Your process explorer is found by right clicking on the task bar and selecting "Start Task Manager" (alternatively you can use Ctrl-Alt-Del to start the task manager).]]>
Your process explorer is found by right clicking on the task bar and selecting "Start Task Manager" (alternatively you can use Ctrl-Alt-Del to start the task manager).]]>
After years of pulling my hair out I did a deep dive into my running processes. Since it's a WMC process I just didn't look at it very closely since it was just using a few MB of RAM and < 1 or 2% processor cycles. It wasn't until I found 30+ running that I decided to kill them. Made a huge difference on my system.
After years of pulling my hair out I did a deep dive into my running processes. Since it's a WMC process I just didn't look at it very closely since it was just using a few MB of RAM and < 1 or 2% processor cycles. It wasn't until I found 30+ running that I decided to kill them. Made a huge difference on my system.
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Application has generated an exception that could not be handled.
Process ID=0x15c8 (5576), Thread ID=0xbd8 (3032).
Click OK to terminate the application.
Click CANCEL to debug the application.
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Application has generated an exception that could not be handled.
Process ID=0x15c8 (5576), Thread ID=0xbd8 (3032).
Click OK to terminate the application.
Click CANCEL to debug the application.
What do these big guys care? They don't feel the same way.Not that we can do much about this, but I do have an issue with them no longer providing licensing. There is a difference between no longer supporting a product (i.e. providing security or feature updates etc) and intentionally crippling a product. If you design a product to require communication with a server, you still need to keep that server up even if you no longer support the product.
This explanation you provide, and which came from someone else's other thread somewhere, sounds perfectly correct. Again, just confirming that we are dead in the water as far as trying to get WMC and PlayReady to ever activate successfully again. It's not the software that needs "updating", its the activation of the DRM decrypting key for your particular machine configuration that will never again be possible.I came across this in another thread:...
What do these big guys care? They don't feel the same way.Not that we can do much about this, but I do have an issue with them no longer providing licensing. There is a difference between no longer supporting a product (i.e. providing security or feature updates etc) and intentionally crippling a product. If you design a product to require communication with a server, you still need to keep that server up even if you no longer support the product.
This explanation you provide, and which came from someone else's other thread somewhere, sounds perfectly correct. Again, just confirming that we are dead in the water as far as trying to get WMC and PlayReady to ever activate successfully again. It's not the software that needs "updating", its the activation of the DRM decrypting key for your particular machine configuration that will never again be possible.I came across this in another thread:...
Does this work for Digital Cable if none of the channels are copy once flagged? I suspect it won't. I think it requires PlayReady individualization even to display CableCard decrypted signals that aren't DRM protected/flagged.
Does this work for Digital Cable if none of the channels are copy once flagged? I suspect it won't. I think it requires PlayReady individualization even to display CableCard decrypted signals that aren't DRM protected/flagged.
Both machines are actually my "real machines", one in my bedroom and one in my office. I actually use them "for real", having nothing to with WMC... which just happens to also be available on both of these machines. So one of these (M910t in my bedroom) is functioning as my production WMC DVR machine in the background 24/7, while also serving in the foreground for my ongoing normal everyday personal and professional needs when I'm working in my bedroom. Same with the other machine (Z170) in my office, which at the moment simply has the potential to be used as a real WMC machine if I need it, while also again serving in the foreground when I'm working in my office.Also, based on your previous reply, why do you keep 2 machines running? I think at this point, you would be better off only running one and keeping your other 2 shut down and unplugged. This way if/when your 1 running machine dies, you will have a backup that hasn't been running 24/7 for years.
Both machines are actually my "real machines", one in my bedroom and one in my office. I actually use them "for real", having nothing to with WMC... which just happens to also be available on both of these machines. So one of these (M910t in my bedroom) is functioning as my production WMC DVR machine in the background 24/7, while also serving in the foreground for my ongoing normal everyday personal and professional needs when I'm working in my bedroom. Same with the other machine (Z170) in my office, which at the moment simply has the potential to be used as a real WMC machine if I need it, while also again serving in the foreground when I'm working in my office.Also, based on your previous reply, why do you keep 2 machines running? I think at this point, you would be better off only running one and keeping your other 2 shut down and unplugged. This way if/when your 1 running machine dies, you will have a backup that hasn't been running 24/7 for years.
-b is to force WMC to create a backup of your tuner configurations, guide mappings, recording requests, and favorite lineups.DrBri99 wrote:I was able to run this today.
There was one other issue I just noticed, and after running the database reset it's still there.
I am using Zap2It>EPG Centre to load the guide.
I'm missing some guide data that was there before and a new channel I just added to my favorites, and I confrimed in the zap2it.xml file that it's downloading the info properly.
I'm thinking I need to do a wider reset without some of the limiters?
Can you explain what each one does (ie -b and -dbgc)?
I'd like to keep the existing recording for series, but reset the quide mapping.
edit - I still have the "Starting Client Maintenance" icon in the tray, does that mean it's still working on the database?
Thanks!
-b is to force WMC to create a backup of your tuner configurations, guide mappings, recording requests, and favorite lineups.DrBri99 wrote:I was able to run this today.
There was one other issue I just noticed, and after running the database reset it's still there.
I am using Zap2It>EPG Centre to load the guide.
I'm missing some guide data that was there before and a new channel I just added to my favorites, and I confrimed in the zap2it.xml file that it's downloading the info properly.
I'm thinking I need to do a wider reset without some of the limiters?
Can you explain what each one does (ie -b and -dbgc)?
I'd like to keep the existing recording for series, but reset the quide mapping.
edit - I still have the "Starting Client Maintenance" icon in the tray, does that mean it's still working on the database?
Thanks!
Interesting. I guess you used the DisableFullscreenOptimizations mini-mod? How does WMC behave if you don't set it to 1 in full screen? And in windowed mode? Does it "crawl" in both modes?amelia wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:03 pm Adding Kevin Chalet's WMC mini-mods makes the interface work mostly fine, but sometimes it would start crawling again after changing windows. Hitting Alt-R to bring up the AMD Adrenaline UI, then closing it again "fixes" this.
Haha, great choice! (for headless WMC recording machines/VMs, Windows Server 2022 is also a great option as it has a similar 10-year support policy) ]]>
Interesting. I guess you used the DisableFullscreenOptimizations mini-mod? How does WMC behave if you don't set it to 1 in full screen? And in windowed mode? Does it "crawl" in both modes?amelia wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:03 pm Adding Kevin Chalet's WMC mini-mods makes the interface work mostly fine, but sometimes it would start crawling again after changing windows. Hitting Alt-R to bring up the AMD Adrenaline UI, then closing it again "fixes" this.
Haha, great choice! (for headless WMC recording machines/VMs, Windows Server 2022 is also a great option as it has a similar 10-year support policy) ]]>
Yes, the DisableFullscreenOptimizations mod was the one that improved performance significantly. Windowed mode performs a little better, but this is likely due to the AMD drivers attempting to use Radeon Super Resolution.Kevin Chalet wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:25 pm Interesting. I guess you used the DisableFullscreenOptimizations mini-mod? How does WMC behave if you don't set it to 1 in full screen? And in windowed mode? Does it "crawl" in both modes?
Yes, the DisableFullscreenOptimizations mod was the one that improved performance significantly. Windowed mode performs a little better, but this is likely due to the AMD drivers attempting to use Radeon Super Resolution.Kevin Chalet wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:25 pm Interesting. I guess you used the DisableFullscreenOptimizations mini-mod? How does WMC behave if you don't set it to 1 in full screen? And in windowed mode? Does it "crawl" in both modes?
Yeah, it's the simplest option (or you can use Powershell if you're a scripting guy, it works very well too).IT Troll wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:47 pm If we are just talking about the registry settings associated with minimods, then there is no need to restart services or reboot. Probably best to close Media Center though whilst making changes.
Personally, I would just use regedit to make the entries and for tweaking during the initial testing stage. Once all is as desired, then use the export function to take the backup of your preferences for a quick restore in future.
Yeah, it's the simplest option (or you can use Powershell if you're a scripting guy, it works very well too).IT Troll wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:47 pm If we are just talking about the registry settings associated with minimods, then there is no need to restart services or reboot. Probably best to close Media Center though whilst making changes.
Personally, I would just use regedit to make the entries and for tweaking during the initial testing stage. Once all is as desired, then use the export function to take the backup of your preferences for a quick restore in future.
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