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post #211 of 1049
2/12/08 at 5:18am
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I grabbed 1.00 b004 today, however, the problem still exsists. I reset the settings & deleted the pref file to be sure, and verified that it says 1.00 b004 at the top of the window. But the render screen still has the black bars on top and bottom.

Sorry, I should have been more specific about how to fix the problem. The builds with the problem scaled the background image incorrectly and created a background.jpg file with black bars. The new version doesn't do that any more. However, the old, bad background.jpg won't get replaced with a good one until you tell the program to replace it by dragging a fresh background image into the Render window. Otherwise, it keeps grabbing the existing, bad, background.jpg that was generated by the older build.

Edit: Found another reason for the black bars to occur upon startup. Fixed in b005
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post #212 of 1049
2/13/08 at 12:09am
Wow, have to say great job! I used WIB-T before, which was a great initiative but the application you've built and the support given is amazing. Thank for all your efforts, this has boosted the fun just browsing my tvix!
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post #213 of 1049
2/14/08 at 12:49am
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Added new setting under the 720 x 480 rendering size called AR Correct Wallpaper. This changes the contents of the rendered wallpaper to have correct aspect ratio when seen on a 16 x 9 display. If you wish to render in the old style, turn OFF this option. Note: this option has no effect on 1280 x 720 wallpaper rendering.

The reason this is needed to make text and artwork appear correct instead of too wide is that the pixels in 720 x 480 are NOT square when seen on a 16 x 9 screen. In order to look correct, the graphics and text need to be rendered slightly narrower to look correct on the TViX's output to a 16 x 9 screen. The original rendering scheme for 720 x 480 ignored this effect and produced output which has slightly too wide appearing text and graphics.
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post #214 of 1049
2/14/08 at 7:14am
Couple of tips for 6500 users...

My 6500 was also hanging when displaying images. Once I resized all the graphics though to the new 1280 size it all started working again (it still gets confused and shows the wrong icon sometimes but at least it does not hang).

When I looked at the 'backgrounds though half the text was missing after some head scratching I realized that on my computer monitor the larger 'rendering' window was actually slightly off the screen. Dragging the window around so that it was completely displayed on the monitor solved that issue as well.

We move forward again........

tolax
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post #215 of 1049
2/14/08 at 8:01am
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Originally Posted by tolax View Post

Couple of tips for 6500 users...

......When I looked at the 'backgrounds though half the text was missing after some head scratching I realized that on my computer monitor the larger 'rendering' window was actually slightly off the screen. Dragging the window around so that it was completely displayed on the monitor solved that issue as well.......

tolax

That is a good tip. Some Windows PC video drivers won't render the pixels which are off screen. Others work just fine whether or not the rendering window is completely visible. Varies with the OpenGL implementation.
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post #216 of 1049
2/14/08 at 12:30pm
Hi
I wonder if i have missed this one.
But how do you go back to using the original backgroud if you had changed it with another photo?
Regards,
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post #217 of 1049
2/14/08 at 12:47pm
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.....But how do you go back to using the original backgroud if you had changed it with another photo?

The program uses its built in default if it doesn't find a background.jpg file in the same folder as the application. So, to go completely back to the default background which is built in, quit the program and then delete the background.jpg file.

That's the only way to go back to default. If you're using your own backgrounds and don't want the default one, just drag your new background into the render window (provided the new file is over 700 pixels wide).
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post #218 of 1049
2/14/08 at 2:33pm
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Originally Posted by Guy Kuo View Post

For those in the homeland of the MPH and Aston Martin..... Download 1.00 b003

Many thanks!

I may be doing something wrong, but if not, would it be possible to have the opportunity to edit the automatically generated render before it makes the changes to the folder!?
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post #219 of 1049
2/15/08 at 3:06am
Hi

First i must say excellent work Guy ! Thanks

I have one question about batch jobs. I don't now if I'm doing something wrong or is bug possible ?

If starting batch job on for example 5 movies, start with first movie on the row i get this results :

1. movie - default wallpaper ( wallpaper when you start the program )
2. movie - wallpaper from the first movie
3. movie - wallpaper from the second movie .... and so on ..

Okram
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post #220 of 1049
2/15/08 at 7:50am
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Originally Posted by okram View Post

Hi

First i must say excellent work Guy ! Thanks

I have one question about batch jobs. I don't now if I'm doing something wrong or is bug possible ?

If starting batch job on for example 5 movies, start with first movie on the row i get this results :

1. movie - default wallpaper ( wallpaper when you start the program )
2. movie - wallpaper from the first movie
3. movie - wallpaper from the second movie .... and so on ..

Okram

Are you sure that is what you are ending up with? More likely you are getting confused by what you are seeing on screen during the fetch and render process. For only a very brief moment during batch operations does the currently visible rendering match what is actually stored. Most of the time, you're looking at material which lags behind as the program fetches material from the web.

Check your actual folder contents and tell me if indeed you are seeing the wrong wallpaper stored in each folder.
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post #221 of 1049
2/15/08 at 9:09am
No I'm not talking about what i see on the screen during the fetch and render process...
This is a actual folder contents.

3.10 to Yuma - default wallpaper
Click - 3.10 to Yuma wallpaper
Man to Land - Click walpaper

and so on .....

I did try this couple of time and every time i get the same results

I have all my movies on tvix M6500 hard drive and I do this directly in the movie folder on tvix.
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post #222 of 1049
2/15/08 at 9:23am
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Please do the following and let me know what you end up with. It will help me figure this one out. Haven't seen this before.

1. Turn on Use Local Art
2. Turn on Use Local Text
3. Turn on Autosave Render Local Text & Art

That combination tells the program to use the locally stored material so we don't have to worry about web fetches.

Sequentially, manually click on the films so they get processed one at a time.

See if the results are correct. This will let me isolate something going on with the batch processing logic vs the data render/save process.

If the results are correct, then use the same settings and once more run in batch mode.

Check if the results are any different between batch and single manual sequential
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post #223 of 1049
2/15/08 at 11:25am
Fantastic program--easy to use and the results are very professional looking. Not sure if this is a bug in the program but I noticed that several of my movie files(out of 260+) do not display a movie cover image--just a folder image. I deleted them and started over following the same method I had done for the other movie folders that display correctly but still cannot get am image to display on the folder. Any thoughts?
Thanks
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post #224 of 1049
2/15/08 at 11:56am
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On some films, the search on Amazon doesn't result in definitive hit. In such cases, you don't automatically get cover art. That means manually dragging in cover art from a web browser.

One way of quickly looking through all the resultant wallpapers is to use the program HTML generation system. Then open the index.htm file in a browser. You can then go through all the wallpapers and verify the results after a batch run.
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post #225 of 1049
2/15/08 at 12:03pm
Guy.....
I looked through this forum but didn't see a link to download the Tvix GUI Builder. Sounds like it's available, I just don't know where. Thanks, John
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post #226 of 1049
2/15/08 at 12:05pm
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Originally Posted by jctarvin View Post

Guy.....
I looked through this forum but didn't see a link to download the Tvix GUI Builder. Sounds like it's available, I just don't know where. Thanks, John

It is on the first page under the pictures. Look a little further on and you will see a line of text seperated by two lines of **********. A line or two further and there you go!
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post #227 of 1049
2/15/08 at 12:07pm
Thanks so much.... that's what I get for setting my preference to show most recent posts first.........Found it!
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post #228 of 1049
2/15/08 at 12:08pm
I did some test by your instructions and this is what i end up with.


1. Show only unprocessed folders - off
2. Automatically paste text and picts - off
3. Use local art - on
4. Use local text - on
5. Autosave - on

Manual processing each movie one by one... and the outcome is same as before.

3.10 to Yuma - default wallpaper
Aliens vs Predator - 3.10 to Yuma
American pie - Alien vs Predator
Children of Man - American Pie
Click - Children of Man

When i check folders Click wallpaper wasn't save anywhere. I left all wallpaper in folders and start batch processing with first movie and this is outcome.


Batch processing


3.10 to Yuma - Click wallpaper
Aliens vs Predator - 3.10 to Yuma
American Pie - Alien vs Predator
and the rest like on manual processing... the difference is only on first movie...


P.S. When i try manual once again, I do the manual saving after automatic saving for each movie...then every
wallpaper was in right folder.
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post #229 of 1049
2/15/08 at 12:35pm
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Interesting... Is this under Vista or XP?
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post #230 of 1049
2/15/08 at 12:36pm
I downloaded Guy Kuo's TVIX GUI Builder app and instructions.

Just to make sure I am clear on this. I was under the impression (mistaken?) that movies HAD TO go into a folder named "VIDEO". So, when I set up that folder on my 6500A, I called mine "VIDEO" (not looking for trouble).

After reading Guy's instructions, seems like I could call my top level folder "My Movies" (instead of VIDEO) and it could be the enclosing folder for all of my individual movie folders. Or, do I need the "My Movies" folder inside the "VIDEO" folder?
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post #231 of 1049
2/15/08 at 12:40pm
under XP
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post #232 of 1049
2/15/08 at 12:49pm
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Originally Posted by jctarvin View Post

.... was under the impression (mistaken?) that movies HAD TO go into a folder named "VIDEO". So, when I set up that folder on my 6500A, I called mine "VIDEO" (not looking for trouble)....

You can name your enclosing folder whatever you want. The requirement is that each movie's folder (the folder which contains the movie's media file or files) must be named to identify the movie.

My_interesting_Things_to_View could be your enclosing folder.

Inside of that you would have your movie folders like...

Superman

Inside of the your Superman folder you'd store your video_ts or iso, etc. files

The thing you cannot do is name the movie folder in a manner which cannot be used for looking up the movie on the web. In other words a movie folder for Superman shouldn't be named oddly like "Superman is my favorite"

That's because the program uses the name of the movie folder to find things on the web.
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post #233 of 1049
2/15/08 at 12:58pm
Thanks, Guy!! And thank you for making your application available. I'll be "exercising" it this weekend!
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post #234 of 1049
2/15/08 at 1:23pm
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Originally Posted by okram View Post

under XP

Fascinating. I think on your particular configuration the program's rendering and saving threads are somehow getting out of sync. The program is advancing to the next folder out of step with the saves. I'm looking into how this is happening as we've not run into that before.
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post #235 of 1049
2/15/08 at 3:48pm
When working with GUI builder and my TVIX box I'll be using a laptop with a wireless interconnection to the internet. I have connected that laptop to my TVIX with both USB A-B and with LAN crossover cable. I have a fixed IP address set up and have successfully used my FTP client to work with the TIVX.

Can I just connect to the TIVX with my LAN crossover cable and use the GUI builder or do I need to use the USB connection? My preference is LAN because my cable is longer and I can work on it from the comfort of my easy chair.

This is going to be a fun weekend!
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post #236 of 1049
2/15/08 at 3:54pm
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I think you'll need to do it via the USB. The program needs read/write access to the drive as a normal volume. It won't work over FTP on a LAN. It's not an issue of wireless vs wired, but rather one of whether the drive appears on the host operating system as a mounted readable & writable volume.

If you have a utility which can make an FTP server (the TViX on a LAN) appear to Windows as a mounted volume, then it might work. Without such a utility, you have to use the USB drive mode of the TViX.

For this reason (and to be able to play back all my media on my laptops and other computers) most of my media is kept on an NFS server instead of the drive within the TViX. In fact, I'm planning on eventually removing that drive so I can do just what you want - access everything over wireless.
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post #237 of 1049
2/15/08 at 3:55pm
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Originally Posted by Guy Kuo View Post

Fascinating. I think on your particular configuration the program's rendering and saving threads are somehow getting out of sync. The program is advancing to the next folder out of step with the saves. I'm looking into how this is happening as we've not run into that before.

I have seen the exact same behavior but since no one else was reporting a problem I figured it was something I was doing wrong. I am using Vista BTW.
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post #238 of 1049
2/15/08 at 4:03pm
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Originally Posted by kemac View Post

I have seen the exact same behavior but since no one else was reporting a problem I figured it was something I was doing wrong. I am using Vista BTW.

Good. Another data point. Looks like an even firing sequence problem in the Windows version. I think I know where it is happening.
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post #239 of 1049
2/15/08 at 6:29pm
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okram and kemac,

Please try version 1.01 b002. I think it will solve your problem, but unfortunately, I havve not been able to replicate the issue here so I can't verify the fix.
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post #240 of 1049
2/15/08 at 6:35pm
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Repost of Message by JCTarvin in the M-6500A thread.


I downloaded the Tvix GUI builder app from mppclub.com. Also got a nicely written set of instructions by Hi-Jack that specifically address the 6500A.

Question 1: It seems the GUI Builder uses the movie info file. Does that still work if the media file is an .iso? I guess it would as the .iso should contain the VIDEO_TS file folder.... right??

Question 2: Have to build your own for .avi movies, right?

Question 3: Seems like 1280 x 720 is a weird aspect ratio. DVD box images that you can snag off the internet are not in that format. I'm good with PhotoShop, so can I just make a black 1280 x 720 image and drop my XXX x 720 DVD box image on top and save it as a flattened jpeg?
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