console] Nintendo N64 (Project64) 21:06:33.0 8/25/2008: Loading Emulator 2: [Console] Nintendo SNES (ZSnes) 21:06:33.1 8/25/2008: Loading Emulator 3: [Console] Sega Genesis (Fusion) 21:06:33.1 8/25/2008: Loading Emulator 4: [Console] Nintendo NES (FCE Ultra) 21:06:33.4 8/25/2008: Using 2D Animations 21:06:33.4 8/25/2008: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 21:06:33.4 8/25/2008: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS 21:06:33.4 8/25/2008: Attempting to load game list 21:06:33.6 8/25/2008: Initialising DirectDraw 21:06:33.7 8/25/2008: Applying GameEx is Loading Image 21:06:33.8 8/25/2008: Creating DirectDraw Device 21:06:33.8 8/25/2008: Using Device: ATI Radeon 9600 / X1050 Series 21:06:34.0 8/25/2008: 181mb video memory available 21:06:34.0 8/25/2008: Setting Resolution to 1360x768 32 bit color 21:06:34.0 8/25/2008: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 21:06:34.0 8/25/2008: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 21:06:34.1 8/25/2008: Creating Back Buffer 21:06:34.1 8/25/2008: Loading graphic Surfaces 21:06:34.1 8/25/2008: Display is running at: 1360x768 32bit color, 75hz 21:06:34.2 8/25/2008: Creating Surfaces Flags 21:06:34.2 8/25/2008: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 21:06:34.3 8/25/2008: Creating Surfaces Volume 21:06:34.3 8/25/2008: Creating Surfaces Arrows 21:06:34.3 8/25/2008: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 21:06:34.3 8/25/2008: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 21:06:34.3 8/25/2008: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 21:06:34.6 8/25/2008: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 21:06:34.6 8/25/2008: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 21:06:34.6 8/25/2008: Creating Surface Unselected 21:06:34.6 8/25/2008: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 21:06:34.7 8/25/2008: Creating Surfaces Snaps 21:06:34.7 8/25/2008: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 21:06:34.7 8/25/2008: Creating Fonts 21:06:34.7 8/25/2008: Creating Game Font 21:06:35.5 8/25/2008: Creating Game Font Faded 21:06:36.7 8/25/2008: Creating Title Font 21:06:36.7 8/25/2008: Restoring Title Font From Cache 21:06:36.9 8/25/2008: Creating Menu Font 21:06:36.9 8/25/2008: Creating Font Black 21:06:37.1 8/25/2008: Creating Font Black Small 21:06:37.3 8/25/2008: Fonts Created Succesfully 21:06:37.3 8/25/2008: 101mb video memory left available 21:06:37.3 8/25/2008: Creating instance of global keyboard hook 21:06:37.3 8/25/2008: Text/Language: English 21:06:37.3 8/25/2008: Applying Language/Text 21:06:37.3 8/25/2008: Initialising Bass Audio Library 21:06:37.5 8/25/2008: MAME CMD options: -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo 21:06:37.5 8/25/2008: Loading last used Game List 21:06:37.5 8/25/2008: Loading Start Page 21:06:37.6 8/25/2008: Setting Music Volume 21:06:37.6 8/25/2008: Creating DirectSound Device 21:06:37.6 8/25/2008: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 21:06:37.6 8/25/2008: Loading Sound Files 21:06:37.7 8/25/2008: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 21:06:37.7 8/25/2008: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 21:06:37.7 8/25/2008: Using Device USB Joystick 21:06:37.7 8/25/2008: Initialising DirectInput for Keyboard support 21:06:37.7 8/25/2008: Initializing MCE Remote 21:06:37.7 8/25/2008: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx! 21:06:37.8 8/25/2008: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame 21:06:38.6 8/25/2008: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully 21:06:49.0 8/25/2008: Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component. 21:06:49.0 8/25/2008: at DvdCore.DvdEngineClass.Init() at q.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, String A_2, String A_3, Boolean A_4) 21:06:54.2 8/25/2008: Exiting GameEx! 21:06:54.2 8/25/2008: Saving Settings 21:06:55.1 8/25/2008: Disposing Plugins 21:06:55.1 8/25/2008: Closing database connection 21:06:55.1 8/25/2008: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit