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Possible bug - Dual Monitor Setup

Chal021

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I have a dual monitor setup, I have one video card with dual outputs, one digital, one analog. The analog output is running to an lcd monitor and the digital output is running from the dvi output on my card to the hdmi on my lcd projection tv using a converter cable. The card itself is a GeForce 7600 GS and the latest downloaded driver for it. The resolution to my tv is not augmented via the driver to size to the tv since sometimes it needs it with different resolutions. It is on a dualview setup vs a clone view setup. The tv is running natively at 1176x664. I am also on windows xp.

I found that when i am watching a video file (ffdshow is my only codec set installed since this is pretty much a clean install except for xp sp3 and all current updates) and i wish to change the volume using my ehome (microsoft media center) remote, it freezes gameex and closes it. The visual and audio experience i get is.

1. Start watching the video file

2. Press the volume up or down (it doesnt matter which)

3. A sound like as if i pressed the ok button on the remote to select something sounds

4. The screen goes black on my secondary monitor (the one which game ex is set to use)

5. I see the volume changing icon on the monitor by itself (the rest of the screen is black) in the far right center of the screen for a brief moment

6. Screen goes black again then game ex closes and gives me the error report.

I have reproduced these steps with different variables (such as trying different video files at different resolutions and aspect ratios. Additionally changing the volume at different places during playback) on my secondary monitor with the same result.

However when using my primary monitor as game ex's video output everything works fine (no errors when i change volume on the remote). I see the volume box appear the right side of the screen appear while the video is still playing and dissapearing after there have been no button presses on the remote after 1/2 to 1 second)

Heres the output of the full error log. I have tried both mce glossy and mce glossy v3 themes.

Additionally i have DirectX 9c installed.

22:31:27.0 9/12/2008: GameEx: Version 9.53: Starting Log

22:31:27.0 9/12/2008: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

22:31:27.0 9/12/2008: Operating System Name: Windows XP

22:31:27.0 9/12/2008: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

22:31:27.0 9/12/2008: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

22:31:27.0 9/12/2008: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Intel® Pentium® D CPU 3.40GHz, 2047MB

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: 3.4Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Running Randomize()

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Loading PlugIns

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Running Misc startup tasks

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Setting Menu types

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Opening Configuration File

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Getting Configuration Values

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Using Theme: Default - MCE Glossy

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - MCE Glossy

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: GameEx will display on Secondary Device

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Launching HideOS.exe

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance)

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Is Media Center running?

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Media Center Mode 2

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Snap Delay set to: 2

22:31:27.1 9/12/2008: Get other settings

22:31:27.2 9/12/2008: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

22:31:27.2 9/12/2008: Start work for Form

22:31:27.2 9/12/2008: Getting Original Screen Size

22:31:27.2 9/12/2008: Opening Database Connection

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: Initializing Component

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: Retrieving resolution setting

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: MAME Path is: D:\MAME

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: MAME EXE file is: mameuifx32.exe

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: ROM Path is: D:\MAME\roms

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: Loading Controls.ini map file

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: Snap Path is: D:\MAME\snap

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: AVI Snap Path: Not Found

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: Flyer Path is: D:\MAME\flyers

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: Cabinet Path is: D:\MAME\cabinets

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: Title Path is: D:\MAME\titles

22:31:27.4 9/12/2008: PCB Path: Not Found

22:31:27.5 9/12/2008: Artwork Preview Path: Not Found

22:31:27.5 9/12/2008: Panel Path is: D:\MAME\cpanel

22:31:27.5 9/12/2008: Manual Path: Not Found

22:31:27.5 9/12/2008: Icon Path is: D:\MAME\icons

22:31:27.5 9/12/2008: Marquee Path is: D:\MAME\marquees

22:31:27.5 9/12/2008: Loading Custom Emulators

22:31:27.5 9/12/2008: Loading Emulator 1: Nintendo NES Games

22:31:27.5 9/12/2008: Loading Emulator 2: Nintendo SNES games

22:31:27.7 9/12/2008: Using 2D Animations

22:31:27.7 9/12/2008: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS

22:31:27.7 9/12/2008: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS

22:31:27.7 9/12/2008: Attempting to load game list

22:31:27.8 9/12/2008: Initialising DirectDraw

22:31:30.1 9/12/2008: Creating DirectDraw Device: Secondary Device

22:31:30.1 9/12/2008: Using Device: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

22:31:30.3 9/12/2008: 497mb video memory available

22:31:30.7 9/12/2008: Setting Resolution to 1176x664 32 bit color

22:31:30.7 9/12/2008: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

22:31:30.7 9/12/2008: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

22:31:30.8 9/12/2008: Creating Back Buffer

22:31:30.8 9/12/2008: Loading graphic Surfaces

22:31:30.8 9/12/2008: Display is running at: 1176x664 32bit color, 60hz

22:31:30.9 9/12/2008: Creating Surfaces Flags

22:31:30.9 9/12/2008: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

22:31:30.9 9/12/2008: Creating Surfaces Volume

22:31:30.9 9/12/2008: Creating Surfaces Arrows

22:31:30.9 9/12/2008: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

22:31:30.9 9/12/2008: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

22:31:30.9 9/12/2008: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

22:31:33.2 9/12/2008: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

22:31:33.2 9/12/2008: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

22:31:33.2 9/12/2008: Creating Surface Unselected

22:31:33.2 9/12/2008: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

22:31:33.2 9/12/2008: Creating Surfaces Snaps

22:31:33.2 9/12/2008: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

22:31:33.3 9/12/2008: Creating Fonts

22:31:33.3 9/12/2008: Creating Game Font

22:31:33.3 9/12/2008: Creating Game Font Faded

22:31:33.4 9/12/2008: Creating Title Font

22:31:34.7 9/12/2008: Creating Menu Font

22:31:34.9 9/12/2008: Creating Font Black

22:31:35.0 9/12/2008: Creating Font Black Small

22:31:35.1 9/12/2008: Fonts Created Succesfully

22:31:35.1 9/12/2008: 430mb video memory left available

22:31:35.1 9/12/2008: Creating instance of global keyboard hook

22:31:58.1 9/12/2008: Text/Language: English

22:31:58.1 9/12/2008: Applying Language/Text

22:31:58.2 9/12/2008: Initialising Bass Audio Library

22:31:58.3 9/12/2008: MAME CMD options: -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo -mouse

22:31:58.3 9/12/2008: Loading last used Game List

22:31:58.3 9/12/2008: Setting Music Volume

22:31:58.3 9/12/2008: Cannot Load Play List. Check Path and filename

22:31:58.3 9/12/2008: Creating DirectSound Device

22:31:58.3 9/12/2008: Trying: Primary Sound Driver

22:31:58.3 9/12/2008: Loading Sound Files

22:31:58.3 9/12/2008: DirectSound Device Created Successfully

22:31:58.3 9/12/2008: Creating ICONS

22:31:58.4 9/12/2008: Recreating ICONS

22:31:58.5 9/12/2008: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support

22:31:58.6 9/12/2008: Unable to create a joystick device

22:31:58.6 9/12/2008: Initializing MCE Remote

22:31:58.6 9/12/2008: Playing intro sound file

22:31:58.6 9/12/2008: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

22:31:58.6 9/12/2008: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

22:31:59.1 9/12/2008: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

22:32:39.1 9/12/2008: Playing Video: E:\Movies\The Office\The.Office.S04E14.HDTV.XviD-xor [btarena.org].avi

22:32:44.2 9/12/2008: Error in the application.

22:32:44.3 9/12/2008: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.DrawInternal(tagRECT* destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, tagRECT* srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags, DrawEffects& bltEffects)

at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.Draw(Rectangle destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, Rectangle srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags, DrawEffects bltEffects)

at q.a(Rectangle A_0, Surface A_1, Rectangle A_2, DrawFlags A_3, DrawEffects A_4)

at q.b(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3)

at q.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, String A_2, String A_3, Boolean A_4)

22:32:47.1 9/12/2008: 21 Consecutive Exceptions Occured

22:32:47.1 9/12/2008: Error in the application.

22:32:47.1 9/12/2008: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.DrawInternal(tagRECT* destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, tagRECT* srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags, DrawEffects& bltEffects)

at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.Draw(Rectangle destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, Rectangle srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags, DrawEffects bltEffects)

at q.a(Rectangle A_0, Surface A_1, Rectangle A_2, DrawFlags A_3, DrawEffects A_4)

at q.b(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3)

at q.am()

22:32:47.1 9/12/2008: Trying reinitialising the display after sleeping for 4 seconds

22:32:47.1 9/12/2008: Exception count will be dropped to 15

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: --**--

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: 21 Consecutive Exceptions Occured: Exiting

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: Closing database connection

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: First Exception:

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: Error in the application.

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.DrawInternal(tagRECT* destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, tagRECT* srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags, DrawEffects& bltEffects)

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.Draw(Rectangle destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, Rectangle srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags, DrawEffects bltEffects)

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: at q.a(Rectangle A_0, Surface A_1, Rectangle A_2, DrawFlags A_3, DrawEffects A_4)

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: at q.b(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3)

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: at q.am()

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008:

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: It was detected you experienced a DirectX error.

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: Please note the following for possible solutions to your problem:

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: 1. Ensure you have the latest version of DirectX installed.

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: 2. Ensure you have the latest Manufacturer provided video card drivers.

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: NOTE: Windows/Microsoft Update does not contain the latest.

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: NOTE: Manufacturer normally means ATI, NVidia, or Intel. Not the brand.

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: www.ati.com www.nvidia.com

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: 3. If you do not have a modern video card try the following. 1. Turn off advanced Graphics. 2. Try a lower resolution. 3. Try turning on and using 16-bit colour

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: 4. Ensure any required video codecs are installed.

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: 5. Try a different theme, or try running the theme at the resolution it was designed for

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: 6. Try the latest version of GameEx. GameEx is updated all the time.

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: 7. If you performed an auto update to this version. Try performing a manual download and install.

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008:

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: Last Exception:

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: at q.cg()

22:32:51.7 9/12/2008: at q.am()

on a side note i also have noticed that when selecting any of my movies, that the preview of the movie is upside down but the actual play of the movie is right side up. However when i check the flip video checkbox (ffdshowconfig->miscellaneous->flip video->unchecked) the inverse happens (the preview is normal but the actual playback is upside down). Just thought i should mention this but to me it may not be a priority above the other bug ;) (*edit - figured out that the side note problem probably lies in the codec itself, would like to see support for VFW though but its just a suggestion. You guys prolly got your hands full so I'll leave it at that)

Thanks guys, game ex is an awesome tool and I appreciate all the hard work put into it :D

BTW, just noticed that the below information in my signature is not acurate anymore. Still lookin for a way to get rid of it.

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